Whilst I’m all about embracing the here and now, I can understand how certain seasons might annoy some people. Certainly if waiting for buses/trains/lifts is anything to go by…

• Summer: Too hot. Too many sweaty armpits. Too many bees. Not enough bees.
• Winter: Too cold. Too dark. Too many TV Christmas specials. Auld Lang Sine.
• Autumn: Too many leaves to sweep up. Too close to winter. Too many pumpkins and/or witches.
• Spring: Not Spring, Spring is perfection! It appears from the pit of wintry darkness in a blaze of technicolor and revs the motors of every living thing on (this side of) the planet!

Being rather fond of a camera or two I tend to go a bit nuts when the pink petally stuff makes an appearance. And now, thankfully, the craziness can commence; Spring is here!

I love instant film cameras – here are just a few springtime favourites…

 Magnolia – Polaroid SX-70 + 600 edge-cut film

 Quince blossom – Polaroid Spectra + 1200 film

 Japan – Fuji Instax Mini 25

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See you tomorrow x

I’m blogging Every Day in May - let me know if you are too!

I ponder on some very random things when I’m in meetings at work drifting off to sleep. Like, why do you never get goosebumps on your face? How does dry-cleaning work? And why is it I’ve not used my beloved Polaroid SX-70 camera for so long?!

I need to remedy this, pronto – I have everything crossed for a sunshine-filled weekend – sunlight is the key. Hang on, let me check… hmm, maybe Sunday.

Now I’m back at work it really does feel like the world is swathed in constant darkness. Not in a depressing way, just in a frustrating “I want to use my camera” way! I take solace in the knowledge that every day now the daylight is lasting the teeniest, weeniest bit longer.

Anyhoo, I was browsing through my archives (in a bid to re-ignite my instant photography fire) and I thought I’d share a few of my favourite shots:

Here’s to days filled with bright yellow sunshine, short sleeves, ice lollies and ISO50!

I’m sure it wont have escaped your notice (especially if you’re in GB right now) that jubilee fever is in full swing! That’s why there’s rain forecast. D’oh.

Look at Oxford Street – pretty, huh! I was actually splap bang in the middle of the road taking this (hence the dodgy composition) – and was very nearly squished by a big red bus. That scared the pants off me so I tried another from the side of the road (see below), I was still a bit shaky so nipped into Starbucks for a calming cappuccino. Plus two extra shots. I know!

The union jack flag has had many negative connotations over the years so it’s good to see it being claimed back by ordinary people, whatever their background, and far, far away from the nasty grabbing  hands of the racist bastards ultra right-wing. For all my lifetime if you flew a union jack flag people immediately labelled you as the aforementioned, now they just think you’ve splashed out on some pretty bunting from M&S. Much better!

Anyway, I’m a great lover of shared experiences (and parties) so happily joined in with the whole experience of the pre-jubilee build-up going on in London. Especially as it tended towards eating lots of Victoria sponge cake (shouldn’t we rename this an Elizabeth sponge now)? And of course an having extra day off work!

Happy jubilee, peeps!

All photos taken with Polaroid SX-70 and 600 film