Daily photo challenge - week 17 is complete

Another week done and dusted.....

Another week of new challenges.

On April 24 I hit the road to work a little early 

and made an early morning stop up Mt Roskill.

I wanted to try and capture the amazing sunrise 

that had been blinding me 

as I drove to work the previous week or so.

The Mt was deserted 

(except for Tamati Coffey and 

the Breakfast weather crew doing their thing)

and I had a great time playing with settings and compositions. 

Shame I had to stop taking photos and go to work.

I figure that considering the lengths I went to to get these photos

I'm allowed to post more than one pic

...so I'm posting three.

On April 25 I headed to Waikumete Cemetery in the hope 

of capturing something of the special day that is 

Anzac Day.

I'm posting three pics for this date too......

just because.

28.4.12 - looking back on holidays past 

and thinking about Raro in three months time

27.4.12 - backyard beauty

26.4.12 - unexpected house guest

25.4.12 - We will remember them

25.4.12 - Poppies

25.4.12 - Remembered

24.4.12 - Morning glory

24.3.12 - Mt Roskill's crosses

24.3.12 - Straight and narrow

23.4.12 - "Cup of tea" with daddy before bed

22.4.12 - Artist in the making

Daily photo challenge - week 16 is complete - SHAPES

This week's theme was shapes

A tricky one.....

I felt like time was often against me 

and I struggled with theme related ideas.

So this week's pics feel more like 

"a week in the life of us" 

than anything else.

And it was a good, fun and busy week

with a couple of special milestones in the mix.

21.4.12 - Happy 2nd birthday Sarah.

20.4.12 - A classic

19.4.12 - Count the fingers - 

That's how many years Brian and I have been together.

Happy anniversary!

18.4.12 - The shape of good things to come

17.4.12 - The shape of yumminess!

16.4.12 - On a spider hunt in the bathroom

15.4.12 - "Look Mummy, Look!"

Daily photo challenge - week 15 is complete - HOME

This week's theme was home.

I had lots of ideas for this theme....

some worked, some didn't, some I din't get to try.

It certainly did make me stop and think 

about what "home" is all about, and what it means,

how important it is,

how everyone's home is different and how it feels to be home.

Home..........and a few other things from this week:

14.4.12 - climbing trees at Browns Bay

13.4.12 - home - our piece of Laingholm paradise

12.4.12 - home made

11.4.12 - 12 minutes past home time

10.4.12 - Henry Atkinson keeping watch over Titirangi

9.4.12 - Home is where the heart is

Tim and his 7-week-old son Mika

8.4.12 - A welcome sign that I'm almost home

The famous Titirangi roundabout 

dressed for the Titirangi Festival of Music

Daily photo challenge - week 14 is complete - COLOUR

This week's theme was colour.......

I stuck to theme a couple of times.

But this week I would have been better 

suited to a theme of 

"don't have the time" 

or 

"don't have the motivation".

(read mood and inspiration)

But I made it to the end of the week....

Whew.

This week's pics........

7.4.12 - checking for crystals at Crystal Mountain

6.4.12 - Milkshake delight

 

 

5.4.12 - the colour of Easter

 

4.4.12 - oh the humanity...

All because I said she couldn't hold the camera.

 

 

3.4.12 - "just because" colour - the best kind!

Thanks hun. xo

 

 

2.4.12 - the fun of spag bol

1.4.12 - sweet milk

Daily photo challenge - week 13 is complete

This week started with an AWESOME family holiday at Martins Bay.

 We had a blast.

Sarah had a great time- all she talked about was
"beach", "sand" and "playground".

Brian and I felt like "beach" and "playground" experts by the end of it all.

When it came to posting my pics from this holiday

I really did feel like I was spoilt for choice.

I had so much fun taking them
and thanks to the efforts of Brian and I behind the camera

we now have an amazing collection of holiday memories.

(And really - that's what photos are all about right? Memories?)

The rest of my photographic week was spent on three themes: 

time, colour, food.

Be sure to check out our holiday pics here........

31.3.12 - the colourful treasures 

of an almost-two-year-old

30.3.12 - Food at Vinyl Cafe

Team breakfast - a highlight of the working month

 

29.3.12 - learning colours

(Clearly I was desperate for today's pic)

 

28.3.12 - Lack of time

It's 10.10pm and I've completed my evening "chores"

and the work I brought home

27.3.12 - the vineyard - 

at Charlie's Gelato Garden, Matakana

 

 

26.3.12 - the silver look -

moments before sunrise at Martins Bay



 

25.3.12 - Sarah escaping "Daddy the seagull"

....oh boy - were we having fun!!

24.3.12 - "There's sand on my face?? Where? "