Hello! And sorry it’s been so long. I just wanted to pop in briefly and say I am still here – it’s just that here the school summer break is full on Toby time, and he remains my focus until school starts up again on September 4th. Even so I have had my camera handy and have captured some favourite moments from the last month…
- countryside walking – finding breathtakingly fabulous fields of jewel-bright poppies;
- sky watching – for clouds, techni-colour sunsets, vintage planes and the red kites that have recently moved into the area;
- bug finding – newly emerged ladybirds, hoverflies and swallow-tail moths;
- knitting – mostly socks because they are undemanding, but there are a few more things on my needles that I’ll share soon;
- pic-nicing with Amy, revisiting Hatfield house (after our first visit this time last year) for a lovely day together;
Today it’s pouring with much needed rain, so Toby and I are having a lazy day – he’s watching cbeebies shows on tv and I’m writing this. If the weather is better tomorrow we’ll be off on a welly-boot woodland adventure – it’s good to get him out and about but overall he’s coping pretty well with the lack of routine. I do think though that we’ll both be ready for when school starts up again 3 weeks and once he’s back into routines I’ll have time to call mine again so I’ll see you then with some updates on what I’ve been working on. Hope the rest of August is good for you xxx
little cotton rabbits 
Lovely photographs, very beautiful daughter 😊xxx
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Oh my gosh Julie, those beautiful poppies are spectacular … such lovely images!
Do you know I saw my first red kite in the wild this summer, we don’t have many here, they are such amazing birds.
So glad summer is going pretty smoothly for you.
V x
P.S. how lovely is your Amy! 🙂
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Lovely photos! Absolutely spectacular poppies! Amy looks so very grown up! I can’t believe it’s already mid August. Where did the summer go?
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Beautiful photos — thanks for sharing. Your daughter is beautiful and I can’t believe how fast time passes.
Deb M
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Ditto, the lovely flowers and spectacular skies. I’m so pleased that even with your tiring lifestyle you are able to refresh yourself with the simple pleasures of photographing the countryside and glorious views. Let’s hope we get summer back very soon – enough rain now, thank you!
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Such beautiful, restful, serene photography. Thank you. (Have you seen your fox again?)
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I love it! The poppies are glorious and the critters out and about are majestic. Your postings on the countryside lift my flagging spirits.
Amy is looking stunning.
Thanks for the update.
xx
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Amy so big she lovely, love poppies.knitting socks again .
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Such stunning photographs Julie! The contrast between the plane and the hawk is breathtaking, thanks for all your great work!
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Amy is so grown up. Love seeing your nature photos as well. Hoping you some have more “me” time to pursue your lovely hobbi s.
Best,
Bonnie
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Bellissime immagini, bellissimi fiori e colori….io, dopo i coniglietti, ho appena finito di cucire la piccola orsetta tratta dal tuo schema, è venuta molto bene e la mia nipotina Emma è molto felice, grazie per gli schemi che crei per noi.
Un abbraccio a te, a Toby ed Amy,
Laura
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Lovely photos and especially lovely to see Amy again.
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Lovely Amy! Xx
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What beautiful photos, and I’m glad you’ve had some time with Amy. I hope the woodland walk is good – it’s wonderfully green out there at the moment after all the rain. CJ xx
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Oh, Amy is looking so beautiful and grown up — she must’ve had a good year at school! The poppies are gorgeous — you always take the prettiest photos! Happy August — the summer is speeding by!
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How grown up is Amy now. Time just seems to slip past us all without a care doesn’t it. Just over two weeks until school starts again and I think our Adam will be ready to go back although I doubt he would agree. He will be in his last year of school when he goes back in September and it just seems like 5 minutes ago that we were battling to get him in the right school for his needs.
Enjoy the rest of the summer break Julie and hope you and Toby get to have some great woodland walks together.
Mx
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Really glad to see this and know you are all well.
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