Fifth

My poor little Dahlia is not looking too happy. I blame the slugs.


For The August Break.

Fourth

Third

2nd August

For August Break, I challenged myself to take pictures of the patterns that I saw around me. These are a few of my favourites. It is surprising how many patterns you can find in ordinary places. It really challenged me to look closer than usual.

The Beginning of August

This is what I want every day to be like.

August Break

Phew, July was a busy month. It began with the Handmade Writer e-course (which runs for one more week) and has included more marking than I could ever imagine (from my current teaching job) as well as countless hours of writing and plans for what feels like a dozen new projects. I managed to include plenty of long walks and reading books in the sunshine. It has been a lovely, but tiring, month.

I read about the marvelous Susannah Conway's August Break and it sounded like just what I need. I love the idea of taking more photographs and sharing them here during August. There are so many people taking part in this project. It really is fantastic. I haven't had a camera for a while now, since I broke mine, so will have to use the camera on my iphone until I get a new one. 

During my August Break, I will be working industriously on some changes to Bring Yourself. I am planning a new course and a few bits and bobs to shake things up. I have a feeling that August will be a busy month. I will keep you posted.

The Trouble With Feedback

I had some good feedback on my own writing a couple of weeks ago. I learned how hard it is to hear positive comments about your work. My brain somehow turned every positive into a negative and assumed the worst. I was waiting for the 'but ....' to follow every positive comments. 

I had to consciously shake myself out of it because it wasn't getting me anywhere.

Am I the only one who finds good feedback harder to hear?