Day 257 in a Year of my Life

Another fizzer sunset BUT we'll try for a sunrise tomorrow!

Cooloolabin Dam is a really peaceful and lovely place for a sunset - one day soon, I hope to see something spectacular from The Nikonian or one of the other JPEGGERS.

I've had a really great day, from beginning to end, and it was nice to meet some more of The Nikonian's lovely family too.

Today, I am grateful for warm Winter sunshine and relaxing days with friends.

Nite all.

Day 256 in a Year of my Life.

I keep losing my internet connection, so I'm going to make this a short post and share some quotes from facebook.

Having a great time with The Nikonian and her amazing family at the moment.

Today, I am grateful for the really genuine people in my life whose purpose in life is to make the world a better place and put a smile on the faces of those they love.

Desperately need a solid night of sleep.  Wish me luck!

Nite all.

Day 255 in a Year of my Life

A quick post before bed.

We spent a couple of hours at The Ginger Factory today.  Guess who forgot to take her camera?

I know!!  First of all ... when the hell do I EVER forget my camera????  It's always an anguished decision about whether I should leave it at home!

Being around my Chicklet makes me all fuzzy with love and I just don't think straight.

Therefore ... no photos of our day out.  *sad face*

I made up for it this afternoon and got lots of photos in the lounge room.  I'm only sharing two of them tonight though.

She's growing up so fast isn't she!?  

I didn't do too much to these.  Changed them to black and white in iphoto,  added the circles of light to the top one and a rose glow to the bottom one.  I'll play with them both in photoshop sometime in the future and do a better job, but I quite like how these have turned out.

I can't believe it's almost midnight.  I was falling asleep on the couch while Chicklet climbed on me this afternoon, then I got my second wind and here I am 7 hours later!

Today, I am grateful for family outings that include boats and trains and purchases of fudge!

Nite all.

Day 254 in a Year of my Life

Well after 3 hours sleep last night, a 2 hour train trip, a short bus ride to the Chicklet family home, much play time with Chicklet, a half hour visit with a very old friend, and a delicious dinner cooked by the Bare-chested Chef, I am now in bed (since 7pm) and ready for sleeeeeeeeeep.

It has been raining all day - a very grey day and I even felt cold today.  Since I didn't pack for cold weather, I might have to make a quick trip across to the shopping centre and get myself some track pants and a sloppy joe!

So, no photos today.  I've been too busy enjoying the company of my family and catching up.

My precious little Chicklet is as wonderful as ever and already working hard at wearing me out!

Let's hope the weather clears a bit tomorrow, so that we can get out and about.

Today, I am grateful for a stress free travel day, where all the plans fell into place beautifully to start off my little holiday in the best way possible.

Nite all.

Day 253 in a Year of my Life

Saw the movie The Lone Ranger today.

LOVED IT!!

Now I'm packing for a trip down to the Sunny Coast to see my Chicklet family.

It feels like FOREVER since I've seen them and I'm a bit excited!

There is also a photo shoot organised for the weekend with a bunch of us from the JPEG group, which should also be fun.

And of course, some girlie time with The Nikonian.  Woot!

No photos today because we were too busy all day AND I didn't take my camera with me.  So I've used an old photo for day 9 of July Photo a Day...

Tomorrow, day 10, I need to find something 'smooth' - that should be interesting between here and the Sunny Coast!

Today I am grateful for dates with Adoring Husband.  Nice relaxing together time.

Nite all.

Day 252 in a Year of my Life

Our house is very quiet.

No photos taken today, but I have one to share from last week.

and my 8th July Photo of the day ...

I have a hot date with Johnny Depp tomorrow, so I'm off to bed at a reasonable hour ... comparatively speaking.

Today, I am grateful that Wimbledon is over and my sleeping pattern can get back to normal.  Congratulations to Andy Murray for his win last night (I'm sure he is a regular reader of mine!).

Nite all.

Day 251 in a Year of my Life

I don't think I have the stamina to even last out the first set of the Men's Wimbledon final with Djokovic and Murray tonight.  It's being telecast on TV as I write this and it's already taken 34 minutes to play 6 games and they are three games each.  I think it will be a long match .. as finals should be!

I have three photos to share.  One from my morning trike ride ...

One from July Photo a Day ...

... one from this evening's sunset.

I went to the Lions Park with my visiting family.

The kids and The Birdman played touch footy on the beach (like they hadn't already had enough touch footy this weekend lol) and Nellie Noo and I took photos of the sunset from the tip of the Lions Park.

It's been a great five days with Nellie Noo and her family here.  We love having them come to stay.  Low maintenance visitors who are a lot of fun and full of enthusiasm and a terrific zest for life.

I've been on such a 'low' just lately, it's nice to feel a different energy surging through the house, which in turn affects my energy levels in a more positive way.

So thanks for coming guys.  You know you are welcome ANY time .. next time, we'll ALL go go-carting and we photographers will get some amazing shots of you drivers in action!

The psychotic dogs will miss you all ... especially Roxy!

Today, I am grateful to have you as my family.  Please come again :)

Nite all.

Day 250 in a Year of my Life

I seriously believe that I may have lost count along the way.  I notice that I have doubled up on some of my days in my year!!  Ah well.

Today has been a pretty full day.

I didn't wake up til about 7.30am and there on my bedside table was a take-away coffee from the bakery, that Adoring Husband kindly placed there a little earlier.  It was still hot.  So I lay in bed and checked my emails on my ipad while I drank my coffee.

I thought that Nellie Noo and the fam had already left, because they were supposed to be at the grounds at 8am, but then I heard them leave at 7.45am so they were running late.

It was an easy decision to have a leisurely shower and take my time getting ready to head into town to watch the kids play their games.

On the way to the grounds, we stopped to get some water and a gluten free chocolate mud cake from the Cheesecake Shop.  I later bought some fresh strawberries and double cream to accompany that delicious dessert!

We arrived at the grounds with plenty of time to spare and caught up with Nellie Noo and The Birdman as they made their way to the field where Sporty Spice was to play her second game for the day.

I attached my long lens to the camera and got some shots while she played.

Next up was Chunky's game, and I got a few shots there too.

We left straight after that, to get some groceries for our home made pizza night.

So we all made our own pizzas for dinner (except me, who had dessert only for dinner!) and then there was chocolate mud cake with strawberries and cream for dessert.

Of course we had to work all that food off, so it was time for some fun in the back yard, playing with glow sticks, torches and the camera with some long exposures.

These are just a few of the photos taken over a two hour period.  Such fun!  I think we were all exhausted after that.  Lots of experimenting and a bit of brain storming.

So today, I am grateful that I'm old enough to choose to have dessert for dinner AND to have enthusiastic extended family to help create a fun evening that was even educational for me!

Nite all.