Forty Winks Friday - Shopping Slumber

Shopping is tiring...sometimes you just have to stop and take a nap!

My Photo a Day, January 2015, Week Four

Enjoy my take on Week Four of the Photo a Day Challenge for January.

The prompt of the day is in red, the photo and description is my take on the prompt!

This week is extra special, as my family hit the road...or Autobahn...and drove from Frankfurt to

Utrecht in The Netherlands yesterday, during a snow storm,  to meet with other participants. 

Was a great weekend in a beautiful city with fabulous company!

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Home made

Star!

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Window

Looking out a window at the beautiful Magdalen College in Oxford, UK. 

Notable Alumni include Oscar Wilde and Australia's former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.

21

In a row

Plane trees and benches in a row along the River Main in Frankfurt.

22

Collection

A collection of birds, hanging around.

23

Something far away

The end of this line is far away, travels across many countries. 

People travelling home or away from home, 

on adventures, for business and pleasure.

24

Playtime 

It is always playtime for Ralph!

25

Black and White

The beautiful canals of Utrecht, The Netherlands 

taken while on the Photo a Day meet up yesterday. 

It was wonderful to meet some other participants and 

photograph this beautiful city.

Forty Winks Friday - Cosy Corner

It doesn't matter if the "cosy corner" happens to be the corner of a busy intersection. 

If you have a comfy hat, wall to lean on and a warm drink to wake up to 

it is the perfect place for a nap!

My Photo a Day January 2015, Week Three

Enjoy my take on Week Three of the Photo a Day Challenge for January.

The prompt of the day is in red, the photo and description is my take on the prompt!

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 Bright

My fruit bowl is pretty bright - the Clementine's too!

13

 Favourite Number

The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture. 

Pronounced 'Ba' in Chinese it sounds similar to the word for fortune. 

The 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony was started at 8:08pm.

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 New

I like to try new recipes, fingers crossed this one works tonight!
(P.S. Spinach and Chicken Cannelloni was good) 

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 Old

Love my Antique Chinese Wedding basket, made in 1928.

The tiered baskets made of wood and bamboo were hand painted.

They were stuffed with treats for the wedding party and carried to the wedding.

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Nature
Beautiful nature provides us with so much.

17

Jump
Love how the Morris dancers in England jump as part of their
traditional folk dance.

18

Today is...
Throw the dog a ball day!!!
Actually...every day is throw the dog a ball day!!
Actually...every hour is throw the dog a ball hour...

Forty Winks Friday, Soft grass, warm sun..perfect!

Most parks in Shanghai have the grass fenced off, no walking or playing on the lawn. 

This guy managed to evade the eyes of the guards and had a nap 

while they were ....probably napping themselves

My Photo a Day January 2015, Week Two

Enjoy my take on this week!

The daily prompt is listed in red, the photo is my take on the prompt 

and my description is under the photo!

5 January

 Square -  The square windows of the beer museum in Heidelberg, Germany. 

My husband would like to do a fair bit of research in this museum!

6 January

Round - Round wheels, round bridge arches, round sign, round bike lock!

 7 January

Currently reading - Ralph is currently researching one of his fellow Border Collie's.... 

'Dog' from Footrot Flats, they are very alike!

8 January

Landscape - Why do these prompts always coincide with horrible weather?
(It was a stormy, wet day, not ideal for landscape photography) 

Here is my landscape in collage, same spot, different season, different zooms. 

Snowy one taken last week.

My favourite landscape, my home town of Perth, Western Australia taken July 2012

 9 January

Pattern - Love the patterns of the Half Timbered houses in Germany. 

They were built this way as timber was expensive. The frame was made in timber 

and then filled in with plaster and smaller sticks.

They realised you could make attractive patterns with the wood and plaster

so the became quite intricate.

10 January

Hello - I can't wait to go home to Australia in July and say Hello 

to family and friends in Person!

11 January

I see - I was trying to see some forest birds in our tree... 

I had hung lots of food to encourage them...

but all I saw was Ralph wanting his ball thrown!

Slightly out of focus...the only bird I managed to 'capture' before Ralph joined me!

Forty Winks Friday...sore neck alert!

I was tempted to wake this guy up before he ended up with a cricked neck!

At least he had a seat!

My Photo a Day January 2015, Week One

The 'Photo a Day' challenge has gone from a monthly list to weekly, Monday to Sunday.

Here is my take on the prompts for this first, short week.

The daily prompt is listed in red, the photo is my take on the prompt

and my description is under the photo!

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Sky

I was really going to try and take my photo on the day, every day... 

but today we have heavy fog which is only getting heavier.

This sky is from two days ago, the brightest blue sky we have had in a while!

A photo of my 'sky' on the day!

2

Yellow
I love this photo of the sculpted yellow pineapples in yellow bags!
They are part of summer in Shanghai. When I saw the 'Yellow' prompt I knew I had
to reach into my archive today.

A photo of yellow roses I actually took on the day.

3

Me
We have snow again today!
A little snow makes the cold winter a little easier for this Aussie to handle.
I also realised it is quite hard to publish a 'selfie'...and that I really need a haircut!

4

I hear...
...softened sounds, muffled by the freshly fallen snow.
I hear snow crunching under my feet.
Birds chirping as they wheel around the sky in joy, in clear, fresh air.
The occasional rumble as snow falls from the high branches and tumbles to the ground.
I hear the sounds of forest magic!

Happy New Year 2015

Wishing you a very happy and healthy 2015 

Full of love and laughter.

Travel and new experiences.

May your days be filled with smiles and brighter tomorrows.