Australian Advent Calendar Day 24!

Well, you don't get more Australian than brilliant blue skies, yellow grass and a sheep's backside in the background...

Happy Christmas everyone!

(Yes, and that is a toilet being used as a flowerpot..)

Australian Advent Calendar Day 23

Australian Advent Calendar Day 22

The council building in Perth lit up like a ... Christmas Tree.

Australian Advent Calendar Day 20

Some summery Christmas decorations at the in-laws - beginning.... slightly... to feel like Christmas.
A little tiny bit.

Australian Advent Calendar Day 18

                         

Australian Advent Calendar Day17

                      

Australian Advent Day (unlucky for some) 13

It was one of those days today that reminds me that I do quite like summer - swimming at the beach after school, fish and chips in the garden, another gorgeous sunset...

Australian Advent Calendar Day 12

Just before my camera died at the Christmas Pageant I managed to get a snap of the first Wise Man...

Here's the first twelve days of Christmas!

Australian Advent Calendar Day 10

Hoping if I post my Christmas cards tomorrow they'll get to England in time?...

                           

Australian Advent Calendar Day 7 and 8

A teeny tiny bauble hanging by our stairs... 

(I love how big our house looks in this photo - it isn't really!)

And some ginormous baubles hanging in a fig tree in Freo...

Australian Advent Calendar Day 6

I received a parcel from my mum yesterday, mysteriously marked 'Ox and Goat'...

I've set up our newly expanded Nativity scene beside a blackboard stable.

Australian Advent Calendar Day 5

Blue skies and banksias.

Australian Advent Calendar Day 4

Just opened the gate to find an exciting looking parcel - I know exactly what it is because I buy my own Christmas present each year - that way I know I'll get what I want and like what I get...

Australian Advent Calendar Day 3

For some reason the boys hop out of bed a lot more happily during Advent...

Australian Advent Calendar Day 2

Australian Advent Calendar - Day 1

I don't know where November went? Anyone?

I don't think I'll ever get to grips with the first day of Advent also being the first day of summer - it just isn't right...

In an attempt to boost my Christmas spirit I've decided to post a Christmas themed photo every day until Christmas Eve - I really need to embrace an Australian Christmas instead of moaning about it every day. 

(Some people have subtly hinted that this is getting annoying... especially since I am going back to England for New Year!)

So I'm thinking this little project will force me to get out and about, searching for signs of Christmas, however strange and summery they may be!

So - No.1 of my Australian Advent Calendar - my lovely Woolacombe poster complete with fairy lights.

August Break 7

My turquoise bracelet from Fremantle Market and... a glass of water.

Photo a Day - Red

Photo a Day - Something I wore today

My polka dot swimsuit! 
To the swimming pool, not on the school run....


Also spotted today (get it?..sorry!) this design I licensed to The Original Poster Company - for sale in my local garage - bought one for my mum!

Photo a Day - Smile

I found this cow in a charity shop - he casts a great shadow and makes me smile each time I walk past him