FIVE GO TO THE FOREST

I am busy packing the camper for a week away with my daughter and granddaughters.  Synchronicity (I'm not sure if that is a word but it sounds good) is a funny thing. And it often pops up when I look at Alexa's posts.  Because today she wrote about Enid Blyton, and coincidently I have packed a copy of the Famous Five to take with us.  My eldest granddaughters have started to venture off with their friends, just locally, but out of sight.  A scary time, I remember when my own children were small and I had to start untying the knot in my stomach so that they could learn to be independent.  They think they are quite adventurous and as 5 of us going away it seemed the perfect book to take for bedtime reading.

We are also taking our camera's.  And as a bit of fun I have done a scavenger hunt, sparked by Rinda's summer challenge.  And the fun I had away with friends recently.  But instead of being by the water this time, we shall be staying in a forest.  There will be wooden animal sculptures to find and a host of other things, and we shall be going to see King Lear in the Theatre in the Forest.  The weather is promised to be kind, hot even, and I need to finish packing.  So, I will tell you more on my return.  Because right now it's time for 5 to go to the forest for an adventure!

10 THINGS ON THE 10th - JULY

One of the things I organised for our recent weekend 'MESSING ABOUT ON THE RIVER' was a list of 30 things to photograph in 30 minutes. I love challenges like this and it turned out my friends did too, because we came back with lots of great photos and different ideas what to do with them.  Moira and I decided to make mini albums and you can see a couple of Moira's photos here.  I started my album but not added photos yet, so for my 10 things this month here is a sample:

 Wood

 Movement

Sky

 Feet

 Associated with time

Sign

Red

 Shadow

Blue 

Person

This post is part of Shimelle's '10 Things on the 10th' and if you'd like to see more contributions pop over here. You can also find out about the Olympic preparations, and after a day in London today, I can tell you that staff at the railway stations are gearing up and out in force. The good news?  There was a good atmosphere and it was well organised! 
The Olympics are approaching fast and my granddaughters saw the Olympic torch as it travelled through our home area.  They were surprised how quick it was all over and said 'was that it?!'  But they waved their own hand made gold torches and cars beeped and waved, and a good time was had by all.