All posts tagged: Writing Wishing

Through The Lens Thursday 21. Street

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I have been taking part in Through the Lens Thursday this year which is a project to improve our skills at using a DSLR camera on manual mode rather than auto. It has been a wonderful experience so far and I am learning so much as well as seeing improved photos. My previous pictures are over on my blog at CatsEatDogs, click over if you like and have a look. Every week there is a prompt to inspire our photos and this week is Street. This photo was taken as I walked to the post office (I don’t usually carry my camera to the post office, but I knew I needed a photo and I knew I would be seeing streets!). I must admit the streets are uninspiring locally but this restaurant is housed in one of the few original buildings left along this street. I think it used to be a shop back in ye olde days. I have never been in, but I like the building, just shows there is usually something interesting …

Through The Lens Thursday 16. Together

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I am hiding out in the library sitting on a nice squishy chair with a little round table to write on and keep the books I have already chosen to check out. We are fully into the Spiderwick Chronicles, so I have book 2 ‘The Seeing Stone’ and a couple of Tony DiTerlizzi books to have a look at too. My house is full of the noise of a bathroom being re-done – drilling, crashing and some swearing. So here I am in the lovely library putting together my Through The Lens Thursday post. This week was ‘Together’, and as I gathered my mid morning frothy coffee equipment, I thought they were the perfect ‘together’. I make the coffee in a Chemex, froth up the milk in my metal frother thingy and serve it in my favourite coffee cup. Ta da! Do you have specific mugs or cups for tea or coffee? I totally do, some of my mugs I would never drink tea from and some would never contain coffee! For instance, I would …