Pete's birthday..and we began the day with a swim at Bondi...

then a walk around the harbour, followed by lunch overlooking the bridge.....

 

and in the evening we went to the Keith Urban concert at Allphones Arena....what a fabulous day!

 

Our apartment in Sydney....above an organic bakery, walking distance to Bondi beach and Phil's house....and so vintage, a great find.

 

Jeremy in Torino with his two second cousins, Francesco and Nicolo`....thankyou Antonella for the photo. My italian relatives are definitely  a "silver lining" in my life. Thankyou  Corrado and Antonella for welcoming Jeremy into your home.

 

Walking along the coast at sunset.. near Trigg Island

 

Ladies 9th tee , I'm waiting for my playing partners (Pete, Kim and Haydn) to tee off on the men's tee...

 

Australia Day...Floreat Beach....walking with the girls

 

 DD....Darling Daughter...Tash...she and Todd cooked Pete and I and Mandy and Graeme,  a sensational meal tonight...an early birthday celebration for Pete....

 

Pete, Juliet, Chris and I enjoyed a picnic dinner before watching the film "Sister" at Somerville Auditorium ...

 

This is a photo I put on instagram a while ago...the rose is Graham Thomas, a David Austin rose which is a great bloomer...have always appreciated our front verandah...

 

Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in the film "Silver Linings Playbook"....saw the preview tonight...interesting title! ...thoroughly enjoyed the film, especially the acting by these two.

Work today...in the labs...pretty little tubes!

 

Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables....saw the film this afternoon...he was fabulous...and so was the film, it is still my favourite musical.

 

Tash and Todd...going to Sarah and Brett's wedding reception. 

Matilda Bay, Swan River at dusk.......

 

Clancy's Fish Pub at City Beach...my first visit today with Jenny for lunch

 

Golf Day....had a lovely game with Jane (Ellis....we have a lot of Janes in the club) and Jan (Graham...and a lot of Jans). I know I have photographed this tree before but this is a shot of the flowers....we all love it.

 

State Library, music section..and look what I found!!!!

Today would have been my mum's 82nd birthday....She was an amazing person and I was fortunate to have her as my mum.

 

Dear sweet Rujia in the lab...Rujia is one of our  PhD students from Shanghai.

 

A little rest after golf....(it was a busy weekend)

 

Thanks to Rob for taking this photo of Nat, Cathy and I...dinner at our place, New Year get together with the boys and also to celebrate Nat's birthday.

 

Danielle and Adrienne...and Jane  came to dinner...lovely warm night outside...perfect!

 

Golf today...Angie on the 18th...

 

Chris and Solomon at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne...Taryn posted this shot on instagram today and kindly sent me a copy. 

 

Jeremy standing in front of the Berlin Wall's East Side Gallery .This is one of the photos that Jeremy posted on instagram...I asked him to send me a copy for this blog.  

 

Hot and humid in Perth...escaped to the cinema...my favourite actor, Ryan Gosling....

 

Whilst waiting for Tash and Todd to arrive for breakfast , I photographed these little birds in Niki and Paul's front garden in Dunsborough (they live in Bird Crescent!)...they are New Holland Honeyeaters...they loved the grevillea bushes .

 

First Aid kit performing at Southbound....wonderful live!

 

 

Walk at sunset along Dunsborough foreshore...cool and tranquil....

 

Tash and Todd at Southbound...TNT they're dynamite!!

 

Chris and Solly....farewell dinner before they leave for Melbourne on Monday...

 

Andreas Seppi...at the Hopman Cup...at the Perth Arena

 

in our liquid amber tree...rather noisy outside our bedroom window this morning!

Last sunset of 2012....ended this year's photo blog as I began it...my favourite person, my favourite place.
I have enjoyed this blog, I have learned  a lot, not just about blogs and photography but more about what I value in my life...