Get on and Shine with Holly Honeychurch
Please meet my special Ombar. This is a real treat. It even got delivered straight to my hand by lovely Simon (thanks Simon). A posh chocolate such as this is a luxury these days. It’s smooth and creamy and filled with joy and fairies. If you ever get the chance, I recommend.
Chapter 1 - This is Holly
44 - Wow, what a week. I finally got a letter from my mum. This is what happened next.
Just posted a new video to my YouTube channel after a looooong break. I’m experimenting using Wondershare Filmora9 (what a mouthful!) to link beautiful scenes and music together. First one has been a lot of fun. It’s so nice to remember all the magical places I’ve visited. I’m a lucky girl. Long may the adventures and creative spirit continue.
Another Loch Ard swim day. The water was like marble and deliciously fresh. This swim was later in the day as the sun was setting so I didn’t stay looking this relaxed for long as the midges were out in full force! I love to immerse in pure water. My skin feels so smooth now.
I found the most magical woodland yesterday. As it has no name on the map, I’m going to call it mossy woods. It made me cry it was so beautiful. I was overwhelmed. The moss and lichen were exquisite. So many varieties. I love moss! I felt like I’d walked into another realm.
My mermaid mode still isn’t convinced about hill walking. She certainly protested on the way up Duncryne Hill, a mini hill known as ‘The Dumpling’. The views of Loch Lomond sure made up for the lack of bench at the top.
benches on 🏔 tops = obvious addition for mermaid comfort
Cat Tails - Leo
42 - The surly Burmese catto with naughty tendencies looking to cause trouble wherever he roameth.
A Head Full of Messy
41 - In today’s podcast I discuss how I’m trying to save my mind from being caught up in negative, looping emotions. I talk about what’s working for me, how the family situation is going and what the future holds.
A victory today. It may not look like much, but being a person with little balance, going up or down stairs like these can make me freeze and panic. This was part of a pathway to the waterfalls at Campsie Glen. Some parts were super steep and challenging. Thank you walking poles.
I’m taking a more serious approach to singing now. I love singing. I want to nuture it. I’ve had compliments about my tone being crystalline so want to exercise my voice each day and not take it for granted. Here’s my fav singing teacher who gives me a nice grounding (and doesn’t talk too much). I’m also practising lip trills - a new exercise for me. They help connect and smooth out the different areas of my vocal range. They feel flippin hilarious to do. It took me a while to build up to doing them at any kind of volume. As a kid I probably did this all the time without feeling silly. Oh how times change.
I’ve got a huge source of online knowledge now. It’s brilliant. And also funny because I’m living in an echoey flat so get the giggles each day as I do all these mad exercises with my neighbours listening in. Feels good to be fine tuning my tools though.
Enjoy watching this video from Rebecca Vocal Athlete. She’s so much fun. She’s a singing teacher who reacts to songs sent to her by her fans. She’s got a fab personality and her vibrancy is catching. Yay.
Dug deep today to dance through the trauma in my mind. Wanted something I could really groove to so signed up for 3 months of free yt without ads and found this awesome set from Camo and Crooked in the Alps. So good to dance, reflect and heal with snowy mountains for company.💃
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Falkirk Wheel! A feat of engineering for the canal boat industry but the kiddo in red was more interested in eating a ‘Serene Bar’ than paying attention to the ensuing rotation. I understand kid. I wish I’d had a Serene bar. Sounds amazing.
Being 41 now definitely means icecream for breakfast. And cake of course. Today’s choice - a Lammington (sponge soaked in Malibu with raspberry filling covered in chocolate and coconut. 🥳 And a Black Forest gateau cake which was so strong with espresso I almost passed out. 🤣
This is my cardboard box vocal booth. Looking slightly like a hide but with its own style and finesse. 😂 It’s worked well in dampening the room echo. It gets a bit hot after a while but that’s ok for better sound quality. Makes for an interesting bit of room furniture too 😉.
Vulnerability and Narcissism
On the last day of me being 40, I’m releasing my 40th ‘Get on and Shine’ podcast yay! It’s not all sunshine and roses though. This one is about deep trauma, broken promises, money, narcissism, relationships with parents and emotional vulnerability. I reflect on how negative emotions have consumed me recently. So just a light one then : ) But always with a positive heart, gentle words and hope for the future. Lots of love.
When you need the loo so bad but you’re a hospital manager (Two Point Hospital on the Switch) and all your machines are on fire because the hospital is in an area full of volcanoes and there’s molten rocks on the floor that need cleaning up. My janitors are working hard. 🤪
