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February 6, 2021February 6, 2021

Share Six Blog Circle – February 2021 | Silver Lining

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A {Silver Lining} might seem hard to find for a lot of us right now, but that’s exactly why Share Six is exploring that theme this month. I’ve spent hours thinking about what my silver lining is and what images to post. I’ve been thinking about what I’m grateful for and what positives I feel at the end of each day. It comes down to this:

I am grateful for the additional time I have had to create images since the beginning of the year. I am grateful I was strong enough to make a choice – a choice that is now giving me the time I need to rediscover myself when I hadn’t realised how lost I was. I am grateful for friends who have pushed me, guided me and encouraged me to find my way back into doing what I love. They know who they are.

Integral to this, I’m currently 3-weeks in to a 4-week workshop with Click Photo School (Clickin Moms). It is called Creative Approach. The workshop is led by insanely talented Ardelle Neubert, and it has been exactly what I needed at exactly the right time. I thought I’d use this theme to share some of my images from the workshop with you.

This is the therapy for my soul that I need while we face these challenging times.

Thanks for joining us again this month. Don’t forget, post your {silver lining} images on our Facebook page SHARE SIX or to our Instagram gallery by using #sharesix_silverlining. A new theme will be posted on 6th March.

Up next in our blog circle is my lovely friend and extremely talented photographer, Janet Douglas. Click here to see her images and be sure to leave her some love!

Until next time, stay safe,

Ceri xx

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020

Share Six Blog Circle – April 2020 | Imperfection

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I am so excited for this month’s {imperfection} theme! In March I was lucky enough to have one of my images on display at the Click Away conference in the Imperfection category. This one image alone has caused me a lot of reflection these past few weeks. I submitted “Preening” on somewhat of a whim, it was an afterthought and a wild card, but I love it because of its imperfections, not in spite of them: in composition, the limb chops, and even the pelican is showing off the imperfections in his feathers.

All that said, inspiration came to me in a completely different form these past few days. We’re living in an imperfect world right now, and as society unravels and then builds back up again, we will start to see and appreciate more and more of the layers and complexity of our society.

Thanks for joining us again this month. Don’t forget, post your {imperfection} images on our Facebook page SHARE SIX or to our Instagram gallery by using #sharesix_imperfection. A new theme will be posted on 6th May.

Up next in our blog circle is my lovely friend and extremely talented photographer, Janet Douglas. Click here to see her images and be sure to leave her some love!

Until next time, stay safe,

Ceri xx

November 6, 2019November 5, 2019

Share Six Blog Circle – November 2019 | Portraits

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The Share Six theme this month is {Portraits}.

I’ve talked a lot this year about how I am uninspired and how I have not been driven to pick up my camera since our international relocation. As I sit down to write this, it is exactly one year to the day since we left the US, and my goodness, my sentimentality is through the roof! Reflecting on the images I have taken in preparation for this blog in this past week alone, I see that I do have a reason and a purpose to pick up my camera.

My boys have changed so much in the last year and I wonder now if, when I look back through my 2019 images, I will have visibly missed a chunk of their growing up. I grateful for this theme and the push to capture them more. I vow to continue to do more again.

Inspired by my self-portraits from a few months ago (see those here), I bribed the boys with Halloween sweets. I would say it was worth it.

I snapped this last one as we were heading out the door on Bonfire Night. He does make me laugh!

Remember, remember the fifth of november, for gunpowder, treason and plot

Thank you for joining me for another month at Share Six. I hope you will take this theme, run with it and share your favourites with us. Post your {Portrait} images on our Facebook page SHARE SIX or to our Instagram gallery by using #sharesix_portraits. A new theme will be posted on 6th December.

Up next is my lovely friend and extremely talented photographer, Lynne Grant. Click here to see her images and be sure to leave her some love!

Until next time,

Ceri xx

October 6, 2019October 6, 2019

Share Six Blog Circle – October 2019 | Pink

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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

May 6, 2019May 4, 2019

Share Six Blog Circle – May 2019 | Green – Lyme Disease Awareness Month

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** May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month **

Lyme disease is a devastating illness that has directly impacted on of our Share Six team; Katherine will be sharing her experiences as part of this circle so please be sure to follow all the way around (see the link below). Thankfully my family hasn’t directly experienced the disease, but during our time living in MA it was a constant threat that gave me terrible anxiety. The Lyme Disease Awareness ribbon and our theme for this month is {green}.

Lyme disease is a spirochete bacterium that is transmitted by ticks. It is the fastest growing infectious disease, and is 1-1/2 times more common than breast cancer and 6 times more common than HIV. If treated with antibiotic therapy soon after transmission, the probability of successful treatment is much higher. If it goes untreated, it can infiltrate a person’s body and wreak great havoc.

Untreated Lyme disease is known to attack the heart and central nervous symptom. The numerous symptoms mimic other chronic illnesses such as ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), MS (Multiple Sclerosis), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), Rheumatoid Arthritis Parkinson’s Disease, Lupus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, as well as many others. Because of this, many patients with Lyme get misdiagnosed and go years not being properly treated, therefore furthering the progression of Lyme disease.

Awareness of this disease is imperative, as there are over 300,000 estimated new cases of Lyme disease each year in the United States alone (according to Johns Hopkins Medicine).

It was once believed that you always got a bullseye rash if you contracted the disease from a tick bite, but we now know that is not the case. Not everyone presents with a bullseye rash. Without a bullseye rash (and even with one), many people don’t connect their symptoms to the tick bite.

The more awareness we can bring, the better people can understand and know what to look for when searching for answers to their health problems that were unknowingly caused by a fateful tick bite. Please join us this month in spreading awareness.

Thank you for joining me for another month at Share Six.

Post your {Green} images on our Facebook page SHARE SIX or to our Instagram gallery by using #sharesix_green. A new theme will be posted on 6th June.

Up next is the incredibly talented Janet Douglas. Please Click Here to see her images and be sure to leave her some love!