August 6, 2014 
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Here are some more photos of Ella, Georgia & Abbie! They’re so lovely and fun to be around, i hope you enjoy! 🙂
⇧ Ella enjoying chilling in the tree ⇧
⇧ It looks like Georgia is pushing the tree down! 🙂 ⇧
⇧ Georgia and her amazing hair! 🙂 ⇧
⇧ Ella ⇧
⇧ Thought i’d add this shot of Abbie, as she looks so peaceful ⇧
⇧ Almost sat still long enough to get a shot of them together! lol ⇧
⇧ Ella picking Daisy’s ⇧
⇧ Georgia picking daisy’s ⇧
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August 4, 2014 4 Comments
For this weeks photo challenge “Zigzag“, i thought i would use this shot i’d taken of the Heacham breaker whilst on holiday in Norfolk. With my small and blurry amount of sight i still think this looks like a snake! 🙂
August 1, 2014 3 Comments
This weeks challenge reminds me of the 6 years (starting with our honeymoon) that we stayed in the lovely Old Hunstanton Lighthouse. It was a fantastic chapter in our sumer holidays that we’ll never forget! 🙂
If you’d like to join the challenge, click here.
⇧ My Sunflower Sarah ⇧
⇧ Sarah enjoying her yearly doughnut! ⇧
⇧ The Old Hunstanton Lighthouse ⇧
⇧ Sunset taken 100m away from the lighthouse, on top of the cliffs ⇧
July 25, 2014 6 Comments
⇧ The human tank ⇧
⇧ London Eye ⇧
This weeks photo challenge is Containers: “Boxes, tanks, wrappers: for this week’s Photo Challenge, show us something that contains something else.”.
July 17, 2014 24 Comments
Today i’m celebrating 10 years since i met my lovely wife Sarah at “Sight Village, Birmingham”
This is a major Sight Village show in Birmingham which is held in July each year. Exhibitors from throughout the world take part and they welcome many thousands of visitors, including people who are blind or partially sighted, professionals, business people and family members.
I was there (from Derby) working for a charity called LOOK and Sarah was there (from Surrey) working for RNIB. She came to my table as she had a magazine which she had just published an article about LOOK and wanted to show me. Sarah opened the magazine and said here are the pictures and the article, i said “Wow, fantastic, it all looks great” which made Sarah quite proud of her work. I then said while laughing “you know i didn’t see any of what you’ve just shown me, as i’m blind!”. Then as always, a brief pause as Sarah checks out my eyes to see if i’m joking, then Sarah laughed and said “No way, me too!”. We both approach blindness in a similar way and love blossomed from that point. 🙂
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⇧ Last Week ⇧
Ephesians 5:25 Easy-to-Read Version
Husbands, love your wives the same as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.
My Thoughts 💭
This is one of my favourite Bible verses that i try desperately each day to live up to. As soon as i first read this verse it convicted me straight away and i knew i wanted to be a husband like that!
🙏 Prayer
Spirit, thanks for being a constant guiding presence in my life. Give me the faith to take practical and radical action to keep in step with You, so that You can love my spouse through me in a way that will sustain a fun, loving & trusting relationship. Amen.
July 15, 2014 9 Comments
1000 Follows
I would like to say a huge thank you to all of you who have given me love, encouragement & inspiration every day to keep going with this blog. When i started i just wanted 1 person to be touched by how God is working in my life and i still keep that mindset, but i had no idea it was going to grow and that my life really could be an inspiration to others.
To be part of this WordPress family really has transformed my life and you all give me focus and inspiration to continue taking photos & posting quotes, verses, music etc, and also to keep fighting along this narrow path!
With my sight impairment i can’t look at all of the stats telling me which posts are popular, etc, so when this one entered my notifications i was stunned, i didn’t even know there were that many people out there! lol. 😀
July 10, 2014 5 Comments
On Saturday (day #1 on our 3 day trip) Sarah & i met up with our friends Rob, Shelley, Abbie, Ella & Georgia, and we went to Darley Park in Derby to take some photos! It was a lovely sunny day and we all had lots of fun!! 🙂
⇧ Ella playing in a tree ⇧
⇧ Georgia fascinated with a stick ⇧
⇧ Ella found the flowers! ⇧
⇧ I love Georgia’s hair! ⇧
Ella & Georgia picking flowers and making chains ⇧
⇧ Georgia with Rob ⇧
⇧ Shelley ⇧
⇧ Shelley & Abbie ⇧
June 26, 2014 4 Comments
My lovely wife Sarah has just cooked and tried out the “Chick Pea, Potato & Spinach salad” (with Chilli Turbo) for RNIB’s magazine diabetic recipe section. They wanted me to take the photos for the magazine. They didn’t use this particular photo (my fave) as they didn’t like my sick wooden guitar spoon! It tasted great and i’d definitely have it again, but was almost too spicy as it nearly blew my head off! I would rename it “Calm like a bomb”!!! 😀
June 24, 2014 10 Comments
Chessington World Of Adventures
This week i finally got to drive again after 14 years!! (see image of the custom car below)
Ben & i took Vini and 5 of his friends to Chessington world of adventures for his early birthday present. We all had a fantastic time going on rides, eating doughnuts and meeting the animals at the zoo.
⇧ Me & Vini ⇧
⇧ Me with a new friend ⇧
⇧ Me at the top of the log flume ready for the big drop! ⇧
⇧ Vini & Bruno on the log flume ⇧
⇧ A baby Gorilla ⇧
⇧ Tiger ⇧
⇧ Sea Lion ⇧
⇧ Goat ⇧
Cisswood House, Horsham RNIB Supporter Reception
⇧ Cisswood House ⇧
I once again pretended to be a photographer and went with Sarah to Cisswood House in Horsham to a supporter reception to interview some inspiring people. The day was fantastic and we met some truly amazing people who are simply inspiring, and also heard about some of the great services provided by RNIB
Relaxing At Sicily Restaurant
⇧ Me relaxing with a summertime special drink ⇧
⇧ Sarah also relaxing with my drink! lol. Only noticed it was my drink after zooming in on this photo! 🙂 ⇧
June 5, 2014 5 Comments
Thought i would try another attempt at the ColorStrokes app!
Isaiah 40:8 English Standard Version Anglicised
The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand for ever.
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May 29, 2014 21 Comments
After all of your lovely comments and encouragements (more than i could reply too) i thought i would keep you up to date with a second post.
My photography received a warm response and they have asked if i would like to be apart of another exhibition in Estonia 2015 (Yay!!) Also they would like me to do a video interview (maybe next month) trying to explain how i go about taking my photos etc.. This will be really interesting for me too as i really don’t speak much, i much prefer to listen, and i also don’t really know how i manage to get most of my shots! Lol! 🙂
More Exhibition Dates:
The exhibition ART SENSES 2013, dedicated to blind and visually impaired people, starts in Ancona 4th April 2014, and then Tuscany, region in Italy, on October 26th in Massa Marittima, and it ended in Grosseto on December 3rd, with a conference on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
For the final exhibition in Florence, Italy in December, i’ll be sending them 6 mounted & framed images and we’ll be actually going to visit the exhibition and meet the people etc at the museum. As you can imagine i’m really excited! 🙂
Anyway i’ll keep you up to date with anything else that may be of interest to you regarding my photography. Thanks again for all of your encouragements. I’m so blessed to have such fantastic group of friends on here! 🙂
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May 26, 2014 8 Comments
Sarah & i travelled back up to Derby over the weekend for my Sisters (Charlotte) wedding. It was a blessing to be there for her & Marcellus and share their special day. We loved being around family and also got to catch up with others i’ve not seen in years! 🙂 All photos were taken using my iPhone.
⇧ Marcellus & Charlotte ⇧
⇧ Marcellus & Charlotte 2 ⇧
⇧ The Kiss ⇧
⇧ Me, Marcellus, Charlotte & Ambber (my other Sister) ⇧
⇧ Family & Friends ⇧
⇧ Marcellus & Tony ⇧
⇧ 🙂 ⇧
⇧ My Niece Taylor (right) & friend ⇧
⇧ My Niece Saffy ⇧
⇧ My Niece Saira ⇧
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May 15, 2014 4 Comments
This weeks photo challenge: “On The Move“
⇧ This lovely tiny hedgehog really was moving!! 🙂 ⇧
⇧ My lovely wife Sarah & Bruce ⇧
⇧ Bruce moving really fast right towards me!! ⇧
⇧ Tori playing rounders on the beach ⇧
May 7, 2014 4 Comments
April 14, 2014 13 Comments
For Sarah’s birthday (Friday 11th) i booked a surprise Spa Suite at Thistle hotel in Brighton that had views overlooking the pier. We had a lovely few days.
⇧ Sarah enjoying the beach ⇧
⇧ Brighton Pier ⇧
⇧ View of Brighton while standing on the pier ⇧
April 8, 2014 6 Comments
I was blessed again last weekend to visit Sarah’s family up in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK, and be there to celebrate Maddie’s (my sister in law)18th birthday and also get to meet everyone again. We had a lovely few days spending time and catching up with family.
⇧ Maddie’s 18th birthday cake ⇧
⇧ Beautiful sisters Sarah & Maddie ⇧
⇧ Me & Maddie ⇧
⇧ Me, Sarah & Maddie ⇧
⇧ Brothers & Sisters Sarah, Maddie, Simon, Marshall & Alfie ⇧
⇧ Sarah with her brother Marshall “”
⇧ My brother in law Marshall ⇧
⇧ Me & my lovely wife Sarah ⇧
⇧ Sarah & her lovel Gran ⇧
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April 3, 2014 32 Comments
You’ll never believe this……Some of my photos have been chosen for Several exhibitions around Italy, starting 4th April in Ancona.
Info taken from website:
5 – 27 April 2014
Openig 5th April 5.30 pm
Museo Tattile Statale Omero, AnconaThe exhibition presents sculptures, paintings in various techniques, bas-reliefs, pictures, installations and video clips realized by 30 blind artists from 6 different countries, as well as full-sensorial fruition works crafted by sighted artists.
I’m so honoured to be chosen and i still can’t believe it! This first Ancona exhibition, my photos are presented on a forex panel with 3 photos they chose from the iChristian ‘Blind Photographer” page….see image below.
⇧ Photos on forex panel for Ancona Exhibition ⇧
For the final exhibition in Florence, Italy in December, i’ll be sending them 6 mounted & framed images and we’ll be actually going to visit the exhibition and meet the people etc at the museum. As you can imagine i’m really excited! 🙂
More Info…
I SENSI DELL’ARTE| ART SENSES 2014
AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO CANNOT SEE
The exhibition ART SENSES 2013, dedicated to blind and visually impaired people, starts in Ancona 4th April 2014, and then Tuscany, region in Italy, on October 26th in Massa Marittima, and it ended in Grosseto on December 3rd, with a conference on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
More than sixty works by 28 blind or visually impaired artists – out of them 15 are from other countries – became part of the art exhibition reserved to them, that includes a wide variety of languages and media.
The thirteen Italian artists mixed with the fifteen from England, Estonia, Finland, Israel, Slovenija, thereby showing a community geographically distant, yet close due to the desire to participate and get involved.
Among all the works selected for the exhibition, six artists was chosen by a technical jury, as
Award winners
The aim of this artistic path falls within the overall significance of the event, that of appreciating, producing, living art with our other senses, participating together and closely to the experience of those who just cannot see, especially now that the world is increasingly dominated by visual messages.
ArtSenses starts just from there, and invites everyone to explore “other” ways to experience the creative reality.
THE TRAVELING EXHIBIT in 2014
The exhibition will then travel to other exhibition halls, as the OMERO Tactile State Museum in Ancona, Italy, from the 4th until the 27th of April 2014 placed into the important Mole Vanvitelliana; in December 2014 the prestigious PALAZZO MEDICI RICCARDI in Florence.
This event thus creates the chance to take the concept also beyond national boundaries and it becomes a source of cultural growth and of social and ethical participation, demonstrating the interest in a project that can be regarded beyond the standard canons of art.
INVITATION
The UK blind or partially sighted artists are invited to participate to the exhibition from the 3nd until the 15th of December,in FLORENCE, Italy, within the Galleria delle Carrozze of the PALAZZO MEDICI RICCARDI, one of the most famous historical buildings of the city.
The works selected will be exhibited from 3th to 15th December 2014 in the historical centre of Florence, Italy, within the Galleria delle Carrozze of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
Concept and organization
Associazione culturale Art@ltro
in collaboration with
UIC- Italian Blind Union
Info:
www.artaltro.it – facebook: Artaltro Associazione culturale
March 31, 2014 8 Comments
If you’re wondering why i’ve been so quiet for the last few days…..…Sarah & i have been visiting family & friends in my hometown of Derby, Derbyshire,
It was amazing to catch up with as many as i could as i don’t get to see them very often, and it was sad not too catch up with my brother Paul. Below are some great memories of my trip. Hope you enjoy! 🙂
⇧ Surprised to find this great window in our hotel room! 🙂 ⇧
⇧ Sarah & i had a lovely riverside walk ⇧
⇧ Derby Cathedral (i proposed to Sarah inside, 9 years ago ⇧
⇧ Me and my 2 sisters, Ambber (left) & Charlotte ⇧
⇧ From left: Ambber, Sarah, Me, Charlotte & Marc ⇧
⇧ Me with Saira (one of my beautiful nieces) ⇧
⇧ Saira ⇧
⇧ Saffy (one of my beautiful nieces) ⇧
⇧ Taylor (one of my beautiful nieces) ⇧
⇧ From back left: My Dad, Eileen (my step mum), Me, Sarah, Saira, Saffy & Taylor “”
⇧ From back left: Ben (my brother in law), Dad, Eileen, Me, Saira, Saffy & Taylor ⇧
All photos taken with my iPhone 5s
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March 21, 2014 3 Comments
For this weeks “Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside” i chose the photo i took when i was stood ‘inside’ the hot air balloon that Sarah & i were about to ride in. What a fantastic day! 🙂
March 14, 2014 4 Comments
For this week’s: “Weekly Photo Challenge” i thought of this photo straight away for the challenge of perspective. It’s a photo of Bruce (the giant guard dog) standing in front of The Old Lighthouse in Old Hunstanton, Norfolk. I was using my fisheye lens and just put my camera on the grass and hit the button! 🙂
March 3, 2014 14 Comments
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I thought i would use “Castle Rising Castle” for this weeks Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned.
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While on holiday at the lighthouse Me, Sarah & Brother Ben took a day trip to Castle Rising castle. I gave Ben my big Nikon as Sarah & I were doing an audio described tour provided by the ticket office for £1. It was a fun tour as the audio description was dramatised! I still got to get my compact camera out and shoot the shots above! 😀
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February 11, 2014 10 Comments
Thought i would just share with you a fantastic early Valentines gift brought home earlier by my lovely wife Sarah! 🙂
February 8, 2014 27 Comments
For this weeks Photo Challenge “Share a Selfie!”
I don’t like being on the other side of the lens, but after i bought my new Oakley Batwolf sunglasses on holiday a couple of years ago, i got this selfie! 🙂
February 6, 2014 6 Comments
My Thoughts 💭
For this weeks ‘Weekly Photo Challenge‘, i thought i would use my acoustic drum kit as my OBJECT & INSPIRATION!
For me, i get so inspired when i can sit among my drums and play them loud, it’s such an amazing feeling!! It’s just not the same now i play the digital ones. I can’t wait for another opportunity to get them out again! 🙂
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January 9, 2014 9 Comments
Today’s daily prompt “Tel us about the experience of being outside, looking in — however you’d like to interpret that. Photographers, artists, poets: show us OUTSIDE”
Thought i’d use my photo of Abbie taking a photo of big Ben. I’m on the outside looking in, and we’re both outside too! 🙂
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December 3, 2013 10 Comments
2 years ago today we said goodbye to Bruce (Furry Angel). We still miss him, his character & his ability to love at all times! We also miss his squeaky toys at Christmas too! 🙂
Genesis 9:12 (NIV)
And God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
November 19, 2013 11 Comments
share a photo which means LAYERS to you!
My Thoughts 💭
I took this photo of brother Ben’s dog ‘Lissie’ a few month before she sadly died. When I saw this weeks challenge was “Layers” i immidiatley thought of Lissie and her layers of fur.
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November 5, 2013 12 Comments
My Thoughts 💭
Not going to a firework display this year, so here are some photos from last year. Hope you enjoy!! 😀
September 27, 2013 12 Comments
July 16, 2013 25 Comments
May 29, 2013 9 Comments
My Isabella Plantation Photos ~ Ben’s To Follow (Part 2)
Camera used ~ Nikon D2Xs
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May 28, 2013 8 Comments
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Me, my lovely wife Sarah, Ben (The Dynamic Force), Ben’s wife Rosie & their son Vini, went for a lovely picnic yesterday in the Isabella Plantation at Richmond Park, London (photos to follow soon).
Camera Used ~ Nikon D2Xs
May 26, 2013 16 Comments
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Havein a relaxing day off today from church building duties. So thought I would share a couple of the flowers we are blessed to have in our garden.
Camera Used ~ Nikon D2Xs
Lens used ~ AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
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May 21, 2013 9 Comments
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Photo of my lovely wife Sarah with her angry birds iPhone case.
This was my first attempt at ColorStrokes after downloading the app for my Mac.
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May 14, 2013 9 Comments
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A couple more shots of my brother-in-law Marshall. 😀
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May 9, 2013 12 Comments
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Some more photos from my animals collection.
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May 9, 2013 12 Comments
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This photo of dearly missed Bruce was taken in January 2005 on my Samsung D600 mobile phone before I had any compact or DSLR cameras. I have just stumbled upon this image and didn’t even know I had it (thanks Time Machine backups) 🙂
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May 7, 2013 14 Comments
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A photo of one of my wife’s favourite dogs. I think its because you get a handbag with it! lol 😀
This was the first ever macro shot I took with my Big Nikon.
Camera used ~ Nikon D2Xs
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May 4, 2013 15 Comments
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A few of the beautiful animals at our local zoo.
The cool thing is I had no idea they were looking at me until I got home and zoomed right into the images! 😀
Camera Used ~ SONY Alpha a100
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April 18, 2013 11 Comments
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I am still messing around with the ‘Colorstrokes’ app! 😀
April 8, 2013 0 Comments
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My friends Rob & Shelly’s daughter Ella.
I took this photo whilst we were sat in a café drinking coffee. 😀
Camera used – Samsung WB550
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March 25, 2013 0 Comments
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Photos taken during a day trip to Ashridge Forest, we also visited neighbouring towns and villages.
Ashridge is a country estate and stately home in Hertfordshire, England in the United Kingdom; part of the land stretches intoBuckinghamshire and it is close to the Bedfordshire border. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about two miles (3 km) north of Berkhamsted and twenty miles (32 km) north west of London. Surrounding villages include Aldbury, Pitstone, Ivinghoe, Little Gaddesden, Nettleden, Frithsden and Potten End.
The estate comprises 20 square kilometres (5,000 acres) of woodlands (known as Ashridge Forest), commons and chalk downland which supports a rich variety of wildlife. It also offers a good choice of waymarked walks through outstanding country. The estate is currently owned by the National Trust.
Camera used – SONY Alpha a100
March 19, 2013 2 Comments
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A few shots from our walk around Nonsuch Park & Mansion.
Nonsuch Mansion is a Grade II listed house[1] located within Nonsuch Park[2] in north Surrey, England. In medieval times it was part of the three thousand acre manor of Cuddington. The mansion was built in 1731-43 by Joseph Thompson and later bought by Samuel Farmer in 1799. He employed Jeffry Wyattville to rebuild it in a Tudor Gothic style in 1802-6. Farmer was succeeded by his grandson in 1838 under whom the gardens became famous…read more….
Camera used – SONY Alpha a100
March 19, 2013 2 Comments
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Taken during a day trip to Hampton Court Palace. I only had a compact camera as this was just before I bought my DSLR’s. I would like to go for another visit and take some more shots with different lenses! 😀
Camera used – Fuji F10
March 19, 2013 3 Comments
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Another photo of Marshall whilst enjoying a family game of rounders on Old Hunstanton Beach!
Camera used – Nikon D2Xs
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March 18, 2013 2 Comments
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As you may already know from my previous photos of “The Old Lighthouse” this is our favourite place to hire for a holiday in Norfolk.
“The Old Lighthouse is a holiday home with a difference! Built in 1666 on the cliffs of North Beach in Hunstanton, The Old Lighthouse was fully restored and converted to holiday accommodation in 1997.”
Camera used – Samsung WB550
March 18, 2013 0 Comments
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Taken during a day trip around Leaf Hill, Surrey and the surrounding areas.
Camera used – SONY Alpha a100
March 16, 2013 0 Comments
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A collage I created for Sarah & I to remember the great life we shared with Bruce! 😀
Thinking Of You Mum
My Thoughts 💭
Today would’ve been my Mums 64th birthday. Some of you who have read My Testimony or my About page may remember that she died in the same month i was registered blind 13 years ago. My family & i miss her lots, so i’ve added some of their facebook comments below,
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