Scavenger Hunt Sunday #2

Starts with 'S'

Texture

A Blessing

Warmth

I went...

PrinterPix Photo Competition Entry: Under 5's

Tots100 are hosting a pretty good competition at the moment and I thought I'd have a go, share a photo and see what happens!

My photo entry is this:

Here is my beautiful twosome making some (very well timed) funny faces. Midge loves and cares for her brother like I never thought she would. I really was surprised how easily Little Man just slotted into our lives and how amazingly well Midge accepted him. This photo will never cease to make me giggle and is, perhaps obviously, my go to photo when the chips are down.

This post is CupcakeMumma's entry into the Printerpix Photo competition

CupcakeMumma 

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Candy

My pen pal sent me some lovely smelling candy love heart candles just before Valentines Day which was so lovely of her. The pink ones are obviously my favourite!

Pink or Red

This Tatty Bear was bought for me by my Husband exactly 6 years ago now! I love the red rose he holds and can't quite believe that despite being kept downstairs he's stayed in great condition!

Love

I love it when my children do adorable things like this!

Kisses

Smile

CupcakeMumma

Cheerful post!

I have a good few things to write about this week (and perhaps last week as I was too busy to blog!) I haven't joined in with Reasons To Be Cheerful for some time so I thought I would start again this week. I'm also linking up with You're not from Round Here to join in with What Has Made Me Happy. Enjoy!

First of all I'm very happy to be a newlywed! Myself and Husband had such a wonderful weekend, received lots of wonderful and generous gifts as well as collecting some brilliant memories. In the end it all went very fast and we both wish we could rewind the evening one last time!

Little Man had his first haircut. At first I was a bit shocked to see his little curls all gone but the neat, blond head of hair he now has makes him look a little more grown up and doesn't half remind me of my brother when he was a small boy!

I also visited St.Ives recently with my Mum and younger sister. It was such a wonderful day and I loved dipping in and out of crafty, hand made shops, eating a delicious lunch and visiting The Tate St.Ives Gallery. 

I hope you've all had something to smile about too!

CupcakeMumma 

Good Morning World!

The sun isn't shining, I'm watching the 5000 episode of 'Ruby and Max' on Netflix, The Man has refused to move from the oh so warm and comfy confines of our bed and the baby has pooped. It stinks. I should change it. One second...

Well, that was gross...Anyway, despite all of the above I have woken up in a good mood. Sure my anxiety has reared its ugly head and I seem to be feeding off my nerves but I understand all I can do is wait. And pray perhaps, I do like a good chat with The Man upstairs.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend? Myself and the children hopped in the car with Mother to stay at hers for the night followed closely by The Man on his temperamental little bike. We went over to celebrate my brother's birthday, the big 2-1. He actually spent most of his time at his desk applying for jobs now his university spell has come to an end. I hope he gets one soon.

I ate too much rubbish, which I paid for last night by feeling pretty ill! The Man made a roast dinner which I polished off settling down with a nice hot chocolate and The IT Crowd (again) before bed.

It was nice to see everyone. The talk of our impending nuptials was the hot topic but I think about it so much I decided to let everyone else chat about their wedding outfits and what not while I poked my head in the fridge and started scoffing my vegan cheesecake.

I also went out and took some photos. I always want to do this as Mother lives in such a pretty little village which attracts a lot of tourists. Sadly it's filled with a lot of holiday homes which, because of the current UK weather are unoccupied. And we wonder why there are so many homeless people on our streets, Cornwall Holiday Lettings *cough*

I will leave you with some photos. I'm happy to say I got to go out alone which is rare but lovely. I'm still getting used to the odd look you get when walking around with a brick of a camera taking photos of the less obvious things like chains and seaweed!

Nappy number 2 needs changing and I need to finish Fifty Shades...
CupcakeMumma x

Scavenger Hunt June

Before

After

At Night

I stare out of my window before I sleep quite often. Especially if it's
raining.

Bunting

I had fun decorating my kitchen!

Close

Crown

Diamond

Momento from daughter's school

Majesty

Her Majesty's Bird. 

On the Edge

I don't like heights so I let my camera risk its life instead!!

Out of Reach

A beautiful button heart made for me safely placed high up, out of reach
from little hands!

Sleep

Symmetry

CupcakeMumma
Scavenger Hunt

Plymouth University Art Exhibition

I went to Plymouth yesterday not to shop (although we did allow extra for browsing the stores and having some fun) but to go and visit Plymouth University's art and media exhibition. I really, really enjoyed myself. I love it when the rooms are empty, this may be seen as a bad thing but being someone who enjoys art and being able to flick through folders and stare at photos or other visual art pieces without feeling claustrophobic or having to move on so others can get a good view it's a good thing.

In this post I give you my favourite pieces from the exhibition. Anyone who lives near Plymouth please go and visit the university and have a look around, there are some fab pieces there.

This is the reason myself and my family went to view the exhibition in the first place. This is a photo taken by my brother, William Goode, one of a series of photographs of Loe Bar in Cornwall. I adore this photo in particular and I'm secretly hoping he'll allow me a copy so I can hang in my home! I think he could sell these prints. This is my favourite because he has captured the colour so well, the blue against the brown and then the scenery in the background. I also love the prints left by horse riders.

There was no name surrounding this art but it was a large black and white print on paper stuck to the wall in the corridor. There were crayons hung up and an invitation for you to add your own little mark. As you can see many people have contributed to this and I love the idea for this reason. I'm sure you can see what I added to this great idea?

Couldn't resist! I've effectively tagged it- hope they like it!

Now this was a powerful piece. There were three large canvases all representing Amy's horse, Rosie, who had to be put down after a fall. It's horrible seeing an animal put down but for horse riders it must be particularly painful. Amy has photographed effectively what is left after the loss of someone she loved. One photo was the riding school, maybe where the horse fell I do not know, the other is this very poignant shot of Rosie's reins. Amazing photography.

'Picture Confessions' was another piece I loved. A group of people have been rounded up and asked to write something on a board, something I would say they have never admitted to in their lives. This ranges from one person admitting they stepped on and accidentally killed a pet, a good looking lad admitting to being single for a number of years...and still counting, to a man admitting he found joy in self harming for a number of years..very interesting. I wonder what I would write?

 Now, below is my favourite piece by far. This is probably because I am a mother, so it tugged at those maternal heart strings. Olivia Edmonds followed a young woman through her whole pregnancy recording in photographs every step, even when her baby was transferred to the neonatal unit shortly after birth. What a difficult thing to go through but yet still allow someone to document this time for you.
This piece is called T.R.A.P which I know sounds odd, but the reason for this is because the woman (Miranda) was not only pregnant again and experiencing those wonderful feelings of happiness, delight and anticipation but she was also grieving the loss of one of her children too.

In Olivia's words:
 'With life and death being the components to our existence, you do not expect to have to cope with these conflicting factors at the same time'

Miranda's very generous bump!

Reminding me of the birth of my babies.
A diary kept by Miranda, baby grows and much more..

I can't imagine my baby being attached to all these wires...

 All in all a really amazing experience. I'm hoping to visit my local college to support the students there and hopefully see some more work and learn some more names to look out for! I got some lovely postcards to remember some of the art work above for my collection.

To round off, we did a bit of shopping before our train journey stopping once for doughnuts and another time to spend just short of £20 on a bear!!

'Pretty Star' She's well loved already.

CupcakeMumma

Scavenger Hunt

Amazing

I love the detail in this photo which is why it's under 'amazing'

• Can't live without

An obvious one: My two babies

• Direction

Various directions including the local park, museum, bowling green and much more!

• In/out

I waited over half an hour just for this one shot! Thanks duck!

Indulgence

I may be intolerant to it but I know in Cornwall fudge is real indulgence food as it's so rich and creamy.

Multi-coloured

Some knitting tied to a lamp post, very cool and random

On the move

This couple were lovely. I hope one day that'll be me and Other Half wandering around :)

• Rock

• Smile

I felt brave so here is a nice smiley one of me!

Spring

Another shot from the local park, how beautiful are these ducklings.

Sticky

These were very sticky fingers

Tangle

If you go exploring you'll never know what you'll find!

Another great Scavenger Hunt list from Kathy and without escaping to the old park I used to visit I would've been stumped! Hope you've enjoyed this months list please have a look over Postcards from the P.P for more fantastic photographs.

Cupcake Mumma