week 39: feet

marie: i had to try REALLY hard to get my feet in this shot. i was going to shoot what i actually see, which is only my belly, but my boots just looked too pretty in the leaves. wouldn't that have been funny, though? the theme would have been changed to: feet (or lack thereof)

naomi: that's pudding again.
he's autumn coloured.
i love his fluffy feet.
i also love autumn and leaves and seeing maries big 'ol pregnant belly hanging out among the apples and pumpkins.

next weeks theme will be chosen by the american contingent. she chooses pastime.

did we mention we have started a new transatlantic collaboration? it's a work in progress, but check it out here:
the transatlantic press

week 38: staircase

marie: the stairs have been killing me lately. i waddle up and down and up and down all day with my egg shaped body - like humpty dumpty. unfortunately for me, the only bathroom in the house is on the second floor. and sometimes i'm actually out of breath and my legs burn like they did after i ran the mile in high school. i miss having a one level house here in the midst of my third trimester. o, and that little blur is charlie cat, eater of cheerios, sporting his fresh lion cut.


naomi: i'm laughing at marie saying her body is egg shaped, because it makes me imagine she's going to lay an egg with a baby boy inside.
i fell down some stairs this week. my butt is not a fan of stairs right now.

next week's theme is feet, set by naomi.

week 37: uphill

naomi: i chose this because everything seems like such a struggle right now but i'm hoping that after all the struggling comes the easy ride down the other side.

marie: i snuck out between icy rain showers to take this. the ground was slick and the air had that damp, fallen leaves scent that only exists in autumn. the path leads to and from a flight of wooden stairs that takes you right down to the beach. the best part: it's a mere 5 minute stroll from home. i imagine i'll be taking my signature snowy, gloomy beach photos there this winter. and my baby boy for blankets and sand castles when the weather is warm.

next week's theme is staircase, chosen by marie.

week 36: autumn equinox

marie: i can't believe autumn is upon us, again. the year has swooped past in a whirlwind. it's finally time to breathe cool air, take walks, watch the leaves fall and wait for the arrival of baby k.

naomi: this is one of my favourite tlp's that we've done. i love autumn the most.

i think this project is affected so much by the seasons that sometimes we don't even notice. in spring, we're both obsessed by cherry blossoms. in summer, we both love nothing more than moaning that it's too hot. in autumn we're engrossed by the fallen leaves, and come winter it's a snow lovers paradise.

marie's winter is going to be something else entirely this year because she'll have a baby boy to distract her from all the snow so i'll have to do double the snow-watching.

hopefully i'll make it to america to meet him though, so maybe i won't even notice the snow at all.


next weeks theme is uphill, set by naomi.

week 35: window

marie: i haven't been feeling very creative lately. just sort of bogged down between work and constant pregnant exhaustion. at my ultrasound this week, the baby was larger than the 26 week mark i was at, so they bumped me up to 28 weeks and a new date- december 18th. no more xmas eve baby. i know the next 10 weeks or so will fly by, so i plan on enjoying the last moments of living without a wee one.
especially the sleeping in/taking naps part- all the mothers i know have told me they miss that the most. hopefully my creative juices will start flowing when i have time off, and my posts won't be so terribly boring.

naomi: The air deals blows: surely too hard, too often?
No: it is bent on bringing summer down.
Dead leaves desert in thousands, outwards, upwards,
Numerous as birds; but the birds fly away...


next weeks theme is the autumn equinox, chosen by marie.

week 34: color/colour

marie: inspiration for this week's theme.

naomi: blodyn porffor (purple flowers). it's cold! and windy! autumns here and the leaves are starting to hang out in the gutters!

week 33: old photographs

marie: old photos, but not quite as old as naomi's.

naomi: i recently inherited a big bag full of old family photos. this is my favourite, it's my mother and fathers wedding photo from 1978 in marlborough, wiltshire.

next week's theme is colour/color, set by marie.