Category Archives: Up close and personal

2012-2013: From pregnancy to parenthood

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Getgood

Seven weeks into my motherhood and I’ve finally got the headspace to blog about it and the pregnancy leading up to it… 2012: Pregnancy in Pictures 2012 felt like it was all about the pregnant – I saw in the … Continue reading →

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Adventures of Samsoncat

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Getgood

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Conway Road Memories… and a big future happening

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Getgood

In last month’s Long time, no blog post I alluded to a ‘big personal project’ on the horizon – all is revealed in the above film! This film is my first stab at creating a digital story, the result of … Continue reading →

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Jenny and Mary out to play

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Getgood

Another rough and ready bit of creative writing – the result of a second ‘story circle’ exercise we were set during the digital storytelling course I attended over over Easter. We had to very quickly create a story from a photograph … Continue reading →

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Grandmother takes the tube

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Getgood

One of ‘story circle’ exercises we were set during the digital storytelling course I attended over over Easter was to very quickly create a story from a series of random words we’d all come up with. Above is the picture … Continue reading →

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Long time, no blog

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Getgood

Well, it’s that time when I take a look at the blog and realised it hasn’t been updated for two months. So it made me think on what the hell I’ve been doing for the last couple of months and … Continue reading →

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’52 weeks’ photos – home or away?

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Getgood

I had envisaged taking part in The Guardian’s 52 weeks photography project would result in a nice little archive of photos of my first year back living in Cardiff but as I’m travelling around quite a bit, it isn’t quite working out … Continue reading →

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52 weeks, photo #2: early daffodils

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Getgood

I was amazed to see these daffodils for sale at Cardiff Central Station on Monday, so bought a bunch and took a photo of them when I got on the bus to Pontcanna. Now the winter frost has returned, will … Continue reading →

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Fiesta Fun!

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Getgood

Tomorrow is my 35th birthday. I’m not angling for birthday wishes, to be honest when people say, “It’s your birthday tomorrow!” it serves more as a sharp reminder rather than to build-up excitement. I’m celebrating this Saturday in Birmigham with … Continue reading →

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52 weeks, photo #1: busted brollies

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Getgood

I’m keen to record what happens whilst I’m settling into Cardiff life so joining in The Guardian’s 52 weeks photography project (‘join our photo project to share your 2012 in pictures’) seemed like the perfect way of doing it. A photo … Continue reading →

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