365 Day Photography Challenge- Day 9- Newcastle

I have a trip to Newcastle for two days to stay with an old friend of mine Emma. I met Emma when I started teaching at Erskine Park and she helped me through some very tough times in that first year ad basically convinced me not to quit teaching.

Emma has recently had a baby girl Matilda, so this trip has allowed me to see an old friend and meet a new one. It has been a long time between visits and it’s always a relaxing stay.

The photography for today is of Emma’s amazing book case built around her door way. All those book fanatics, enjoy!

365 Day Photography Challenge- Day 8- An Accomplishment

Today’s post will be a short one as I have already blogged about this book, but today, I finished it! It has a profound impact on me, in a way that books don’t normally for me. There is a particular event in this novel that really shook me, to the point where I had to message a friend who knew about it, at 1am, just to feel ok again, or even just to share in the shock of this event. It was a great read and highly unpredictable, which is rare I think for love stories these days. It reminds me of one of my favourite films in a lot of ways, 500 days of Summer.

Anyway I shall now watch the film version to see if they absolutely killed the story. I hope not.