I don’t wish to alarm anyone but did you know 2013 is nearly 100 days old? I know!

If you’re also an inhabitant of Northern Europe then like me you’ll have spent most of those 100 days clinging to a hot beverage and wishing you could wear your slippers to work. I believe in science though and like it or not we’re tilting closer and closer to the sun as the days roll by so it won’t be long now before we have to dust off our Lady-Bic’s and find a better excuse for Irishing-up our coffees!

I digress.

Actually this whole post is a digression. What I set out to say was that during 2013 I planned to do some sort of photographic project and time’s running out! I’m after something a bit juicier than a photo-a-day/week type of thing, something challenging that will help me learn.

I have a few ideas and once I’ve finally decided you’ll be the first to know – for now though I thought I’d share some of the awesome projects I’ve discovered whilst researching on flickr…

100 strangers with a Hasselblad by Andy Kennelly
1. Seth, Stranger #72, 2. Olive, Stranger #20, 3. Pixy, Stranger #57, 4. Stacy, Stranger #36

 

Project HABITAT – by Joris Bulckens
1. Project HABITAT: Leegstaand gebouw, 2. Project HABITAT: Leegstaand gebouw, 3. Project HABITAT: Leegstaand gebouw, 4. Project HABITAT: Leegstaand gebouw

 

Montage portraits by lomokev
1. alice montage portrait, 2. alex montage, 3. chantal montage, 4. erin montage portrait

 

Thirty Strangers – One Question: What makes you happy? by Brendan Timmons
1. 12/30, 2. 27/30 [explored], 3. 13/30, 4. 10/30

How about you, are you doing a photographic project? Or have you seen any cool ones I should know about? I’d love to see.

Bubble & Squeak is something we like to eat here in England – it basically yesterday’s dinner rehashed and fried up… that’s kind of what this post is all about!

You know how critics of Instagram complain it’s just photos of people’s food (guilty), well I can only imagine they haven’t seen JuliesKitchen and her brilliant food montages – if they did they’d soon be eating their words! (Ha, see what I did there).

TangleTeezer’s. I have NO idea how or why they works but believe me – they DO work, even on my hair. Trust me, I am constantly one missed hairwash away from having a full head of dreadlocks (not even exaggerating) and this manages to somehow glide through my hair. It must be a godsend if you have hairy children – I can remember screaming until I was red-faced and exhausted having my hair detangled (not very lady-like for someone in their 40s). (Ha, not really, I mean when I was a kid). (Shut up)! If you are part yak like me, buy one now!

You probably don’t know this about me but I have a bit of a soft-spot for Brutalist architecture. A classic example of this was the Heygate Estate in the Elephant & Castle area of London. It’s now in the process of redevelopment but whilst the buildings and whole area was evacuated and sealed off from the public, architectural photographer Simon Kennedy took the chance to take some amazingly provocative photographs.

Have you discovered Alex Beadon yet? She has a brilliant website dedicated to helping photographers and other creative people with business advice; helping to make their dreams a reality. I especially love watching her videos which are amazingly inspiring and have some brilliant tips!

Airbnb is a totally awesome business. It’s all about renting rooms from ordinary people in cities all around the world – an alternative to staying in hotels and regular b’n'b’s. They have a feature on their website called ‘neighbourhoods’ – they have commissioned fantastic photographers to show off different areas of bigger cites. There are seven cities featured right now but I happen to know there are more great neighbourhoods in the pipeline. Have a browse through and get the travel bug – I know I have! (I’m currently obsessed with browsing through the New York ones).

 West Village, New York, photographed by Julia Robbs

Every time I do the Briggs Myers test I always come out the same – ENFP. Is it rubbish? I don’t know – I don’t normally hold much store with Cosmo sex-quiz style ‘what sort of person are you’-type questionnaires but if you’re 100% honest with your answers I think there is enough science behind this one to give you a pretty accurate reflection of your personality… which admittedly is only a starting point, but sometimes having a label can prove useful in trying to understand what really make you tick. What sort of person are you?

I’m really into graphic tees at the moment, like this one, this one and these ones. I would LOVE it if you could let me know of any other cool T-shirt shops online. #addict

PS – thanks for all the well wishes from last week – Cass’s scary comment made me take things easy and I’m glad to report things are getting back to normal :)

I won’t lie – I felt a bit pervy scouring flickr for feet. Hands, not so much, but feet…

(Oh, and here’s a fun little story about how flickr lost its ‘e’ )

Untitled by Charles Fredrik

hug by Sebastian Reiser

- by _barb_

hands by Sandy_Vdo

Untitled by erin azouz

look at those gams! by susan . {en pointe}

5 1/2 feet by Mistyfx

Untitled by Astrid Prasetianti

Bathroom feet reflections by Will Cheyney