Week 12

I guess we should have predicted this one, honest we didn't talk about it!

L - My Christmas tree in its full glittery glory!

R - in the words of my nephew = Crimas Tree

Also with the 24th approaching, I'm jetting off to Costa Rica without my computer, so when I get back there will be 3 uploads from my trip. Keep snapping Leslie and have a lovely Christmas down under x

Week 11

Still on a winter theme, but hard to imagine Christmas in the sun of Australia, or Costa Rica (where I'm headed in 10 days).....

L - Installed in the centre of Melbourne for the kiddies to send their mail to Santa. There is even a slot halfway down so the little peeps can reach!!

R -  The low and blinding winter sun over 3rd St NE.

Week 10

L - We put up or Christmas tree this weekend and despite a small drawback when the tree fell down and broke some of my glass baubles, its now finished and looks beautiful!!

R - First snow of the season taken from the comfort of the sofa

Week 9

L - This mini truck represents a new venture..Shane just bought his own 'full size' truck and started his own business. It was made official this week when he placed the order. 

R - over exposed and colour enhanced pic of the ginkgo trees which are dropping their berries, but don't step on them because they smell like vomit!

Week 8

L - This weekend was a wet one in Melbourne, it rained and rained so I took the opportunity to work on my Christmas Cards.

R - I love this tunnel under the train tracks with all the lights in neat rows. I wanted to take a long exposure so all the lights would have a star burst appearance. Just as I was doing the exposure, a car appeared and added a little something something to the pic.

Week 7

L - This weekend was all about Birthday parties, therefore lots of cake, drinking and catching up with friends and family. Perfect.

R - Leaves again, but this time on a cool old Mercedes. Taken at night, but colour adjusted to remove the orange glow of the streetlights.

Week 6

L - Spray Can - As i was taking photos some kid picked up these cans and left them on the bollards along Hoosier Lane, Melbourne as he walked by. The art and the tools! 


R - Leaf prints - not your typical fall colours, but these prints on the sidewalk caught my eye on my daily walk to the metro

Week 5

L - A day or so spent down at the beach over the Melbourne Long weekend. 


R - Halloween at The Black Cat, DC.

Week 4

L - International Visitors - My family arrived in Melbourne for a visit from Scotland on Friday.

R - Sunrise over second - Glad I took my camera out the other morning whilst walking Diego, got this shot of the sunrise reflecting on a new office building on 2nd St and H St NE. It looks like all the lights are on, but the building's empty.

Week 3

L - Ferris wheel in Melbourne

R - Flags outside Union Station

Week 2

L - left hand side - I completed my first 5km run this weekend and this sums up my state of mind the last couple of days as I stressed about whether or not I could do it!! Needless to say I did and quite easily!! 

R - right hand side - The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in front of the US Capitol (Artillery section)

Week 1

So our first official post, Leslie's photo on the left, and mine on the right.

L - My first photo captures a snapshot of 31st bday yesterday, a wonderful day filled with gifts, international mail and plenty of wine!! What more could you ask for!!


R - Blue sky and wires for the trains coming out of Union Station.

Side by side.....

So I read about two friends who shared a passion for photography and took one photo everyday for a year, and posted them side by side and I was inspired to try something myself. So I contacted my good friend Leslie and asked if she would like to try it with me, but perhaps only 1 photo per week for a year. She agreed, so here it is and a wee blog to follow a photographic snap shot of out lives for a whole year. We start on Monday October 5th 2009, but here's a photo I put together to get us started