Well it's certainly been a funny few weeks. I have hardly been at home at all and feel like I am living my life in a bit of a blur at the moment. My mother was taken ill and rushed into hospital over 3 weeks ago. She is still there at the moment and so I am travelling every day to visit her and will be for the foreseeable future. The hospital is about an hours drive from us but needless to say that the visits are top priority at the moment and everything else is getting slotted in and around the visits.

It has been really hard trying to fit in family, the business and the housework. On the odd occasion when it all gets too much, I just have to have a de-stress day and have to take some time out, away from it all. I guess that's just my way of coping. Today was one of those days.

Today I spent some much needed time with my little girl. As I am very impulsive, we had the car packed and had set off within 30 minutes. I think that has got to be a record for us! We headed into North Wales with no specific destination in mind and ended up at the quiet end of Rhyl. We managed to find a nice little spot near to the beach where we devoured our picnic and then later spent a little time on the beach. It was quite windy but the sun took the coolness away. I managed to play with my new camera purchase. I am not in any way a photographer nor pretend to be but I had some good fun experimenting. What do you think?