Emele’s 365 Day Photo Challenge

Photo a day 325-330

November 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Day 325 – A new recipe I tried out, but then forgot to photo until I’d already eaten half of it! Pasta, ham and roasted broccoli in a cream cheese sauce.

Day 326 – Baking Day – Chocolate and hazelnut muffins

Day 327 -Poorly Lloyd. He hurt his foot/leg so had to be nursed in the “ill bed” with a blanket and cat sized pillow for comfort.

Day 228 -Learning to knit… again.

Day 329 -Warren and Van… Warren has actually put himself between Van and Cleo (who was under the table) so that the two girlies don’t get fighting…

Day 330 – Geraniums… Just because!

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Photos 317-324

November 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment


Day 317 – Baby praying mantis on the curtain – So small it was hard to get him (or her) in focus.

Day 318 – Making a website for Danny’s Dad…

Day 319 – The remains of a squeezed orange… I was making a chocolate orange cake.

Day 320 – Sweeping the chimney with a home made (bamboo) brush… It worked perfectly and was free!!

Day 321 – Lloyd striking yet another pose. I then “artified” him in photoshop. Quite pleased with it… Canvas prints I’m thinking!

Day 322 – Garden “snippy” tools. I like to snip at the plants.

Day 323 – A small scorpion (or at least that type of insect) found in the wood pile. Scary looking things… I took the pic then ran lol

Day 324 – A huge huge huge praying mantis on the pool wall. This pic just doesn’t show how large he was.

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Day 310 – 316

November 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Day 310 – Warren took over my “elbow cushion” as it’s just the right width for him. Lucky it’s a saturday so no laptop work to be done!

Day 311 – I was trying to take a pic of my cup of tea and choc bar balanced on my notebook as a kind of typical sunday afternoon look but it was such a dreadful, dreadful photo that I had to “abstract it”.

Day 312 – Photo editing day… Finally got around to editing the reservoir pics from May, which I took before I left for England!

Day 313 – Super busy. Look at the state of my diary pages!

Day 314 – Sleepy Mr Warren Bunny. (His full name is Mr Warren Wozza Bunny!! and his wife is Cleo Chloe Patra Bunny. Lol.

Day 315 – An empty wasp nest… Very small.  They built it on a cactus spike but then I suppose because I kept going to look they decided to move house and/or never finished it!

Day 316 – Food shopping in Lidl.

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Photo a day 304-309

November 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Day 304 – Van’s pretty white feet – She used to have a tabby toe as a kitten but looks like that must be on the other foot unless it’s vanished!

Day 305 – My Dad sawing up wood for the fire.

Day 306 – Greek yoghurt with honey… Not the most appetizing of photos, tasted better than it looks!

Day 307 – Crisps. (aka potato chips!) I’m a total crisp addict. Very confusing with the language thing though… Why are chips in English actually Fries. and Crisps are chips in America. Mind you I only discovered recently that biscuits in America are  not actually “cookies” … But that’s not really relevant to this photo!

Day 308 – A broken starfish found on the beach… It may not be perfect but it’s the best beach treasure I’ve found in quite a while!

Day 309 – These are some of the books that had to be posted back home as I couldn’t get them all in my suitcase! We now desperately need a new bookcase!

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Photos 296-303

November 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Day 296 – New sofa covering with Lloyd and Monkee testing it out! ( Note to self never again take a photo of a grey cat laying on a grey sofa.)

Day 297 – Rainyness :(

Day 298 – Cleo rolling around outside.

Day 299- Praying mantis on the back of a chair outside – I did move him before I sat down!

Day 300 – Working on my new site some more…

Day 301 – Look what the cat dragged in…

Day 302 – Dad painting the shutters in Santorini blue.

Day 303 – Baking time! Waiting for the chocolate to melt on top of the slice.

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Photos 278-295

October 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This is the final catchup then we’re back to normal!

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Hmm sorry for the small pics… Really not sure why that happens sometimes :(

Day 278 – Fogginess! Rather pleased with this abstract pic -

Day 279 – A new phone for me  thanks to my cousin. They are on one of those contracts where they get a new phone every few months… So I had the old one – Very pleased with it.

Day 280 – Talking to my Dad online.

Day 281 – On our very quick 24hr  trip to Cambridge

Day 282 – And… on the way back from Cambs. – Silly diversion made us do a loop so that we actually passed the place we had started off from. Grrr.

Day 283 – Two days before my flight I suddenly realize I have too much stuff and need to send a parcel home!

Day 284 – Choccy dog :)

Day 285 – On Greek soil once again – Heraklion Airport

Day 286 – Oh my god it’s sunshine!!! ;)

Day 287 – A new addition to the family? Hmm this is Elsie but she aint staying if I have anything to do with it.

Day 288 – Cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning. I spent sooooo long on those tiles and cooker knobs.

Day 289 – Henry striking a pose. He’s one of the strays that we feed.

Day 290 – Van on the table aka the dumping ground!

Day 291 -  Garden view. Took lots of garden pics for Danny’s mum.

Day 292 – A little random… It’s a closeup of a bathroom tile. I was taking stock photos!

Day 293 – *This pic is below*  (I somehow forgot to put it in with the others!) Greek “dumphies” kinda like a profiterole but without the cream and chocolate sauce – with honey and nuts instead.

Day 294 – Going into town… Taken from the car… Just cos it’s Crete and I’m back again and it’s all strangely “fresh”… As if I’m a tourist or something.

Day 295 – The front of the house… Once again for Danny’s mum so she can see where I am!

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Photo a Day 270-277

October 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Day 270 – Playin Jenga

Day 271 – Amusing ourselves by making “buildings” with the jenga blocks…. I asked Danny to hold up some paper to make a background for the blocks so they would show up but it didnt work very well so I snapped him holding the paper as well….. Just makes me laugh!

Day 272 – Boats on the canal at Devizes

Day 273 – Nik’s butterflies…

Day 274 – Mushrooms in the woods

Day 275 – Danny’s new passport – Now he can come visit and we can go travelling!

Day 276 – Danny playing his game…

Day 277 – Starting to pack and work out what to take home to Crete and what to leave here.

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Photo a Day 262-269

October 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Hello! I’m only about 3 weeks behind with uploading my pics of the day… These ones below are from the end of September…. More recent ones to follow until I get back up to date with it all!

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Day 262 – Scott went missing at the so I was pendulum swinging to see if he was ok.

Day 263 – A gargoyle above the cottage front door.

Day 264 – Kitchen wall closeup!

Day 265 – My family of Monkeys, all getting along brilliantly!

Day 266 – A map I drew for Scott… He doesn’t seem to be paying any attention to it though.

Day 267 – Mist / Fog (what’s the difference?!) Hadn’t seen this stuff in 5 years so was quite surprised to wake up one morning and not be able to see the field at the bottom of the garden.

Day 268 – Hotel booking confirmation for our trip to Cambridge in October.

Day 269 – My farm on Farmtown / Facebook…. I don’t get round to tending to it very much now

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Photo a Day 248-261

September 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Day 248 – Freeeebies!!! Danny arrived home from work and it was like Xmas! 3 photo magazines and a wildlife dvd – Very chuffed.

Day 249 – I spend a lot of my time in that bed with the laptop… Gotta keep warm!

Day 250 – Lilly Closeup… I had to take pics of all the flowers Nic got for her birthday.

Day 251 – Scaffolding on next doors cottage… The builders only came at night when it was cold and almost dark – Very odd, almost as if they were Greek builders!!!

Day 252 – Typical English post box… Along with those old red London busses this is what I think of when I think “England” and “Countryside”. Also took a pic of a red phone box… Hmmm something about the color red isn’t there?!

Day 253 – Flower Closeup…

Day 254 -  My new camera bag, bday present from Danny.

Day 255 – Monkey World. Not sure which orangutan this is though…

Day 256 – This is the birthday card my Dad did for me from the cats. The boys are footballers and the girls cheerleaders! Love It :)

Day 257 – A few more birthday cards…

Day 258 – A little piece of England!

Day 259 – Playing peggle on the xbox… Our latest joint game addiction

Day 260 – New jumper/cardi/top… Not a great color but extremely thick and warm :)

Day 261 – Finishing off my birthday chocolates… Very bad out of focus shot… This challenge seems to be making me worse not better at photography :( Or could that be cos I rush it and only remember I didn’t take a photo of the day when it’s dark and gloomy?!

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Day 235 – 247

September 5, 2009 · 1 Comment

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Day 235 – More bootsale buys – Books, books, books, a Lilliput lane cottage for 50p, videos and a piece of art that I want to reuse for myself!

Day 236 – Globe and chess pieces in Danny’s room…

Day 237 -Here’s that oil on canvas piece again, only £2.00 so cheaper than buying a new canvas. I really want to try oils/acrylics so this is perfect. Danny told me not to tell the person I bough it from that I only got it to reuse!!

Day 238 – This is what Danny drops on the table as he walks in the door… Although the paper is mine with the cost of my flight/s!

Day 239 -Another view of his back garden!

Day 240 – Washing on the line… Random but I like it! (The photo that is, not actually doing the washing and pegging it out)

Day 241 – Bowling with Neil and Danny

Day 242 – Selling at a bootsale rather than buying!!

Day 243 – Misty meadow… Photoshoped.

Day 244 – Ahhh I haven’t done pic of the day… Danny it’s gotta be you again!!

Day 245 – I know, I know, what the heck is it? We were wrapping presents for Dannys mums bday – This is a photoshoped version.

Day 246 – Almost empty sweety (candy) packet

Day 247 – Flower closeup – Nic got these for her birthday, knew I had to snap them x 100!

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