The theme for #CheesebeesPhotoChallenge2026Week12 is #balance. Balance is not always easy to find, but it is always worth seeking. Tonight I have sought it because I did not feel it.
Playing with #sharpness, #softness, #b&w, and #vintage filters via #candlelight. Photography brings me both #joy and #peace.

Tonight was a night. Sorting through photos from 2023, cataloguing a move out of the marital home, the changes I went through, the building of a new home, and putting my best foot forwards. This was the first #tattoo I got after the breakup. A symbol of walking away with my head held high. #Stories told on #skin. #inked #DavidBowie #GoldenYears #shoulder #music

First peacock butterfly of the year. They are one of the first butterfly species to emerge after overwintering in quiet, dry spots. I love these gorgeous creatures. A quick opportunity for a photo on arriving back at work. #wildlife #butterfly #PeacockButterfly

Cookies from last night. There was a final round in the oven at this point and I was locked into some lovely writing, too. Which ties in nicely to next week's collaborative theme of #balance. Note the meditative lady in the background. I found some beautiful balance in my head and heart last night. #baking #SelfCare #cookies #project

Living room #disco before a night of #self-care. I've done the dishes and some laundry, #dancing and #singing. I've made cookie dough and will shortly be making exceedingly chocolatey caramel cookies for one of my Y8 classes. I have been writing a non-fiction piece on being post-menopausal. I'm also working on a horror short that's been scratching away at my brain to be committed to paper. Longhand writing with me posh pencils and paper tonight for the fiction. Sometimes old school is best school. #shadow #DiscoBall

#Manchester/ #StreetPhotography. #Fountains. #graffiti

So THIS is why the bathroom sink keeps filling with cat hairs. #cat #bathroom #IfIFitsISits

#StreetArt in #London. Somewhere near Islington, I think. A lovely afternoon of walking with one of my favourite people from my school days.

I'm posting this for #CheesebeesPhotoChallenge2026Week8 today as it affords me the opportunity to have a whinge about my workplace. Someone from the site team came into my classroom today to fix a broken cupboard. I happened to be there and asked if I could have a new battery for my clock, which is high up and we are not permitted to perform this task. Sure thing, he said. I went off to teach in a different room.
When I returned at lunchtime a new battery had been put in the clock. This was at 12.46. Please note the #time on the #clock.

Throwing shapes at the #WakeTheTiger installation in #Bristol. This was a fun day. #art #lights #tech