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Tom: Cool as a cucumber

Gracie: My spotty giggler, infront of my dream cottage

Joining in with Jodi & Poet in the 52 Project x

24/52

Tom: I see the beginnings of a young man
Gracie: She suits the warm autumnal tones

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Tom: seeing how fast he can spin the umbrella...
Gracie: Oh Petal.

A black and white diptych of images for a wintery week. Both images capture the essence of each child: Tom, with his boyish smile and playful nature, and Grace, with her deep soulful eyes, she is wise beyond her years.

I am very much missing them this week.

Joining in with Jodi and Poet in the 52 project x

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Grace: she loves this weather - apparently it's 'perfect for reading, snuggling and playing schools'

Tom: learning to play, I think Grace was only telling him the rules when it suited her!

Last week I had a selection of images of Gracie and Tom but I simply didn't have the energy to even put a blog post together. We have been enjoying our last few weeks of autumn, outdoors and in the golden sunlight.  The woody smell of neighbours fire's fills the air at dusk and our afternoon walks have started to dissipate as the darkness sets in not long after 5pm.

Today is the first day of Winter, and what a way to show it's presence. Here is is raining, dark and cool, the mood in the house is sombre and slow. Old board games are pulled out and enjoyed.

Joining in with Jodi and the 52 Project. x

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 Tom: Those freckles.

Gracie: Calling for her brother to come and run amongst the corn stalks

This week we have:

Celebrated a birthday

Had an early Mother's Day

Scored at soccer

Bought a wedding gown

Commenced renovation plans

Split a skirt

Bought a fish (welcome little Sushi!)

Joining in with Jodi - A portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2014.

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Tom: This photo just feels so eerily nostalgic to me...

Grace: standing in the cold May wind, her hair still highlighted from the summer past

This week my thoughts have included:

* How am I ever going to finish this Leadership course? The content is airy-fairy, not the art and science like I am used to.

* Can't school work be done in school time? I want to afternoons to be free from deadlines, reading lists and handwriting

* Does my hips look big in this? Planning wedding dress appointments, sampling menu's and laying down deposits on trestle tables and bentwood chairs

* Why can't Autumn linger for a little while longer? The Winter wind got to my bones this weekend.. 

playing along with Jodi - a portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2014