Some days I get writers block.
Some days I get writers block.
It’s usually when there is a lot of stuff to process or when big things are happening.
So I rely on photos to get me through until I can settle on something.
Some people say that’s bad,
that they don’t want to click over to a blog just to see a one line sentence and a photo of something mundane.
For me it is sort of a breathing space thing
and today,
I’ve been thinking about putting this photo up:
It doesn’t look like much.
Dirty dishes,
some half full glasses
and low lighting.
It may seem mundane and useless
but it represents so much.
It tells a story.
Last month, just before Ivy went into the hospital,
I wrote a post about whether or not I should let the big twins babysit
and you all replied
and we listened
and we went out to dinner – to one of our favourite little tapas places
about half an hour from home.
It was lovely and in hindsight so worth it
and it was successful.
The kids were brilliant, we weren’t too nervous
and since then we have repeated the Saturday night dinner date -
last weekend, in fact.
So the photo may not mean much to many but to us it means a lot.
It’s a grateful photo
It’s a happy photo
It’s captured a moment in time, which was momentous to us
and to the teenagers.
It speaks of trust and love and joy.
It makes me want to thank each of you who commented on that post, for encouraging us to do it.
It’s a wonderful memory.
Sometimes writers block can be a good thing.
It can make you see with new eyes -
a bit like this photo,
you just need to open your heart and mind to all of the possibilities.
Oh I’m glad it worked out so well!
Thats so lovely.
I’m so glad the babysitting is working out so well! Photos are funny like that. Something that looks really inconsequential can mean so much to someone. I get writers block too. I rely on baby pictures.
LOL the above 2 comments confused me. I didn’t write that?! Oh there is another Fiona….
I’m glad you went out and had a great time. I knew the girls were up to it and now you do too
Your blog is always great to read even if it is only one sentence and a photo so don’t ever worry about that – after all it is your blog!
I’m so pleased you got to go out for dinner without the children and it worked out so well – you all deserve it!
So wonderful to hear that you had a nice night out…oh how that sounds so lovely…
Oh and I think that it is a great photo, even before reading the post I had a feeling there would be a great story to go with it but then I am at peace with the mundane, after all mundane helps shape our lives, at least in one way or another.
I couldn’t do without dates with my husband – so glad that you can date without kids now too – you need it to recharge and relax
I hope you know, your teens are freaking awesome. I mean it – uniquely mature, loving, nurturing and kind. They are such unusual qualities for such an awkward age. They’re beautiful.
I’m so happy for you & Dave that you are getting some time together. So it’s true that life begins…?
lovely, am so glad you have been able to go out, and that it all went smoothly. And anytime you want to post a one liner and a photo you go for it, I am pretty sure this blog belongs to YOU, and you can choose to share what you want with us
So happy for you all! What a momentous occassion! : )
I think that’s a fabulous picture.
Your posts are always beautifully written prose, even when only one liners, and the photos that come with them always speak just as beautifully as the words that accompany them. The photos enhance the words and make the post more personal for the reader, however mundane the subject of the photo may be considered. This photo, along with your words, represents so much. It shows that you and David enjoyed a relaxed & unhurried satisfied meal, with the knowledge & trust that all was well at home in the capable hands of the “oldies”. This blog of yours would not be same without these photos that tell us so much about life in your “three ring circus.” xoxo
HUZZAH!
x
PS, your blog, I click and read for a photo and one line. Not for many other people, but you, definitely. x
On some blogs there are a lot of words, lacking in integrity, honesty, with photos galore there for no other reason than to impress.
Your blog is another league altogether.
Personally, I haven’t a problem with seeing pictures and your pictures are usually so beautiful. Pictures can tell stories too just as mush as words can, sometimes more. I love that pictures can also transport us to places. They can evoke emotions and recover memories. Add a few words, or not, doesn’t necessarily matter.