I Love Instagram!

Over the summer I downloaded the Instagram app for my iPhone, an app that I would never be without now.

  Instagram is a revelation to my photo taking.  I have often thought I took a pretty good pic but I've never been able to afford a fancy camera and I don't have the knowledge to produce photos with filters and effects.
  Instagram has helped me to do that and it's so easy to do.  I now have a whole album of instagram pics.  Here's a selection of my favourites.

I'm partial to a lovely sunset...

Oldham town centre

Abersoch, Wales

The hills above Oldham

Outside our house

    

Manorbier beach, Pembrokshire

             ...and I like a good beach shot too.

Driftwood at Newgale Beach

Newgale beach

Beverages must ALWAYS be included.

Stella Cidre

No description needed here

Anyone for tea?

The architecture of Wembley Stadium always makes for a good photo.

Rainbows are always inspirational

A rainbow in a cloud - beautiful

And then there are some random pictures...

Yanks weekend

More Yanks

Sonny Boy Blue

Manorbier Castle

The canal at Uppermill

A - Z

A. Age: 39

B. Bed size: Queen

C. Chore that you hate: Ironing!

D. Dog: Sonny, a ten year old Boxer.  We rescued him from the dogs home 8 years ago.  he's old and very smelly but faithful and affectionate.

E. Essential start to your day: Brushing my teeth.

F. Favorite color: Blue, or pink...bluey-pink?

G. Gold or Silver: White gold.

H. Height: 5'4

I. Instruments you play: I learnt the recorder at school.

J. Job title: Mum, Teacher, Skivvy

K. Kids: 1 daughter

L. Live: Oldham, Manchester, Northern England

M. Mother’s name: Pat

N. Nicknames: Beanie, Keano, Knockerwoman

O. Overnight hospital stays: Once to have my girl, once for having tonsils out.

P. Pet peeves: Errr... none

Q. Quote from a movie: 'Daddy, my Daddy!'  from The Railway Children.  It gets me every time.

R. Right or left handed: Left

S. Siblings: One sister

T. Time you wake up: Usually 6.30am

U. Underwear: Small, black pants

V. Vegetable you hate: Brussel sprouts

W. What makes you run late: My husband mithering.

X. X-Rays you’ve had: Just at the dentist

Y. Yummy food that you make: Lasagne

Z. Zoo animal: Orang-utans, they are so like us. I kind of wish they weren't locked up in a zoo.

I found this little game over at Faith Hope and a whole lotta Love. Play along too. Leave a note if you do so I can come and read your responses.

Silent Sunday

OFSTED

Picture by my lovely friend  Paul

Well, we got the call on Thursday lunchtime. OFSTED are in on Monday (gulp).  This will be my seventh inspection but my first as a teacher.  I spent six hours in work yesterday checking through everything and I don't think I can do any more.  Parents evening on Tuesday night to top it off, so it will be 7 pm Tuesday when we can finally relax and enjoy Christmas. 
 See you later in the week. x

Autumn

Autumn, a really beautiful time of the year and my favourite.  After the heat of the summer and the long holidays, I really like going back to work, accompanied by the slight chill in the air every morning.
 The light and the colours that surround us are lovely, especially this year as we had our 'Indian Summer' at the beginning of October.

These lovely creations are the work of my students in their forest skills lessons.  We are fortunate that our school is on the edge of some lovely countryside and surrounded by trees and fields.  The students threaded lots of leaves on to string and then hung them outside my classroom.  I'm intrigued to see how they will change with both time and temperature.

This weekend me and 'the accountant' had to get up early to 'see a man about a room'.  I managed to take some great pictures of the sun coming up.

This was taken from our bedroom window.

A slightly blurry sunrise, taken by my iPhone, in a moving car!

Through the car window whilst travelling at speed.

I've also managed to take some pictures whilst out and about.

A double rainbow on my way home from work.

The road home from my mums.

A tree... well what else could I caption this picture with?

The canal at Uppermill

The weather is still quite mild at the moment and I'm trying to make the most of it as we have been forecast another bad winter.  I've been taking lots of walks rather than going to the gym.  As my brother-in-law says 'being outdoors is the green gym'.