#100 happy days - days eleven to twenty.

I am really enjoying this mini-project.  Turns out there are a lot of things making me happy each day, the challenge is narrowing it down to which one is the one most worth remembering.  What a good place to be in life!

Day 11 - handstamped letter writing paper



Day 12 - a moment to draw (these days 10 minutes feels like a lifetime, I live for nap time!)



Day 13 - the winter trees are up in Faelen's nursery - warm nesting required here :)




Day 14 - being recognised as someone who has 'favourite weevils'



Day 15 - a year ago today I found out I was pregnant. We've come a long way since!



Day 16 - the perfect child who slept through the flight despite a man with halitosis next to us!

Day 17 - golden hour in my Nonna's kitchen
Day 18 - siesta time with the lord of the land



Day 19 - prosecco at lunch time? Well, when in Umbria....
Day 20 - a quiet last morning in Umbria

#100happydays - days one to ten.

Since Faelen's arrival my computer is bursting at its electrical seams with pictures of his chubby cheeks.  No pictures of weather, walks, insects, food (or even James!) feature in my life - all have been dismissed as unimportant compared to the marvel that is my baby (and quite reasonably I feel).

Recently though I have started to really notice the absence of these moments - this blog might soon need to be renamed from tea for bohemia to look I made a baby! 

So when I heard of the #100happydays challenge it seemed like a reasonable way to try and flex those mindful muscles!  Two years ago I completed a 365 photography project and I still feel pretty proud flicking through that photobook - so whilst 365 photos is a little out of my reach currently, 100 pictures might be manageable.  My personal goal is to strive to at least take a couple pictures that aren't of Faelen (but I make no promises).

(I am completing this on twitter as @jaibess, if anyone else is trying this, please link me - I'd love to see)!



Day 1 - being treated to breakfast
Day 2 - 'why yes I have been awake since 5am but your suggestion of a nap is still laughable'
Day 3 - new wool for a new project (and the money off voucher certainly helped the happy)
Day 4 - family swimming makes me indescribably happy (and baby swim trunks make my ovaries ache!)
Day 5 - a trip to Windmill Hill city farm to show our (admittedly sleeping) baby the gorgeous chickens
Day 6 - tea and laughing at this photobooth picture (babe could not be convinced to look at the camera)
Day 7 - the first daffodil in the garden!
Day 8 - wholesome family board games - luckily pictures don't capture the swearing or sulking
Day 9 - my newly printed cards all wrapped up lovely!
Day 10 - my (finally) sleeping coffee shop companion