i belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart;

I promise, promise, PROMISE to become a better and more frequent blogger. 

Here are some photographs I have taken of recent adventures I have been lucky enough to have -

The Lake District in September -

Long overdue Friday night adventures and mischief in Leeds with Semps -

French adventures and first holiday with the boy -

Discovering that Morrisons got fancy -

Pickering War Weekend (you can read all about it here) -

First visit of the year to the pumpkin patch -

I am currently in love with this song by The Lumineers, please take a listen whilst peeking at my photographs as it's a pretty apt soundtrack to my life of late. 

Feel free to follow me on Instagram @5ampicnics

Sincerely, Alexa xoxo

i met up with the king;

Sunday was date day and what a peach of day it was too. A few weeks ago we'd spotted an advert for a vintage American car show, complete with fake Elvis, needless to say we were super excited. And so off we set early Sunday morning with a picnic in tow. Now I am not usually a car fanatic, but I'll put my hands up and admit it, I am officially in love with a pink Cadillac. The cars really were works of art, though we decided that parking one at a supermarket would be a task and a half. As you can see, Ollie and I met the King himself - well, his dodgy/amazing (delete as appropriate) Yorkshire counterpart. We had our photo taken with him and he even gave us a cheeky nod from the stage. 

Ollie doing what he does best - 

The most beautiful sea I have ever seen, we could definitely have been abroad.

AMAZING stormy skyline (I was made to pose) -

It was such a fun day even though the weather was so up and down. Date days are

my favourite and I am beginning to appreciate the beauty of a good Sunday (especially as I work in retail and there is no such thing as a weekend). We're going to head out to a car boot sale this Sunday coming and finding a pub for a delicious Sunday roast. Here's to Sundays and here's to Elvis Presley with a Yorkshire-American accent. 

Just a quick note to say how proud I am of my dear friend and fellow Ma Bicyclette gal,  Nicola Semple ( Semps!), who has just landed a dream Creative Writing job at Tiger Print Studios in Bradford, I am everso proud of you, you beautiful and talented creature.

Sincerely, Alexa ♥

j'aime ma bicyclette;

The exciting plans and notions and ideas I mentioned  around a week or so ago is my reason behind the lack of posts of late - expect something new over the weekend to make up for it. 

Ma Bicyclette is a sparkling new blog (eventually to become a magazine)  that I have recently become a part of with a group of other sweet girls. It's all very exciting and it's early days, but we have high hopes for it.  Please take a peek here and remember to follow us on the blog and on twitter too. 

It was my turn to post yesterday and I just about managed to get my post in on time, despite the ridiculous amount of things that went wrong in the process. 

Let me know what you think!

Sincerely, Alexa  ♥ 

p.s please remember to follow my blog (in the side bar on the right right) and tell your friends to do the same, I have my eye on something pretty sweet for my very first give away.

plans and notions and ideas;

This evening has been spent making the most wonderful plans with some super girls. 

I cannot say much more right now, it's all plans and notions and ideas, but I am super excited and 

I will update you as soon as we have some solid plans.

Sincerely, Alexa  ♥