DOLLY

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white apples and berries

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holly go lightly

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sunshine on wreath

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a single perfect snowflake

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peace wreath

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still life with dustpan

Week one of the December project I'm doing with friends, Phil, Christina and Charlotte.

No theme, just a photo a week of whatever catches our eye.

a little christmas flare

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a succulent christmas

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of fruits and flowers

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enwreathed

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It's that time of year again.

I would usually have started sharing these on 1 December. But life has been stressful lately, with slow and calming kitteh punctuations which I've latched onto to take much-needed mental, emotional and physical breaks.

I'm incredibly behind on everything.

I hope to catch up this month, but apologies in advance if I fall behind again.

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fruitful

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A simple, calm photograph for you today.

Nice light on those pine cones.

The past couple of days have also been calm. Productive. Focussed. Things I don't feel like I've felt for months now, though I'm sure there were some days in there that fit that description.

Sleep Cycle tells me I had 100% sleep quality on Saturday night/Sunday morning. That is unheard of for me. Even when I went to New Zealand in 2018, my first high-quality sleep wasn't that high.

But last night/this morning was full of stressful dreams and arguments in my sleep with a former lover from years ago, leaving me emotionally exhausted upon waking.

Tonight, I spent the evening working on photos for my Love Letters to London series while listening to one of my homemade Spotify playlists, Better Together.

I have plans made with a friend or two to catch up in person this weekend. A phone call with a friend back in Australia scheduled for the wee hours of Friday morning. Maybe a call with Dad in a little while.

Plans tentatively made for a London photo walk in August with a friend; plans years in the making. A plan to meet the same friend for a long weekend in Chichester in late September, presuming we're not back in lockdown again then.

And - if the weather is as forecast and I'm not feeling too lazy - I'll see how far I can make it along the New River Path (the London stretch). One day this week, when it's closer to 20 than 25 degrees and the rain has paused.

I hope your week is off to a good start x

sun-bleached santa

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