Bilbao - part 1

Welcome to part 1 of Bilbao. D and I loved this place so much; the food, the architecture, the art, the people, the metro, the cleanliness, we just loved every minute of being there. We took a fair few pictures so there will be more posts like this to come. Hopefully they give a sense of what we loved so much. 

In other news I'm just back from a three day photoshoot, we were shooting farm animals for a book I'm working on. It was lots of fun, I worked with some lovely people and fell in love with some very cute, adorable animals. It was a full-on three days and I'm now looking forward to a relaxing weekend hanging out with my D, Mr Mouse and Tit. The sun is out and I can't wait to get outside and make the most of it. 

I'm back

Hello, thought I'd better check in and say hi, it's been a while and actually feels like ages. I've been off work for the past two weeks, on holiday. I hadn't actually planned to take a break from blogging, it just happened that way and I'm glad it did. I feel like it was a real break, I feel refreshed, back on track and I even tink the bags under my eyes have got a tad smaller. I've barely looked at the screen at all with the exception of catching up on the news and a wee dabble on Instagram, other than that it's been like the old days.

We even managed to get away for a few days - four nights in Bilbao, Spain. A last minute decision but a great one, such a fantastic and inspirational city. Just thought I'd share a few of the snaps from my iphone that I shared on Instagram while we were there. I've a whole bunch more from the proper camera, but you'll have to wait a little longer for those. As well as Bilbao we've been getting on with a few things at home, and have had a few little day trips out, so I hope to share those with you in the coming weeks too. 

Hope you're all well, I've lots of catching up to do with your blogs - so happy times to come on the train for me (that's when I do my reading).

days off

We're on holiday from work. We have two weeks off and it's bliss. But not everything goes to plan, so far we've had a leak in the roof and D's been up there dodging the showers to lay new felt. No water has come through since - so he's doing OK. We've also been out driving in the countryside, on Sunday we visited Long Melford a very pretty Suffolk village. We've lounged in the garden watching the Olympics. We've had a large lump of black basalt delivered to take centre stage in our rock garden (now we just need to figure out how to move it there) and have been visiting a few car boots - though we've been fairly good and not bought too much home. We've hung more pictures indoors and generally tidied round. It all feels better, getting on top of those little tasks there's never time for in normal, non-holiday life. I could easily get used to relaxing like this everyday! We've been eating well, with lots of good finds on little honesty tables scattered throughout the countryside here. It might not be hot and sunny as we'd hoped, but time together with D, Tit and Mouse is good enough for me.