Bee Went Camping

Hello everyone!

Long time, no post! At the tail end of last week, Luke and I, along with his two brothers and sister in law, headed down to Cornwall to get away from it all. Copious amounts of BBQ food was consumed and a billion layers were worn to combat the freezing cold British nights (read: I wore a top, two tees, a long sleeved top, 2 thick jumpers, tights, jeans, 3 pairs of pj bottoms, two pairs of socks, slippers and a snood whilst cowering under three layers of bedding and my coat!) Despite the painful lows of the weather, camping was still awesome! Although, I'm pretty happy to be back in the comfort of my own bed. I've still not got the internet where I'm living at the moment so I'm completely out of touch with the online world! It's a weird feeling but I think I might pop to Luke's tomorrow and steal his internet so that I can catch up with all the goings on! I'll be back soon with some more of my camping photographs (I'm horrendously running out of time right now!!) <3 

Snap Happy #28: My Week In Photos

1. me basking in the sunshine. hello sexy hair, not. 2. pastel coloured houses 3. claire and i enjoying the sunshine 4. blossom in the back garden 5. mama's hydrangea 6. bacon sarnies galore! 7. my new NARS blush 8. grandma's flowers 9. blossom 10. gorgeous housing 11. blossom 12. claire's spring nail colour 13. cherry blossom! yes, i love blossom

Hello everyone! I'm currently back home sans the internet so I apologise for being a little quiet over here of late. It's such a nice feeling to be back home surrounded by my home comforts after three months away! I surprised my mamabear and sister with my return so it was quite an emotional moment. Although, my sister did later admit to me that she didn't remember who I was when she first clapped eyes on me. Sisterly love, eh?! The sunshine has been working absolute miracles for my usual moody disposition and I've been feeling quite contented with everything. It's amazing what being home (and steadily adopting your west country accent back again) can do for the soul! These are just a selection of photographs that I've taken recently. As you can see, I've gone a bit mad for flowers. I just get so bloody excited when there is sun in the sky! 


I've had quite a chilled time since I've been back. I've just been hanging out with grandma whilst she forces 8-9 mugs of tea a day down my gullet, summery walks with mamabear, bbq's where I eat my own weight in meat with fatherbear, mass cuddles with the cat and massive rants about anything and everything with my sisters. It's been perfect! I'm off camping towards the end of this week so I'm sure I'll be documenting that trip on here for you. It'll also be the three year anniversary of my Grandad's passing and what would have been my brother's 21st birthday this Saturday so I'm sure it'll be a cider fuelled day of nostalgia and toasts. That's how we do mourning in the west country ;) 


I'm off to go on a walk with the Motherbear so I'll have to love you and leave you. I'll be back soon - life without the internet is actually pretty lovely, by the way!!

Bee's Photobomb: My Adopted Hometown

Winter pretty much kills my chances of heading to one of my favourite parts of my adopted hometown so when the sunshine recently graced the skies I thought it was the perfect opportunity to catch some rays and give you an insight into my surroundings. I was looking at analytics recently and it astounded me to see where some of my readers live, from good ol' UK to tucked away in Texas, from France to Indonesia. Therefore, I thought it'd be quite nice for you guys to see where I spend my days because I always find it quite interesting to see my favourite bloggers' natural habitats; it's a tonic to my own wanderlust and helps me to understand their experiences. As you can see, I live by the seaside; I've always lived by the shore and I know I'll find it pretty difficult if I ever have to prise myself away from it. I call this my 'adopted' hometown because this is where I live whilst I study at university; it's a lot larger than home but it's still pretty cosy in its own way.  These photographs were taken on different days, as you can tell by the warmer/colder juxtaposition! You can see other photographs that I've taken of my adopted hometown HERE. 


Hometown aside, this week has been a bit of a strange one. I've not really done much of note apart from plan things. We are off further down the coast tomorrow to visit family before heading out for some fresh fish and a blu-ray night with Luke's brothers and gorgeous Brazillian wife. I'm pretty looking forward to it. In this next week, I'm hoping to get week in photos posts up and maybe do some photo an hour posts because I want to get Viva back into the lifestyle swing of things. How does that sound? I will also have a sketchbook update up ASAP as an absolute shed load of you seem to be looking forward to it! You lot are a mad bunch ;) Would anyone be interesting in a creative writing tips/inspo post too? Tell me what you'd like to see in the comments!


By the way, If you've done a post on hotspots in your hometown, leave them in the comments and I'll have a gander! I quite liked doing this post so if you'd like to see more like this, I'd be happy to show you specific areas of interest and/or the local food that is on offer....Let me know! What's your hometown like? If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? I'll see you soon, have a lovely weekend!


P.S Don't forget to enter my giveaway if you'd like to win a brand spanking new iPhone case!

snap happy #34: my (belated) week in photos

My beautiful Charles having a little lunchtime snooze | Got a bit peckish after my length seminar so treated myself to 3 99p burgers. Classy fo' lyf comes to mind! | I popped back home last weekend and took this snap of the pier on a bit of a miserable day | My new 'awesome' crop top found on Victoria's post! | Salmon & Mushroom Tagliatelle is becoming a staple dinner - the photograph is blurred with excitement! | It was Luke's birthday last week so I bought him this lovely little card | Just a smidgen of my category of drunken injuries. Stay sober, kids! | Some of the stuff I'm working on at the moment. I love colouring in my notes as I go along - think my seminar leaders think I'm a tad weird though | Can't stop eating snacks at the moment | Mama's homemade Mars Bar syrup crispy cake - the best thing in the world! | My grumpy man sunbathing in the autumn sun.

Hello! Oh god, I abandoned Little V yet again, didn't I?! I feel terrible but I also feel rejuvenated and ready to actually create some quality posts instead of some half-arsed affair. I managed to pop home for the weekend just gone and it was the perfect remedy for my over-worked head. I ate lots of good food, snuggled on the sofa, had cuddles with the cat and slept in my glorious old bed again. It was truly magical and, for some reason, made me stupidly excited for Christmas! I know, I know! It's that dreaded C word that gets dragged out months in advance only to lose its magic when the day actually finally arrives. I can't help it; I just love a good reason to stuff my face at ridiculous times of the day without feeling guilty/judged! What does my life consist of right now? I've got quite a lot of work going on at the moment so I've been occupied with various creative writing pieces as well as reading books larger than most book cases. On a positive note, it cured my insomnia for a while. I say 'a while' - the smart arse council have plonked an ice-rink outside my window so my nights are now full of sounds of the generator. I'm thinking of setting up a video camera once it's all in full swing and selling footage of people falling on their ass to You've Been Framed. I've got a stellar business mind, I know.

I'm off to spend the evening brainstorming for my assignment whilst eating a sizeable amount of Veggie stir fry accompanied by a side of Masterchef. Perfect. 

P.S I'm currently working on a piece of writing that I would love your input with. All I want to know is: what are your favourite things about Autumn? What things come across as autumnal to you? Throw all of your thoughts into a comment below this post. Thanks! I'll be back with my own autumnal post extremely soon!