Roads

We really have had some lovely themes this year...
I am going to do things a little bit backwards and tell you what our theme for next week is before I do last week's posting.
Our theme for next week is "WET"...which I think is pretty wide open...I asked Mike if he thought the cat (my ever long suffering Misty) would mind being thrown in the pool so that I could take a photo....Mike's response - "How about I throw you in the pool and I will take a photo of you" ---- I think not - it is after all the middle of winter, but you made your point Mike, I guess it would not be fair to the cat....
Anyway, once again with our theme this week, we showcased the difference in seasons on opposite sides of the world..
Mariette's pretty windy, road first...

First thing that I noticed about Mariette's picture is how GREEN it is ....

And the first thing Mariette noticed about mine is how dry it is...

I also love Claire's photo - those clouds and the light in the upper part of the photo, make the picture really very dramatic...
Well done to all of us....Any ideas anyone on what I can do for WET next week - Watch this space....I am sure it will be interesting once again to see how we all interpret this theme....
Before I go - um ... Claire just a gently nudge - WHERE ARE YOU....Missing you on your blog...
Pam - Missing you - Hope you can play again soon.....
Anyway, that's it from me tonight - Lots and lots of love
Me

Growth

I can not remember what week we are on - or whose theme it was, but I knew exactly what I wanted to take....
First Mariette - with a cute picture of Purrloin - the little kitty that they got about a month ago, who was so very ill when they first got her that she had to spend a couple of nights at the vet...BUT look at her now - growing in size (weight) and cuteness...
She really is beuatiful...

Claire went (Like me) went for the more common growth with her lovely purple flower...

My picture is of Bradley's avo tree which he and my mom grew from a pip, when it was about thirty cm's we planted it in the garden - Brad was about seven at the time - and I fully intended to take an annual photo of Brad and the tree, to show the growth of each of them...Sadly I never did this...and although the tree has never given us any fruit - it now holds the proud title of "tallest" tree in the garden....

I am reminded that there are so many cute little things that our children say and do when they are growing up, that with time and age, we forget and lose it for ever...
I always intended to write the cute things down and I mentioned to a collegue at work the other day that he really should write this cute story down, so that one day he and his wife can look back and remember the cuteness...
His story is of his seven year old daughter, with whom he had been discussing carnivores and herbivores and explaining the difference and telling for example that a lion is a carnivore and a sheep is a herbivore - she thinks about it for a minute and then says "So, Bear Grills is an EVERYVORE....because he eats everything"  -  How cute is that...
Anyway, that is my post on Growth - next we have Roads....

Ummm - Not so up to date...and Sunsets

Ok, I am not quite making the once a week update, but I am trying and at least have managed to take photos and submit them to the other TUM ladies more or less on time (make that less then more) - but ....Oh well - Let's get going with the catch up....
My last post was machines and then we had sunsets...
First up Claire -

Claire took a slightly different take on the theme, with the sunset rays falling on the model and walls of the castle....Lovely - Interestingly the very next evening Claire posted a stunning sunset shot on her blog with the caption - "Why couldn't we have had this last night...Yes, Claire - you know the story "Best laid plans of mice and men... " and all that jazz....We really do not control our lives, we just have to make the best of what we are given, when we are given it....


Next we have my Sunset....

And Finally Mariette's awesome sunset....

Mariette - you're photograhy is so beautiful - You are growing with each shot you take and growing is our next theme....