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

Hope you’re having a lovely long weekend, be it Easter-y or otherwise. I had chocolate for breakfast so I’m happy! Did you get an Easter egg?

April showers are definitely the call of the day round these parts and they’re making me miss the freaky heatwave we had March – here’s a couple of Polaroids I found squirreled away from a couple of weeks ago. Each pack of original Polaroid 600 film I use is getting yellower and more ropey looking – there’s not much left either… one day soon I’ll be posting my very last shot. I may cry.

Photos taken with Polaroid SX-70, 600 edge-cut film and ND filter