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Advent Photo-a-Day Challenge, December 25th: Holy Family

I know, I know, I know – Advent finished last night. But the challenge finishes today.

That being said, I was stuck for something to use until we got around to opening presents this evening and my wife discovered a painted stone nativity set. Perfect.

Stones painted to look like the Holy Family (Mary, Joseph and Jesus) resting on a hessian bag

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Advent Photo-a-Day Challenge, December 24th: Child

And, the child I’m sure I’ve mentioned a fair old bit throughout this year’s challenge…

Angelic Anwen

Edited to add:

Also, I loved this book as a child and it’s still pretty good.

Cover of

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Advent Photo-a-Day Challenge, December 23rd: Promise

“Peace on earth & good will to all…”
Pretty good promise from the angels right there.

model person with fabric angel wings added

Also, my daughter’s abstract, bottle-top art shows promise.

bottle tops, arranged on a kitchen floor

And, a more recent exhibit:

bottle tops, arranged on a kitchen floor

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Advent Photo-a-Day Challenge, December 22nd: Good News

Good news! I finished all the wrapping!

box of wrapped up presents

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Advent Photo-a-Day Challenge, December 21st: Generations

Symbols of the latest two generations of Hardys…

leather jacket and The Monster at the End of this Book

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Advent Photo-a-Day Challenge, December 20th: Blessed

After two or three days of just wet ones, a brace of solid-filled nappies this afternoon is a blessed relief.

mixed nappies

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Black and White Photo Challenge – Side by Side

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been attempting the “Black & White Photo Challenge” – a photo, in black and white, from your life every day with no people and no further explanation.

I played for sixteen days out of the seven suggested and thought it might be fun to compare the original colour shots to the filtered and cropped black and white images – click on an image to view full size in a scroll-able slideshow, the originals are immediately followed their black and white counterparts…

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Advent Photo-a-Day Challenge, December 19th: Love

I love that my parents have kept these jigsaws that I loved as a kid.

colourful wooden pig jigsaw

wooden jonah and the whale jigsaw

I also think that the fancy one (two layers of removable bits!) may have started my life-long love of the story of Jonah.

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Advent Photo-a-Day Challenge, December 18th: Home

Every time I visit friends in Halifax, we go to Olivetta for lunch (and always have the chicken pide). It feels like home from home.
olivetta restaurant

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Advent Photo-a-Day Challenge, December 17th: Baptism

It feels like a baptism of fire every time I run the PA for the monthly Rock Mass that my best mate runs…
sound desk