Through the eyes of sisters week 3 - Topic: Flight

Once again this week’s topic was picked with so much enthusiasm, vision and excitement … but it would appear time is less enthusiastic about our topics than my sister and I. We have both had a very tough week with so much on our plates. I picked flight (with a bit of encouragement from my sister) thinking of the planes we have here that leave these long trails of precipitation behind them when they take off which end up looking like straight clouds … always so pretty, and when you catch them in the early morning or late evening they are pretty pink and purple and peach. I had visions of leaves blowing (being autumn), the monarch butterflies in our local park, I also thought of our friend playing basketball and flying through the air like you see on TV (although I had one concern: it is rumoured white men can’t jump …LoL). Sadly all these picture perfect photo's had one thing in common that was missing from my week .... time :( but we make do and squeeze in some time with our camera's.

My sisters pic is taken one morning before the bus collects the kids for school. My nephew is going through an origami phase at the moment, and his first choice in paper folding is planes, this pic is of him folding a doozy (sp?? .. I am not so clued up with plane terms), I love Pam’s interpretation of the topic, no one said it had to be airborne so shows real “out of the box” thinking!

My pic is thanks to a friend who was really a great about the whole thing, I was running out of time to get the pic done so he agreed to meet me after dinner at the school courts. He ran and jumped and jumped and ran and threw as many times as I needed. When I got home and downloaded the pics it was only then I realised how high he actually was jumping … *BANG* goes that rumour … hey I could get a job on Myth Busters … LoL … My picture had turned out exactly as I hoped showing movement, and grounding and height. Thanks buddy!!! You’re a great sport!

Once again my sister and I have had real diverse ideas of our topic, and having just recieved next weeks, I am filled with that same excitement, there is so much open to ones interpretation of this topic, I have a clear picture in my head of what I want ... now to get the shot! I think once again my sister and I will prove that just because we share DNA we don't think the same.

Through the eyes of sisters - Topic: Water

This weeks topic was from my sister, I think it was a great topic, we are having to start saying our goodbyes to summer, and being coastal that means good bye long lazy days on the beach, she is saying hello to spring and good bye snow which is no doubt has almost all but melted ... water all around us.

So with that in mind ...

Pam was feeding her friends horses, looking into the pond while the fish were feeding on the surface. Notice how you can just look at something and not know what is really going on underneath, or what ripples it causes and how far those ripples reach .... so when you go out there and make your waves - make sure they are good waves because you never know where those ripples will hit land!

as for me ...
I headed off to the beach family in tow in quest for this weeks picture. The day was gorgeous, the sun was bright and the sky cloudless! The sea was, however, a little rough but it makes the perfect playground for surfers! So while the kids frolicked in the froth of the water I sat on the shore snapping at the surfers ... what a hard life this is! I know these days are numbered, and I would go as far to say as that was probably our last proper beach visit of the season, unless April has something good in store for us. In tribute to what has been an awesome summer, and to tie in to this weeks topic ... here is my pic:

This topic was just so versatile I couldn't resist adding some extra snaps, there is just something about rain that is so refreshing, cleansing and beautiful, one of my favourite things is shooting flowers after rain ... good thing I live in a rainy climate I guess, whenever I get a good shot the thing that comes to mind is "angels tears" ...

Through the eyes of sisters ... Topic: Round

This fern is associated with NZ, I thought it apt for my mood as it shows the begining, a new leaf on life, the start of something beautiful, the last months have seen our life change, a new begining for us and I am just about to embark on something I hope will be the start of something beautiful ... this fern leaf is me ;-)

Pams story:

In one of our farmers yards, they have this blue glass ball on a pedastal, it is so funky, you can see the fence and farmhouse and barn - and our van - in the background!