It’s always just as I’m about to leave to go on holiday that I fall in love with home again. For the last couple of weeks, I haven’t been too enamoured with the Midlands. It’s been cold, dusty and smokey. It’s been claustrophobic and small-towney. It’s been close-minded and old fashioned. But today, when I arose and placed my bare feet on the floor, that familiar winter chill was absent. The sunlight was streaming through the slit in the curtains and as I slid my trainers on, I realised that I was able to go for a lovely run around the farm without the beanie, body warmer and gloves that my usual outdoor winter workouts entail. Spring is here, and I’ve fallen in love again with home’s landscape. This is my favourite time of year, before the mist and heavy rains of December and January set in, when the days are balmy, but still dry. The air is heavy with the sweet smell of cherry blossom and the evenings are warm and long and filled with wine and laughter. One of my favourite bloggers, Lauren over at Glossary, was recently in the Midlands for a weekend and captured some of the most beautiful shots of my love land. I had to share. This lady is one talented photographer and she managed to perfectly capture my childhood memories as well as my daily present in these pictures. Take a look:
If you live, or have ever lived in the Midlands, I know these photographs will have spoken to your spirit. Thank you Lauren for helping me fall back in love with my reality.
Read Lauren’s blog here and check out her photographic work here. Lauren, her camera and the magic they make, are for hire so if you’d like some pretty pictures taken, you know what to do.
Images: all photographs courtesy of Lauren at smittenpictures.co.za
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