The Beauty Of Autumn

There are some moments in life that you wish you could take a photographic memory of and store it away but one that creeps back every so often to just put a smile on your face. Today I had one of said moments....

I think autumn is such an under rated time of year. The fashion is wonderful, the weather is beautiful and the colours and smells that surround you are such of great fulfillment. As I was driving up to Loughborough today, I was hit by a sudden bought of rain and once it cleared I was greeted by a pure blue sky, brilliant sunshine and the most astonishing sight in front of me which really took me by surprise. As cars drove past me they were spraying water up from the road and as the sun hit the tiny droplets of water, the most gorgeous close up rainbows appeared, one for each car that drove past. 

To make this picture even more beautiful, the autumnal colours of the trees; golden yellow, burnt orange, deep red, leaves were being blown into the road in front of me and the cars that went past swirled them up into a hurricane of fire and settling back down peacefully and gracefully, turning like a spinning ballarina before being swirled up again into a frenzy.

I could watch the autumn weather all day. This is a memory I hope I will keep safe with me forever. I hope I did the picture justice.  

The Small Things In Life

The awkward eye contact car game

Catching someone's eye on public transport when you both find something hilarious and that wonderful secret smile that passes between you

Planning evil ways to wake your friends up who have fallen asleep in the car

Seeing someone trip over and look around to find that yes, you did see and yes, you are laughing

Giving a homeless person a sandwich and seeing their smile and look of complete gratitude on their face

Receiving ANYTHING for free

Finding a ten pound note on the floor

Being offered the last crisp from a friends packet

Doing a clothes swap to spice up your wardrobe...with your friends old clothes (heck, it's free!)

Finding your favourite lippy at the bottom of your handbag

Have a friend who hasn't spoken to you in a while send a message saying "I miss you"

Having someone Re-Tweet one of your Tweets

Receiving a hand written letter from a friend or relative

The smell of a new book

Fresh bed linen

Opening a box of chocolates and picking all your favourite ones out before anyone else can touch the box....or is that just me?

Kicking a fresh pile of crispy leaves on your way home

Jumping in a puddle in your wellies

Tax rebate

There are so many things in life to smile about so I don't understand why a lot of the world is going around with a frown attached to their face. I am making it my own personal quest to make people feel happier in life so if you see me in the street grinning like a wild person, please just amuse me and pretend it is working. I am making the rest of this year about keeping positive so watch out for a lot more positivity in all your lives and watch this space <3 font="">

The Day The Office Blew Up....

.....okay, not literally blew up, but it may as well have!

So as you all have read, I am currently working on a show in the West End and most nights I don't get out of the theatre (and bar...) 'til gone midnight so coming into work is usually a big struggle.

When I finally managed to get to work (the traffic was appalling, what should have taken 1 1/2 hours took a grand total of 3 1/2) I was stressing out about being late, the trains also didn't help my nerves as they decided to stop for a good 10 mins per station....there is no need for that TFL, humpf--- I had a LOT to catch up on so ran into the office and WHACK, straight into a delegate. Good start, I thought to myself as I spoke my apologise, turned around and there he was, Arm straight out in front of him, coffee cup in hand and the entirety of his drink down his trousers and up the wall. Bollocks. Really good start Miss Gardner!!

Having cleared up the now slightly brown tinted wall and offered a towel to the lovely coffee stained gentlemen, I got back to work. Sat down at my desk and took a few moments to myself before cracking on. Half an hour or so later, I turn around to see my colleague stood in the doorway of the office soaked from head to toe.

We all burst into absolute hysterics, and when we finally managed to get out of him what the problem was, he said "Just come and look..." We all walk into the bathroom to a swimming pool, not a floor. In our office we have automatic taps and the central one decided it didn't want to turn off today so my colleague (lets call him D), D tried to fix the problem by unscrewing the tap. It spurted all up the walls and into his face hence the dripping man in our office. We grabbed towels and mopped the place up laughing the entire time (well, D wasn't but I certainly found it hilarious). I then decided to give the tap a look over....And fixed it within seconds....Who knew I was a plumber?! The look on D's face was something I couldn't possibly describe to you.

So, having tidied everything up, we settled down yet again to do more work. But as most of you can agree, things tend to happen in threes. Low and behold, the 3rd was to shortly follow in the form of forks.... It seems people steal forks from this place. Weird. I know.

Anyway, it never seems to be a dull day here and things go wrong on the daily. Good job we can all laugh about it hey?

Until next time, Ta-Ra