Vlogging With A iPhone 8

I learnt a new skill the other day at a Three discovery store and it was a skill I didn’t possess as a blog and that was my ability to do a video . Doing a video was usually the domain of my husband and yes he’s comfortable with doing that and I wasn't comfortable at all in front of the camera.When you are thrown into something sometimes you have to run with it and I was grateful to Three discovery store for the opportunity to learn a new skill.

I suppose my husband could have shown me how to use iMovie but you know how it is sometimes when its your nearest and dearest you don't always necessarily listen wholeheartedly! This is maybe also why when my husband tried to help me learn how to drive he practically had kittens and slapped more L plates on the car then I had ever seen in my life.

It was super easy to get to the Three discovery store in Islington just one stop on the Tube to Angel from St Pancras and I do love St Pancras with all my heart she is a grand old lady but a truly decadent age.And I am so happy in my heart that new life is being breathed into her with hotels and champagne bars and the like , oh if I could only go on the Orient Express from there.

I met some truly inspirational people at the event ( there was 4 of us ) we were paired up originally but I went my own way as I aim just learning this craft.We were using IPhones 8 which is the same phone as my husband has it is his new phone as well I dropped my phone down the toilet a few weeks back so I had his iPhone 7. I didn't think it was quite fair that I should be the one that got to have the new iPhone 8 even though it is an awesome phone.

You don't necessarily have to establish yourself a vlogging identity unless you really want to crave yourself a niche in the world of Youtube maybe but perhaps just to do quirky videos of family trips etc. I am shy and I am am very hesitant to talk to camera but I will do in short bursts I think its the fact I don't like how I sound on camera.

iMovie is super easy to download from the App site and big bonus is that its free and its here you can either create a movie or a trailer , I think its really funky and I have created a few trailers myself inspired by the day my trailers are of my family trips!

So I challenge you to have a go with I movie and see what you can do and you don't have to speak if you don't want to you can use captions. I love learning new skills and you can never stop learning.

My Friends Have Got This

My friends have got this ...

My friends have got me , my true friends that is and I’m going to fight back and I’m going to fight back doing what I want.I get people don’t want sadness in their lives hell did you think I do  ?!

I spent 4 years literally making sure I didn’t fall down the rabbit holes and everything thing I do is my therapy.People deal with things in their way and you might think I should steer away from social media and perhaps be a hermit.

I’m not going to be cross or angry at people in them thinking I should be living my life like a hermit.Instead I’ll tut and think their loss if they can’t share my view of joy of the world.You can’t force people to like you and neither can you always like people yourselves it’s a human thing but I’m always respectful of people and I’ve empathy , empathy is what makes use understand people’s condition.Now I’ll admit I struggle with empathy at times but I do have it , it’s just part of my self journey to find out why I’m wired the way I am.

Yes I’ve feel like I’ve had the joy sucked out my universe it’s funny how stuff dies that to you and I immensely take stuff to heart more than I really should but that’s just me.I am resilient but I like company then again I don’t like company , don’t be afraid to contact me as long as you have got something nice to say and are bearing tea .

Yes, yes  I wish I could catch a break but I’m focusing on me and my family ~ sounds kind of selfish yeah but it’s called selfcare.

And you know mental health isn’t an Olympic sport if it was then surely I’d have a medal or 2 by now.

What saves , what stops me screaming out ~ my photography my love of architect , my family oh and cups of tea.

You might me thinking I shouldn’t be sharing pictures and that I shouldn’t be having a life but it’s my recovery my selfcare.

But I’m living again there are more days where I do feel like myself and I shouldn’t be worried if someone is thinking I shouldn’t be taking pictures or not.

This is me.

This is my line.

I’m in the process of creating a garden oasis ( not a rock band ) there is a rock garden or 2 in there though , it’s amazing what stabbing the soil does for the soul , I assure you there’s no body under my patio!

Buying Randomly On EBay

Doesn’t everyone love a bit of sunshine I know it certainly makes me feel better and it certainly makes me want to unleash my inner Alan Titchmarsh.I realise that makes me sound as if I’m possessed by Alan Titchmarch ( I’d love that ) I’m attempting to do the garden up on a budget and I’m very much buy now explain later type of person less chance of a” no “ though my husband is unlikely to say “no” .So doing up the garden on a budget is hard yes even though I’m a blogger I don’t think I’ve ever done one review of a garden item. I’m all about what I can find myself or buy cheaply like my garden pots which should have been £69 but I got them for £25. Back to the EBay story I decuded to buy a stone sink on line as I’m trying to fill my garden and make it how I want.

The stone sink cost me £15 and we had to go to another village to fetch it the village of Repton which was once the heart of Mercia and is a very ancient village . I had to scale a gate and it was like my husband was launching the titanic , a top tip is don’t wear fit flops to go fetch something of a reasonable weight just in case you have to scale a gate.

Well of course when I was there I saw some old stones and Mill stone and thought “ ooooooh “ I think my husband was nodding and we went to fetch them yesterday.

You can buy all sorts on EBay it’s amazing , well of course Ebsy can have a dark side as well as I was recently trolled on there but on the whole my eBay dealings are ok , I wish the fees were a little lower though.I am doing the very best with my garden as I don’t have endless pots of money to through at . The term show garden is often banded about and show gardens can be many things though mine isn’t Chelsea standard yet.

Time In London

To live your life to be scared of what others think or what people perceive is no life at all. As they say be yourself as everyone else is taken a thousand people can thunder past and you’ve no knowing what their happiness ,joy or sorrow is.

I’m never going to stop learning I’m never going to stop doing what I do or explain myself you get to know me you see what makes me tick.

So I see the street life of London the day , the time is relevant you don’t need to know even the temperature of the day though the photo may tell you that but then again maybe not.

Life is a complexity life’s a mystery and it’s one to be enjoyed , you’ll not find me in a department store staring at handbags that’s not me. You’ll find me breaking free running away from the throng of the pack. I’m not a retail magpie I need space and architecture offers me, that it offers me structure (see what I did there )

I take something mundane and ordinary and elevate it and I do this every single time I use a camera or my smart phone.My photography is always in my mines eye if I see it with my own eyes then I frame the shot in the mind and then snap the moment is captured.That moment can be released to me again when I see the image and the memories, thoughts and feelings come back.

Words I Never Thought My Hairdresser Would Say

Words I never thought my hairdresser would say does rather read like click bait you want to roll your eyes at and curse yourself for clicking through to.

When you go to the hairdressers which I don’t have to say I go to very often and when I’m there  I’m always poised to play:

Hairdresser bingo 

“You going or holiday or been etc”

“Which way to you wearing your parting ?”

“Thought about a colour ?”

“ That’s nice”

“ oooh you don’t say “

“ Want your eyebrows trimming “

They said this to my husband and he’s never been back to the barbers / hair place since.

“Is that ok ?*”

*Showing you the back of head the only time you see it.

If not had my hair don’t for well over a year and this this last year my hair was very short

So bitting the bullet I had my hair done and I solelmy promise I will not cut anymore knots out my hair and that’s a Brownie promise at that so it’s binding!

I don’t over chat as that’s not me I’d rather be silent but I’ll be polite when I’m talked to.But you know what my hairdresser was really intuitive and older despite her young years. Often we do not give the young people the credit they need and deserve. So what did my hairdresser say to me that was so profound and grounding ?

“ If you think you’ve learnt everything then you just need to give up!”

Wise words indeed...