Photo a day July 2012 Part 3

Finally the last installment of my July photos. Thanks for sticking it out.  You never know one day I might actually sew something again and I might have a post about sewing.

July 25 - heart.  Sometimes with the challenge topics inspiration strikes when you are least expecting it to. With the topic 'heart' I was going to take a photo of a pretty stuffed heart I had at home but while at work I noticed that this plant had heart shaped leaves. I thought it was a nice change from the traditinal heart shape I was going to use.

July 26 - sunshine.  I remember this well as early in the morning there had been so much cloud I thought I would never see the sun. Then just after lunch there was a short break in the clouds and out I ran to get a snap.

July 27 - on the road.  The street I live in is very quiet on weekdays when everyone is at work.  I just love the trees on the left side of the photo and how they all lean exactly the same way.

July 28 - cup.  Another one of my Mother's Day purchases for me.  It makes having a cuppa a little bit special.

July 29 - last thing you bought. I bought this for a birthday present for one of my son's friends.
July 30 - calm.  Doing a bit of straightforward crocheting is always relaxing.
July 31 - toothbrush. This was the hardest topic for the month. I had no idea what to do.  Then one of the girls at work mentioned she was going to the dentist and came back with a new toothbrush. I thought wow, I hadn't even mentioned what the topic was to anyone (sometimes I might mention what the topic is and they are very good natured and humour me with listening) and here is a nice clean brand new toothbrush I could use for a photo.  So very unoriginal I did a 'Where's Wally' theme. We were told to use our imagination but somedays mine is on vaction. Oh well.

Take care.

Photo a day July 2012 Part 2

Well its Friday night here and I am just going to finish Part 2 of my photos and then head to bed. Its so cold and windy here tonight. Perfect for reading my book in my nice warm bed. I am such a nanna sometimes. We have to be up early for our last game of soccer.  Well I have to be up early to make sure everyone is ready to go on time. I am sure you know what I mean.

July 13 - open. The ornate gates to the Botanical Gardens were open for us. I took my son and 2 of his friends on the ferry into the city on one day of the school holidays. The weather was superb.  Despite being winter you could have quite happily and comfortably had a t-shirt and jeans on.

July 14 - building.  This is a house block I made for a friend.  I call it a patchworkers house.

July 15 - finger.  A picture of my son's hand.  I remember when he was doing swimming lessons and he would look over to us and we would give him a thumbs up to tell him he was doing a good job.  We  still use it with each other today.

July 16 - sign. This is a sign nearby my house.

July 17 - your addiction. I love a cold can of coke.

July 18 - plate.  This is a plate I bought myself one Mother's Day. I just love having my breakfast on this plate.  So pretty.  It make breakfast special in some small way.

July 19 - animal/insect/pet.  Some people might call these birds a pest especially when the poop all over your washing.

July 20 - eyes.  My son was doing his 'I need food NOW!' look. I see this look an awful lot. He always seems to be hungry.

July 21 - 9 o'clock. Its 9 o'clock very early on a Saturday morning. This is how I spend my Saturday mornings in winter.  I don't mind the cold when he loves it so much.  He always asks after the match when we are driving home "Mum, did I play well?".  I can always honestly say he plays very well.  He always gives 150%.  I think playing soccer nearly every lunch time at school with older kids has done wonders for his game.
July 22 - upside down. Yeah my son often wants my photos to be about him in some way. He is hanging off the lounge.
July 23 - mirror. Yeah that would be yours truely in the mirror.
July 24 - a stranger.  Well this was hard, or so I thought. Then I walked out of the front door of work and was presented with a perfect opportunity. Just glad that its not my umbrella.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Photo a day July 2012 Part 1

So I made it through all of July, taking a photo each day.  I thought I might break it up into 2 posts with a short description of each photo. This is more for my benefit because the memory just ain't what it used to be. I guess its also a way of you getting to know me better. OK let's see how we go.

July 1 - self portrait. This is one of the very few adult photos of me that I like. I so much prefer being behind the camera. Its about 5 years old. I was 3 months pregnant with my son at the time.

July 2 - busy.  I catch the train to and from work and it can get quite busy in the afternoon especially just before the express train arrives.

July 3 - best part of your day. This topic just happened to fall on a work day so the best bit was turning off the work computer for the day.

July 4 - fun. For my son that means wrestling big ted and trying out his 'finisher' move.  Poor big ted.

July 5 - on the floor. It was school holidays and we went ten-pin bowling.

July 6 - chair.  The chair was my maternal Grandmother's and the blanket was made by my paternal Grandmother. It is so colourful and I am just so honoured to have it.  The cushion I made.  I spent many a Saturday afternoon sitting in my Grandmother's room reading and chatting with her. Special times indeed.

July 7 - garden.  A tiny bud on my chrysanthemum plant.  Way out of season but ever so pretty.

July 8 - lunch.  A very tasty Vietnamese pork roll from my local bakery.

July 9 - big.  I really struggled with this one. It was a day I worked and I tried to capture some of the big buildings in the city during my lunch break but it just wasn't happening. So I gave up and went and shopped for some clothes for my son.  As I was leaving I saw the poster and had my light bulb moment as to what my capture was going to be.

July 10 - your favourite colour.  Well I just love colour! How on earth was I ever going to pick just one? I just pulled out a yummy fabric.  I love the colour and design on this fabric.

July 11 - letter.  You might need to use your imagination with this one. I used the Sydney Hospital's windows to sort of make an 'm'.

July 12 - texture.  This is a photo of  a patch of bark on the tree in our courtyard.



If you made it here, thank you.  See you soon with the next installment.

I have been featured

The beautiful & talented Rachael at Blue Mountain Daisy has done a little feature about me.  We did a house block exchange and Rachael has been doing a Friendly Friday feature series about all the bloggers that sent her blocks.

If you are interested you can see it here.

Thank you Rachael.

(The photo has nothing to do with anything other than I like pictures in blog posts)

Quilt Show Purchases 2012

My annual pilgrimage to the NSW Quilters Guild Quilt Show was a wonderful day just for me. I had a wonderfully contented day wandering amongst the beautiful quilts. You can see the winning quilts here.

Part of the day also involves wandering around the shops enticing us with yummy fabrics and patterns. There was no way I could resist. So without further ado, the eye candy.

I obviously have a thing for spots. To me they are so cute and alluring they just had to come home with me. I have no plans for any of this fabric but I have no doubt it will show up somewhere.

So here is the question, what is the one fabric design/colour that you just can't resist?

Wordless Wednesday #4

Photo a day June 2012

I managed to finish my first Photoaday challenge for June 2012. I started on Day 10. I only allow myself a maximum of 5 minutes and it is fun! Sometimes I am not the most creative with the topic. Oh well. I quite possibly have had some strange looks sent my way while trying to get the photo I want. I am going to pretend I am some fabulous photographer capturing everyday life.

The topics for June 2012 were:

Can you match the photos to the topics? (Hint look from left to right)

If you would like to join me for July you can see the topics here. The wonderful fatmumslim has all the details on her website. Who are you going to pretend to be while you are getting the photo of the year day?