Went to Sweden at the end of July and beginning of August (for almost 2 weeks) to see my family and have a bit of a holiday. It was roasting most of the time I was there, but one of the weekends there was torrential downpour. However, 2 hours later this was the only sign of any rain on the decking in my parents' back garden.
So I've realised I'm 17(!) weeks behind on posting photos for my Fifty-Two Weeks project. Worked some crazy hours this summer, and with going to Sweden to see my family at the end of July and going to New York at the end of August, the blog post ended up on the back burner a bit (or rather a lot).
To be honest, the weeks just seem to be flying by at the moment, and I can't believe it's getting to mid November already. In five weeks I'll be in Sweden for christmas which seems crazy.
My aim is to post a few photos a day to catch up, and we'll see how that goes.
As I had a rather large back log of weeks not posted, I have posted 6 weeks in quick succession (and will be posting this week's photo in a bit). I have tried to post them on a regular basis, but an already existing back log coupled with some crazy shifts and overtime at work has meant I haven't really had the chance to sit down at my computer for quite a while.Given that I am going over to Sweden for 12 days on Thursday, and then when I get back home I'll have three weeks ish until I go to New York, I figured it best to get rid of the back log in one go.
There were some photos which were strong contenders when choosing the photo for week 3 of the fifty-two weeks project. Below are a few of them. The side street next to one of the larger shopping centres in Stockholm city centre. Regeringsgatan, around the corner from Gallerian.
One of the things I love about Stockholm is that it's on the water. This is the view from Strömbron.
Sunset from Riksbron.
This was the week when I was in Sweden, and there were some good photos to choose from (even though I only went in to Stockholm with my camera one day). I will post some of the other photos which only just lost out to the one below at a later stage.The photo which I picked just reminds me of home I suppose. Love these lights my parents have hanging over the back door in the kitchen. I would steal them and take them with me home, but don't think that would go down too well with mum ;)
Since I was working all through christmas and new year I went over to Sweden to see my family in January instead. Went for 11 days (10th-20th), and as always it was really nice to see everyone; especially as I hadn't seen them since July.This photo was taken just as I got out the exit at Arlanda Airport and I was heading for the coach going into Stockholm.
..even though it's technically now the beginning of the year. This is a belated reflection on 2013.It had its ups and downs, stresses, happy moments, less happy moments, some travelling, too much work at some points, learning curves, ruts, changes. And it went by in a flash.. If 2014 goes by as quickly I hope I watch it fly by from a less apathetic state than I did 2013..
Looking forward then on 2014. There's certain things I would want. Change - mainly habits. Not get stuck in the "work, eat, sleep, repeat"-cycle again. Need to get my crap together. Want to do more of the stuff I enjoy rather than being shattered after work and spending the evening and/or weekend on the sofa (and we get back to habits and the need to change them). I did a 30-day photo challenge a few months ago, and I'm thinking of doing something similar this year. There's the 365 project where you take a photo a day. But I think I'll do a weekly one instead to start off with and see if I can stick to that for a year. Make my own little fifty-two weeks project :) Also want to get round the country a bit more. So day-trips with my camera will be on the cards now I've finished the payment plan for the loveliness that is my iMac. Can get cheap coach tickets try and do one a month or so. Finishing off the my website, and making it mobile friendly, is also on the to-do list. Not much left to do on it apart from uploading a lot of photos.
At the moment I'm really looking forward to 10 days of in about a week. Having worked all of xmas (apart from xmas day which we all got off) and new year, I'm going over to Sweden to see my family. It's always nice to go visit them, especially when I've not seen them for 6 months or so. So now I'm counting down the days :) Also got myself an appointment at True Tattoo to add to my tattoo "collection" on 14-Jan :D excited about that :) and I'll obviously post a photo on here once it's been done.
Anyway, I should get to bed (or rather switch the light off as I'm actually posting this from my bed on my iPhone) as it's getting on for 1am and my alarm is set for 6am..