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#Zombieprompts – Share some old family photos

I have a whole wall full of family photos (and a whole bunch of much more recent family pics that need to be printed and put in frames and hung up).

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My absolute favourite photo is this one.

We are not entirely sure who he is. We think he may be my moms grandfather. I found the photo when I was going through my grans old photos. She had photos from her wedding, photos of her brother and other important family photos and then this one. There is no writing on the back and Paul is convinced its just the photo that came with a frame. But…

I dont think frames came like that back in the day. It wasnt in a frame when I found it, just tucked in loose with the others. And, he looks like my grans brother. Definitely family!

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Gratitude: Days 24 to 30

Im taking part in a photo challenge.

You can see the first 6 days here and days 7 to 14 here.

You can see days 15 to 23 here.

Day 24: gratitude - I'm so grateful that I'm able to make even this small contribution. #CutForCANSA

 

Day 25: artwork - the print we bought at the iPhonography exhibit. @Jenty sold it to benefit #teamjp

 

Day 26: transportation - my baby 🙂

 

Day 27: daily routine - tea! Can't start my day without it. Even if it's just one sip 🙂

 

Day 28: nighttime - the street light outside my house

 

Day 29: light - through the clouds. The sun will shine

 

Day 30: self portrait - mwa!

 

Im a little bit sorry I wont have anymore daily photos to take.  This was fun!

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Gratitude: Days 15 to 23

Im taking part in a photo challenge.

You can see the first 6 days here and days 7 to 14 here.

Day 15: technology - no one said it had to be modern tech. My grans original electric sewing machine

 

Day 16: - animals - this is my mothers dog Bones. I'm grateful that I get to live with her 3 pups 🙂

 

Day 17: memories - thanks mom for taking the photos 🙂

 

Day 18: something new - fresh summer fruit 🙂

 

Day 19: best friend - @wendilk. She had to send me the pic cause she doesnt work with me anymore 🙁

 

Day 20: seasonal - or unseasonal since its supposed to be hot and sunny. I love this weather though 🙂 #nofilter

 

Day 21: where you sleep - Im so so so grateful for our king size extra length bed. @pauljacobson is slightly more grateful though #talldude

 

Day 22: clothing - my outfit today. Dress from my moms cupboard. Jeans from Truworths. Shoes from local artist at the Bryanston Organic Market.

 

Day 23: in your closet - Ummm ja. Not gonna happen. It's a mess. Sorry 😉
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Gratitude: The next 8 days

Im taking part in a photo challenge.

You can see the first 6 days here.

Day 7: something funny - Faith's bed head 🙂

 

Day 8: favourite colour - #red

 

Day 9: inspiring person - my mommy! The strongest, smartest, most beautiful lady I know!

 

Day 10: nature - a corner of my moms garden. Bliss

 

Day 11: something old - Funk & Wagnalls dictionary circa 1949

 

Day 12: Hands - Hubband and wif

 

Day 13: written words - support the cause

 

Day 14: movement - how awesome is it that I get to watch my baby girl wiggle around 🙂
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Gratitude: The first 6 days

Im taking part in a photo challenge.

Here are the first 6 photos.

day 1: favourite food. All food is my fave, today this tops my list 🙂

 

day 2: smile - I'm so grateful to be able to draw smiles with my big boy!

 

day 3: happiness - my almost 1 year old 🙂

 

day 4: leaves - I am so grateful to have not 1 but 2 purple bougainvillea plants outside my bedroom. The 'petals' are actually leaves 🙂

 

day 5: morning sky - I'm grateful for the rain we might get later today #nofilter

 

day 6: books - just a small portion of our book shelf... About 1/5 of the space...
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How are we going to choose?

*This post has been coming for a week!*

Last Sunday we met Jenty (aka Jeanette) at the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens for our much anticipated photo shoot.

We had so much fun.  It took Aaron a little while to warm up but once he had he was so into it.  He ran, jumped, threw leaves, demanded attention, took Jeanette’s hand and led her around and just had an absolute ball.

The sneak peek Jeannette put up on her blog is amazing, I can barely choose my favourites from those ones, how in heavens name am I supposed to choose from the full batch we will be getting?

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Renewal of an old project

When we moved into our house just under 4 years ago I had great plans for the one red wall in our dining room.

I envisioned tons of family photos vying for space, old memories jostling for position with new memories, all held together by a common thread, in this case it would be the frames, all black or silver.

Just under 4 years down the line this is what that wall looks like…

Im ashamed to say it is still bare.

This is what I received for my birthday last year and the year before…

My mission is to get those frames filled with photos and onto that wall!

I am thinking of making all the photos a sepia/antique look to further bring them all together.  There will be my parents and Pauls parents wedding photos, our wedding photos, pics of Aaron, us as a family, our brothers and sisters and grandparents.

I also want to get some more silver frames.

Also, part of the plan is to have a family shoot done by Jenty sometime this year, I especially want to put her photos into the frame that says “DAD MOM ME”.

I cant wait to get going on this!

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Made my mark!

Today I voted.  Paul got up ridiculously early and got to the voting station at 6:45.  The queue was already round the conrer.  At 8am Aletta came in to look after Aaron (she is going this afternoon) and I left to join Paul in the line.  I got there at about 8:15 and we had another 40 min wait until we reached the front.

Everyone was in a good mood despite the freezing cold weather.  Paul took some photos, you can see one or two of them here and here.

I am proud to have voted.  So, all South Africans, get out there and make your mark!!