Day 59 - ACROSS THE ROAD

This park is across the road from where we live....

....and then I turned my back on the water and looked back towards the mountain to take these :o)

 (our house is just a bit up the road to the left)

(I love the funny little hill in the middle of the last photo!)

Day 58 - THE SUN

I am truly, madly and deeply in love with the sun lately! :o)

When it's a sunny day here in winter it is just so lovely. A 12 degree day is no hassle at all.

I have a tacky app on my phone where I record 5 things everyday that I'm grateful for and the sunshine has appeared so often in my lists of late. It is just glorious.

Oh and it seems that it's not just me that is having this love affair with the sun. Yesterday (when this photo was taken) it was an absolutely gorgeous and unexpected 17 degrees. I took Mia to the park, dressed for the first time in ages in just a long-sleeved top and not my down jacket, and it seemed as though everyone was outdoors. It also seemed as though everyone was enjoying the warmth of the sun as much as I was. As I passed people in the street they would comment on how lovely the sun was. Seems it was a shared experience :o)

Day 57 - MORNING LIGHT

It's getting lighter in the mornings now!! :o)

Day 56 - VIOLIN

(photo taken by Paul)

(photo taken by Paul)

Just to even things up from the previous post.....here is Luke's instrument....another part of my favourite strings section....the violin.

Mia isn't learning the violin at all but we think she would sure look super cute if she did!! :o)

Day 55 - CELLO

(photo taken by Paul)

The strings would be my favourite part of an orchestra and the cello my favourite instrument. So we were very excited when Owen got his choice of the cello as his school instrument. Unfortunately, apart from this one time it hasn't made it home again since for us to hear....and more importantly....play with ourselves!!! :o)

Day 54 - SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME LAUGH

Actually, change that to SOMEONE....

my 4 year old daughter Mia!!!

(Bedtime....here she was being silly and decided to hide under her covers whilst she was waiting for me to come back into the room.....she fell asleep waiting!!)

(Playing dress-ups)

Day 53 - BROTHERS

(photo taken by Paul)