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The Gallery – Sycamore Gap

by Ellie on July 27, 2010

One, two, three…

She counts. Every foot fall leads her on her semi-conscious journey to one hundred. Leading her along The Wall, that little bit closer to ‘home’.

Hills, like a natural roller coaster, ripple before her. Steep stone steps stretch skyward. Deep breaths at the top, then down the other side. Each tiny motion jarring bones and exacerbating aches and pains.

Again, and again and again.

Until one summit reveals a small oasis. In the gap at the bottom, nestled between two hills, stands a lone sycamore tree.

Her weary body picks up some pace and she races to the bottom to rest under the tree. Its canopy providing some much needed shade from the unforgiving afternoon sun. A magical movie set in the midst of an amazing landscape.

Then, onwards. Again.

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Written for The Gallery, and walked for the Joseph Salmon Trust.

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The Gallery – Beautiful Creatures

by Ellie on June 23, 2010

I’m not a pet owner. It’s not that I don’t like animals, I just get too attached to them and have been known to sob over gold fish.

Seriously. Imagine the scene; Me, the Dearly Departed and the toilet bowl. Flush, bye bye fishy, sob sob sob.

We get our animal fix elsewhere, usually at Chester Zoo. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea to see animals in captivity, but it’s the only way that we’ll ever be able to appreciate these animals close up.

I’m fascinated by the ‘big’ animals. I marvel over the giraffes, am transfixed by the zebras, but most of all I cannot get enough of the elephants.

Giant, and yet oddly graceful, to me they are beautiful creatures.

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This post was written for The Gallery at Sticky Fingers. Why not pop over and find out what it’s all about?

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The Gallery – Motherhood

June 14, 2010

As a motherless mother I sometimes struggle with motherhood. With that precious maternal love missing from my own life since I was just 5 years old, I often question my ability to simply be a mum. It can be hard to know how to be a mother when you can’t remember how you yourself were [...]

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The Gallery – Memories in a Glass Jar

June 2, 2010

These are my shells. Collected from a beach in France when I was the tender age of just sixteen. Perfect minuscule specimens. Time standing still. Saved from being ground into sand by the ebb and flow of the past 19 years of tide. Sitting on my mantle piece, reminding me of times long gone. Trapped [...]

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The Gallery – No more excuses

May 19, 2010

This week’s Gallery theme is ‘self portrait’. Hmmmmm. What excuses can I come up with not to post a picture of myself? Errmmmmm, the cat ate my camera! No? The husband confiscated the laptop! Hardly likely if he knows which side his bread’s buttered. I was suddenly inundated with visitors trampling down my front door [...]

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The Gallery – Men in my Life

May 12, 2010

These are the men in my life. Each one important in their own way. Each one bringing richness and balance to my life, challenging my opinions and inspiring me to strive for more. My Dad. The man who brought me up, for a time as a single parent after my mum passed away. A man [...]

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The Gallery – A World of His Own

May 5, 2010

This is what happens when you let a 3 year old loose with your iPhone and ask him to take pictures of his ‘world’. Aren’t they fab? I think so anyway, but then I’m biased! ******** This post was written for The Gallery at Sticky Fingers.

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The Gallery – Portrait

April 28, 2010

When you’re 3 years old the world is a place full of magic and adventure. The lines between fantasy and reality are still happily blurred, and the day is for playing and playing some more. There are no complications, no grown-up worries, no phone calls to make, bills to pay, or appointments to be on [...]

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The Gallery – Pride

April 21, 2010

Many moons ago, in a place that seems a lifetime away from the existence I now lead, I was an art student. As a child of 9 years old I remember being asked to draw a portrait of the form tutor, one wet afternoon, and was shocked at the praise I received for my efforts. [...]

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The Gallery – Joy

April 14, 2010

It’s Wednesday already, which means it’s time for this week’s entry in The Gallery. With the theme ‘Joy’ I knew exactly which photograph I was going to post. It’s a picture I took on my iPhone last week using the Hipstamatic App. It was taken while we were having lunch out in our local Costa [...]

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