Gotta' love a good sunset.

Late afternoon and that sky begins to drip off its heat.

Being an avid sky watcher, I do enjoy a when a free light show comes up. The new year celebrated out west saw the swamp still full and the swamp nearly always provides a good foreground/ backdrop to the western skys.

These were taken on the good old Cannon snappy-happy. Rather than slinging a great wad of a camera around, I throw this one in the top pocket, jump on the bike and go photo hunting. The camera always grabs good shots easily.

As someone once said, 'The main secret to a great shot is just being there!'

But there afternoons that you will never capture, so I dont even try. I will leave the camera behind and go and stand out on the edge and soak it all in. The best sunsets are locked up in my memories.

Mmmm, September was a big one.

Woah woah woah, hold the date line on the Blog.

Let me tell you about the new addition. (Not the HQ wagon)(That's another story).

On the second last Friday of September 2010 we said G'day to the newest member of the nest, Tessera Jean (or T.J, or TeeJ, or Tess...) our baby girl. A remarkably smooth and mellow entry into the world she was 3.6 kg, 520 long with dark hair, blue eyes and a 'turn the lights back off' look on her face.

I write this 4 months down the track where the bizarreness of being a father is slowly getting the edge taken off it. (Although I do wake up in the night still wondering what was that noise creeping into my dream, and then remember that we have a 3rd member to the household.)

After we found out that HD was preggers, we were both thankful of a good 7 months of preparation and psyching-up and listening to stories and reading. Looking back at HD's pic when she was 8 or 9 months is like 'you were really pregnant wern't you?'.

All good... that stage was fun, HD breezed it in and looked good doing so. Now almost a 3rd of a year is already over and putting together photos for the blog, TeeJ has changed soooo much in so little time.

So onwards and upwards, everything is more or less new for us and her. She enjoys watching leaves on the trees in the wind, quiet contemplation of the blue and green and brown world beyond her hands, discovering her voice.... its all a fresh canvas.

I'm sure she will get a mention in the coming months.

Here's a month by month review in a few pictures..