Day 62

I have totally messed up my photo's.

I added the border and saved them without

taking notice of when I took them, so

I will just have to do a general upload

and hope that I have them in the right order.

A mailbox on the way to Bega, early morning.

Day 63

The sun setting amongst the clouds.

Day 64

A mailbox on the way home from Canberra

on the Monday after picking mark up.

Day 65

A bottle brush with the early morning

sun filtering between the leaves.

Day 66

The boats in the harbour across from

the shop. The sun was behind the clouds

and this was the best shot I took for the day.

Day 67

A beautiful bottlebrush in the next

neighbours yard. Tiff had the job of

feeding Nigel for the night, so I took advantage

of Rosie's great garden.

Day 68

The Black Swans swimming on Wallaga Lake.

Tiff and I stopped on the way home from shopping

on Friday. They would not swim close enough

to get a decent pic.

Day 69

I was supposed to be having a sleep-in,

but I woke up at 7am, so I raced into

town to the Blue Pool to catch

the sun rising over the still water of the pool.

Wonder am I totally addicted to sunrises now.

Day 70

Hope I have not messed up my numbers yet.

I really should be in bed, work is really slow

and I am getting so tired that I have nearly

fallen asleep a couple of times. How

embarrassing if someone catches me snoring my head off.

I finally managed to catch a bird in flight, coming in

for a landing on the bird feeder.

Day 71

A not so brilliant pic of a ? something.

The flower was so little I am amazed I got

so much of it in focus.

Phewww.

Ok, I hope I have loaded all the pics and that

I am up to date now.

I will try to be better from now on.

Catch you all tomorrow (I hope).

To everyone that has left me a comment, and

to those blogs that I have visited and been

too slack to comment on, my apologies, and thanks for

the comments and I will try to catch up with

comments of my own.

Oh boy, how slack am I?

I have been here for a look a couple

of times over the past week, but

have been too tired to

add any new posts.

Update on my man. I retrieved him from

hospital on Monday, hard to believe he was

as sick as he was, even the doctor could not

believe how quick he bounced back.

They have put everything down to a dose

of tonsillitis and an allergic reaction to

one of the medicines the doc prescribed.

The two combined morphed into a super bug,

and knocked him about something shocking.

Glad to say, other than a bit of recovery time to

regain his strength, he is as good as new.

I will make an effort to load my photos tonight,

as long as I can keep my eyes open long enough.

I am still doing the shop by myself until I think

Mark is up to taking over for a few hours a day.

We are not going to risk a repeat performance.

Day 59/365

The Macca's sign coming into

Cooma on Wed, after our visit to Mark.

Funny I could not find a thing to take a pic of in Canberra.

Day 60/365

Ho Hum, another sunrise. I am starting to think

it is about time I got to sleep in. Ah well, I am

sure a few early mornings are not going to hurt me.

Day 61/365

So smokey around here today, they are burning off

somewhere, strange time to be doing

that, it is reasonably warm and the wind

was gusting a bit today. They must know

what they are doing I suppose.

Here is a photo looking out the front of the shop today,

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and the one I took the other day, I could not even see Drom today.

Update on my man, they took the ventilation tube out today,

so he will be moved from the ICU to a ward,

maybe tomorrow, if they can find him a bed.

He will have to stay in Hosp for up to a week more, but

at least he is on the mend.

They still don't know what caused all this fuss,

the Doc said we may never know.

Anyhow, if I am going to go see him in the morning

I had better take myself to bed, I have to

open the shop early, and wait for a friend to

cover for me, then I will be off like a rocket.

Be checking in when I have more time.

Quick chat tonight. Photos from Sat
to today. Been so flat out, haven't had time to

scratch myself, so I am making a quick post today.

Day 55/365

We had the Seaside fair on Sat,

pity I had to work, I really didn't see any of it.

We nearly missed the fireworks, it was raining so hard

we really thought they wouldn't be on.

We raced into town in time to see the last 1/2 dozen

fireworks, we managed to park right under

them, that was a bit scary, they seemed so close.

Day 56/365

Sunday we had a quick Sunday drive to Canberra to see

Mark in Hosp. 3 hrs to get there and 3 hrs back, and about

3 hrs in the hosp, made for a long day. Up at 6am to do the

shop and home at 11.45pm, felt like I was

a teenager again, Lol.
These funny looking things were in the fountain

in the foyer of the hosp. Beautiful fountain wish

I had of taken photos in the daylight.

This is the intersection outside the hosp, I tried

getting a good photo but I suck, but you get the idea.

I took a photo of Mark but it is too scary to show on here.

Day 57/365

The boats across the road from the shop with Mt

Dromedary in the background. I didn't pick up the

beautiful pink sky, it was really pretty.

Day 58/365

Today's pic was taken on the way home from

grocery shopping. We raced over to Narooma when

I finished work, I had no food in the cupboards.

This is the sun setting over Corunna Lake, Mum

and Day thought I was a bit mad pulling the car

up on the side of the road and hanging out the window

just to take a pic of the water. But hey it is a lovely shot,

what are you gonna do, hey!!!!

Can't let an opportunity go bye.

Quick update on Mark while I am here.

He is still in ICU in Canberra, more abscess's are forming

and he is still on ventilation, they were hoping to

take him off that today. No idea where the

abscess's are coming from or where they started, bit

frustrating. We are going up to visit him again in the morning,

I am lucky to have a great support system here

that allows me the chance to do that,

otherwise I would have to shut the shop for the day

and that would make Mark worry and he

would never get better.

So if I don't get a chance to update tomorrow,

it will be because I am still driving all over the country.

See you all later, be good.

I have a daily photo to share with you all,

but I have a headache and really

cant be bothered loading anything much here

at all. I hope I will get a chance to

do it tomorrow, after work, after

I have gone somewhere to

do some shopping, after I have

played phone tag with numerous

people in the hopes of finding out what

they are doing to Mark next, after I have

got the washing off the line, after I have retrieved

children from various friends houses,

after I have been to the garage to

put more fuel in the car,

after I have fed the children,

after I have tried my best to answer

questions relevent in a month (not now), etc,

but not necessarily in that order.

So fine people it is goodnight from me,

hope to load pics tomorrow.

Day 54/365

Ok, I was not going to bore you with another

sunrise, but cripes, how could I not show you this.

When viewed full size the colours are,

um, brilliant, metallic, um, cant think of a word

for it. I promise I will try not to take

a sunrise tomorrow.

Actually we are supposed to have an electrical storm

tomorrow, so I might get some electrifying shots, Lol.

The Seaside fair is on tomorrow, so it will either be stinking

hot or stormy. After work I will venture onto the hill

and see what the sculptures are like.

Identity Crisis.

This Mumma bird and her babies were across

the road in the park when I got to work

this morning, they were amongst the

seagulls, and stayed with them most of the day.

First I thought they were a Cockatoo, but they don't

have the crest, they thought they were seagulls, but

didn't have the right colouring, Lol. After a quick email and

phone call to a friend, I have found out they are

Short Billed Corella's. Not something you see

a lot of on the coast.

As you can see I was able to get really close

to the Mumma to take this photo.

I was like 2 foot away from her

before she decided I should not be there.

News on Mark for the day, he has been transferred to

Canberra. He is in intensive care up there now.

Depending on the test results he may be in

surgery again tonight, but probably tomorrow.

They told me don't worry about coming up

cause he is heavily sedated and wont even know

I am there, so at this stage it is a cast of

phone tag with the doctors, who have been

brilliant and kept me up to speed as

best they can.

Ok, best get off here for now, short post has

turned into a newsletter again.

Seeya.

I cant help myself....

Day 53/365

I just cant help myself, how could I not load a few of

these pics. Lucky I am self employed, I sort

of deliberately made myself

late for work this morning, this is what early risers

get to see everyday, I usually catch the sunsets,

cause I am not a morning person.

I would have stayed long enough

to get the suns reflection on the water, but I thought

that might be pushing it just a bit.

Anyway, I have had a big day today. Work in the early hours,

then a trip to the hospital, then back to work this arvo.

Apparently Mark was sicker than I gave him credit for.

He has been operated on, and is under sedation

in the ICU. He will have to stay over there

for a few days at least.

Hope I can find something to take a pic

of tomorrow, I am missing the birds, hope

they don't forget me.

See you all tomorrow.

Photos and Layouts.

Day 52/365

Here's proof that I was out of bed before the lights came on.

I missed seeing the sun rise over the ocean, I was half

hour too early, but I did catch it over the top

of the town. I even raced across the road and

got a few shots in. It is amazing how many different

colours you can catch in a short period of time.








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I guess I will be seeing a few sunrises, if

Mark is not better in the morning he will

be going to hospital, that is if I don't take

him through the night. He would not

go earlier when I offered. Which

means I will still be opening the shop for

the next few days.

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I finally finished these Lo's that I started days ago,

more from the RSS challenges, I don't think

I will get them loaded over there though.

This first one is the 'Quote Challenge'.

Had to use the quote, a circle and hand-cutting.

I could not really find a pic that was suitable, but I

like this one with the girls sitting with

their heads together studying something,

they were being annoying 5 mins before this.

This next one is the ebony and ivory challenge.

Funny but it has not got any white on it, other than

the photo.

The challenge was; black, pink and green,

Lots of hand-cutting and gems.....

I splashed paint on the cs to alter it, there is not much

you can do to disguise black.

Everything is a lot straighter than it looks in the pic,

funny how the camera does that sometime.

Ok, I really should be doing something else now, like

folding the washing, so I will catch you again tomorrow,

or sooner if I come back tonight.

Day 51/365

It is not midnight yet, and I am loading my

photo for the day. A really quick photo

that I snapped while waiting for my pizza.
Little fluffy things, in front of the steps

at the boat ramp.

Bad Mumma today, I didn't even think about cooking

dinner. I have been awake since 4.30, started work

at 6.30 am, finished work at 6.15 pm, raced home

loaded the washing machine (oops I better go hang

that out), finished doing the dishes that Mark

started, so I figured a take-away was the

way to go.

Now I have loaded the photo

for the day, and also a pic of the Lo

I finished at work this morning, not the best photo

of it, bad night time light, but you get the picture.

I checked out the challenges at RSS, this is what I have

come up with for the negative space challenge.

If I was not so tired I might even go on over

there and introduce myself and submit this

Lo, and the other two that I just have to

add photos to. I think I made it crooked on

purpose but it looks worse in the pic.

That is it for now, I will check in later and see

who is doing what. I had better go deal with

the washing and then do the dishes (again),

everything else can wait. Hope Mark is better soon.

Spose I will be awake before the sparrows again

tomorrow, another long day ahead.

At least I get to take my scrapping with me, not

many people could get away with doing that.

Day 50/365

Forgive me for the lateness of this post.

I have just helped Sheri make a mini

album for her friends Birthday tomorrow.

I will maybe load some pics of it tomorrow,

I am not playing in photoshop at this time

of the night. 6am is going to come way too quick

as it is. I have been up since 5.30 this morning,

I was going to take a nice morning shot on

the way too work but the sun was not even up then.

So instead I give you......

Another bird.

This one belongs to Cindy. I had to go

collect oysters tonight, and she took

Tiff and I in so I could take his photo.

She told me what he is, but memory like

a sponge and I forgot straight away.

But he sure is pretty.

Anyhow, I have to work again in the morning,

so I will catch you again tomorrow.

Day 49/365

Oh dear, I just had a seniors moment.

Wrote the whole post and forgot

to publish it, so here goes again.

I nearly didn't get a photo today,

I worked all day, till nearly 6,

then had to run back into town

to buy salad makings.

Anyway, I ducked into the bush

along the main road, I was going

to take a photo of the waves crashing

against the rocks but could not see them from

where I was. I did however notice this

flower thing along the track. I could

not decide whether to use the colour

or the sepia shot, so I have loaded both.

I almost finished 2 Lo's at work today,

but I didn't have a photo to use for

either Lo, so I will try to finish them

in the next day or two.

That is it from me for the day,

so I will catch you again tomorrow.

Day 48/365

So much for my plans to scrap today.

First I slept in til just after nine,

then got the washing done and on the line.

Took this totally random photo of a feather.

We got chips for lunch and went to the park to eat them,

where I took heaps of photos of seagulls.

Then I took the girls to the beach for a swim

and got sunburnt on the face.

Came home and talked to the parrots,

while I took photos of them.

Think I had better take a snap of two

of the girls, they will think they are not my models anymore.

Not that they will complain if I don't take any of them.

Cooked dinner and that is it for my day.

I promise if it is not too busy in the shop tomorrow

that I will try to scrap something.

Mark has a cold, so I might have to work a few

days straight, you know what men are like

when they get sick, Lol.

A nearly completed Lo.

A nearly completed Lo,

I started this last Friday or maybe before that,

I cant even remember.

It is not quite finished, I want to put a

No. 3 on there somewhere, but

I have to find one first. I am sure

I would have a chippy one somewhere.

The photo is not brilliant, I took it

tonight after work, the light wasn't the best.

I would like to do a Lo

of my boys too, but lack of

photos makes that a bit hard.

Day 47/365

Today's pic, is just a quick one of the

bridge. I had the camera on the fireworks

setting in the scene mode. I took

some more using the night landscape

setting but they didn't have the nice crisp

lights (stars). And they all

looked pretty crap. So this is it.

Not sure about the bed, it is

way too high, I felt like I was going to fall

out of it all night. I guess I will have to learn

to like it, I just hope it is sooner rather than later.

That's it for today, I promise to make more of

and effort tomorrow. Thinking some

of the challenges at RSS look interesting,

might have to give them a try, no promises though.

Day 46/365

Another day, another bird.

This one is a Pee Wee, he was outside

the shop this morning. Not as tame as the birds

at home, he would not let me get near him.

A quick wander around the paddock tonight produced,

A knot.....from the rope swing.

and

some dead leaves, with the sun coming through

the trees behind them.

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Well we got the new bed today,

it is a foot higher than the old one,

hope I don't roll over and fall out, Lol.

I will reserve judgement on it until tomorrow,

but I can say at this stage it is not looking good.

I think the fitted sheet wont stay on,

and the mattress is going to wander,

the man assured me that would not happen.

We will see!!!!!!!!

Loving all the wonderful photos that are appearing

on everyone's blogs.

It is interesting to see what others can see through

the lens of their cameras.