The Teddy Bear and The High Heel

I noticed this and thought of Helena and her recent shoe post

Painted in Waterlogue

I also have this in my photo stream, thought it might make you all smile

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Processed with Waterlogue

Well….it beats cleaning any day 🙂

Simple things make me happy and even though it’s my second post today, I hope the little images from my cooker top make you smile too.

ZIZO

Week 21

I’m not even going to think about the fact that 20 weeks of this year have passed, I’m just enjoying the fabulous weather we are having and that I can sit in the garden watching my blackbirds.
There must be chicks, although I can’t hear them, both birds are busy all day long feeding.

I thought you would like to see Mrs. Blackbird.
Now, she comes into the garden straight onto the old wheelbarrow on the messy side of the garden, where she can clearly see her font leaf door, pauses just a little and then flies straight in…no messing about with her, get those mouths fed!

Zoom Out Mrs Blackbird

Zoom in Mrs Blackbird

This is Helena’s wonderful weekly meme.

zoom-in-zoom-out-button

Thank you Helena.

Flowers and Phone Apps

Prairie Jill and I use some of the same phone apps to edit our pictures.
Jill has a great series of her pictures on her blog on a Monday, she calls her post Mobile Monday.

I thought you might like to see some of the results of my playtime with my phone and iPad

Waterlogue is still my favourite
Lillies Waterlogue

Tulips waterlogue

Waterlogue Technical

Watercolour technical floor

Watercolour technical wheel

Glaze

Pepsi Glaze

Glaze Gerbera

Distressed FX

Distressed Almonds

Daisies distressed

Pencil Camera

Knitting pencil sketch

MR pencil

Your Moments

Memories Yellow

moments birds

So, same apps
Different results
Same fun

Do you have a favourite phone app?

Simply a Moment

Thursday 15th May 2014 14:28

I have just come up to my desk to get my phone in case Paul rings but I see he has sent a text to say he will be home at 3:15. He is driving half way across the country and yet at 3:15 he will be here.

Sat Nav’s! Amazing! I don’t like using it but feel so happy that Paul does.

I love how my brain hops to another time…

We were on our way to North Wales for the funeral of my beautiful friend.
1st December 2005, we were late, we were lost and I was in a state of extreme stress.
I also realised that Paul who was doing many hundreds of miles in a month at that time was spending more and more time looking for the place he was supposed to be and I was continually worrying about him.

The next day we went to Halfords or some such place and bought a Satellite Navigation System.

And back to the present…

The bright yellow Welsh poppy is flowering all over the garden: I let it self-set because it reminds me of my friend.

Back and forth my mind drifts effortlessly…

Before I came up for my phone I was about to go into the garden and plant up some little pansies before Paul got in.
My friend didn’t like pansies, “they have such silly looking faces” she used to say.

I am smiling at lovely memories of her.
And I have much less worry about Paul travelling and getting stressed.

Thank you Alexa at Trimming the Sails who, for the past 2 years has given us the opportunity to stop and be still in the moment, to record our thoughts and to link up with other Simple Moments from around the world. This is the last month of linking up.
I am sure I will continue with the practice.

Welsh poppy