Something Different

I can't believe it!  I actually got out of bed at 5am and Adoring Husband drove me to the beach to catch the sunrise.

Sunrise - Photo 56 of 104

It was spectacular but oh so very brief!

When he came back from work half an hour later, he helped me take my challenge shot for our flickr group.

The brief is titled 'Where's Wally' but it's, basically, where you set up your camera to take a photo of a scene with yourself in it, and then get somebody else to press the button, after you've put yourself in the scene.

I think Adoring Husband has a very good chance of winning this month, but here is my submission...

I tried another shot of myself standing in the middle of some tall trees, but I'm so glad I didn't submit that one, because after I posted my photo, I looked at the other entries and somebody had submitted a shot almost identical to it!

Adoring Husband then suggested that we drive to Maryborough and have a couple of games of 10 Pin Bowls.

I thought this was a good idea because I needed to go to the Maryborough Cemetery for two reasons.

The first was to find some Art Deco style headstones and the second was to find the headstone of a recently discovered ancestor of mine.

We stopped at the cemetery first and traipsed around there for about half an hour, but the recent heavy rains had caused some localised flooding and the rest of the ground was very soggy and muddy, so we decided to abandon that idea and wait for dryer weather.

Cemetery or Gravestone - Photo 57 of 104

At least the traipsing through mud and water dirtied my feet up enough to fulfil my 'Dirty Feet' brief in the 104 challenge!

Dirty Feet - Photo 58 of 104

From there, we went bowling.  We played 3 games and Adoring Husband beat me in the second two games.  The owner/manager cleaned our bowling balls for us because we've had them sitting in their bags in the shed for three years!

It was fun but our age is telling now.  Our lower backs are quite sore from using muscles that we haven't used for some time.  Ugh.

We stopped at the Howard Butchery on the way home and Adoring Husband bought some chicken breasts, which he marinated, and cooked for dinner, served with a delicious fresh garden salad.

I managed to struggle through about an hour of housework when we got home and then plonked myself in my favourite position on the couch with my laptop and camera.

Now it's time to rest my weary bones.  It's been a long day.

Nite all.