Day 365. And nature gave me a moon to shoot to bring the project full circle.
Day 364. Squiggles.
Day 363. Art?
Day 362. Crinkled and curly.
Day 361. James.
Day 360. Dinner with Dan.
Day 359. Sunlight & leaves.
Day 358. Beauty in progress.
Day 357. J putting his Scooby through it's paces.
Day 356. Circles of light.
Day 355. Abstract lines.
Day 354. Almost entirely green.
Day 353. Light graffiti
Day 352. Light graffiti
Day 351. Diepsloot ext 4. Flora's courtyard.
Day 350. Time for a chat?
Day 349. Mother Nature was painting in the sky again...
Day 348. Untitled.
Day 347. Abstract lines.
Day 346. Green grass.
Day 345. Let the light in.
Day 344. Holding on.
Day 343. Untitled.
Day 342. My most wonderful friend, Kate.
Day 341. Never a dull moment when out with Russell.
Day 340. Like moths to a flame.
Day 339. Chair.
Day 338. Chair.
Day 337. Toes!
Day 336. Pat.
Day 335. Jono.
Day 334. Meira in Pink.
Day 333. Halloween decorations in the office.
Day 332. SA-style Halloween decorations.
Day 331. Untitled.
Day 329. Be safe.
Day 328. Chief Vuvuzela blower with his son on our 350.org march
Day 325. I don't have the right gear or the right space or the right amount of patience to get smoke photography right, so I took a photo of my desktop of someone else's smoke photography.
Day 324. Wonderful whites.
Day 323. Reasons to leave the office.
Day 321. Lunch
Day 319. Untitled.
Day 318. Beads on a string
Day 317. Finally upgraded my phone.
Day 316. Nature gave us ice cubes today.
Day 315. Oranges.
Day 314. Death becomes her.
Day 313. Strangely spotty succulent.
Day 312. Lavender.
Day 311. uuugh. ironing. not my best.
Day 310. A slice of bathroom life.
Day 309. Stars & Stripes
Day 308. Perfect little hands.
Day 307. Nelson.
Day 306. Abandoned shoes.
Day 305. “Jewelry is art, wearable art.” - Lee Dorn
Day 304. Giving thanks to the simple things in life.
Day 303. Reliving my childhood.
Day 302. Flowers from my wonderful man.
Day 301. My cactus has grown these funny little flowers - first time in the 7 or so years I've had it.
Day 300. Bird watching from my patio. We think this is an African Pied Starling. Never seen one before tho the bird book says they're common...
Day 299. Perfect passiflora.
Day 297. Traditional cloth to celebrate heritage day tomorrow.
Day 296. Bright, white and lily-like.
Day 295. Haven't photgraphed my feet in a while.
Day 294. Signs of summer.
Day 293. Holy Cow!
Day 292. Textured beauty.
Day 291. Officers Mohadja and Mothado from the Sandton Police station taking my statement after our burglary.
Day 290. Stock photo search result: "writing on notepad"
Day 289. Feeeshies.
Day 288. A pain in the neck
Day 287. A promise of beauty
Day 286. Flying high, across the sky...
Day 285. Nothing quite like a good ear scratch.
Day 284. Standing tall.
Day 283. Untitled.
Day 282. Untitled.
Day 281. Evening reading
Day 280. Spring seedlings
Day 279. Recycling "product" shots.
Day 278. Light play
Day 277. Little Red Book
Day 276. More flowers
Day 275. Spring day!
Day 274. RGB
Day 273. Untitled.
Day 272. Visual stimulus
Day 271. James
Day 270. Still longing to be back on holiday...
Day 269. Poker night.
Day 268. Chaos into Calm. AKA: the re-organising of my toiletries basket. AKA: the calming of my soul.
Day 267. Abandoned.
Day 266. Photoshop with flare.
Day 265. Aloe shadows.
Day 264. Solitude.
Day 263. Buckle up.
Day 262. I had a bad day today.
Day 261. Nearly done...
Day 260. Wishing I was still on holiday.
Day 259. Slowly, steadily, making it's way up.
Day 358. Hiding behind big brother.
Day 257. Still don't know what the leaves symbolise...
Day 256. Patterns.
Day 255. The night-time dancers.
Day 254. Beach finds.
Day 253. Beautiful beaches.
Day 252. Let's play catch.
Day 251. Untitled.
Day 250. Gavin
Day 249. Spring has already sprung at my office.
Day 248. Playing with lights.
Day 247. Winter branches by night.
Day 245. Quintessentially african.
Day 244. A dead beast
Day 243. Rhymnoserous!
Day 242. Bending the rules a little here but as far as I'm concerned, if I'm still awake my day hasn't ended and therefore the photo is still valid!
Day 241. Untitled.
Day 240. Ooh, I'm a little late with my pic today.
Day (night) 239. Darkness.
Day 238. A flower in my very own garden.
Day 237. Untitled.
Day 236. Power to the people
Day 235. Ageing
Day 234. Lacking energy
Day 233. I've been facing a blank canvas all day.
Day 232. Loosing myself in a large books again.
Day 231. Oh look - it's a canon camera strap.
Day 230. We live in a web of ideas, a fabric of our own making - Joseph Chilton Pearce
Day 229. Attracted to the TV like a moth to a flame
Day 228. Checking my poses are correct
Day 227. Awesomeness
Day 226. Glowing from within.
Day 225. Abandoned bicycle.
Day 224. Headlight from J's new car.
Day 223. These were meant to be my winning tickets for a D3x.
Day 222. Don't ask. (Don't comment either.)
Day 221. Untitled.
Day 220. Kitchen art.
Day 219. Kitchen art.
Day 218. Fur on Fur. Fuzzy too.
Day 217. Autumn rocks
Day 216. Golden Mountains
Day 215. Sunset over the Clarens mountains
Day 214. Early evening blues.
Day 213. Slave to the glowing lights that bringeth warmth.
Day 212. Looking up.
Day 211. Looking down.
Day 210. Grilled free-range chicken breast with Mozambican peri-peri glaze and organic beans sprinkled with virgin olive oil & crushed sea salt, served on a bed of fragrant basmati rice. (This is how you make a standard chicken & rice dinner sound exotic).
Day 209. Curvy concrete.
Day 208. Follow the footprints.
Day 207. My shiny new swear jar.
Day 206. Take a guess where I was today.
Day 205. Some mistakes turn out to be okay.
Day 204. Got new glasses today.
Day 203. Today Dom and Dave have been with us for 6 months. They're funny little fish. I like them.
Day 202. Tilt shift challenge.
Day 201. A portrait of Jerome.
Day 200. It stormed this afternoon. There was a glorious golden light, rainbows, a downpour, even some light hail. But the gloomy clouds spoke to my mood more.
Day 199. Detail on my new handbag.
Day 198. And as winter blows the leaves off the trees, a home is lost.
Day 197. Sunbird enjoying aloe nectar.
Day 196. Our friendly visitor seems to pop in every weekend these days - and she's starting to get far more curious & exploratory...
Day 195. Jerome.
Day 194. Looking down.
Day 193. The bear is back on our bed.
Day 192. Stripy & spikey.
Day 191. No electricity this evening.
Day 190. Lined up.
Day 189. The friendly visitor has a sibling which is just as friendly.
Day 188. Patterns
Day 187. Seeking serenity
Day 186. Patterns
Day 185. Patterns
Day 184. Natural vs manicured.
Day 183. Half-way!
Day 182. Pretty bad pic of Louise Carver.
Day 181. Interior inspiration @ Rooms for You
Day 180. Office Portrait 5: The great Sbu is leaving us today. Very sad.
Day 179. I am sick. I am not happy about it either.
Day 178. Office Portrait 5: Greg
Day 177. I've been thinking about doing some painting again.
Day 176. Pie on a plate.
Day 175. Inspired by Dave (but not nearly as nice).
Day 174. I keep seeing these stickers in the most random spots. Still haven't figured out what it's all about.
Day 173. Self portrait.
Day 172. Our new little cactus has grown a pretty flower.
Day 171. Untitled.
Day 170. Office Portrait 4: Simone begging me to squeeze in a little job for her that she needed in a rush.
Day 169. The view from my pillow.
Day 168. Carpet Angels! (We bought this great warm rug today - so pleased!)
Day 167. The trees still think it's autumn, but it really feels like winter is here already.
Day 166. Seeing stripes
Day 165. Seeing stripes
Day 164. Seeing stripes
Day 163. Seeing stripes
Day 162. Seeing stripes
Day 161. Rusted and ruined, but beautiful in it's own right.
Day 160. A lockheed on it's way to fly over the Union Buildings for the presidential inauguration.
Day 159. It's officially winter here - electric blankets went on tonight.
Day 158. Office portrait 3: My client needed a pic of herself to put on the site we just built for her, so I was nominated as the photographer.
Day 157. Disconnected. My phone has given up the will to charge and I'm only due for an upgrade in two months!!! aaargh.
Day 156. Office portrait 2: Meira's silver shoes (everyone is stressed and has been pulling long hours so refused to let me take any real portraits)
Day 155. An unwilling subject
Day 154. Around the house - desaturated style
Day 153. Around the house - minimalist style
Day 152. We reckon the tequila had kicked in for Jonno round about now...
Day 151. The panning the of pan
Day 150. All of a sardine, I find myself with a lot of mags to get through (and a bit of cleaning too clearly...)
Day 149. Peeling bark
Day 148. Discovering coloured stars
Day 147. My attempt at pin hole photography for Pin Hole Photography Day
Day 146. The setting sun tickles the tops of grasses
Day 145. Phew. This short week felt rather long. So glad it's over and I can go on a little holiday.
Day 144. Office portrait 1: Saul (in need of a haircut and shave, but far to dedicated to his work to worry about such things...)
Day 143. A overcast & cold morning greeted us this Earth Day.
Day 142. The socks are on and the blankets are out. Winter has hit Jozi.
Day 141. Tea & biscuits anyone?
Day 140. Dassie Family Portrait.
Day 139. Friendly visitor.
Day 138. Downward dog day.
Day 137. Lacking inspiration.
Day 136. Fun things to do during lunch No 2: Visit the dump that is the Sandton Traffic Dept.
Day 135. Right, so I've taken off the lens cover. Now what?
Day 134. Flutterby's!
Day 133. When I grow up I want a red building too.
Day 132. Sitting pretty.
Day 131. Sprinkling happiness on my lawn.
Day 130. DVD night. (crap photo, I know.)
Day 129. The window above James's desk at work.
Day 128. My other Wall-E striking a reflective pose for me.
Day 127. Little bottles of relief.
Day 126. The best time of the year is when the cosmos comes out!
Day 125. Windowsill flower art.
Day 124. Re-organising my jewelry box.
Day 123. Crumpled white linen.
Day 122. Blooming lovely.
Day 121. Playing with light.
Day 120. My nano challenge contribution. (Not really a fast shutter speed thanks to crap light - but it's the idea that counts right?)
Day 119. I looked to the heavens for photographic inspiration and only discovered that my one light bulb has blown.
Day 118. My Earth Hour.
Day 117. Pizza left-overs and a blurred photo are the clear indicators of a great after-work drinking session.
Day 116. Lying on my back and looking up, I saw some lines.
Day 115. My car-guard in the basement at work.
Day 114. Oriental joy.
Day 113. Bringing beauty into my home - v2
Day 112. The revival of the Indian Mynah scorecard begins with some target practise.
Day 111. Sunlight kisses the golden strings
Day 110. 3 boys and their beers sitting at the table.
Day 109. Seemingly fragile.
Day 108. Brilliantly blurred.
Day 107. Could've worn green. Should've worn green. Forgot to wear green. (Happy St Paddy's)
Day 106. Dinner at the table tonight.
Day 105. Oh yeah, it REALLY looks like Dad doesn't like cats.
Day 104. Neighbourly support.
Day 103. Seeing squares.
Day 102. Headache strikes again.
Day 101 which I thought was Day 100. The sparklers came out in celebration of reaching triple digits!
Day 100 which I thought was Day 99. Here's what's in my bag today...
Day 99. Working as fast as I can to get my freelance done before bedtime.
Day 98. Bringing beauty into my home.
Day 97. The blue before another magical sunset.
Day 96. At least we can still this night light.
Day 95. Shadow-play.
Day 94. On my bookshelf.
Day 93. Newspapers waiting to be recycled.
Day 92. Close up on cleaning.
Day 91. Beautifully blue with bee.
Day 90. Bit of a sh*t job wouldn't you say?
Day 89. I spotted a slithering snake!
Day 88. It's lunchtime.
Day 87. First frogging shoot and succesful to boot!
Day 86. I see you.
Day 85. Master of all he surveys.
Day 84. Black & white - Africa style.
Day 83. Sunrise Challenge
Day 82. Jumpstarting Jacqui's car.
Day 81. Cherry tomatoes. J's favourite.
Day 80. Every girl needs at least one pair of red heels.
Day 79. Red on red.
Day 78. Someone really had a bad Monday. (But it's okay, coz the sign says there's a builder available...)
Day 77. I've got a new toy! :)
Day 76. Happy Valentine's Day!
Day 75. Apparently it's getting better...
Day 74. Beads on a blanket II
Day 73. Beads on a blanket I
Day 72. The cherry on top of my day.
Day 71. Bed beckons.
Day 70. Spike 'Loe.
Day 69. Cheerful coffee.
Day 68. I'm getting lost in a new world of words.
Day 67. Tired and lacking colour.
Day 66. It's raining on my parade.
Day 65. Caught napping.
Day 64. J's taking up skating again. (Well, when his toe heals...)
Day 63. 1 mushroom, 3 bugs & a couple hundred dewdrops.
Day 62. Stormy skies over the Dam.
Day 61. Yummy thumb.
Day 60. Jeremy Clarkson & Richard Hammond burning some rubber at MPH Top Gear Live.
Day 59. A bucket full of pebbles, rocks and rain water.
Day 58. Wall-e and I spent the entire afternoon exploring flickr.
Day 57. Incorrect spelling clearly didn't stop the sign guy from putting up the sign. Makes me smile every time I drive past it (which is fairly often seen as I work in Autumn St).
Day 56. We finally found the buffalo!
Day 55. Promised Brad I'd feature him in my album for his 30th - so here we go... (here he is opening up his 'awesome' present: Multivitamins for Senior Men).
Day 54. Little fluffy clouds - The Orb.
Day 53. I once knew the name of this little flower.
Day 52. Was playing with the metering settings on my camera & I liked this 'test' shot enough to keep it.
Day 51. I collected my post today.
Day 50. Abstract lines.
Day 49. A sculpture of J's grandfather which I found in his mom's garden.
Day 48. A pixie sitting in a garden bed.
Day 47. Our wine collection
Day 46. Nuff said.
Day 45. Joburg Gen chimney. Often wonder what it's for, but would rather not know - find it haunting.
Day 44. Here's what's on my bedside table tonight...
Day 43. Self portrait
Day 42. I think I need to wash my car.
Day 41. It's been raining all day.
Day 40. I took my camera for a bubble bath with me.
Day 39. Dinner time!
Day 38. The only thing that occupied my thoughts all afternoon and evening was a killer headache.
Day 37. I sat on my ass & watched TV all evening, even tho there wasn't much on.
Day 36. Bright green & spikey at the Pretoria Botanical Gardens.
Day 35. Reeds & their shadows on my lounge wall.
Day 34. I'm always looking down on myself.
Day 33. Peering through the trees to the entrance I was destined to take into the Apartheid Museum.
Day 32. Playing with fire.
Day 31. If you chase butterflies they will evade you, but if you wait patiently, they will visit of their own accord. Much like happiness.
Day 30. 'Why Men' figures in Sandton.
Day 29. ''Awkwid''
Day 28. Discarded shoes.
Day 27. Summer lounging around the pool.
Day 26. Detail on a Mirage II at the War Museum.
Day 25. Christmas decor.
Day 24. J was given 2 goldfish as an Xmas present as a joke because we like the band "Goldfish". This is Dave. Dom was on the other side of the bowl. (And I've learned that photographing fish is actually quite difficult.)
Day 23. I took an extra yoga class at the gym today (The parking lot security guard was fairly unsure about me taking this pic!)
Day22. Graffiti-ed (and clearly abandoned) rubbish skip on my way to work.
Day 21. The light on the buidings vs the darkening sky caught my eye.
Day 20. Christmas dinner at Dan & Russell's place.
Day 19. I like these pants a lot. Jerome doesn't really.
Day 18. Fun things to do during lunch No 1: Stand in the post office queue.
Day 17. Yellow Wild Iris catching the late afternoon light.
Day 16. N4 experimentation. Was trying to shot trees on the side of the road as we hurtled past them on the way home (like a reverse of trying to make an action shot). I didn't even notice the little house when I took it, so while it's a pretty arb pic, I thought it was worthy of being today's pic.
Day 15. The Land Rover Assist Team. Long story involving lots of mud, one broken tow rope and a good laugh in Macaneta.
Day 14. Decayed beauty. (Shot in a derelict hospital building on Xefina island)
Day 13. Colourful batiks for sale at the market in Maputo.
Day 12. Hello Mozambique!
Day 11. Book I'm busy reading ''Do It! Every South African's Guide to Making a Difference'' - by James Motlatsi and Bobby Godsell. (Nice camera shake going on here - this was the best of all the [bad] ones I took today *sigh*)
Day 10. My cactus twins.
Day 9. I live behind this number.
Day 8. Shit! It's 12 past 10 and I haven't taken a photo today!
Day 7. Playtime! One of the puppies pulling on my shorts. They are so cute now - at that boundy, playful stage where everything is fun and interesting for them.
Day 6. Louis & Chantelle hold hands as their minister delivers their wedding service.
Day 5. The sky was on fire (I love our highveld skies this time of year).
Day 4. Greg and I, Cambrient Xmas Party on a houseboat on the Vaal River.
Day 3. After the thunderstorm...
Day 2. Left work late again, so the basement garage gates were already closed when I wanted to leave. (Don't look too closely at the pic - not exactly best focus going on there...)
Day 1. The planets were aligned (Jupiter, Venus & the new moon), and the christmas tree in a neighbours window made it feel very christmassy - like I should have been at a nativity play or something.
