Sunday? Catch-up ~Thursday Edition

So, being the terrible person I am I didn't get to type up my Sunday catch-up, even though I found time to edit the photos for it. It's now Thursday and the guilt has overridden my procrastination and so here I am, to at least share the photos I took even though I didn't do that much last week.

    So, Tuesday was my second day off in the week and as both Face and I had it off I finally managed to convince him to go to the safari park with me! (I need someone to drive so I can take photos or I'd probably go by myself tbh ;p). Even though it rained a bit when we were in the walk-about bit of the park we still had a really good day and I got to take loads of photos, woop x3 So I've already already told the story of the African wild dogs so I thought I'd focus on the other animals/dinosaurs for these pics x3
I really liked this one I got through the wires of the cheetah, did you spot the other cheetah lurking in the background? Meerkats are probably like my second favourite zoo animal so I got a ton of cute photos of them too, I would've liked to have seen the lemurs too but we were out of time by the time we got there. Something for next time I suppose.

On Friday my Graze box came, and it has the cutest box for summer. I like how they put so much effort into their design. Everyone around me knows how easy it is to sell me something in appealing packaging (and small tubs tbf...I'm a sucker for marketing) x.X

On Sunday I did a 13 hour shift and felt bad about not getting many photos this week, but as I was lamenting this the sun set and there was this beautiful sunset. I quickly popped outside while the others worked on to get this photo. I'm a terrible coworker sometimes :x So I'd ask how your week was usually but lets face it, we're well into this week! Well, I hope the remainder of the week is good to you, it's nearly the weekend x3



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Sunday Catchup ~Hot and Cold

All right, here we are. Catching up, okay? xp I didn't manage this yesterday as about a week ago I switched the file type my camera saves in from jpeg to RAW...and subsequently found out that nothing my computer does previews, opens or edits RAW. Huh. So what I hoped would improve my photography a little has really just resulted me converting my files back to jpeg so I can edit them and being a lot more time consuming. Hence why I'm here Monday instead of the scheduled Sunday. No worries anyway. Shall we get on then?

So Monday was a bit of a wander around the garden day, not up to much really but I got a few shots, like this one of the kiwi fruit vine in flower for the second year in a row, and again it's put on a pretty impressive display. Hopefully this year will be a little more...fruitful than last where nothing resulted.

The weather began heating up from Tuesday onwards, and Wednesday was easily the hottest it's been in a long time, as confirmed by the news! I had to go to work which was a bit of a sweatbox nightmare with power cuts taking out the aircon, but before all that I got to sit in the garden with my feet in a paddling pool, drinking homemade strawberry milkshakes x3 So good!

Things started getting busy then as many early mornings ensued (I'll go into more detail about that at a later date) and I lost track of what was happening when, as I do when I get up too early xp My week was made when the new single from The Libertines was released, the first in 11 years, Gunga Din <3 OMG this track is something, it gives me shivers!

Friday was my first day off in about 10 I think, and I was ready for it! It was another early start but after a recovery can of Red Bull and a bit of a relax on the computer, I got some mail- my Graze Box. Bored of not receiving jerky recently, I went on the website after the last one and 'send soon'ed some options I fancied, so this box looks particularly tasty x3

After I'd recovered I went out with Dad in the afternoon to go for a mooch round Shrewsbury. We had a good afternoon just taking pictures and not doing a lot, as ever! We went round by the river, up through the Quarry, where I got this pic of a lovely lily mix, and then up to the castle for a view while we ate dinner. It was a good way to spend my day off x3

Sunday I kind of had it in my head that I wasn't going to do a lot until the evening, but at 10.30 I got a txt from a friend asking if I wanted to check out a camera fair in Wolverhampton. Sounded interesting, so away I went! And it was good, I'm kinda glad I didn't take too much money though as I managed to spend too much as it was x.X I ended up with 3 new cameras! All analogue, of course x3 And two of them were only a pound each! How could I turn that down? (Even if I can't use them because they take film that hasn't been made since the 70s...)
As we left the fair this storm rolled in but as we were in the car we just watched the rain and enjoyed being dry while checking out out purchases x3
But what about you, did you have a good week? Busy or more relaxed? I'd love to hear about it x3



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Sunday Catch-up ~A Little Late

Awww man, sorry I'm so late on this post...I went to do it yesterday but what can I say? I totally got caught up in a Steven Universe marathon x.X I'm a sucker for cartoons. Anyway....

I had a busy enough week, on Monday I did a lot of washing and unpacking from Download and basically just relaxed the day away after that XD I got a few photos of my babies, they only stop still for sunflower seeds! Really, they are a strange couple of gerbs, they don't like any other treats! At least they're better for them than yoghurt drops I suppose XD

On Tuesday I went out with Dad for a bit of a tiki tour as we haven't had a chance for one in ages. We went first to Pistyll Rhaeadr falls in Wales. I'd not been in so long and it was good to see it again. We usually walk to the top but neither of us were feeling it and instead we went to the local shop and picked up some bits and pieces and had a picnic while watching the falls X3 It was a really nice relaxing way to spend part of the afternoon, I really felt I needed some time to just doss and watch something different.

When we decided to move on we went over to Lake Vyrnwy and discovered a couple of things over that way we'd not visited before- a small church up on the hill and a sculpture park on the other side under the shadow of the dam. It made the place a little more interesting, we even did a little bird watching in the hut built up near the tourist shop x3

The next few days it was back to same old, same old as I returned to work and got used to seeing lots of newbies around the place, usually a good thing as the old ones get a little complacent and we need newbies to refresh the lines, you could say! On Friday I got a Graze box...I used to post these every time I received them but lately I guess I've got used to getting them! They are still looked forward to though and this weeks was another good selection x3

Lastly on Saturday before I had to go into work as Dad was away I decided I needed to get out and get him some presents as both Fathers day and his birthday were fast approaching! I had some ideas in mind with a little help from my sister so had a good couple of hours mooching shops XD There were one of his 'main' presents- he loves the Kinks and this band is made up mostly of old members so I'm hoping it'll be a good show.
And that was my week pretty much. The weather has been up and down but I'm hoping it'll give us a few good weeks soon so we can get a little more time outside x3 Did you have a busy week?



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