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!

Lately things have been good and not so good. I know I’ve been terribly slack at keeping things updated around here, but we just haven’t been in the mood to blog about anything. To be honest, things have been pretty crappy, but despite it all, we’re still standing strong.

Yesterday was our 26 month milestone in our relationship which was lovely. Every anniversary really makes me reflect on how far we’ve come together. I remember the days when we would only dream of being in the same country, and yet here we are. Nathan bought me a beautiful bouquet of sunflowers which are my favourite. I love them and am going to put them next to our bed tonight. I love you so much, Nay. <3

I got my 6 month visa granted for Australia. It was a bloody rip-off to be honest, it kind of makes me really angry that travelling is such a pain in the arse. The UK lets anyone visit as a tourist for 6 months, but Australia only allows tourists 3 months, and you have to pay to be considered for a 6 month visa. I totally understand why that happens, but as a British citizen, why can’t the UK and Australia have a friendly agreement? I know the UK wants to boot out all the EU people who take advantage of being able to just move over here, but I seriously think a lot more reconsidering wouldn’t hurt anyone.

Now we just need to figure out some more solid plans for our stay and we’ll be sorted. I’m seriously not looking forward to that jetlag again. Sitting awake at 3am wanting lunch is plain weird.

I’m on a competition frenzy at the moment. I have been so uninspired by everything lately. I got a bill in the post saying my broken lens which was supposedly under a 1 year warranty ending in September will now cost £75 for repairs. I’m so angry at them, they told me that it was all covered. Anyway. Nathan said to me in the kitchen today, “Why don’t we look up some maps on Google, just drive, just go somewhere, and we can take the camera and take photos and have a picnic?” All I said was, “We’d have to take the dog.” What kind of ungrateful response was that? I would love to, Nathan. Thank you for getting my creative boots back on, I needed a bit of encouragement.

We took this the other day. We spent about 5 minutes taking photos before we just went back downstairs to look at them and this was the one that came out the best. I really like it. I had to airbrush my arm as I had a massive bruise on it, but then I wanted to keep it as it looked like Nathan was kissing it better. Don’t worry, I didn’t beat myself up. I have a bruise on each arm from a set of vaccinations I had last week. Sick things.

Nathan has been working his cotton socks off again. I feel like such a slob next to him and watching what he does. How can anyone work the way he does? He has really changed my outlook of pretty much everything. He is just so ambitious and driven and it really does rub off on me a lot of the time which is why I’ve been so driven over the past couple of months. He is just so inspirational and I think we all have a lot to learn from Nathan, he’s incredible.

On another note, we have a party photo shoot on Saturday. My Godmum’s father is turning 80 so we’re off to photograph it all. It should be heaps of fun. Hopefully the weather will be lovely for it and we can get heaps of lovely shots in for them to look back on. I love being able to record memories for people, that’s what photography is all about to me.

We went and bought the HP Touchsmart the other day, and it is absolutely legendary. It is a monster of a machine. 500GB hard drive to slowly clog up with bits and bobs that we’ll find handy. I love playing around on it, it is so much fun. I especially love being able to just drag things around the screen with my finger. It makes me feel so mighty and powerful. Nyehehe.

As for now, I’ve had a valium pill so this blog entry probably makes no sense. I’m feeling woozy and weird, so I should probably clamber upstairs to bed. Sorry for the absolute mess of an update. I just wanted to write something whilst I was actually in the mood.

Peace out!

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!