Day 243 in a Year of my Life

Totally involved in the tennis, which means my brain is not functioning for posting tonight.

Instead, I thought I would share this photo and no, I didn't take this one ...

His head looks too big and heavy to hold up on that long skinny neck!  I hope it's not cold where he lives!

Today I am grateful to have more than 100 people watching my facebook photography page.  It's pretty good considering I'm not selling anything or doing any networking.  That's pretty cool.

Nite all.

Day 242 in a Year of my Life

Facebook share time again ...

... and my sister, Squirt, posted this with a panicked request wanting to know what sort of snake it was ....

Luckily it was just a harmless python and everybody convinced her to set it free.

She doesn't cope well with snakes, and those of you who know us, know why.

Today, I am grateful for my kids.  I spent most of my day on a Skype call with one, a phone call with another and multiple text messaging with the other.  It was a good day.

On a final note ...

Nite all.

Day 241 in a Year of my Life

You've just got to check this out.  Mother Nature at her finest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=REP4S0uqEOc

How I would love to trek through the New Guinea jungles to capture some fabulous photos of those little gems!

YAY FOR QUEENSLAND!!  We won the second State of Origin game tonight!!  One game each, which means the decider will be a ripper on 17th July!!

The bad news is that Lleyton Hewitt lost his second round tennis match at Wimbledon tonight.  Very disappointing for me ... even more so for him (as I glance over my laptop screen and see his press conference on the tv).

Today, I made a delicious Cauliflower, potato and leek soup with crunchy dry roasted walnuts sprinkled on top.

Adoring Husband doesn't like it ... which is great!  All the more for me!!

I've been feeling a little run down as if my body is trying to fight off a cold/flu/virus, so I want to make lots of different soups full of vitamins and minerals and goodness to help strengthen my immune system and fight off the germs.

I already have chicken and roast vegetable soup in the freezer.  I might make a tomato, basil and roasted red capsicum soup next.

So I think I might head off to bed and see if I can wake up early enough to accompany Adoring Husband into The Bay tomorrow.  The car is booked in for some further repairs which will take a bit of time.

We may even go to the movies.

Today, I am grateful for discovering the very few delicious foods that Adoring Husband won't eat ... all the more for me!!

Nite all.

Day 240 in a Year of my Life

My tears are flowing for the loss of a very special lady tonight.  My heart is aching for her family, Brian, Charlie and Matilda,  her sister Christine, and for all who love her.  I know that there are so many of you, especially BGWLBH ...

RIP Liza Simpson.  

Day 239 in a Year of my Life

My "good authority"on the full moon being spectacular this morning, wasn't so good after all.

Pitiful really.

I pedalled in the dark with my head and tail lights flashing, trying to find the best spot to watch the giant moon sink behind the horizon, but it wasn't giant at all.

I was lucky enough to stumble across a live video tutorial this morning, on a site called 'Creative Live' and I watched an expert edit a whole stack of wedding photos and create an album.

He was amazing and this was day three of a three day tutorial, so I just had to buy the first two days .. because I learned so much from day three!

His name is Yervant and this is his website ...

http://www.yervantphotography.com/

He has won many photography awards and is very famous in the photography world, although, I must admit, I had never heard of him until today!  Not that that means anything .. I am a very lazy photographer with little knowledge of others in the field.

I would like to change that.

I can't wait to watch the other two days of tutorial!

Meanwhile .. have I shared this before?  I know I've seen it before, but I can't remember if I posted it here.  Oh well, it's worth sharing again.

Today, I am grateful for my favourite sporting time of year!  Wimbledon.  State of Origin football.  The Ashes (soon).

Nite all.

Day 238 in a Year of my Life

I got a super rainbow this morning ...

Fancy that!  A full rainbow across the same lagoon twice in one month!

As for tonight's super moon ... what a fizzer that turned out to be!

There was cloud cover across the horizon (so much for the weather bureau predicting clear skies!) and the moon had to fight for an hour to get above it .. by which time, it no longer looked like a super moon.

So I plan on getting out of bed at about 5am tomorrow to watch it set.  I have it on good authority that it will be just as super as it sets behind the horizon.

Therefore, this is a short post, so that I can get some sleep.

Today, I am grateful for Adoring Husband's home made vanilla, choc chip ice cream.  He gave me a full (almost overflowing) sundae glass of it last night.  It was hard work, but I swallowd every last mouthful!  Delicious!

Nite all.