ONE PHOTO A DAY FOR A YEAR

Day 1

Okay, I'm trying something here that others have tried and I just happen to love the idea. Apparently you need to take one photo a day for a year and write something about the photo. Some people are doing it on Facebook, but I've decided to do it here. Figure it will give me something to blog about, so in the end it serves a dual purpose.

You may have seen this cat on here in an earlier post ... I have blogged about him before. He is my daughter A's cat and goes by the name of ANGEL, also known as LORD SCHMUCK. He is one very spoilt cat!! We even have a sign on the laundry door where he lives .... saying A Spoilt Cat Lives Here. I can vouch for that.

I have to tell you that he is also one very tolerant and patient cat. Miss A carries him everywhere, picks him up all the time, sits him next to her and he just puts up with it all. I figure he must really love her. I know she loves him. When he hears her voice his ears prick up and he waits anxiously for her to come and pat him.

Here he is with wool on his head. Wool, yes knitting wool. Miss A put is on his head and he sat there while she took a photo.

Honestly though he is one very sweet cat.

MISS A TURNS 17!! or doesn't time fly when you're not paying attention.

My, doesn't time fly when you're not paying attention. Miss A had her 17th birthday on Thursday and I can't believe how much she has grown and changed in that time. I was blessed with a very unique and special daughter.

This was taken in 1994

(Note the gap in the front teeth - said to be very lucky)

Miss A tends to have a flair for the dramatic as is evidenced in this photo taken in June 1997. She was playing at being a bride. Don't you love the orange arrangement around the neck and the green hat...that nearly swallows up the bride.



Miss A loves animals and Nanny's horse Patrick was no exception. I absolutely love this photo and think it is very beautiful. I love the way Patrick just stays still with A on her back. Just in the right place at the right moment. My mum always did take excellent photos.

I really loved this photo of Miss A. We were in The Grampians in Victoria and she happened to be on the top of this rock, and I was below. She had no idea I was taking the photo and it was amazing to just see her sitting there looking out over the area. I actually wondered what was going through her little mind at the time.

She is often quite hyperactive and this moment was such a peaceful one and just to see her sitting there calmly doing nothing was a beautiful moment. She really did enjoy herself that day as we explored the tracks that we found in The Grampians.

Sometimes I wish I could have these special moments back and that she wouldn't grow up so fast....but that's life.

Only one more year and she will be 18.