Hey everyone!

It has been a hard few weeks for everyone in lock down, with a further extension on lock down a lot of people are getting the blues. I am keeping positive the best I can. I've actually started learning the piano again which I'm playing an hour everyday. On a mission to learn the Frozen song haha! 

Creatively though I feel lost, and I really miss working. I miss being around smiley children and holding precious newborns for cuddles, and having that opportunity to capture those amazing moments. Seeing the love between newly weds and getting up super early to drive into London to capture school photography moments. All of this has certainly really made me appreciate what I have, and its going to make me treasure and push my business more and more. 

Back to lego though..... so I thought I would share my funny scenes I made last Friday. It was a bit of fun and something to get creative with and use my camera. I had a blast but also realise anyone can do this, and it could be a lot of fun with the children too. Check it out and let me know what you think :-)! 

Which are you favourite? Would you like to see more? Have you thought of anything you could do?

Let me know would love to hear and see what you might get up too!

All my love,
​Emily x

So as promised I have put together a list of where to find bluebells in the area. Some of these places are currently closed due to the current situation but use this list for next year perhaps!
 
I hope if you are near them you are able to enjoy them as much as I do!  This list contains bigger and smaller areas to go see them, remember to take a camera and that these beautiful flowers wont be around for very long so they are super special! 
 
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MAIDENHEAD /HIGH WYCOMBE AREA

• Maidenhead golf club, Shoppenhangers Rd – in the wood parts of the golf course you can see lots and lots!
• Ockwells park- Thrift wood 
• Ashley hill forest- honey lane maidenhead
• Carpenters Wood, Pinkney's Green- Take a right after Hall Place Vets and follow the road down.
• Snowball Hill
• Gouldin's Wood in Maidenhead near The Golden Ball restaurant
• Down muddy Lane and over the little stream and into the woods on the right
•  Maidenhead Thicket 
• Waltham Place
• Bisham Woods, near cookham Dean
• Greys Court NT woodland
• Snowball hill
• Christmas Common, Watlington
• Marlow wood
• Dungrove hill
• Woods in Malders Lane - maidenhead
• Hall Place Vets  Lea Lane behind it

READING/NEWBURY AREA

• Prospect Park, Reading/Tilehurst (the actual park, not the hospital) in the "woods" at the back by the Harvester
• Back of prospect park in reading

• Bowden forest, Hambledon way

• Warren road, reading
• Basildon Park
• Bowdown woods, near Newbury
• Moor Copse, Tidmarsh- there are normally organised bluebell walks run by BBOWT
• Ryshall Farm

BRACKNELL AREA

• Fernygrove Farm- Bracknell
• Popes Meadow
• Whitegrove Copse, Bracknell Forest

 
BURNHAM/ TAPLOW/ SLOUGH AREAS

• Rushall farm-  hold a couple of bluebell walks open weekends with lots of family friendly activities going on, obviously not open now but I'm sure great fun!
• Sulham Woods
• Church Woods in Hedgerley
• Cowleaze woods in The Chiltern (near stokenchurch)
• Cliveden (National Trust)

 
I also did  a little map and pinned roughly where they all are. Hope this helps !









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Please don't forget these flowers are protected by law, it is an offence to uproot, pick or trample on them deliberately, so stick to the paths.. If you would like to learn more about them please read my blog on '10 facts about bluebell flowers' 

All my love,
Em xx
 
 
 

Here in the UK we have some incredible bluebell displays. Each spring, special woods are transformed by a shimmering carpet of blue. They provide the perfect setting for imaginary adventures, and a unique location for some special photos or a fairy adventure with the kiddies. This is one of my favourite times to take photos because it’s the start of Spring, which means England is starting to get warm YAY and I am a sucker for some sun. Over the years doing bluebell shoots I have come to appreciate and have a real love for the bluebells. It saddens me a lot that due to what’s going on I don’t get to capture this moment. So, I thought I would chat all things bluebell and write a few blogs about their beauty.
 
Some fun facts about bluebells to tell the kiddies:

• Bluebells usually bloom from mid-April to mid-May, this all varies according to the pattern of spring weather. They are a natural indication that Spring has arrived.
• Bluebells are protected by law- under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it is a criminal offence to uproot, pick or trample on them deliberately. Bluebells can take years to recover after footfall damage. If a bluebell’s leaves are crushed, they die back from lack of food as the leaves cannot photosynthesise. 
• A flower of many names: common bluebells, English bluebell, British bluebells, wild hyacinth, wood bell, bell bottle, Cuckoo’s Boots, Wood Hyacinth, Lady’s Nightcap and Witches’ Thimbles, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, fairy flowers.​

                          ENGLISH BLUEBELL                                                               SPANISH BLUEBELL

​There are three main ways to tell them apart:
- Spanish bluebells have no scent whereas native bluebells do
- Spanish bluebells are much paler in colour
- Spanish bluebells grow straight, whereas native bluebells have a strong recurved tepals.
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• Bluebells can also have Albino flowers- white flowers that lack the blue pigment and only occur once in around 10,000 flowers !

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I hope you may have learnt something and can share these fun facts with others. Stay tuned for my next blog on where to find them near by!

All my love xx