On Love, Death and Grieving
Category: Yelly Snaps
My iPhone is permanently attached to my hand and I am addicted to taking snapshots.
Sunrising
I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you. That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting to be written.
― Juansen Dizon
I am thankful for where I live and that my windows are east-facing. Because I see the sun when it rises and I am treated to the gorgeous colours that Mother Nature chooses to paint the morning sky with!
No edits on this photo. Just shot with my iPhone!
Just saying…
What the actual…!
Well I wasn’t expecting that!
Nach Wien!
So, here you are
Ijeoma Umebinyuo
too foreign for home
too foreign for here.
Never enough for both.
Going on a trip to see family!
Not sure what my connectivity will be (the last time I traveled I was on a different phone service provider!) but I have my camera and my phone. I’ve got my work laptop with me because the intention is, I’m going to work whilst over there.
Good plan! All fingers crossed that it all goes to plan!
Take my hand?
Read a good book lately?
I went to the V&A last week.
It was the Easter bank holiday and I was at loose ends. I went to visit John Gibson’s Pandora (which was a thing I did whenever I was at the V&A because she was a character I could relate to…but reflections on that is probably another blog entry all together!).
I missed going to the V&A and just exploring. If my hip hadn’t started hurting, I’d have explored some more. I couldn’t move my left leg without feeling pain. So I thought I’d take myself off to pick up provisions before I couldn’t actually walk anywhere. I probably need some physio on my hip.
One of the things I “rediscovered” was a reading room at the top of one of the stairs near the Cast Gallery. It’s the National Art Library. It has one of the best collections of public reference materials on art and design. I do want to be able to sit at one of the desks just to be in the space. It’s meant to be open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in May and the V & A hope to open more days in the summer. It’s on my list to visit!
The photo below was taken from the doorway, through one of the window panes. If this is what it looks like through the door, how amazing would it be to sit at one of those desks and just absorb the gorgeousness?
London folks
My friend Cheryl and I were taking snaps when this lovely couple posed for us whilst we were walking across Waterloo Bridge! They saw our cameras and asked “Did you get it?”
You gotta love the people you meet in London!
#2017bestnine
Thank you to everyone who visited my Instagram page and has supported my journey to better photographs. I am thankful for all your support. Drop by and say hi if you have the time!
Here’e to another year of taking photographs of London, Essex and food!
Waiting…
“Time was a funny and fickle thing. Sometimes there was never enough of it, and other times it stretched out endlessly.” ~ J. Lynn, Be with Me
It’s part of that list – the list of the iconic London structures that every tourist will want to see. The Elizabeth Tower, the structure that houses Big Ben, the great bell that has marked the passing of each hour for 157 years, since it began service in 1859. The Big Ben was silenced in August of this year for necessary restoration work that is meant to take about 4 years to repair the cracks and the Elizabeth Tower was slowly covered up with scaffolding to also undergo restoration work, along with other areas of Westminster Palace. Although Ben was meant to be silent for 4 years, it did chime during Remembrance Sunday and Christmas Day. It is also meant to chime in the New Year.
While I have always said that since I moved to the UK, time has rushed past me, waiting for Ben and his “braces” to be removed seems to be quite a long wait. Sometimes waiting for Ben to be unbraced is unbearable. I keep telling myself it’s for the best, because Ben will come back, stronger and restored. So wait we must. Patience is a virtue. But oh my goodness! 1146 days (give or take a few days, as I can’t be completely accurate) is a lot of days!
I miss you Ben!
Yellywelly 