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Welcome to another month of the 30 Minutes in the Life blog circle!

I’ve been spending a lot of time recently playing with layers and using the Pep Ventosa technique to create photographic images that are impressionistic in style. A couple of weeks ago, while I was (socially distance) walking the dog with my parents, I saw a tree from a distance that was just coming into blossom. I knew I had to give it a few days but it was calling out to me to be photographed and I was keen to get back to it!

Another day, another dog walk, I made my way back to the lone tree with blossom in the field behind Fleet Pond.

impressionist image of tree with white blossom — 20 layers
Canon 5D mark iii | Lensbaby Edge 35
1/800-1600 | f/5.6 | ISO 500

After completing my mission, we headed through the field towards Fleet Pond. The dog loves the beach!

chow boxer dog playing in the water at fleet pond

photograph of fleet pond with swans in the distance

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed seeing a little piece of our world. Up next in the blog circle is the incredible Kim Sidwell of This One Ordinary Life. Please click here to visit Kim’s blog.

Until next time, stay safe,

~Ceri

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a worldwide annual campaign taking place in October, involving thousands of organisations, to highlight the importance of breast awareness, education and research. If you’d like more info, check out Wear it Pink. And in honour of this cause, Share Six is turning our feed {pink} too!

I haven’t had my own garden for 5 years, and I’ll be honest, I am not the most green-fingered person you’re likely to meet. …I’m not green-fingered at all actually, but I do love flowers even if I’m no good at tending to them! I have enjoyed obtaining a few of my favourite plants over the past few months, and I have such grand plans for our courtyard once our house renovations are complete! There are going to be so many pots, it’s going to be lush and green, and have a string of lights zigzagging across the top and a table and chairs for breakfast alfresco and pre-dinner cocktails (….this is reminding me I must take proper before photos)!

These upcoming house renovations have meant that I’ve tried to the plant buying to a minimum. But with a gorgeous garden centre less than 3 minutes drive from our house, it was inevitable that some of my favourites would make an appearance sooner rather than later. It won’t surprise you to know that my favourites are also particularly photogenic: a hydrangea, a camilia, and a dahlia. And so today, ladies and gentlemen, the rhubarb and custard dahlia makes her debut appearance:

Next on the garden centre shopping list is a peony, and after that a magnolia for the front garden. I definitely have a type when it come to plants: big beautiful flowers!

Thank you for joining me for another month at Share Six. Post your {Pink} image on our Facebook page SHARE SIX or to our Instagram gallery by using #sharesix_pink. A new theme will be posted on 6th November.

Up next is my friend and talented photographer, Katherine Cobert. Click here to see her images and be sure to leave her some love!

Until next time,

Ceri xx

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