Sisterhood Stories - New Year

Firstly I'd like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!!

As a new year begins we can't help but think about what this year is going to bring.  Some of it will be completely out of our control for good or for bad and some of it is what we produce through our own planning.  It's the planning and following it through we have control over.

The Shortest Day

It is an annual tradition in my camera club to do a sunrise photoshoot as close as possible to the shortest day of the year.  In our case it was Sun 18th (one week before Christmas).  The venue was Loughshinny, a tiny fishing village north of Dublin and not far from where I live.

I met up with the guys at 7.15am on that dark, cold Sunday and equipped with my camera bag goodies and thermals we headed for the coast.

Apart from a few clouds the sky was perfect with the dark blues turning to purple and eventually to orange until it was daylight.  We were only there for a couple of hours but it was a sight to behold.

Little did I know my father would leave this earth three days later on the official shortest day of the year.  These images are dedicated to you Dad.

Mersea Island

Mersea Island is the most easterly inhabited island in the UK. It is joined to the UK by a causeway known as The Strood.  The island is cut off from the mainland during high tide.  Mersea Island is famous for it's seafood, most notably it's oysters.

We visited my husband's family on Mersea Island last week.  The weather was what you would expect during Autumn, wet, cloudy, cold and miserable.  However, we managed to get a couple of dry days and I managed to get out one evening to take some pics down at West Mersea harbour.  Here they are....