Week 18 - nature

This week's theme was nature...

And Mother Nature kindly played ball.

I had hoped to get a photo of Sarah splashing in the puddles,

making the most of Mother Nature.

But I was way to chicken to take the camera outside

and try and hold the camera in one hand

and the umbrella in the other.

So I relied on the shelter under the back deck for this week's photo

and my phone for a photo of Sarah making the most of puddles....

This week's pic:

Rain in slow motion - Mother Nature at her best on Saturday afternoon.

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Other pics from this week:

(Rain does crazy things 

when you slow the camera settings down!)

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 Puddle splashing 

- what a great way to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon.

Week 17 - from a high angle

This one had me a little stumped....I knew what I wanted to achieve, 

but it took a little while to fnd a set up 

and composition I was happy with.

In the end, our dear boy Fletcher played ball....

What a dog will do for treats.......

And a few others:

Week 16 - animals

This week included a visit to Western Springs....

Turns out there are plenty of animals there!!

A few more images from our visit:

 

Week 15 - Reflections

Yup - I missed a week.

Week 14 - the Golden Hour slipped me by.

It's fair to say,

"Golden Hour" inspiration was not free flowing......

And I struggled to do the obvious golden sunrise/sunset 

because I was driving to or from work.

Which at times was terribly frustrating

because last week there were some stunning sunrises.

And I can't even do a "make up" pic because 

the weather has now turned to custard.

And to be honest I'm "cheating" on 

Week 15 - Reflections.

I got this pic when we were in Orewa last month.

It was taken during a post BBQ dinner walk

and when I took it I knew I wanted to save it 

for the reflection week.

So here it is......

a reflection pic to remind us 

of the beautiful summer we've just had.

Week 13 - Easter

Easter - it's a special time 

for reflecting, 

being with family

and eating chocolate

(and getting a lot of stuff done around the house!)

Matthew 27 vs 63

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The other ideas:

Week 12 - Blue

This week's theme was blue and 

thanks to the glorious summer we've had

(and us being at Martins Bay)

there were plenty of blue opportunities.

Summer blues

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A few of the other ideas:

Week 11 - night portrait

This week's theme - night portrait

At first this theme scared me.

I had a good idea, but thought my lack of technical skills would let me down.

Thankgoodness I nailed it .....

it's about time one of these blog week's went in my favour!

 

Smoking man