Faves of '25

January 22, 2026 by famapa in my everyday life

Ouf. Don’t know how to start again after such a quiet autumn here, but maybe it’s one of those times (again) where I don’t over think it and just jump in. Rather than post part two of the road trip I did with my sister last June, which now feels so long ago now that my memories of it are fading; not the fun and how nice it was to spend that time with my sis, but more where we stopped along the way. Instead I’ll post some of my favourite pictures that I took last year. I very rarely carry a camera with me these days, and it’s not because I take pictures with my phone instead, it’s just that picture taking itself doesn’t feel as important for me at the moment. Ha - how great to still go on with this photo blog of mine then - eh?! Well, I do still take a lot of pictures when I go away, and I usually bring a camera with me to exhibitions by habit, so at least that’s still something. I also, as always, have a mighty big backlog that I can eternally dip into.

Hope you’re all doing as well as you can, and managing to look after yourselves in the midst of the absolute effing madness we’re living through right now. It’s just relentless, and so I will vow to continue to make this space a place where we all can get away from it - if only for a moment. Big hugs x

Points of focus

February 27, 2025 by famapa in my everyday life

I can’t tell you how fortuitous it is that at the same time as I decide to keep going here, a new-to-me camera falls into my hands. The 50mm lens is growing on me too; I like how my pictures now don’t look exactly like they usually do.

Oh, and to continue on the love of winter theme: have your bestie who lives abroad come and stay with you (for the second winter in a row), so you can go to the cinema on a rainy day, walk home through the neighbourhood under a too small umbrella, bring her along to your weekly choir (oh man, I haven’t even told you guys about that yet) where everyone welcomes her with open arms and you get to sing standing next to each other for the first time. You might go to exactly three exhibitions, as she’s only staying for three nights, and you eat delicious food and drink delicious hot drinks (these pics are all from those days). On one of the nights you’re lucky enough to be able to walk up the hill to watch one of your favourite artists at a gig (WARNING - FLASHING LIGHTS!!) in the local live venue, which was the reason for her coming in the first place. It’s one of the best gigs you’ve ever been to and your watch tells you you’ve taken 5000 steps at the gig - which was you dancing the whole time. You talk life for four days, figure stuff out and part by saying “You/I need to do this more often” and one of you remembers that this exhibition will be on this summer, and that that is a perfectly good enough of a reason to do it all over again.

So long, farewell...

June 10, 2024 by famapa in my everyday life

… auf wiedersehen, goodbye. I’ve been thinking about wrapping the blog up for a long time, and had thought that a natural stop in the year I turn 50 would make sense, but now I know I don’t have another year of blogging in me. I started the blog in 2008 as a way of getting me to take more pictures (and boy did it work!), but now I have to end it for the same reason. I’ve really enjoyed posting in this space for the last 16 years, but I feel that blogging has stifled my creativity for a while, and that I’ve perhaps gone from my funny eye to my tired eye… I want to thank you so much for having been such a great audience over the years, and to give a special thanks to those of you who’ve taken the time to leave a comment or two - or twenty. I will miss hearing from you, but when an I’m old lady (ok older lady), and hopefully still taking pictures, I’ll remember that decades ago when I sent my pictures out on the worldwide web, there were people there who really liked them, and were kind and generous enough to tell me. What a privilege!

I’m leaving the blog up for a while longer as my contract with Squarespace won’t end until the end of the year, so you’ll still be able to go through the archives should you wish to do so. Wishing you all that is good, and again - thank you so much for stopping by here. You guys rocked.

Ready, steady... go?

January 30, 2023 by famapa in my everyday life

Heeeeeey. I didn't mean to take a break from the blog, but here we are. There are several reasons for why it happened, and as it’s now been so long, my question to myself recently has been “Where do I even start?”. I know where I should, but that post will take a while to put together, and will be pain/joyful to write. So I’m just dipping my toe in, giving a life sign, waving hello. I’m here, all is good, and it’s time to take the time to be here again. Hope you’re good.