Saturday 31 August 2013

Newlings to the World

This is one of the highlights of each year: the day when these new little creatures join our family :D


Much as I love dogs and cats, our family has settled for tortoises, and each year, some more arrive to join the world :) Today, seven eggs hatched, and I thought I might share it with you all because they are so small and cute!


They are actually folded up inside the egg, and then they come out and slowly unfold, which means for the first few days, their shell is all soft and squishy. 


I always find it amazing how one moment they are still and plain eggs, and the next they are living, breathing, eating creatures, with little heads and feet and personalities! 

Now's the best bit: we get to name them (yay), so post any suggestions below :)

Wednesday 28 August 2013

Has anyone seen my style?...

I have spent the past few weeks excited about starting a new blog, and far too long freaking out that the theme is wrong or the writing will be bad. I have become so worked up over this silly little thing when, to put it painfully bluntly, I am likely to become bored of it within about a week, like I have done with the past zillion blogs.

The question of style is one that has been daunting me a little too much. The are so any different styles in which to write a blog: the "girly-pretty-got-all-the-goss", and the "english-expert-I-know-big-words", and the "artsy-india-hipster-herearesomepicturesofmeinpain". The problem is, I am pretty sure there is no "me" style, and by that I mean I really and honestly have no clue which one I would be. You may say that how I am writing now is pretty me-ish, but seriously, just you watch me after I read a book. I will become a complete clone of the main character.

I have no idea why this is, but with any character from any book, or any film, or even real people, I always seem to have a short term feeling of "OMG, they are the actual coolest being in the milkyway". This will last about a week until I find another innocent victim to "become".

It's a bit of a problem, which makes it increasingly difficult to actually find my style. I spend hours sitting and questioning the existence of "Ella's style". I am hoping that if I manage to actually keep this blog for more than a month, that it will help me to locate it.


Well, that's all I have to say on the topic, meaning I am nearing the end of my first blog post! I admit I haven't done much to introduce myself, or help myself to come across as even the slightest bit appealing to anyone, but it is now tomorrow (12:04pm) so I should really be off.


There will be better writing and photos on here I promise!


NOTE TO SELF: don't make promises you can't keep.

SELF TO NOTE: shut up