Day 27

Day 21

Day 16

Day 15

Day 14

Day 11

Day 10

Rain rain go away, come again another day.

I really do want to play.

1. Sunrise
2. Rain
3. Chicken
4. House
5. Strawberries
6. Horse
7. Cars
8. Tomatoes
9. Juice
10. Worms
11. Eyes
12. Bunny
13. Toys
14. Ribbon
15. Pop
16. Bubbles
17. Police
18. Ink
19. Recycle
20. Umbrella
21. Robot
22. Plants
23. Patch
24. Fur
25. Art
26. Dance
27. Literature
28. Sliding
29. Zip
30. Shoes
31. Collection

Day 9

The end of a long day, kids are both in bed sleeping, I'm curled up on the sofa with Trixie purring beside me.  Too lazy to get up so camera phone will have to do... meow

1. Sunrise
2. Rain
3. Chicken
4. House
5. Strawberries
6. Horse
7. Cars
8. Tomatoes
9. Juice
10. Worms
11. Eyes
12. Bunny
13. Toys
14. Ribbon
15. Pop
16. Bubbles
17. Police
18. Ink
19. Recycle
20. Umbrella
21. Robot
22. Plants
23. Patch
24. Fur
25. Art
26. Dance
27. Literature
28. Sliding
29. Zip
30. Shoes
31. Collection

Day 8

Well I can't stay on to it for too long.  It was after the kids were both in bed for the night by the time I got the camera out.  With so little time and no day light I had to find something quick and easy so straight to the wardrobe I went.  Turns out I don't have many clothes with zip.

I really wanted a photo of the zip on my blue dress I brought to wear to my little sisters wedding but I just couldn't get the focus right with the little light I had so I had to search for anything else.  Lucky I have several jackets I'm borrowing from a friend and one had zips.

1. Sunrise
2. Rain
3. Chicken
4. House
5. Strawberries
6. Horse
7. Cars
8. Tomatoes
9. Juice
10. Worms
11. Eyes
12. Bunny
13. Toys
14. Ribbon
15. Pop
16. Bubbles
17. Police
18. Ink
19. Recycle
20. Umbrella
21. Robot
22. Plants
23. Patch
24. Fur
25. Art
26. Dance
27. Literature
28. Sliding
29. Zip
30. Shoes
31. Collection

Day 7

My tomato plants are starting to fall over from the weight of all the fruit and many were already bright red so i thought i should go out and pick them this morning.  Turned out i had about 3 baskets fill of ripe tomatoes so it was time to do something with them.

After hubby had cleaned the kitchen I headed in and made a huge mess, blanching and peeling tomatoes, peeling and slicing garlic and onions.  Cooking down the sauce and adding a few other ingredients I now have 3 jars of pasta sauce and the house still smells of tomato and garlic many many hours later.

1. Sunrise
2. Rain
3. Chicken
4. House
5. Strawberries
6. Horse
7. Cars
8. Tomatoes
9. Juice
10. Worms
11. Eyes
12. Bunny
13. Toys
14. Ribbon
15. Pop
16. Bubbles
17. Police
18. Ink
19. Recycle
20. Umbrella
21. Robot
22. Plants
23. Patch
24. Fur
25. Art
26. Dance
27. Literature
28. Sliding
29. Zip
30. Shoes
31. Collection

Day 6

Feeling rather on to it today, photo taken and posted before lunch.  Today was rubbish day and we have a recycle bin completely full of bottles to go out, even put the overflow into the neighbours bin.

Almost didn't get the photo as today is hubbys birthday and I managed it pick up a Nerf gun for him for just $5 at Kmart as it was missing the darts.  So this morning we headed out to warehouse to get some darts and when you take children to a toy shop there is no leaving quickly.  We had to go up and down all the isles with toys and my boy had to point out everything he wants for his birthday which isn't until the end of July.

Once we finally left we arrived home to find the recycling truck outside, meaning I grabbed my camera and managed to get this one photo before the truck drove off.  The guy working in the truck did seem rather confused as to why I was taking photos.

1. Sunrise
2. Rain
3. Chicken
4. House
5. Strawberries
6. Horse
7. Cars
8. Tomatoes
9. Juice
10. Worms
11. Eyes
12. Bunny
13. Toys
14. Ribbon
15. Pop
16. Bubbles
17. Police
18. Ink
19. Recycle
20. Umbrella
21. Robot
22. Plants
23. Patch
24. Fur
25. Art
26. Dance
27. Literature
28. Sliding
29. Zip
30. Shoes
31. Collection

Day 5

Today I was organised for a change and had chosen the topic of todays photo before breakfast.  I've been looking after a friends chickens while she and her family are on holiday.  Going up to feed them every day and collect an egg from the one egg laying hen at the moment.  They have 3 adult hens, one has just hatched some eggs and is in a rabbit hutch with the baby chicks.  In the large chicken pen/house is the two others, one which is laying an egg but not every day and the other is currently clucky and doesn't seem to move, every time I'm there I have to pick it up to check for eggs underneath.

This photo is of the clucky chicken.  Every time I open the door she sticks out here feathers to make her appear larger.  In the week I've been looking after these chickens there has only been 3 eggs but every time they're under this chicken.

I have to admit when I added chicken to the list i was thinking of taking a photo of a chicken curry or pie or stew, but a alive chicken is just as good if not more humane.

1. Sunrise
2. Rain
3. Chicken
4. House
5. Strawberries
6. Horse
7. Cars
8. Tomatoes
9. Juice
10. Worms
11. Eyes
12. Bunny
13. Toys
14. Ribbon
15. Pop
16. Bubbles
17. Police
18. Ink
19. Recycle
20. Umbrella
21. Robot
22. Plants
23. Patch
24. Fur
25. Art
26. Dance
27. Literature
28. Sliding
29. Zip
30. Shoes
31. Collection

Day 4

8pm and I hadn't picked up my camera all day.  Only 4 days into this challenge and I didn't want to fail this soon.  I had already been through the list earlier and ruled out those I wanted to save for another day which didn't leave many that I could quickly depending on how you interrupt the theme.

The great bit about having kids is there are many many toys that I can play with between the two kids there were several horses.  Since it was getting late I popped outside to get the last of the days light and pleased that the horse was in a good mood and complied with me :)

1. Sunrise
2. Rain
3. Chicken
4. House
5. Strawberries
6. Horse
7. Cars
8. Tomatoes
9. Juice
10. Worms
11. Eyes
12. Bunny
13. Toys
14. Ribbon
15. Pop
16. Bubbles
17. Police
18. Ink
19. Recycle
20. Umbrella
21. Robot
22. Plants
23. Patch
24. Fur
25. Art
26. Dance
27. Literature
28. Sliding
29. Zip
30. Shoes
31. Collection

Day 3

My girl has more shoes than myself, hubby and my boy combined, but she prefers to go barefoot.

1. Sunrise
2. Rain
3. Chicken
4. House
5. Strawberries
6. Horse
7. Cars
8. Tomatoes
9. Juice
10. Worms
11. Eyes
12. Bunny
13. Toys
14. Ribbon
15. Pop
16. Bubbles
17. Police
18. Ink
19. Recycle
20. Umbrella
21. Robot
22. Plants
23. Patch
24. Fur
25. Art
26. Dance
27. Literature
28. Sliding
29. Zip
30. Shoes
31. Collection

Day 2

After days and days of rain around 2pm yesterday I realised the rain had stopped .  Looking at the sky and then at the weather forecast it showed we had a small window of good weather, or I really should say less rain so if we were going to go camping before hubby went back to work next week this was the time.

So we packed up the car, grabbed the co-ordinates of the closest DOC camping grounds and after a quick stop at the supermarket we were off for our first ever family camping trip.... half way there I realised the camera at home.

All was not lost as I still had my phone so before the battery died I snapped a couple of photos.  These photos were more about capturing memories of the trip rather than trying to remember something on the list so I'm choosing my favorite photo and just going to make it fit.

Since the tent was our 'house' for the night here is my girl refusing to sleep in our 'house' well past her bedtime but still half an hour until sunset.

1. Sunrise
2. Rain
3. Chicken
4. House
5. Strawberries
6. Horse
7. Cars
8. Tomatoes
9. Juice
10. Worms
11. Eyes
12. Bunny
13. Toys
14. Ribbon
15. Pop
16. Bubbles
17. Police
18. Ink
19. Recycle
20. Umbrella
21. Robot
22. Plants
23. Patch
24. Fur
25. Art
26. Dance
27. Literature
28. Sliding
29. Zip
30. Shoes
31. Collection

1 down 365 to go

Well I didn't manage to get out of bed early enough for the sunrise this morning, not that it mattered as it was cloudy and raining so I doubt I would have seen the  sunrise let alone be able to photograph it.

As the day went on I took a lot of photos but nothing that I was happy to use as the first photo of this challenge.  In the end shortly before the kids bath time I grabbed the camera and headed outside to the rabbit hutch.  I didn't even try shooting through the wire as I knew I wouldn't like the results.  At first I poked the lens of my camera through the wire at the top of hutch and which Lucy (black rabbit) found very interesting and climbed up the side of the hutch to get closer.  As Lucy is black and with her constant movement I struggled to get the photo in focus so I needed a different approach.

I then opened the house part of the hutch and with some help of some fresh dandelion leafs Lucy and Bella quickly hopped in.  Lucy might have thought the camera was some kind of food as she was more interested in it than the leafs.

It was hard to narrow it down to just one photo but when showing them to Mark this one made him laugh, I also like it as both rabbits appear to be in focus which isn't easy with black and white moving subjects.

1. Sunrise
2. Rain
3. Chicken
4. House
5. Strawberries
6. Horse
7. Cars
8. Tomatoes
9. Juice
10. Worms
11. Eyes
12. Bunny
13. Toys
14. Ribbon
15. Pop
16. Bubbles
17. Police
18. Ink
19. Recycle
20. Umbrella
21. Robot
22. Plants
23. Patch
24. Fur
25. Art
26. Dance
27. Literature
28. Sliding
29. Zip
30. Shoes
31. Collection

January's inspiration list

Here's the list of January.
31 days, 31 ideas/themes/inspirations.
I'm hoping to get a sunrise tomorrow but with the current rain and clouds it might not happen... although being awake at 5am for it won't be a problem at all.

Will be back tomorrow with my first photo.

1. Sunrise
2. Rain
3. Chicken
4. House
5. Strawberries
6. Horse
7. Cars
8. Tomatoes
9. Juice
10. Worms
11. Eyes
12. Bunny
13. Toys
14. Ribbon
15. Pop
16. Bubbles
17. Police
18. Ink
19. Recycle
20. Umbrella
21. Robot
22. Plants
23. Patch
24. Fur
25. Art
26. Dance
27. Literature
28. Sliding
29. Zip
30. Shoes
31. Collection

I challenge you

I'm challenging myself this year and would love it if someone/s joined me.

This year I want to learn to use my camera. I want to start taking photos every day. I want to take photos of everything and anything, and not just my kids, but I also want to make sure I do take photos of my kids.

So I'm going to do a 365 day photo challenge... well really a 366 day photo challenge as 2012 is a leap year.

I'm going to be working off a list each month, so for January I have a list of 31 ideas/themes, I don't have to do them on set days i.e. number 1 on the 1st of January but i do have to do each of them on a different day during the month. I can't cheat and take 2 photos in one day and post them on 2 different days. But if I'm struggling I reserve the rights to change the rules any time.

So next post... the list