life beyond 40 ....

While we was away a week or so ago I 'celebrated' my 40th birthday, and with that there have been quite a few changes in my life ...

The biggest change is that I have been made redundant from my day job, so I am now totally and completely a freelancer - my own boss. Mixed feelings, but I know in the long run, no matter what happens I will come out the other end stronger and hopefully more creatively fulfilled.

Anyway - here is a collection of images from our break in Yorkshire.

On my birthday we went on the 'Eye on the Bay' - a big wheel on Bridlington's seafront - I am scared of heights so I found it a little (to put it mildly) scary ...


In the garden of the cottage we rent in Yorkshire we often see various wild animals - this time it was stoats - not a great pic - but you get the idea - they were running around like maniacs ...


Bempton cliffs seen from Speeton beach - one of the most beautiful views in the world (imho) ...


We had a trip on the North York Moors Railway as a pre birthday treat, we went from Pickering to Grosmont, where we stopped for a little picnic on the hill overlooking Grosmont, then we travelled back. It was a lovely day out ...


... a view near Grosmont ...


We also visited Sewerby Hall and Gardens, where there is a small zoo and other animals in large paddocks. I saw this sweet scene in one of the paddocks ...

and this little wallaby too ...

back from break ...

Just wanted to add a post to say we're back from our break, have been for a few days now, but I haven't got as far as downloading my photos or thinking of what to put into a full blog post. We had a lovely time which included my birthday on the 18th, so I came back a year older ;-)

Things are a bit muddeled at the moment, but hopefully they'll get straightened out soon, so hang in there I'll get a nice post with piccies sorted soon ...

getting away from it all ...

After all that's been happening here over the past few weeks (it's a long story) we've decided to take a break, so I will be away from my blog for a bit, but hopefully I'll return with lots of new things and positivity ...

introducing ...

I decided to make the most of the sunshine at lunchtime today to take some photos of some of my needle felted creations - to introduce them to the world ....









When I get things sorted out these creations will be for sale online. In the meantime ... if anyone is interested in adopting one of them before then, please just drop me an email. I will also take custom orders, so if there's anything you fancy please email me to discuss ...

one of my last bus journey's home from Kingsbridge ...

These photos were taken from the bus, so they aren't super quality, but they do give an impression ...


a view looking towards Dartmoor near Modbury


a colourful sunset over Plymouth

newly organised office

We spent a large proportion of the weekend doing a blitz in the house to create a work area for me. It looks lovely, but alas it sits there and I sit here in what's left of our old office in Kingsbridge. The working at home has been delayed ... hopefully only until tomorrow ;-)

a big change is on the horizon ...

There is a big change on the horizon in my life and I'm full of mixed feelings about it, some positive and some negative ...

From Monday I will be working from home (still employed, but home based - not office based). In most ways it's good - quite a change for me as in order to get to work at the moment I have to travel for 3 hours (yes some people in Devon do commute). Working at home will give me those 3 hours of my life back, and of course I'll save money - no bus fares and all those extras I end up spending when I'm away from home.

But then again I'm a bit concerned about being remote and isolated from the office team ... thank goodness for the Internet.

Watch this space and I'll let you all know how things go with this life change ... ;-)