31 December 2011

Day 365:  The Final Day of the Challenge.

The remains of a rose in the garden taken this morning and to mark the 'end' of this chapter.

It has been great fun and I have learnt so much ..... much more than I would ever imagine. A fantastic journey!

What next?   I am not sure but it will not be a daily affair and will probably be more fibre art related.

30 December 2011

Day 364:

Do not know the name but I love the 'stamen' of these.

29 December 2011

Day 363:

The Storm Lilies were out yesterday and we then had rain.

28 December 2011

Day 362:

Self explanatory ....... and pretty.

27 December 2011

Day 361:

Mother & daughter.

26 December 2011

Day 360:

Another english country scene.

25 December 2011

Day 359:
The first Noel the Angels shall sing ...................  the in thing this year was to buy a bagged indigenous tree, decorate it and then plant it afterwards.

24 December 2011

Day 358:

A peaceful scene on the Thames

23 December 2011

Day 357:

Another Lily and more rain .

22 December 2011

Day 356:

My day lilies are out flowering again ,,,, rich and beautiful!

21 December 2011

Day 355:

Seed head...... Lulworth Cove.

20 December 2011

Day 354:

A sculpture in a courtyard in the business end of London near Liverpool Street Station.

19 December 2011

Day 353:

Taken early morning under the leaves of an apple tree with the sun just catching the flowers.

18 December 2011

Day 352:

Mum's birthday and Meerkats were one of her favourite animals - London Zoo.

17 December 2011

Day 351:

Summer days are glorious!

16 December 2011

Day 350:

A troop of monkeys passed thru yesterday and very naughtily I fed them the stale loaf of bread I had.
This one found a peach pip I had thrown into the garden.

15 December 2011

Day 349:

Came across this wonderful poster of Zanzibar Doors.  Was not easy to photograph!

14 December 2011

Day 348:

Loved  the rusty security door, along with the scratched graffiti, of the restaurant I visited the other day, Antique Cafe.

13 December 2011

Day 347:

An inside visit. Sittting on the sink under the drip of the tap.

12 December 2011

Day 348:

Loved this old wrought iron chair tucked away under a shrub.

11 December 2011

Day 345:

Revisited Antique Cafe, Churchill's for lunch yesterday.  A hive of treasures,  wonderful food and I had special company.

10 December 2011

Day 344:

Halfway up the mountain to the "Teapot", Castleburn.KZN

09 December 2011

Day 343:

Early morning dew around somebodies hidy hole in the grass bank.

08 December 2011

Day 342:

It' finally stayed still for a couple of seconds!

07 December 2011

Day 341:

More of Castleburn, Drakensburg, KZN

06 December 2011

Day 340:

Castleburn, Drakensburg, KZN

05 December 2011

Day 339:

Beaded Chandelier from the Ammazulu Palace

04 December 2011

Day 338:

Stone mural from the Ammazulu Palace, KZN.

03 December 2011

Day 337:

A visitor this morning on my rose bush.

02 December 2011

Day 336:

South Coast, Kwa Zulu Natal.

1 December 2011

Day 335:

The flowers from my 'Yellow Flag' bush (do not know the botanical name) and a perfect ant!

One month to go

I have often taken more than one pic on a day during this challenge and although I deleted a fair amount I did keep quite a lot of  really nice ones and so I have decided to 'change' the rules at this point. For the month of December the pictures posted may not always be a pic taken on the day as I revisit past pics and maybe post those which I would like to share.

30 November 2011

Day 334:

It is Coral Tree time of year again.

29 November 2011

Day 333:

What with COP17 on in my city at the moment and the talk around fossil fuels, carbon emissions etc, etc, I thought I would share this pic taken last night.  A very unusually large,interesting piece of coal that came out of the bag for our braai (barbecue) last night.

28 November 2011

Day 332:

Master of disguise! 

27 November 2011

Day 331:

A close up of the 'pin cushion' flower.

26 November 2011

Day 330:

Clearing out discovered this novelty wine bottle stopper!

25 November 2011

Day 329:

Still raining and all the flowers are taking a hammering!

24 November 2011

Day 328:

Could not resist another Agie Flower!

23 November 2011

Day 327:

What's left of a bromeliad flower after the rains!

22 November 2011

Day 326:

Hydrangea flower head close up.

21 November 2011

Day 325:

This quilt was lent out a couple of months ago and I was finally getting round to putting it away so snapped a small portion of it.

20 November 2011

Day 324:

Found on my doorstep this morning .... probably sheltering from the rain and trying to dry out.

19 November 2011

Day 323:

One good thing..... the rain has kept me inside and I have finished this quilt.  Very pleased.

18 November 2011

Day 322:

I have not looked this battered beauty up in my book yet.

17 November 2011

Day 321:

New beginnings and yes the rain has returned!

16 November 2011

Day 320:

I have shown some fungi from the garden before but this is the biggest.  This is a mushroom which popped up in the garden a few days ago (approx 6" in diameter) and it looks like the monkeys and birds have been having a go at it ....... hope it is edible!

15 November 2011

Day 319:

Fascinating  bunch of miniature roses purchased today as a thank you gift ..... seem to have got in the way of the painters.

14 November 2011

Day 318:

More Day Lilies open!

13 November 2011

Day 317:

.....and still drizzling. Spot the noo noo again?

12 November 2011

Day 316:

With all the rain my tree frog has emerged.  Yeah!