Nakitt
A tale of love conquering the whole world…

I really don’t want to be online right now. I’m just not in the mood right now, I just want to be doing other things instead of sitting still browsing around like I always do.

On Monday afternoon my Mum tells Nathan and I to pack an overnight bag, she gives us some money and the next morning, we’re on the tube to Paddington. There we get a train to Twyford and then a connecting train to Henley-on-Thames. We stayed the night and everything was beautiful. It was amazing and I wish we were still back there.

We explored the town which was lovely. We saw all the signs for the Regatta and we walked down the river and watched boats chug by. We then went to the hotel which was gorgeous. Our bedroom windows looked right out onto a Church’s stained glass windows which was kind of creepy at first, but we liked it. Nathan watched TV as I fell asleep on him for a few hours. We then went to a pub for supper. It was lovely. We went and bought 2 loaves of bread to feed the ducks on the riverside as the sun went down. We then went to a place called the Chantry which is a building from 1444 in a little graveyard next to our hotel. Back in the hotel I hung out the window and saw the Chantry was 2 rooms away, so I was really happy.

Paddington Station.

Paddington Bear! I want it!

Nathan by the river.

Playing with the ducklings.

Welcome to Henley-on-Thames.

The Chantry built in 1444.

Our room. I want to be back there, it looks so cosy!

I always see these for sale. They’re awesome!

Pub-grub supper!

At the Chantry.

Nathan looking out window and into the Church.

On the bed.

In the hotel.

By the Riverside.

We had such a fantastic time, I can’t believe it went so fast! We’ll definitely be heading back there very, very soon!

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Today Nathan and I had a party shoot to attend to in Mickleham. It was absolutely wonderful. There were a lot of famous people mingling around which was lovely, I got heaps of shots in. The speeches were adorable, I even had a little tear in my eye. The food was so well thought out and well prepared, everything was just lovely. I turned to Nay and said, “Do you think we’ll one day do this?” So we’ve agreed to have a shared 80th birthday party as there is only 48 days between his birthday and mine. I can’t wait! Well, I can, I don’t want to be 80 just yet! We have a long way to go and I hope to do a lot before we hit that age. 2070 here we come!

On the way back today, I couldn’t resist but park up and go into an abandoned hospital ground. I have always had a curiousity for deserted buildings, but London has a lack of them. As soon as one closes, the boards go up and it is demolished within days, so I never get the chance. I saw this hospital close last year and it was still all boarded up today. So we ran down the path to explore the creepy place. I’m going to go back there before it gets demolished as there was a HUGE field out the back of it which was so surreal!

We got back, Nathan mowed the lawn, I watered all the plants and we ate delicious lasagne to BBC1. It’s now 9:30 and we should probably take the dog out for a late evening stroll so she doesn’t wake us up tonight. On that note, we shall now head off. Goodnight from England! More updates to follow soon! [:

Peace out!

So yesterday on our walk with Hattie, I decided I wanted to take some photos. I had a really specific idea of what I wanted, so we tried to recreate it the best we could. And it worked!

The chosen road.

Nathan with the tripod.

“Deserted” before editing. Bloody cyclist in the way.

“Deserted.”

“Verge” before editing. Another bloody cyclist in the way. What’s with them?!

“Verge.”

Hattie’s wheels.

I had hoped to have the photos with road markings in, but all the roads with road markings on would be too busy. And knowing the angry drivers here, we’d just get run down within seconds. I guess I could manipulate some in, but I am just too lazy to even bother. Meh.

And I have a gabillion more to edit which I’ll put up when I’m finished with them. As for now, I need to go and research some nice family portraits for this party we’re shooting on Saturday. Ooh the excitement! [:

Cheerio!

This past week has been bliss. We have actually been able to just sit back and sigh every day instead of being rushed off our feet until our heads hit the pillow.

This afternoon I’m off on a portrait shoot. Nathan is thankfully coming willingly. I have a lot of plans of how to shoot him (with a camera of course!) As for my sister, I’m not so sure. She’s now on Summer break and doesn’t seem to be interested in anything that doesn’t involve the television. We’ll cope. And I’m really excited about it.

I spent this morning making yorkshire puddings for my parent’s Sunday roast. I didn’t have normal flour, so I used self-raising and they must’ve been about 20cm tall! They were seriously delicious though. [:

It has pretty much rained solidly over the past week. Which is both a good and bad thing. It’s good because the heat was really getting to everybody, plus no one ever wants those drought restrictions back again. It was bad because every time I picked up the camera to get some shots of Nathan outside, the heavens would then open on us. Oh, and our lens broke so we had to send it off for repairs. I hope they can fix it, I feel lost without it! In the meantime, I’m loaning my Mum’s lens, but I’m kind of scared I’ll break her’s too.

Nathan’s work seems to be settling down to a nice pace at the moment. He’s been taking it easy this past week as I personally think he overworks himself too much, so it was nice to see him relax a bit more. His sites are looking great and I’m so proud of him. I don’t know anyone who could make a website from scratch from pure imagination, but he does it and he really does go all out.

We haven’t been sleeping much as our flat is constantly noisy. All through the night, someone is drunk and stumbles in at 2am and then starts cooking shit in the kitchen. And then at 4, some random man starts to talk in the hallway before stumbling down the stairs. Someone keeps taking up our shelf in the fridge which is driving us CRAZY! If they ever do it again, I swear I’m going to just turn the fridge off and see how they all like it then. I really will because we’re at our wit’s end! Anyway, we’ve been moving our stuff out gradually as we’re in our last weeks of living there. It’ll be nice to get out of there and be able to sleep at night, but I know we’ll both miss our first flat together. It’s only onwards and upwards from here though.

Not much more to report on here. We’re hitting Australia in a couple of weeks and I still need to apply for my visa. Shit!

Saturday was my Aunt’s birthday party. She lives in Bristol, so we were up at the crack of dawn to drive the 3 hours there. We had lunch at a restaurant called Browns. We had delicious ravioli stuff which we found we could buy in Tesco’s today! After a quick outfit change we went on to have a barbeque at my Great Aunt’s house. I met all my 2nd cousins and my 1st cousins once removed, which was horribly confusing. We took the kids down to the stream where they went for a dip. It was really windy but pretty warm. The scenery was fantastic, we were surrounded by hills that just rolled into one another. We walked through fields and just had our own fun.

Us at Browns for lunch.

Nathan and I enjoying the long grass. [:

Nathan and I with cousin Ollie by the river.

Nathan with my other cousin, Freddie watching my sister fall into the river.

Me and my 2nd cousin, Lola-Maisy.

And my sister posing for me.

Last night was fantastic. Nathan treated me by taking us to see “The Hangover” which was hilarious (Thank you!) We couldn’t believe it was only rated 15 for the amount of nudity we saw, but it was all done in a “funny” way. Would highly recommend it for anyone with a warped sense of humour

Today’s been pretty quiet. We delivered some letters on behalf of the resident’s association and we got caught in the pounding rain, but we finished the job! We then had a massive thunderstorm in the afternoon which was refreshing, but pretty bloody loud. We’ve been having heaps of storms, at least 2 a week which never usually happens. Global Warming? Who knows! Anyway, we’re having Mediterranean style vegetables for dinner and I’m really hungry thinking about them. I’m stalking the Lom Bok website as I am deeply in love with their furniture. Their price tag is horribly unfair though and it makes me want to cry. A bed for £1000? Why, World, why?!

I’m trying to get into a new magazine called SOKOzine which has heaps and heaps of amazing photographs in. I really need to keep expanding on my portfolio, I’m really letting it slip! Seeing as I’m trying to really get out there now, here is my work twitter account: http://twitter.com/kittyphotos Nathan’s really busy with his web development. He’s pretty much got himself clients until the day we die, which is a good thing, but also puts him under a lot of pressure with deadlines and all that jazz. I’m so proud of everything he does as he’s always so calm and collected. [:

Anyway. I feel like tea time as I’m too hungry to wait until supper. Ooh, I just heard thunder. Not again!

Peace out!