What Time Do You Call This? by helenmoss

What Time Do You Call This?

Last night I had a lovely get-together with four of my closest friends. We congregated over a bottle or three of wine, put the world to rights and laughed a lot. Time flew. I arrived home a little later than planned and was greeted with "What time do you call this?" and "Very poor time-keeping!" from my 14 year old son. Luckily he was joking - after all, the friend's house where we met was only five minutes away at the other end of the village and he's far too chilled to waste his time worrying!

As I went off to sit on the Naughty Step for ten minutes, I decided to take a photo in the hall mirror. I liked the way the background is so dark. All you can see is the snare drum of Will's drum kit. It has to live in the hall so it is easy to transport to band practise every week; we got fed up of lugging it up and down stairs to his room!
Naughty ! but nice.Glad you had anice evening with friends , and had a break from writing. I like this self portrait shot.
October 1st, 2010  
Hahaha, the naughty step for a timeout! Sounds like a wonderful night and cute portrait!
October 1st, 2010  
i wish my best friends lived this close with me...
October 1st, 2010  
Nice of Ed to wait up for you!! Like this, that black background is a really good backdrop, hair looks good too!!
October 1st, 2010  
Nicely done... especially after 3 bottles of wine :-)
October 1st, 2010  
LOL. I do not think she meant she drank them all herself Andy!!! Very cool shot Helen.
October 1st, 2010  
Lovely portrait of a lovely lady! I love your son's reproach!
October 1st, 2010  
What fun to read that, though a world apart, we were congregating with friends over a glass of wine, sharing a similar day. To avoid being admonished, I just brought one of my friends home for the afternoon & evening, and we let Ken in on our girl-talk. How nice you saw the photo possibilities in your hall mirror while having your time-out!
October 2nd, 2010  
Helen,

I love this picture of you and agree...such a lovely subject you are shooting there. :) The dark background and sweater are perfect as if set up by a studio photographer for portraits. Thanks for sharing!
October 2nd, 2010  
Sounds like you had lots of fun like taking your selfie. HA to your son! I used to get the inquisition going out the door from mine but now that we all have mobiles my children seem to have relaxed a lot (not that I go out ha!)
October 2nd, 2010  
Sounds like FUN! (and a neat shot of you!)
October 2nd, 2010  
Sounds like a fun night. We should have more of these. I like your portrait. It has a lot of mood and style to it. Well done.
October 2nd, 2010  
Great portrait -- informal but with intensity.
October 2nd, 2010  
Ahhhhhhhhh, to be naughty! Sounds like you had a great time and that you have a clever son. Your selfie proves you used your 10 minutes of reflecting time on the "naughty step" very well. LOL!
October 2nd, 2010  
Oh and Paul said he might do a painting of this, he liked the shape of the hands!!
October 2nd, 2010  
Yin
Nice shot,Helen,you look good! :)
October 2nd, 2010  
Excellent choice for your profile pic.
October 3rd, 2010  
Nice selfie, how did I miss this!
October 5th, 2010  
I absolutely love this picture, you don't even look tired, how do you do that?
October 5th, 2010  
Its a great shot and love the expression - you would not think you had consumed copious amounts of wine, but then again...you did get the courage to take a self-portrait...
October 6th, 2010  
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