As of Apr 5th 2013 I have changed the name of my tumblr blog to kirstyes - Photos and Words. The description below explains why I set it up as kirstyes’ 366 Photo/Small Stone Challenge but because I achieved the challenge but still love tumblr it is time for a change. 2013 sees me attempting another challenge so daily (Mon-Sat) I fold and cut a page from my kirigami calendar and take a snap of the outcome. Sundays see me taking a picture of my happiness jar (my attempt to make a note of all the things that make me happy this year - to be reviewed on New Year’s Eve). But tumblr is more than that to me now and I reblog lots of different types of things, from books to hunks, pretty things to cute things, things that make me snort, words and phrases that speak to me. I also blog at http://www.kirstyes.co.uk and may link to a couple of the posts there. ____________________________________ How/Why I started tumblring Last January I took part in the 2011 River of Stones small stone challenge, and I have also been inspired by the 365 Photo Challenge I have seen people participating in on Facebook. Because 2012 was a leap year I planned to take a photograph on my phone and to write a small stone (click on the image below for details) every day for 366 days starting 1st January 2012. Rather than use my existing blog (www.kirstyes.co.uk) I decided to set up this tumblr. account instead. Some days the photo and my small stone be connected but this may not always be the case. This blog is my effort to be mindful in 2012 and pay attention to what is going on around me. I hope some of you will join in too. The background colour to this blog is the one I named kirstyes’ writing ink of luck in Unicef’s own a colour and help save a child’s life campaign - see my colour here - http://www.ownacolour.com/#160878 - why not click and buy your own? Here’s hoping that 2012 is a fantastic year for us all. Tumblr (3.0; @kirstyes)http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7fa020e0e6d49d77598e7a34f285b4b7/tumblr_moo1icuY7d1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 20th #Kirigami</p> <p>Perfect for the last day of #cot2013 where we’ve been sharing the OT love</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/53423284869http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/53423284869Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:00:54 +0100KirigamiSpider Fold<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dd59a9c268bbc6086b38b8cd5e5470bb/tumblr_mom7vowFqn1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 19th #Kirigami</p> <p>Spot the rippage. Quite funky otherwise,</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/53342110829http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/53342110829Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:30:21 +0100KirigamiStarburst Fold<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5c7d52f2115decce8c858e25ee96a27d/tumblr_mok8tlDQJT1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 18th #Kirigami</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/53232060834http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/53232060834Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:20:08 +0100KirigamiSnowflake Fold<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/012d17da4aad1b802233d56961caaddb/tumblr_mok6s7vM4S1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 17th #Kirigami</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/53229001103http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/53229001103Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:36:06 +0100KirigamiStarburst FoldBack Fold<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e2ae171d680a8dd008eac1e005ed7fbc/tumblr_mog604KAWz1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 15th #Kirigami</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/53039687538http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/53039687538Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:28:52 +0100KirigamiSpider Fold<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/80e4aad17fb53b5b5871b32a59a5c844/tumblr_moeo52uTay1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 14th #Kirigami</p> <p>Oops another one I did but forgot to post (slacking half way through the year!)</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52979888756http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52979888756Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:05:26 +0100KirigamiSnowflake FoldBack Fold<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/43ae1d7f7a325ef4724aa8e4332e4b52/tumblr_mhjdiyaEba1rjbkdko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bfb8c8e454908fab06e5c8bfdeb85b21/tumblr_mhjdiyaEba1rjbkdko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/25a568926008b428927cfee314a9d78d/tumblr_mhjdiyaEba1rjbkdko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d6af729ffca56978bc3f019ecb30c238/tumblr_mhjdiyaEba1rjbkdko4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><strong>Harry Potter Alphabet Cards Part 2 </strong></p> <p><a href="http://nevilleprongbottom.tumblr.com/post/41917790068/harry-potter-alphabet-cards-part-1" target="_blank"><small><small>(Part 1)</small></small></a></p> </blockquote>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52939066127http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52939066127Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:44:21 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/91fc5c514c00e7ce61683b25696bca2e/tumblr_mhgzbqVn5Y1rjbkdko4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9bbc8027a36943feb98aa49da54dc622/tumblr_mhgzbqVn5Y1rjbkdko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cd9925ff079b8b72816c323cfe475970/tumblr_mhgzbqVn5Y1rjbkdko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://harrypottersmum.tumblr.com/post/41917790068/harry-potter-alphabet-cards-part-1-part-2" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">harrypottersmum</a>:</p> <blockquote><blockquote> <p><strong>Harry Potter Alphabet Cards Part 1 </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://nevilleprongbottom.tumblr.com/post/42072190987/harry-potter-alphabet-cards-part-2-part-1" target="_blank"><small>(Part 2)</small></a></p></blockquote>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52938875568http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52938875568Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:37:52 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d7dd4b28564b6e8ccce9deab85d76109/tumblr_mocte2jHSH1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/be35a0e9ec0574d0639c328c0ad7a45e/tumblr_mocte2jHSH1r96vaho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Cats - The Mayflower Southampton - Thurs 13th June 2013</p> <p>Show warnings<br/> Flashy lights at the start for photosensitive epileptics<br/> Frequent cat interactions (if you scare easily ;0))<br/> Dry ice/smoke near end for asthmatics</p> <p>But despite me needing to take my inhaler to settle my coughing I really enjoyed it. Need to read the poems again now. This is another my Nain introduced me to the music of and I’ve finally got to see it. Thanks to mum for joining me.</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52902174509http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52902174509Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:03:37 +0100CatsMusicalThe Mayflower - Southampton<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0ed49bf59320c21f3af939f989105a9c/tumblr_mocgr9UOIm1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8c87b67850a300a8447efd417272edc/tumblr_mocgr9UOIm1r96vaho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>June 13th #Kirigami</p> <p>Sunflower complete</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52882769148http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52882769148Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:30:44 +0100KirigamiSquare FoldSunflowerTrio3D flowers<p>Been a little frustrated not having time/energy to read in the last week so thought I&#8217;d give audiobooks another go. Normally I&#8217;ve only bought ones when I&#8217;ve already read the book but found an audible trial and have bought Under the Dome (Stephen King) and Ratburger (David Walliams). Listening to the latter, read by the man himself in the car seemed to work and I can recall the story so far I think (as much as with a printed book). Mind you this is only 3 odd hours. Under the Dome about 10 times as long (at least). </p> <p>Do you audiobook? When and how?</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52818779290http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52818779290Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:02:53 +0100Audiobooks<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/01abde1deaeaebdfc7ded4702cb9486a/tumblr_moavqi8AZN1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Book post - Elegy (Tara Hudson)</p> <p>Thanks HarperCollins</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52818511429http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52818511429Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:59:00 +0100ElegyTara HudsonHereafter TrilogyBookBooks<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e9d0d8a85b87f6f30bb601a5f38226ca/tumblr_moavmlkZlm1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 12th #Kirigami</p> <p>Part 2 of the sunflower, last part tomorrow.</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52818345507http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52818345507Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:56:45 +0100KirigamiSpider FoldTrioSunflower3D Flowers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6f07ea77ae28f1d15d03aef74919ddc3/tumblr_mo8ziyrN911r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 12th #Kirigami</p> <p>Part 1 of a three day sunflower - hope the snails don’t get to this one!</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52736780278http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52736780278Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:25:46 +0100KirigamiSpider FoldTrioSunflower<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1b1b62e8f3eb8bedde05bc3f144f8ff6/tumblr_mo6zej8DBA1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 10th #Kirigami</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52645888943http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52645888943Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:27:55 +0100KirigamiSnowflake Fold<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/22237f94ceec66b0338b728d760e5f11/tumblr_mo2kd0kaSU1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 8th Kirigami</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52451057142http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52451057142Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:12:36 +0100KirigamiStarburst FoldBack Fold<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Np450xMSncE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://upworthy.tumblr.com/post/52388199955/npr-the-seattle-public-library-launched-the" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">upworthy</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://npr.tumblr.com/post/52217421240/the-seattle-public-library-launched-the-2013" target="_blank">npr</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Seattle Public Library launched the 2013 Summer Reading Program by trying to set a new world record for the longest book domino chain. Read more <a href="http://hypervocal.com/news/2013/book-domino-chain-seattle-public-library/" target="_blank">about it here</a>. — heidi</p> </blockquote> <p>I’m not sure if you guys are aware of this, but libraries are THE BEST.</p></blockquote>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52421153632http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52421153632Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:53:07 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7dc9976d475e3fd7176f8ba316d9c544/tumblr_mo0jvvJ0kk1r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 7th Kirigami</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52367262337http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52367262337Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:07:06 +0100KirigamiStarburst Fold<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e882f66df9ab387636fdfee006487c8e/tumblr_mnzrwl2Lm11r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 6th Kirigami</p> <p>Ninja butterfly</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52329741320http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52329741320Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:02:44 +0100KirigamiButterfly Fold<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b320985c465c4e1f1a4b56741f9fb0ec/tumblr_mnxx03hqX61r96vaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>June 5th Kirigami</p>http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52249841677http://kirstyes.tumblr.com/post/52249841677Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:57:39 +0100KirigamiHalf Fold