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? "

Daily photo challenge - week 12 is complete - PROGRESS

Progress.....

 Well, it's progress that I made it to the 

end of the week and have actually 

taken a photo every day.

Yup - it's been one of those weeks.

Sunday to Tuesday in New Plymouth 

for my step-grandad's funeral

and then a full on week getting ready for 

our little family holiday.

In the middle of it all, I did celebrate 

one of my favourite days of the year -

check out 21.3.12

I'm posting my pics one photo early this week

as we're off on holiday tomorrow morning.

P.S - If you haven't already checked them out

please take a look at my pics from my 

New Plymouth road trip

18.3.12 - progress report 

on my way to the 'Naki

19.3.12 - Slow progress in Eltham

 

20.3.12 - progressing nowhere

- a fence made of bikes 

21.3.12 - the best kind of progress

22.3.12 - no progress.

When the iPad packs a sad.....

(PS the frown is real - no acting here!)

23.3.12 - keeping an eye on 

holiday packing progress

Daily photo challenge - week 11 is complete - TOYS

This week's theme is TOYS 

and that certainly meant plenty of room to play 

(excuse the pun!).

This week I got to play 

with a few camera settings, 

and discovered a few more things about our tripod.

 

17.3.12 - "brrrrmmm brrrmmmm"

16.3.12 - Boy's toys

15.3.12 - Bath toys

14.3.12 - Playtime in the grass

13.3.12 - Just some of my toys

12.3.12 - Death of a dog toy

11.3.12 - A little girl's toys

(Sarah really has to work 

on her housekeeping skills!)