Henley-on-Thames my favourite place

I love walking, it is simple, free and one of the easiest way to get active and healthy. I have payed so much money at the gym even though I have only been few times. Well I had to cancel my gym membership and decided to do what I love most. I am a very self motivated person.  A lot of times I enjoy walking by myself as I take time to think or even take a break sit by the river, reflect and meditate on life in general.  I will have to say if I an doing very long walks then I need company though. One of my favourite routes this year has been the Reading to Henley-on-Thames. A simple walk along a pleasant section of the River Thames, keeping to the riverside path throughout. (Thames Path).                                                                             

The view is unbelievable. I took few friends ( Joymie, Ela, Laone) with me on different occasions. The journey is about 10 miles ( 14 km). It's fun, there are a lot of things you can do along the way.  If you start your walk too early, you could stop at THE GREAT HOUSE hotel in Sonning for breakfast (yummy Full English Breakfast). There is also Baskerville Arms in Shiplake Tea Stop if you like to stop for tea ,there is a train station in Shiplake just in case any of the girls U walk with decide they can't finish the walk. There are lots of eating places when you finally get to Henley.               One day my friend Laone and I got carried away walking just enjoying the view along Thames Path , we ended up in Mallow. Yes Mallow, we had done 35km on that day, none stop. We left Reading 10 am and got to Mallow just after 4:30 pm. We had to take the train back to Reading . Tired yet so fulfilling. Anyway, whenever I see all these beautiful places  I always wish I could do these walks with my little sister. But NO !! My sister hates walking with a passion. She has such a beautiful body BUT she doesn't realise, she desperately wants to gain weight, and so she thinks going for a walk will make her slimmer than she already is. Bless her.  I therefore planned for us to get on the train and off we went to Henley on one sunny afternoon.We were going to have a picnic, but thanx to the British weather, by the time we got the Henly the weather had changed.

So our pinic into a mini photoshoot.

I had bought the blanket from Botswana on my last, holiday from a cheap Chinise shop, my plan was to use it as a picnic blanket. 

Love summer as I can show case my Afro Kinky hair.

My cheap blanky came in handy as it got cold so I had to use it to cover up. It turns out that what's on trend these days, isnt it? Every one tend to be wearing these blanket jumpers and poncho sweaters.

Laughter is what keeps me young 😜

The year 2014 has been good. Thankful for Devine health.

 Open arms to receive 2015...It will be greater.. Let go in my people!

The camera that never got used

My little sister Solloh did fashion photography 3 years back, and she got me to buy a camera, she wanted a good one. I bought this camera for £700 ( Cannon EOS 650D )' This camera just stayed indoors, still wrapped up in a box. Two years gone by and we never  used it. What a waste of money!! So recently I have decided she needs to practice and she doesn't mind. So anytime we find ourselves together and we are not doing anything, the day turns into a photoshoot.

Got this maxi dress from Zara  last summer, the white sandle were also from Zara ( old)

Bellow;

 Jeans; Zara. Vest; Zara Bag; Zara

Shoes; Faith ( Very Old)

                               
                           Take a moment and think..life is worth a living. Celebrate it,

                        Here on earth we live once....

Every little matters

Growing up with a lot of girls in the house, it hasn't always been easy. Especially with just one parent working. That meant we always looked forward to Christmas as that was the time we were most definitely going to get new clothes.So from a young age I knew how to look after my clothes.

My sisters and I always fought if we wore each other's clothes. Five sisters growing up together, with 3 of us wearing almost the same size. Solloh is the lucky one, she came too late while there was no need for us to be fighting.My brother wasn't into much fighting, oh maybe just didn't want to fight girls hence I was once caught walking out of the house with his new suit going to Primary School, I was only 8. They tried to get me take it off but I cried! I knew he wouldn't fight me. Anyway back to sisters.

My big sister and I were born a year apart, boy she is so soft. She has always been. You would think when my parents bought us clothes they would buy for both of us at the same time. NO! They would always buy for my big sister then decide they would buy for me when they get the money next. So I used to cry for her clothes until mum says to my sister "Let her take your dress and we will buy you next", and she would agree. Come next time when new clothes arrive for my sister I would cry again and say "I don't want the dress I have now and I want a new one!". Guess what? A new dress I would get, then give my sister my old dress. Well, it wasn't really old but I would have worn it. So this went on for sometime until my parents learnt a lesson.

So in a nut shell, I have learnt to live and be content at every stage I am at in life.

So about 2 years back I bought some African material when I got home. I went to the tailor and asked him to make me a maxi dress. When I went to collect to dress, down by the sewing machine I saw some small pieces of the remaining material about to go into the rubbish bin. I picked them all up and said, "Can you please make me shorts with all these bits". He took some measurements and said, "I will see what to do". So one afternoon a few months back, for the first time I wore them and of  course my photographer follows me around. So there we go...

                           

Just showing you how my Afro is going on the next three pictures.  

                         The Afro-chic on a sunny day.

LIFE IS A JOURNEY WORTH TRAVELLING. ONE STEP AT A TIME IF YOU CHOOSE OR YOU JUMP.

Journey with me........