I’m just a little rusty

Today’s rusty pic is of an old ‘block & tackle’ pulley I found at the harbour while fishing a long time ago. Today a typical pulley would be made of cast iron not wood, so it was quite a find. I vowed I would polish it up and get rid of the rust, basically get it back into top condition, but as we all know, there are too many other priorities in life. And so the rusty pulley, like us all, slowly gets older and more rusty adding to it’s already unique character.

To have and to hold

One of the things I don't like is posed photographs, however yesterday I was racking my brain for something to shoot and I eventually gave up and got my wife to sit on the couch and hold my son's hand while they watched TV. That gave me a few minutes to move around taking a few shots. So while it's a typical child/parent hand-holding pic, I think it's come out okay.

In the 'swing' of things

I ran around last night trying to find a 'swing' to photograph, until my wife suggested I shoot our parrot. His name is Buttons and he's about 12 years old. Sometimes he can be a right pain (like immitating a telephone ring as you're leaving the house, causing you to run back inside) and other times he can be very sweet (like barking at our dogs!) Either way he is definitely a VERY big part of the family.

Nice set of pipes...

This HS:MS daily challenge gets you to look around and see the world a little differently every day, and I'm loving it. Today's challenge was interesting: trying to find something unique and perhaps even beautiful in something as ordinary as a pipe. Last night saw me crawling around the house trying to find a pipe that's at least a little interesting, and I eventually shot these that are in my garage.

Such a show off!!

One of the things I'm truly blessed with is the townhouse complex we stay in. My kids have tons of friends and can safely play whenever and wherever they wish. All the neighbours get along well and the complex is well maintained and always looks good. They've recently installed night lighting in our gardens and I think the results are spectactular.

SPS (Someone’s Portrait Saturday)

One of my family’s favourite holiday destinations is a guest farm in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands area. It’s an actual working farm where the kids get to ride horses, milk cows, etc, and at the moment we try to get away to the farm at least once a year. This is a portrait I took of my son while we were there and is a firm favourite of mine. One thing I NEVER do is pass up an opportunity to show off when it comes to my kids. So here is today’s SPS.

What a 'knot' I got!

Today's HS:MS word is 'knot' and what a lot of fun this one's been. I've been paging through books looking for just the right phrase to shoot, one that has a word ending in K before the word NOT. I think the result was well worth the effort. (I'm really enjoying this HS:MS daily challenge)

Hayfever season

Sorry it's late but I only managed to get aroung to shooting late last night. It's hayfever season here in South Africa. It's our winter at the moment (not that we actually have winters) and everything is dry and brittle. The air gets full off dry African dust which can lead to terrible hayfever and runny noses. Today's pic is of my son's nasal spray, which at the moment is always close at hand.

It's pouring!!

This is my nephew's Christening a few weeks ago, and I've been dieing for a chance to use this shot. So when HS:MS used the word 'Pour' for today's prompt I jumped at the chance of uploading it. What a pleasant surprise. Thanks Anita and Kirsty. (PS: No children were harmed in the taking of this photograph, in fact he had a blast)

Please forgive me

Okay so today's post is a bit of a cheat! I've posted this image before but I really like it and because today's HS:MS prompt is 'wave' it's really appropriate. My problem is that by the time I get home from work in the evening, it's dark so I don't have any natural light to shoot in. Hope you'll all forgive me for using this!!