Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Fifty shades of Grey conversation....

It was just another night in the sleepy middle class suburb where I live myself and my friend went to choir after which she decided she needed to buy three cucumbers and some coriander. So as the dutiful friend I went with her normal chit chat ensued until..

" Have you read that book ?" she excitedly enquired  ..

"Oh that book, errm No " I replied.

"Why ?" she enquired ?

"Because I don't want to !" I gently retorted.

"It can't be all that bad if it encourages people to read" she whispered as we approached the cucumbers.

"Right ... I'll stick with my Sherlock Holmes , Thanks"

Bemused she purchased the coriander  three cucumbers which she had carefully selected for size and firmness.

Fifty Shades of Grey it seems cucumber is a favourite !








Unless you have been living on another planet you will not have avoided conversations that involves that book. No it's not Jamie Oliver latest culinary master piece sadly as I would love to get tied up in some cracking recipes. No it's the literary phenomenon that is ' Fifty Shades of Grey' or so I have been told.

Fads come and go but I will sit this one out I think such themes always repeat themselves for the next generation for example 9 1/2 weeks ! No doubt after reading this book it will encourage particularly women to read and have them perhaps reaching for literary classics such as Pride and Predjudice..


Sunday, 8 July 2012

London Calling 8/7/2012

London from The Monument to Trafalgar Square.


After the blogging conference that was Britmums I needed some down time so I wandered round London. I had thought about going to Convent Garden again but decided against it as much as I truly love the place its so vibrant. Sometimes it is better to be random about what you do if you day and time allows to , I think I have captured some very good images of London on my random ramblings around the Big Smoke. I have blogged about Britmums really yet but one of the sessions was about how good photographs can bring your blog alive and I do believe this to be true assisted too by  engaging writing.

I am starting to get into photography slowly I am not saying I'll ever be David Bailey but we never stop learning do we, and after all life is a journey I wish to enjoy. A photo should be a catalyst for a memory or provoke you into writing something. An evocative image or a shocking one the world is there for the taking and we can all take a thread and weave it into the tapestry of life.


Silent Sunday 8/7/2012 #SilentSunday