The Wedding...

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My husband's step sister was married in a beautiful ceremony at Murray's Beach near Newcastle on the weekend.
The weather was fabulous for an 11am wedding, the couple looked beautiful along with their gorgeous 2 year old son and it all went smoothly..I was asked to take photos for them so I thought I would share some of my favourite pics from the day! These are the original photos as I have not had a chance to Photoshop them as yet.

Thanks Jasmine and Craig for such a lovely day!

Mother's Day Canvas...

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In a creating mood I whipped up this canvas using mixed media techniques...inspired by this quote by Brian Andreas

"I didn't listen to her because she was my mother and wouldn't know anything until I was much older"

and the fact is was Mother's Day I couldn't resist a dig at my teenage daughters who are beautiful but typical teens who don't listen to me as much as they should (well...that's my opinion of course!)

What to do...

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Early (about 5.20am) the other morning I was awoken by a noise downstairs...often I wake at night as I am a light sleeper and think that I hear someone downstairs only to find it is the house creaking away...this time was different!!

I just knew there was someone down there...I went to my bedroom door cracked it open and there...creeping up the stairs...was a tall hunched over figure with a bulky jacket on!!

What to do....

I stood there for a moment...not so much scared but more disbelief that there actually was someone creeping up our stairs...

What to do...

So I yelled at the top of my voice....HEY!

Looking back I'm not sure why I did this??? I guess I was hoping to scare the figure into turning around and running out of our house!

Anyway...HEY!! I called out.

My hubby, asleep until then, sat bolt upright in bed and sort of went..."wha??..wha???...what's going on??????"

BUT the figure jumped out of their skin and this little voice said "Mum...it's just me!"

Lauren...my 16yo...couldn't sleep decided to roam the house...in the dark...but God love her...she was creeping slowly because she didn't want the stairs to creak and wake us up!

The next night I almost slept with the light on....