Hello all! Well, where to begin...I've never really been any good at starting things off; essays, speeches, letters, I guess I'm a little bit awkward. But you will soon find that once I'm in the swing of things I could quite easy write until the cows come home. Which is, technically why I set up the Peaseblossom Diaries.
   I got the name from the play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare. Queen Titania's right hand fairy was called Peaseblossom, and considering we did the production of it at school last March, I found it somewhat appropriate.
    About me - I turned sixteen just over a month ago, and I'm in love with absolutely anything vintage or romantic, and my best friend is my camera! Weddings also come into the picture of my favourite things, and I could spend hours curled up, reading book after book. I live in the small-and-fairly-rural town of Ampthill in Bedfordshire, and I live with my parents, my twelve year old sister, a dog, a cat, two rabbits and five fish. Standard. I play the piano, guitar and ukulele (not to be confused with a banjo..) and I've surprised myself at how many songs I can play that are currently in the charts. In answer to the question that is inevitably in your head; no, I cannot play Gangnam style.
   I'm a proud Christian, and I've been going to church for as long as I can remember, but I really came to know God's love at a festival in Shepton Mallett called Soul Survivor. My faith has always been my rock and provided me more strength than anyone or anything else could, particularly over the course of my transfer to a different school.
  I've been really lucky when it comes to school; after a rough four years at middle school, I moved to a small independant school in a nearby town. And I love it. I've never been happier, so here's the biggest ever shout out to my wonderful parents for making my last years in school the best years of my youth. Sorry, I'm not normally one to get sentimental...unless it's a book. Or a film. Or Downton Abbey.
   So yes, this is the place in which I will be writing about this, that and the other - books, films, music, people, photography, fashion, school; it'll all be here. I'm not entirely sure how many people would be interested in the life of a fairly eccentric teenager, but I like to think of myself as being different to other people my age. For one thing, I don't watch The Only Way Is Essex, and you couldn't make me. I'm not a party animal either (that's not to say all teenagers are...but if I'm invited to a house party, there emerges an inner conflict within me, and I am suddenly met by a longing to curl up in my Sloppy Joes with a cup of tea and an episode of Call The Midwife). Enjoy everyone, and I'd love to hear from you :) xxxxxxxx