light-chasing

I wanted to thank Mini-Stylista for the lovely feature recently, and at Dream Beautiful Girl as well.

Both of the photos chosen are from my favourite part of the day to take photos, light-chasing in sunlight in the hour before sunset.
Sometimes we are not anywhere in particular, or anywhere like where I would REALLY love to be in beautiful light (summer field, etc, or anywhere really, with a less obtrusive background than the houses in our own immediate surroundings) but the light beckons and we just go out to play at this time, often with camera too.








In summertime it takes so long to wait for this light, and when it is here we sometimes delay bedtime and forget indoor entertainment to go outside and play.







And when we are home it really is light-chasing as the sunset light only falls in strips, for houses and trees block the low sunlight.

book love, and charlie and lola ♥

A little off-topic perhaps, but I absolutely love well written and illustrated children's books, and have been passionately interested in good quality children's books since my first child was very small.
I have to say, a post at some point about children's books and reading was probably inevitable, and my only uncertainty was whether to talk about them in this photo-centric journal, or to make a separate journal for all our book loves. We'll see...
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Tonight, for fun, Lili (7) and I added a stack of our most favourite books to our Library Thing list, after tidying a bookshelf or two and getting nostalgic about our favourites.
We had a stack of books as high as the bed, which was most impressive! Meanwhile little Amélie made her own stack too.

I will make a list of our most favourite books too, and what we found useful for different ages. With three kids and a strong interest in books, there are a few! Also, anything listed on our Library Thing library is highly recommended, as we only added the best books.

Here's one recent favourite!
Anything and everything Charlie and Lola! Adore! ♥