Tuesday 30 December 2014

What a Wonderful Year! Presenting: 2014

It's New Years Eve tomorrow and I have a feeling I might not be able to get on the computer much in between seeing friends and celebrating (not that NYE is that big a deal to me; I'm one of those people who comes up with resolutions almost every week, so what's a few more to add to the list?!), so I thought I'd get this blog post in early!

I was originally going to publish my travel schedule for the next 12 months and talk about a few things I'm doing next year, but first, I want to look back!

So... Without further delay, here's a post I've come to very much enjoy compiling at the end of each year: my run down of highlights from this blog over the last twelve months. (2013 highlights here & 2012 highlights here.)

Get your remaining Christmas chocolates to hand (I highly favour ferrero rochers, personally), and any leftover mulled wine, and get comfy...

Presenting 2014:

From 'The Far Flinging Ocean' - image by Zoe Wiseman, taken in Australia

From 'Iceland' - image by Alex Ingram, taken at the incredible Geysir there:

From 'Smoke and Mesh' - image by Bjorn Hansen, taken in Sydney:

From 'Baby it's cold outside' - image by Chris Lloyd, taken at Eye For An Image Studio, Oxfordshire:


From 'Mellifluous Monochrome' - image by Malvin Jan Dyb, taken in Norway:

From 'Rainforest Revisited' - image by Dave Aharonian, taken in Canada:

From 'Curved Skies Down Under' - image by Jim Furness, taken in Australia (with Ivory Flame & Anoush Anou):

From 'The Moon' - image by ManCave, taken in West Berkshire:

From 'Birthdays - Soft Dances in a Room of Grey' - image by Mark Bigelow, taken at Studio Blanco:

From 'An Italian Garden' - image by Herb Nestler, taken in Tuscany (with Valentina Feula):

From 'Pearls, Fleurs & Luminance' - image by Bjorn Hansen, taken in Sydney:

From 'White, Yellow, Red & Blue' - image by Kev Bretts, taken in my (now famous) Oxfordshire bluebell patch:

From 'Closure; unfinished business' - image by Nigel Barklie, taken at Studio Blanco:

From '; also, weather' - image by Brian Connor, taken in Australia:

From 'Traveller' - image by Phil Chaplin, taken in Australia:

From 'Glimpses' - image by Alan Horten, taken at Paul's Studio, Reading:

From 'Sculpture' - bronze sculpture by Andrew Freidin:

From 'Black Feet & Metal' - image by Barend Jan de Jong, taken in Rotterdam, Netherlands:

From 'Tryst' - image by Malvin Jan Dyb, taken in Norway:

From 'Sunswept Sisters' - image by Mel Brackstone, taken in Australia (with Anoush Anou):

From 'Into the Deep' - image by Clayton Bastiani, taken on the Isle of Wight:

From 'Electric Blue, rain, shapes; Workshop and London Exhibition' - image by Eric Kellerman, taken in Holland:

From 'Catchlight in Belfast' - image by Ross McKelvey, taken in Belfast:

From 'A Rainbow' - image by Jeremy Howitt, taken in Oxford:

From 'Pink Venus' - image by Samuel Somers, taken in Belgium:

From 'Marian' - image by Jeff Wilson, taken in Oxfordshire:

From 'Norway Part 1 - Arctic Winds, Rainbows & Midnight Sun' - image by Hakon Gronning, taken in Norway:

From 'I must be a mermaid' - image by Hakon Gronning, taken in NOrway:

From 'Fruit, Fog & Romantic Pleasure' - image by ManCave (with Joel Hicks), taken in West Berkshire:

From 'Les Coquelicots dans La Pluie' - image by Don McCrae, taken in France:

From 'Den Haag' - image by Hans Miller, taken in the Netherlands:

From 'Paride' - image by Paride Ostierna, taken in Luton:

From 'Romantische' - image by Jeff Wilson, taken in Oxfordshire:

From 'Life from Ash' - image by Martin Krans, taken in Holland:

From 'Wheat, White & Apples' - image by Karen Jones, taken in Oxfordshire:

From 'She wore Blue...' - image by Luc Bollen, taken in Belgium:

From 'Pedal Boats & Bikinis' - image by Gary Sandy, taken in Southampton:

From 'Leonides the Lion Head' - image by David Ferris, taken in Australia:

From 'Europe' - image by Thomas Bichler, taken in Germany:

From 'Tags' - image by Stephen Bassett, taken in Belfast:

(Also, my dog... Sorry):

From 'The Wool Company' - image by Sarah @ The Wool Company, taken in Cornwall:

From 'Arbroath - Tayport' - image by Jim Furness, taken in Scotland:

From 'Sunday Medley' - image by Ken Pegg, taken in Dorset:

From 'Scandinavia' - image by Mads Erik Husdal, taken in Norway:

From 'A Certain Darkness is Needed to See The Stars' - image by Luc Bollen, taken in Brussels:

From 'A Blush of Wildlife' - image by Hugh Alison, taken in Wales:

From 'How to....' - image by Karen Jones, taken in France:

From 'Foreign Sands' - image by Martin Krans, taken in Holland:

From 'Oblique Strategies' - image by Matt McCosh, taken in the Midlands:

From 'Portents with Paride' - image by Paride Ostierna, taken in Oxford:

From 'Sunshine & Water' - image by Tom McArthur, taken in Portugal:

From 'Sunshine & Water' - image by Carl Grim, taken in Portugal:

From 'Fires Beneath her Feet' - image by Adrian Spencer, taken in Oxfordshire (wearing Clessidra designs):

From 'Primary Love' - image by CocTales Photography, taken in London:

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And, finally, as a little preview of what comes next (as I did sort of promise it in the last post), here's one by Jeremy Howitt from our recent jaunt to Venice!
More on that soon...!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE.