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Spreading joy to others, baking, wildlife and the Clap for Carers all feature in our lockdown competition Snapshot Kent

12:12, 05 May 2020

updated: 13:26, 29 July 2020

Spreading a little bit of joy for others, saying thank you and the little things in life like dancing and baking all feature in your latest entries for our photo competition, Snapshot Kent.

Throughout the coronavirus outbreak, all of us have had to find new ways to connect, have fun and keep active.

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We may at times feel lonely, frustrated and anxious about the future but we're pulling together to get through lockdown - and have been sharing how with Snapshot Kent.

Sophie Hill sent in pictures of Fifi and Eve and their brothers Joshua and Rafferty doing dance routines for the Clap for Carers in Gravesend.

They said: "Family and friends are teachers and nurses and we wanted to say thank you!"

Fif and Eve with Joshua and Rafferty clapping for carers
Fif and Eve with Joshua and Rafferty clapping for carers

Two-year-old Logan painted a stone and put a sign up on a tree in Walderslade Woods for others to join in on their daily walk. And it has grown as mum Danea showed us with her picture.

Two-year-old Logan put a painted stone in Walderslade Woods and look what happened
Two-year-old Logan put a painted stone in Walderslade Woods and look what happened

She said: "It is amazing that others have joined it, it brightens up your walk and brings a sense of community."

And his little project has brought joy to walkers - as you can see here as Ruth Willshire, who walks her dog Bella in the woods told Kent Online.

Other entries show wildlife and local scenes, as well as home life, such as five-year-old Maisie doing her dance lessons via Zoom and her brother Adam, seven, baking. Mum, Rebecca King from Sittingbourne, said: "They are both doing well all things considered especially Adam who has autism and other additional needs.

See a gallery of some of the latest entries here:

Entries need to be just one snapshot, taken in your home or garden between now and the day lockdown is lifted.

Apart from that anything goes. Your picture can be candid or staged, funny or contemplative. And you've been busy showing us how you're continuing to live in lockdown across Kent.

We want Snapshot Kent to be a record of local life during this pandemic, and we will be using as many as possible to create an online gallery and in our newspapers too.

It will be a chance for us all - and future generations - all to see how the people of Kent got through these extraordinary times.

HOW TO ENTER

To share your images follow us on Instagram @kent_online, Twitter @Kent_Online and Facebook facebook.com/KentOnline and tag your posts #SnapshotKent.

You can also email pictures to us at news@thekmgroup.co.uk with Snapshot Kent as the subject. Please include a caption telling us a little bit about the image as well as your name and where you are from.

The picture needs to have been taken in Kent and please only send one picture per post. Send your pictures to us before lockdown ends.

The entries will be judged by the KM Group picture editor Barry Goodwin and we will have two prizes, of a £50 Love2shop vouchers one for under 16s and one for over 16s.

If you are under 16, please make sure you have your parents' permission to enter and please tell us your age on the entry.

See more of your Snapshot Kent entries here.

See how others are coping with our feature At Home With with Lloyd Hollett here and Ben Roddy here.

For ideas of things to do during lockdown click here.

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