PHOTO-A-DAY 31 - 31st January 2014 .... Polka Dot

I have some polka Dot fabric.

But I also have my Polka Dot doggie - Miss Bay.

She makes a cute reindeer!

PHOTO-A-DAY 30 - 30th January 2014 .... Best Invention Ever.

Perhaps discovering the panorama option on my IPhone.

It's really great...

Little Beach at Shoal Bay

The Nandewars in Narrabri - taken from Pikes Lane

And of course you now where this one was taken!

PHOTO-A-DAY 29 - 29th January 2014 .... Window

Aha - I know I have a window picture ....

Here's Woofs looking out - what a sticky beak he is.

PHOTO-A-DAY 28 - 28th January .... Dinner

A wonderful sweet made by dear friend Pennie for our dinner yesterday.

Lovely yoghurt, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries and 

then topped with crunchy toffee pieces.

It does have a name - but I can't remember it - help Pennie!

It was yummy.

PHOTO-A-DAY 27 - 27th January 2014 .... Something I bought.

Here's something I bought.

Camper number 3!

She's a beauty, a 2.8 diesel manual.

So easy to drive and the kids love her too.

My expensive picnic basket!

PHOTO-A-DAY 26 - 26th January. FUN STUFF.

My Grandies just love the water park at Darling Harbour, they always have great fun there 

AND it's free!

Even if we have no swimmers - grundies will do ( at the moment) it's just SO HARD not to get wet

26th January - Australia Day

 I had to cheat and add a couple of photos not on the Ipad. 

Every Australia day the Chorus sings for the Citizenship 

Ceremony in Wollongong.

And, then we sing in Lang Park. 

This year Telstra had a caravan taking photo's and here we are!

PHOTO-A-DAY 25 - 25th January 2014 .... A taste of Summer

Where you are now .....

It's summer time and time to cool off at Black at Beach at Kiama.

PHOTO-A-DAY 24 - 24th January ... My Space.

Here I am in my space at my place.

Our great courtyard with its lovely ferns AND a glass of Falkiners

Red!  BLISS - well almost

PHOTO-A-DAY 23 - 23rd January 2014 ... BEDTIME

In bed - my bed!

PHOTO-A-DAY 22 - 22nd January 2014 ... Something NICE.

Something nice - piña colada's with good friend in Hawaii.

PHOTO-A-DAY 21 - 21st January 2014 ... Something BLUE.

Here's Zara in a BLUE Hoodie and the seat on the train is blue too. LOL.

The kids are playing on the Ipad on the train travelling up to Sydney.

Harry is off to meet up with mum Katrina to go home to Newcastle after his visit with Mardie.

PHOTO-A-DAY 20 - 20th January 2014.... To do list.

My to do list ..... 

Travel each year, 

spend fun time with friends, 

have a annual picnic with the family to watch 'Wings over the Illawarra' 

and spend time away in the camper.

PHOTO-A-DAY 19 - 19th January 2014 ...Breakfast

Last year we established a new family tradition.

We meet together a couple of weeks before Christmas and celebrate an early Christmas together.

Here's our brekkie cook ... Well done Brad it was yummy too!

PHOTO-A-DAY 18 - 18th January 2014 ... A Happy Place.

It says where you like to go so let's see what I can find.

What makes me happy is not really a place but who I am with.

Here we are my bluetongues having fun after - BLUE PUSHPOPS.

A selfie ..... With the Mogensens.

And here I am ..... Bring happy with Harry in his Irish cap!

PHOTO-A-DAY 17 - 17th January 2014 ... Something very TINY.

This is a Robber Fly.

He's having a feed on what looks like a mosquito.

I snapped him in the front yard one day.

Marvelous what you can see when you look.

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY 16 - 16th January 2014 - photo of the Sun

Here's my photo of the sun.

Sunset outside our apartment on Maui in Hawaii.

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY 15 - 15th January 2014 ... Black and White

Here we are, the Wollongong a Harmony Chorus - On Stage in Perth.

Almost Black and White?

The picture isn't close enough to see our RED lipstick.

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY 14 - 14th January......Three Things

Three things that belong together.

Three friends .. Bonnie, Michelle and Stephanie - Internet quilting friends and members of the COWs. We are having a coffee at Bendigo at the Squilters Retreat last year. 

It was great to get together and renew our friendship.

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY 13 - 13th January 2014. What makes you smile.

Well, I'll have to look for this one.

Bet it's a grandchild.

Yes ... It's a Harry in one of my sailor hats.

Isn't he cute?

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY 12 - 22th January. .... Colourful.

This photo is pretty colourful.

We are not really under the sea, but are in the Sydney Aquarium.

We had a great day, it's an interesting place to go with the kids.

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY 11 - 11th January .... Looking down.

Here we are ... Looking down to Sun Moon lake in Taiwan from the gondola 

on the ropeway (cable car) which links Ita Thao with the Formosan Aboriginal 

Culture Village, a sprawling theme park that combines a replica Thao cultural village.

We didn't have time to check out the village but it was worth the ride for the scenery.

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY 10 - January 10th ... Man made

I'm sure I can find something man made in my library.

Definitely man made - our Sydney Harbour bridge!

That's enough of a catch up for tonight.

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY NINE - 9th a January.... Natural.

Something natural ... Ok let's see.

This fellow is pretty natural in the beautiful flowering gum beside our driveway out the front.

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY EIGHT - January 8th. Lucky Number.

Hmm this could be interesting.

Let's have a look.

Well I reckon my lucky number must be 500

My membership number was drawn out at Shelly's one night and I won $500

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PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY SEVEN - January 7th .... Upside down

Here's Zara and Kaelan.

This was taken one day in the park in Nowra.

Their reflection is Upsidedown!

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY SIX January 6th ..... happens Everyday.

Here's something that happens everyday.

This great sunset was taken over the Minnamurra River from the back deck 

of friend Katrina's house in Kiama Downs. 

And, Nerida with her hair a similar colour to the sunset!

We were getting ready for our first a Bass practice of the year.

Amazing eh?

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY FIVE - January 5th....Found

Hmmm something  I have found.

How about this one?

This is Stumpy. 

He has a short tail and a bit of damage on his lower back because 

I think he got caught in the sliding door to the workroom one day.

Today we 'found' him again in the dog kennel.

We have a large family of these guys around our yard and have started identifying them.

So far we have Stumpy and three others marked with a dab of nail polish 

on their heads - Whitey, Bronze and Redman!

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY FOUR - January 4th. Words to Live By .....

This could be a bit tricky ...

But look what I found in my camera roll.

Enough said ... I can't give credit to who wrote this.

I found it one day on FB.

I love the philosophy - if only I could live by it.

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY THREE - January 3rd. ... My Town.

When I decided to do this catch up I thought it would be a challenge to just use photos on the Ipad but guess what I ran out already and it's only day Three!

So I've extended the range and decided I can use what's on the iPhone as well. Yeah.

So here's not really my town, but where I live - our home. In Albion Park Rail.

A snapshot taken from the reserve out the back with the Illawarra Escarpment behind it.

A beautiful part of the world.

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY TWO Jan 2nd. Begins with G ...

Wild guavas growing by the wayside in Hawaii.

We saw them on the beautiful road to Hana tour in Maui in November last year.

PHOTO-A-DAY - DAY ONE - January 1st 2014 - LUNCH ..... Can I catch up.

I need to refocus and have decided to try and activate my blog again.

So I'm going to catch up with a photo a day and add any other life happening stuff along the way.

You never know someone just might read it.

I am inspired by my friend Pennie who seems to be able to find the time to post every day
even tho she has a busy life schedule.

I am taking my prompts a blog on her suggestion ....
http://fatmumslim.com.au/category/photo-a-day-2/.
I will be catching up with photos that happen to be on my Ipad.

Now to start the catch up with:  Jan 1st 2014, LUNCH

This was an individual meal served to each person in Taiwan on our visit in January. 

It is traditional Formosan food and we were visiting Sun Moon Lake in the middle of Taiwan.

This was the view from our bedroom window!