a husband, a camera, a boy & fresh seafood...

<b>this is what happens when you give your husband the camera and your son loves seafood...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>you end up totally surprised with the results!</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />sent out to capture the evening with my camera-<b> </b>i figured <b>he</b> just needed time alone with my camera to<br /><br />really <b>bond</b> with it...<br /><br />thus in time, taking some photos that may have <b>me- the mama of the household</b> feature in them...<br /><br />just sometimes...you know for the kids...so they know i was there...<br /><br /><b>look at the results gals...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>sunset taken by husband on big learning curve left on own...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>he did G.O.O.D...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXJTeowqrcaFEcN1ZIyBTJqkwWgPXgkQ3SLP0TqYgcxthR5apP5D6s62eMWU5vIyGYuwQCcu-Dgks_SCOQP-EN0eBXo04wFZdZWkQuWxssq_-kQbBTF1yrJ556sSX2PuMMM9a0CURCWA-/s1600/cockles3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXJTeowqrcaFEcN1ZIyBTJqkwWgPXgkQ3SLP0TqYgcxthR5apP5D6s62eMWU5vIyGYuwQCcu-Dgks_SCOQP-EN0eBXo04wFZdZWkQuWxssq_-kQbBTF1yrJ556sSX2PuMMM9a0CURCWA-/s640/cockles3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i think he was <strike>totally</strike> a little chuffed with the results too...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i even think he may go back for more...on his own for now....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">one day he may even get me in one of his photos ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so...the hubsters first photographic effort on <strike>his</strike> my blog...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'm happy to share the space for these...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>now...back to the *son loving seafood* part...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we have a beautiful estuary that runs the length of our Village Green...it runs from a larger river & </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">brings with it endless perfect delicious cockles...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we have a son who adores seafood...especially shell fish...& perfect delicious cockles...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so here he is...filling his pockets, a block from our big old country house...sand & cockles- bless him...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUMabfk2mKKsXZik_IYz0sRKQ0s-C-0cHYsbv2ogLPhZkf2W-ZTw_049HxfAtSq_ICapvKfbzBYWWwmtNrZ7uZQvMk0VfLibZig7VdsZDZ35qUtOGrKhb7bm_8dT4TBBxDJ0e8xa3vb2t/s1600/cockles2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUMabfk2mKKsXZik_IYz0sRKQ0s-C-0cHYsbv2ogLPhZkf2W-ZTw_049HxfAtSq_ICapvKfbzBYWWwmtNrZ7uZQvMk0VfLibZig7VdsZDZ35qUtOGrKhb7bm_8dT4TBBxDJ0e8xa3vb2t/s640/cockles2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>if you are a seafood lover like we are...you can imagine collecting your own only adds to the </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>experience...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">for a child that will not eat sausages & spuds- an english fave- he amazes us with seafood...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX41t7wEu5F3qAeMT4R8o_qadrbJClConiho_kokAGpiq6Yq1R1f4kUfvJnpDGHDnHJXdsVuVGjRcWgtjH8bjeJoeL1V5yda07ViYBAz2viQQmlKO2Gr5Lm4hcyH9VO0gaMzmpIndO4aRU/s1600/cockles4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX41t7wEu5F3qAeMT4R8o_qadrbJClConiho_kokAGpiq6Yq1R1f4kUfvJnpDGHDnHJXdsVuVGjRcWgtjH8bjeJoeL1V5yda07ViYBAz2viQQmlKO2Gr5Lm4hcyH9VO0gaMzmpIndO4aRU/s640/cockles4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>collecting cockles is wonderful for kids...collecting *food* straight from nature's garden...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">he scooted home laden down & we googled a few recipes together...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">throwing them in a colander...washing of the sea water...<b>counting our haul</b>...all memories...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQvm-gyEnGUeIhb4xycJrtZ781fGeHFMbD4WO3BVEwpdxBty1-mhbGhpdCILI3NYH2fIXpQtQVXip1w5-46PNzKqXWGQk0WJN8-MEeGpLCEFtKyzfgUL5a6EKoNFMMMULmv3qLtyD8jX4/s1600/cockles5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQvm-gyEnGUeIhb4xycJrtZ781fGeHFMbD4WO3BVEwpdxBty1-mhbGhpdCILI3NYH2fIXpQtQVXip1w5-46PNzKqXWGQk0WJN8-MEeGpLCEFtKyzfgUL5a6EKoNFMMMULmv3qLtyD8jX4/s640/cockles5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>for a simple delicious simple-let-the-flavours-speak-for-themselves-go-to-recipe see <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2125595_cook-cockles.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">{here}</span></a>...</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAr-7POv6wow35J2nO8Ue3yrMJPMIJB2NEXyZ_uMSwUYPmqOw2BhP66GE4elgWV39p9DX_eSp-1IhC-pen9Vsv7k-w36gmLn9FiaTBlKYN8fgk8d_ZX3kwSGX3VhvEalnbl_MsaWh-Qm5/s1600/cockles6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAr-7POv6wow35J2nO8Ue3yrMJPMIJB2NEXyZ_uMSwUYPmqOw2BhP66GE4elgWV39p9DX_eSp-1IhC-pen9Vsv7k-w36gmLn9FiaTBlKYN8fgk8d_ZX3kwSGX3VhvEalnbl_MsaWh-Qm5/s640/cockles6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhtUT3tmikD2wqPaL_RqknJIDrnFmLuHWV0z6fwHvvC84gD2j3u4NTuvQB-mXVLtFQemSewWW0qn1_ifPr9svS-RjFKWfur2H-uGJK-jhOurVFYAD_QfJYFMkIQYCsqmuWYn9U-lfqvS8/s1600/cockles7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhtUT3tmikD2wqPaL_RqknJIDrnFmLuHWV0z6fwHvvC84gD2j3u4NTuvQB-mXVLtFQemSewWW0qn1_ifPr9svS-RjFKWfur2H-uGJK-jhOurVFYAD_QfJYFMkIQYCsqmuWYn9U-lfqvS8/s640/cockles7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>eat them like Sol....maldon sea salt...fresh bread...straight off a board on the kitchen bench...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10 year old heaven...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">a lovely end to a sunday afternoon...a sunset & fresh seafood...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8i_Oc3I7GfCtkbpB_WrP_665UEKVux8bJkuG0JixhzvETMHqut_8LQ3Lii2EH0baMfHf8t1qJXMSiBTft08_Rpe5XSEUfENW7Uk1ElIcnJbYaU_YUuJIXj82-P_emMUUXbk9rQJFwy0f/s1600/cockles8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8i_Oc3I7GfCtkbpB_WrP_665UEKVux8bJkuG0JixhzvETMHqut_8LQ3Lii2EH0baMfHf8t1qJXMSiBTft08_Rpe5XSEUfENW7Uk1ElIcnJbYaU_YUuJIXj82-P_emMUUXbk9rQJFwy0f/s640/cockles8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /></b><br /><b>so...the hubster caught a perfect sunset...on his own...in focus...great foreground...depth...colour</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>& we got a gorgeous salty local snack outa the experience...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />yep...he's going back...<br /><br />one day you may even see me just there...wandering along the shore...in my Hunter's...bucket in hand...<br /><br />& he may even get all of me in the picture :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNgFoaarZuzO8eQxd6EeQZooWnALWz5uHow0H9pTcySzkGU-LXyp-koqHodM4L7HOq_przw8hn4UZxmKlkjvVQO8f6vghLObAtNk0Wkn0SWeSnit5fj8tHqhQCNYsEYhIgGrSCMYf-pyb/s1600/cockles1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNgFoaarZuzO8eQxd6EeQZooWnALWz5uHow0H9pTcySzkGU-LXyp-koqHodM4L7HOq_przw8hn4UZxmKlkjvVQO8f6vghLObAtNk0Wkn0SWeSnit5fj8tHqhQCNYsEYhIgGrSCMYf-pyb/s640/cockles1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">happy monday gals</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">i have seafood recipes to google</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">photo challenges to come up with </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">enjoy!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xxx</span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">today i am linking up with a wonderful writer <a href="http://www.privetandholly.com/2011/11/monday-moments-spinning-it-out.html">{here}</a></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">celebrating monday's together</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><b><br /></b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b><br /></b>

a husband, a camera, a boy & fresh seafood...

this is what happens when you give your husband the camera and your son loves seafood... you end up totally surprised with the results! sent...

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seaside village lovely...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>a life made lovely...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>a welsh seaside village...sand dunes...friends...happy kids...sandy toes...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">old stone buildings...crabbing...ships & salt air...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">giggles...trails through the dunes...fish & chips...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">stunning hills...beautiful estuary's...cobblestone paths...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">old pubs...antique shops...new old boxes stashed in the back of the car...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbFTrj6cTkDpR9r9Tm1_2DXtNMPGeewo3p3LUp9Ddep-qnQrqpG2t_ABz6KKbzw8MaK7Q4Bm5ScXcabR_HGc9YvyI7YwSwrrAbVkzv1AVTRso65zzXqYy5orJ5p4VBmTI72KXgQO6VnJ8/s1600/Barmouth1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4msjutubT0fTC7-C7HD-5qJTDTLJJlsBvaKKMi39GwJHpCJ91bzftumdfpMc0ziIyWLeomTGjvF1hkRrPdCOoxd5mPuKLdgF-bUmZPw6z4fzy3dTqfbmacPDVw0an9ZIoakcacJyCf31/s1600/Barmouth5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4msjutubT0fTC7-C7HD-5qJTDTLJJlsBvaKKMi39GwJHpCJ91bzftumdfpMc0ziIyWLeomTGjvF1hkRrPdCOoxd5mPuKLdgF-bUmZPw6z4fzy3dTqfbmacPDVw0an9ZIoakcacJyCf31/s640/Barmouth5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b>there is absolutely nothing like time on the beach for our family...</b><br />we adore the sandy feet...<br />the knotty hair...<br />the sand dunes...<br />salty faces...<br />laughing kids...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4io8bIq0fd2IxJCDKBbz_qb5g8BPW60VHGquYAZ_zEbWkMkwXjYcs2ilXhGRJABySQOObfZ3m5M0F4GT4j0G31O3eB-0eB4OQwYiby4DZj_OlkEelbddfvwEut3qvRu6_eKTXxjMf7Rbp/s1600/Barmouth6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4io8bIq0fd2IxJCDKBbz_qb5g8BPW60VHGquYAZ_zEbWkMkwXjYcs2ilXhGRJABySQOObfZ3m5M0F4GT4j0G31O3eB-0eB4OQwYiby4DZj_OlkEelbddfvwEut3qvRu6_eKTXxjMf7Rbp/s640/Barmouth6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhH8aAQPt8iDZyiubslxw3PeX5zGKQ5ydLK4ZYW0w3SI5Vo_m-HENDzVedA_FZYvwbLWLG6trpwfUvPfDb0Xe8u-BduzhOuzpmPGQsP9IpjqqbDRm5fBrSVA0TbHqlpNwcwFOvlb1uLu7/s1600/Barmouth7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhH8aAQPt8iDZyiubslxw3PeX5zGKQ5ydLK4ZYW0w3SI5Vo_m-HENDzVedA_FZYvwbLWLG6trpwfUvPfDb0Xe8u-BduzhOuzpmPGQsP9IpjqqbDRm5fBrSVA0TbHqlpNwcwFOvlb1uLu7/s640/Barmouth7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouCcA-79dnNRw-UM1eysbXeOwP9A93saIt9rRKdFzv0IcWiBZkC0LFuE91OwpTVFYvOwRI7F04APmoCVSKfgaRiwHKxvMLius-ubWK8ehv9C1Z5cg_8ENIrFI1z-AiUywuPCrFTpjt5Eq/s1600/Barmouth8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouCcA-79dnNRw-UM1eysbXeOwP9A93saIt9rRKdFzv0IcWiBZkC0LFuE91OwpTVFYvOwRI7F04APmoCVSKfgaRiwHKxvMLius-ubWK8ehv9C1Z5cg_8ENIrFI1z-AiUywuPCrFTpjt5Eq/s640/Barmouth8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>the welsh in the kids & their dad comes out in all it's glory...</b><br /><b>aussie welsh kids fishing, crabbing & hanging out with the locals...</b><br /><b>perfect...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36nS1UWhGqGDyJgAG8ZUSP-vhqHse37PpyeHLxfWkxalcpliKhjoRnmgkmqNP7BCgn2TPg-H6mgLTqIlGwv9ddWLlBU9yV8bOu3CG1_l9MZ8jJFPUkHeteBhNBNDp9bN4AxDZlG_9pgJK/s1600/Barmouth9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36nS1UWhGqGDyJgAG8ZUSP-vhqHse37PpyeHLxfWkxalcpliKhjoRnmgkmqNP7BCgn2TPg-H6mgLTqIlGwv9ddWLlBU9yV8bOu3CG1_l9MZ8jJFPUkHeteBhNBNDp9bN4AxDZlG_9pgJK/s640/Barmouth9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">hope you all had a wonderful weekend</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">nothing like a mini break</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">in another country</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">that you can <i>drive</i> to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">...as australians we will <i>never</i> get over the excitement of doing this...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">melissa </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div>

seaside village lovely...

a life made lovely... a welsh seaside village...sand dunes...friends...happy kids...sandy toes... old stone buildings...crabbing...ships ...

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a virtual coffee in france....

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>g'day....</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i know this is a coffee catchup...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">but the sun is out & i'm wishing we were in a little french town i looove...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">not for coffee...but for the afternoon...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">lunching on mussels...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">sharing a bottle of french wine...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">legs in the sun...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">sandals kicked to one side...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>want to join me?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>we can do coffee's later as we head towards the beach...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0A5w-fE1W66hIRseNqU4uViTzBfCt69G8wkr-eZG9_ivOojFZmk9MmBDBWbKWe3uVthWjypBKkBbfAOvi-4biuhfDQL-DYScM7MJtcbJ24xUzv0iE3dPkoLelXZM4lLDJBvfbfb30Zd_/s1600/castle6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0A5w-fE1W66hIRseNqU4uViTzBfCt69G8wkr-eZG9_ivOojFZmk9MmBDBWbKWe3uVthWjypBKkBbfAOvi-4biuhfDQL-DYScM7MJtcbJ24xUzv0iE3dPkoLelXZM4lLDJBvfbfb30Zd_/s640/castle6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>so...it's virtual french dining in a humble seaside cafe today...</b><br /><b>sounds like heaven non!</b><br />drink up...slurp up that mussel broth & tell me how your week's been?<br />holidays at your end?<br />reading any great summer books?<br />i'm feeling a little more myself this week...<br />having the kiddos home constantly on the go is helping no doubt...<br />still...there are moments when i think i'd feel so much better just losing myself for a while in a french village....<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96vBD9q8tHsqlZHBSPQZyCGDUMgX3QyrStGRDPkGU1oC9JRH2bCNiX9UnY-tGLkQOvXxrTyJ31Ap3FjiWxvB7_B-KP5f1mzSmWPL3Ue9idgPPmop83-D_ir-a8I1hyphenhyphenA5cSQJ8NCpB_Wnr/s1600/tag1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96vBD9q8tHsqlZHBSPQZyCGDUMgX3QyrStGRDPkGU1oC9JRH2bCNiX9UnY-tGLkQOvXxrTyJ31Ap3FjiWxvB7_B-KP5f1mzSmWPL3Ue9idgPPmop83-D_ir-a8I1hyphenhyphenA5cSQJ8NCpB_Wnr/s640/tag1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b>if we were really having a lunch together...speaking <s>broken school book</s> french...</b><br />i'd be wearing my new summer sandals...<br />they make me feel all from another time...<br />they make me want to sit ankles in the sun...pouring wine with friends...<br />funny how shoes bought in england on an overcast, muggy summers day can transport me to another climate...another place where we can just sit & ponder our day together...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMllzszJKbuyG8EvJXIZVwAIqDiLK2t2nleiHJ60ksT4yW8K7mYcMcvT-r0kR8d-BndaQauXtKg5ERsnK7LgyoP86WjLrlgMoMXI_aJnSzldAgBr43vdkHoNkZs1LeUHuGVZz_mp_XuM8/s1600/shoes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMllzszJKbuyG8EvJXIZVwAIqDiLK2t2nleiHJ60ksT4yW8K7mYcMcvT-r0kR8d-BndaQauXtKg5ERsnK7LgyoP86WjLrlgMoMXI_aJnSzldAgBr43vdkHoNkZs1LeUHuGVZz_mp_XuM8/s400/shoes1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><b>and then after we've had that gorgeous french pot of seafood, finished our vino & gathered the kids...</b><br />we'll be lovely *yes*mums...*oui oui mama's*...& buy the gang an icecream & head down to the beach with them all in tow...<br />happy days...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2JH6pK5N4MQqAmi3G4Zh1GJCSfsEW0-uou1Jfxvq5PZ9KSEPx9uUyahyc-5q92dM65kIIp9FVZwQv-kNzJBU_TT4_3U1Jl6IO0rqYRtF-WliC-th-M5GWLn1_3RvhmupsHB8FQHn9yWIR/s1600/france.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2JH6pK5N4MQqAmi3G4Zh1GJCSfsEW0-uou1Jfxvq5PZ9KSEPx9uUyahyc-5q92dM65kIIp9FVZwQv-kNzJBU_TT4_3U1Jl6IO0rqYRtF-WliC-th-M5GWLn1_3RvhmupsHB8FQHn9yWIR/s640/france.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>what do you think?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>let's take our virtual coffee's to a french beach together...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">let's just hang out & put our faces in the sun...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">plan our brocante hop for the afternoon...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">organise how we fill my people mover with french chippy chairs that the husbands will thank us for...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">a bbq always tastes better when sitting on chippy french garden chairs- <i>i promise!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJ2XRMD1qgvI1hsjp6U8N40kZJAeNKHv_jBclnyBbYVv7JwQ6NTv0fX1qD8q8_YOdXcbkxQH826-PKPa0A1kR4_yGzpRnCHdwdeHF1NOmCO0lOFBGq-VZjYlDHC7VlAqSuV1Vmryuu0dP/s1600/fr+coffee1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJ2XRMD1qgvI1hsjp6U8N40kZJAeNKHv_jBclnyBbYVv7JwQ6NTv0fX1qD8q8_YOdXcbkxQH826-PKPa0A1kR4_yGzpRnCHdwdeHF1NOmCO0lOFBGq-VZjYlDHC7VlAqSuV1Vmryuu0dP/s640/fr+coffee1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>and then we could head out for a little french culture...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>you know give the kids something to tell their teachers about ;)....</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">an old monastry...in a village...near the seaside in france...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">sounds like heaven...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'll collect you after i sort out the car...the kids...the washing...the cat...the husband...& the villa....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcERvpOR1ghGNmZpgM2oRNcRrQWWzdXFJgHSpvpmGTZrGLHapLU4ynFZxsNlz568wenRgdUPfRywv9xPdXb7wh1e3fsi7ptSdNIwl77EHzlESs2rM_dE3lg8ay7SIF7cVZl38uGA7GrEB/s1600/tpot8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcERvpOR1ghGNmZpgM2oRNcRrQWWzdXFJgHSpvpmGTZrGLHapLU4ynFZxsNlz568wenRgdUPfRywv9xPdXb7wh1e3fsi7ptSdNIwl77EHzlESs2rM_dE3lg8ay7SIF7cVZl38uGA7GrEB/s640/tpot8.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">happy days people...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">very happy french chippy, legs-in-the-sun kinda day....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">what time will i swing past for you....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">xox</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">~~~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">check out some more nattering over coffees at amy's <a href="http://amyluckynumber13.blogspot.com/2011/08/virtual-coffee.html">*here*</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

a virtual coffee in france....

g'day.... i know this is a coffee catchup... but the sun is out & i'm wishing we were in a little french town i looove... not fo...

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a vintage deck chair or two...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>goodmorning dear bloggy friends...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>we've had a busy, emotional couple of weeks as you know...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>so this weekend it was all about *nothing*...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">doing nothing...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">thinking nothing...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">just *being* together...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">where better to do this than <i>by the seaside</i>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uSJwLOvbZFX-TFuOsu0jtryDMh21rS-L5fwEPlDR6MQjL4Zq_VCOSozqCMqKwqm-ntkVsaCM2EYIVnJFhasEfvI6tZI2Q3YfOQnH_dVAy8jPjBvVb7LaKQ59rRoqn5K6BDaP8LuwZt0O/s1600/beach1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uSJwLOvbZFX-TFuOsu0jtryDMh21rS-L5fwEPlDR6MQjL4Zq_VCOSozqCMqKwqm-ntkVsaCM2EYIVnJFhasEfvI6tZI2Q3YfOQnH_dVAy8jPjBvVb7LaKQ59rRoqn5K6BDaP8LuwZt0O/s640/beach1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>it still makes us smile...that after three years in england we can stumble upon *a moment* we've not yet had...</b><br />we're a beach reared family...<br />sandy, salty hair & beach towels thrown over the line...<br />it's what we know...<br />sydney beaches...sandy feet...freckled noses...<br />sunscreen & lipgloss in my bag...<br />so, on this lovely weekend of doing *nothing*, we went to *find* an <i>english day by the seaside...</i><br /><i></i>we found ourselves a movie moment...<br />a moment of history...<br />another perfect storybook moment...<br /><i>doing nothing but photographing vintage deck chairs by the seaside & watching our surf reared kiddos *paddle*...perfectly english!</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWL1CVUqvw-V0l9NkkwDvbgtUmu7n-fy_zA9-BHuJi0gIWpx0MxiuoNhlk-8xCH5SR5YI7V-V9HAfgorMI-12rcdvLcOnePqUBzPDMxAQ5-Oo-xVg_mwElpXKO2q9nSe_NfQZCFOm1JMLQ/s1600/beach2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWL1CVUqvw-V0l9NkkwDvbgtUmu7n-fy_zA9-BHuJi0gIWpx0MxiuoNhlk-8xCH5SR5YI7V-V9HAfgorMI-12rcdvLcOnePqUBzPDMxAQ5-Oo-xVg_mwElpXKO2q9nSe_NfQZCFOm1JMLQ/s640/beach2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>these deck chairs...</b><br /><b>total love...</b><br />i'm madly plotting how to get these into my people mover on our next visit...<br />{all my english friends should just ignore my next thoughts- unless you've already done this- & then any tips are sooo welcome....!!}<br />the way it works is, one pays £2.50 for the day for a vintage deck chair...& an additional 50p which is refunded when it's returned...<br />correct me if i'm wrong...but throwing this *piece of heaven* into a moving car full of aussie kids would cost me just £3.00 in total...<br />hmmmm....should i have a moral issue kicking in here??<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0BD9XiDC6tR6xyoOuND5sVFSJW5gG-8DeXkFSujm5P71GqyOEDVlEQ-HtMEu7FB3o8jJQ8_pxYS8VM1vkRTQAd_h3CFk0WRstES9sRVCzRoO7tjPn2WZOGenFlkkH07XjgqTsQDl-nhg/s1600/beach3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0BD9XiDC6tR6xyoOuND5sVFSJW5gG-8DeXkFSujm5P71GqyOEDVlEQ-HtMEu7FB3o8jJQ8_pxYS8VM1vkRTQAd_h3CFk0WRstES9sRVCzRoO7tjPn2WZOGenFlkkH07XjgqTsQDl-nhg/s640/beach3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>look at all that paddling people...</b><br /><b>this is a beach of paddlers...</b><br />no surf...but life savers...<br />no lounging on towels...but vintage deck chairs...<br />no hats...except on the aussies!<br />totally the kind of day we needed...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsaS8SSUKiRgHA_MVs1tzJNza6gii_osGt17pCi67-qwY7J6slhmLXM0oXIaYsIf37YIzNR9vS8Wlf_DwRbJrtOMFaerViIkxM3hwB5d76XY246YAUids9e_nbF3eWSPGih7NZ1_J4dEJ/s1600/beach4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsaS8SSUKiRgHA_MVs1tzJNza6gii_osGt17pCi67-qwY7J6slhmLXM0oXIaYsIf37YIzNR9vS8Wlf_DwRbJrtOMFaerViIkxM3hwB5d76XY246YAUids9e_nbF3eWSPGih7NZ1_J4dEJ/s640/beach4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b>& did i mention the fun pier...</b><br /><b>we seem to lack these on the aussie beaches i know...</b><br />the kids didn't even register it was there...<br />&<br />it makes for <b>divine</b> photos...<br />look at that wharf...<br />&<br />the beautiful light...<br />the colours of an english summer...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-PJBximiLSWcBA_cTHwE3VBznZLF4VKgfgNJShIc1qrkZ3Rj2yuJTyeuTX-HwFRoYN_fPQFwtsCeMZCry-h4WOyxfKgUjtuf4jjIR1O9sr5p6Q4oGnopHUlxdf_v99xOOamn6g7ocYyx/s1600/beach5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-PJBximiLSWcBA_cTHwE3VBznZLF4VKgfgNJShIc1qrkZ3Rj2yuJTyeuTX-HwFRoYN_fPQFwtsCeMZCry-h4WOyxfKgUjtuf4jjIR1O9sr5p6Q4oGnopHUlxdf_v99xOOamn6g7ocYyx/s640/beach5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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a vintage deck chair or two...

goodmorning dear bloggy friends... we've had a busy, emotional couple of weeks as you know... so this weekend it was all about *nothing*...

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