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Oops... where has the week gone (or, where has this year gone?! I mean, it's August tomorrow - how did that happen??)? I meant to come back here last week but never got the chance, and now I'm out of synch with my pictures. It's weird to think that these are from a week ago whereas today I'm looking out on a drizzly street, nursing my fourth cup of tea and feeling rather sluggish. Aaaaanyway, I shot these out the passenger window as we were driving down the promenade in Southend-on-Sea, and I like how they're same same but different :)

We're having a few days of hot weather right now, so yesterday we escaped with friends to the seaside, hoping it would be cooler there... But it wasn't, haha! Never the less we had a lovely day out in Southend-on-Sea, and I'll be posting more pics during the week. Hope you're having a nice one, whatever the weather!

This is what I've been up to ... How about you? The past few months have been very busy for me. My family and I committed to an organic / natural lifestyle back in March 2012. This has taken a lot of research and major changes to how we shop, eat and live. The greatest challenge has been finding food that is really organic and really natural. We now shop between farms, stores and markets for the

Oomoo got a little surprise on his bedroom wall the other morning. There's a black-out blind in his window and somewhere on it must be a tiny little hole... So we got to enjoy a moment of camera obscura . It's a shame that it was the view out the back and not the front of our house (cars moving or people walking would've been so cool), but Oomoo got a bit freaked out by it, so I had to open the blind quickly-quick.

Me and the hubby turned 16 on Saturday and we celebrated our anniversary with lunch at Min Jiang  - a real treat. If you had told me that I would meet my future husband at 21 when I was a teenager, I would have laughed in your face. How ridiculously old-fashioned... But as it turns out, it's been wonderful! Our song :)

Every other evening me and the hubby have a screen-free evening. Whilst he is working on another paper gun, I sit and do my Japanese homework. During my annual January slump I felt I needed a change, and so after having a think I realised that maybe it was about time I'd try and learn Japanese. It's something I've wanted to do for years, but I kind of forgot that I wanted to. I've only got a few lessons left on my 14 week intensive course and I have already signed up for my second year (I'm loving it!). Me and the hubby made a pact; this is something I'm not to give up on (Spanish and piano are some of the things I've laid to rest in the past) - this is for the long haul. If all goes well I only have another five or so years to go before I'm fluent :) Have you set yourself a new challenge this year? I'd love to know!