British summer time

The start of British summer time heralds the first photo shoot where I've had to use my umbrella as an accessory. I knew it had to happen sometime which is why I spent 20 minutes in a supermarket a couple of months ago trying to choose the perfect brolly for this eventuality. Colourful? Check. Floral? Check. Mosaic even? Check. Yes that will do nicely.


There was a still a bright spot in the sky when Polly and I made a dash for the speediest set of shots we've done. What I was facing was a black weather front that threatened to engulf us at any moment. However, not to let our spirits be dampened, Polly snapped away while I entered into the spirit of things singing along to my inner soundtrack of Gene Kelly's "Singing in the rain". A dreadful cliche, I know, but it did jolly things along for the two minutes we were out there.











The final shot is for Alison (of Anna meets Alison fame as seen here) who loved the "beauty face" setting on my camera and couldn't understand why Polly doesn't use it. The best retort would be that I don't need it (hahaha), but is in fact due to the extra time required to convert each file as you take it, and we simply are always in such a rush for this kind of extravagance. Today however, the camera switched to this setting automatically and Polly very kindly deigned to allow me to have my first beauty face shot. This could go to my head! Before you know it I'll be photo shopping every frame you see.

The outfit today comprises of jacket from Zara via charity shop, H&M trousers from a charity shop too, and blouse from Next also from a charity shop. Shoes are from TK Maxx, necklace by Charlie Dodge, watch by Michael Kors, flower ring from Dorothy Perkins and gold and nude ring from Boots. 

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Cherie of Style Nudge

And finally, I've not posted any swimming features recently for various reasons, but wanted to share this link with you here and this one as well - hereWe've just had the most amazing event take place on the islands which has made me green with envy. The truth of the matter is that it's way beyond my abilities, but that doesn't stop me enjoying the spectacle that it was on the day. Otillo came to the Isles of Scilly as part of the qualifying races which lead to the Swimrun World Championship in Sweden in September.





Unfortunately I was at work on Saturday when this took place so the best I could do was peer out of my office window and capture the back views of the athletes as they ran from one side of the island to the other.  Awesome and inspiring stuff from these true adventurers!

Anna x

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