Everyone's a sucker for these "feet in the golden fallen leaves" shot aren't they. (well I sure am at least)

This stream was one of the first things we came across on the trail at the bottom of the Lickey Hills. It was nice to try out capturing water at different shutter speeds but this is my favourite from the stream because you can see the movement and bubbles in the water as well as the autumn leaves sitting along the rocks, which bring in colour to the scene.

I do like an old wooden bench, I feel like they show age and a story - particularly ones with a memorial plaque on them. And the sea of orange surrounding this bench was too good not to take a photo of.

Such orange, very autumn.

I like these leaves because of their shape, spreading out like fingers on a hand. And the ombre they had as the green transitioned into red just before they were due to fall. I'm sure the ground is smothered in these leaves by now.

It was mainly my dad who admired the moss on the trees but after he encouraged me to get a couple snaps, I began to admire the strange green texture too.

I then thought I would try looking upwards at the leaves left on top of the tree. If I had to take this shot again I'd put it on a higher aperture to include more of the moss texture on the bark as well as the leafy roof.

I then found quite a humongous leaf and decided to take some fun photos with it and my dad. It was lovely to allow something so simple be a source of entertainment for 10 minutes, taking it in turns to hide and peer from behind the leaf and laugh at each other.

For this I changed to my standard zoom lens but still on aperture priority. I zoomed so that I could appear close to the mass of ducks but still able to keep my distance and not disturb their chill time.

We drove to the top of the Lickey Hills and I put on my telephoto lens to get some landscape shots. This is my favourite out of the bunch because of the way the hills in the distance meet in the middle of the frame. By this point it grew colder, windier and cloudier so I quickly took the photos I wanted and escaped back into the warmth of the car (which meant these shots aren't as perfectly executed but hey we live and learn) while dad stopped to chat to an old colleague, who was walking his dog.

As always, let me know which ones are your favourites and feel free to @ me on twitter or instagram so I can see some of your autumn snaps too before we head into winter. Winter photography is something I'm yet to try as I know the moist, cold air isn't a good friend to cameras but I will most likely get plenty of festive photos over the Christmas season to share with you all.

HELLO! (I'm a big fan of shouting greetings, I'm going to do it more often its enjoyable). I was inspired by Louise Pentland (YouTuber and Blogger "Sprinkle Of Glitter") to dye my hair the signature colour of the cancer my mother died of for the duration of the awareness month after she made a video [watch here] explaining the story of her mother's pain she now lives with.



November is pancreatic cancer awareness month, which is all the more personal as it is the month she lost her short battle with cancer. I'm not ready to share my story as Louise has - I feel like talking makes it all the more real and I really, really, really, really don't want it to be. But here are the briefest facts...

My mother was diagnosed with a tumour that was then confirmed as terminal in the last weeks of October 2013. Then about 5 weeks later, 7 days before my 16th birthday, she was taken to hospital. Before she was due to start chemotherapy, she feel too ill for them to risk adding treatment to the mix. She requested to be moved to St Mary's Hospice where she spent her last days lying in bed, asleep and surrounded by her ever loving family. When she first moved to the hospital they gave her two days left. She held on for the rest of the week until my birthday.

At 1am on November 26th 2013, I was woken up and told we were going back to the hospice and to take my time. I knew that I could "take my time" because it had already happened and I turned over to my pillow and cried. I asked my dad what time it happened because I wanted to know if it was 1am or sooner. It was sooner. I am so glad that I got those 16 whole years with her. That she got them with me. And we got to have all that fun together. I am so grateful she is my mom.

I miss her every damn day. All the time I wish she was there. I miss her in all the ways. As Louise said, a mum shaped whole in my life makes me sad.

I trust that Louise's huge following allowed plenty of money to be raised for cancer research as a whole but I want to focus on Pancreatic Cancer UK as most patients are diagnosed too late, and with a 2-4% survival rate for the last 40 years, I feel this charity needs some attention because they offer so much assistance for patients and their families. Here is the link to my Just Giving page if you want to share the link or donate - anything is deeply appreciated, thank you. (Feel free to follow my instagram to see my mermaid/unicorn hair in all its glory throughout the month.)