a new day, a new photo: Round Robin Challenges

The round Robin Challenge this week is PINK which happens to be my favourite colour.

I adore baby girls dressed in PINK. Thats because I only have sons I guess, not that I would trade them for anything. This adorable little one is my friends 7 week old grandaughter.

I love PINK sunrises. Taken just outside Crediton Devon UK on a cold frosty morning.

I like PINK flowers and lets face it I can't resist posting at least one macro shot.

The PINK Ribbon DAY in October is my favourite PINK day.

There are a lot of fund raising activities to give finacial support to the
Breast Cancer Council of Australia.

The Brisbane bikers get together and organise a PINK ribbon bike ride and raise thousands of dollars each year. Some of the people from work participated so I went along and took photos. There was just so many bikes you couldn't even try and get a shot of everyone. Brisbane has multiple media outlets as do all cities, yet not one of them covered this worth while event.

His PINK tights are just so attractive.

This was my favourite decorated bike.

I bet his mother never imagined she would ever see him dressed in PINK.

A big PINK ribbon to finish the PINK theme. Please check out all the other PINK ROBINS at
Round Robins

-FRIENDSHIP

When I decided to participate in this challenge I had a clear idea on what my post would be. It was going to be about my dear friend Gayle and the long friendship we had maintained over the years despite long distances and huge gaps in contact. But as I went looking through my photos, to select the pics I wanted, I came across this photo and totally changed my mind.

This is a photo of my friend Gayle (in pink) and her partner Brian with their friends Elaine and Larry. I took the photo at Gayle's 2nd eldest sons wedding. I think it depicts the term friendship perfectly.

ROUND ROBIN CHALLENGE - Personal Challenge

Yes this was my idea and I have had the hardest time deciding what challenge to use.

Pottery- In 1994 I decided to become a potter. Spent a fortune on equipment, books, a certificate course and a lot of time. Thought about the headings- " the Good, the Bad and the Ugly". But alas, I couldn't come up with a photo to put in the good spot. Still have all the gear and the idea that maybe one day!!!!!!!!

Degree- Yes I have one of those but it doesn't make for interesting viewing.

Weight- Couldn't find a yo yo to take a photo of, they must be out of vogue at the present

So I guess that leaves what was probably my biggest challenge of choice.

Going on a working holiday to another country. -Not such a challenge when your younger but when your ???????

First theres the qualification registration- please read red tape, blunders, lost paper work, fees.
That took 6 months.

Registering with an agency- please read red tape, paper work, medical and medical history (only question NOT asked - "age of toilet training").

Work Permit & Visa -easy

House sitter- save that story for the disaster challenge.

So I ended up working in the city of Exeter in Devon UK for 9 months.

It is not a large city and after a while I realised that often you could see lovely rural views from quite busy areas.

A side door to Exeter Cathederal. It is huge and dominates the sky line.

Very reassurring that it's been a few years.

The swans Down Under are black. These were the first of my English whites at Exeter Quay.

Winter was fascinating, with the cold and snow.

Lived in a basement flat, you can see the front door and one window (with the bars). The rest of the house was lived in by the owners, who were the best landlords you could ever hope for.

This is at the main bus depot, where I changed buses to go to and from work. They sent me home early this evening, because if you got snowed in at work ,you just stayed and worked because the chances were that the next shift wouldn't be able to get in.

I managed to travel to heaps of places and rarely stayed still on any days off. Met some wonderful people.
I could have stayed longer but I was homesick, so decided to head home.

ROUND ROBIN CHALLENGE-NATURE

This challenge was suggested by Gina from Gina's Space and I had no trouble deciding to participate as nature is one of my favourite subjects.

Now this is a really broad topic and I really love all that nature encompasses, so I decided to try and stick to one aspect of nature.

But it was so hard trying to decide. I looked at pics from different places and remembered eg. "that was such a lovely morning in Crediton when the sun was rising and there had been a light dusting of snow". And morning is my best time of day.

Then I looked at pics of animals and thought "yes animals are best".

Or should it be the insects that I love to photograph.

Most photos are taken in the garden so this would also satisfy my love of flowers and trees.

No it was all too hard, so took the dog for a walk and of course the camera always goes to. Mindy allows me to stop and take photos once she's a bit weary. Yes it has to be the nature that surrounds me every day. The place I tend to take for granted.

The Australian Bush