A new year 2026 and we both wonder how the past year has gone so fast!

Live in the South Island of New Zealand in a small town. We have better weather than most areas and it's always easy to get a park - besides, it only takes 5 minutes to get anywhere!

I initially took a photo a day for 12 years but after an accident when I couldn't use my left arm for 11 weeks let alone hold a camera, I took a breather. It's now over 2 years and I'm almost back to normal. But older age creeps in and you have to keep active. 365 helps!. In one way recently, it didn't help. I set the timer for a 10 sec shot on my tripod camera and raced to get into position. It was not enough time and by the 4th attempt, I had pulled a muscle and spent the rest of the week limping around!
Now I post a photo when a good opportunity arrives.

Learning about my cameras and how to take good photography is a real bonus. I started in 2011.

There are three albums I've got, the second one being for a photo that I wanted to keep for that date but not being part of the daily challenge. The third one for overflows.

My 365 friends have been real friends with whom I had have had laughs and sad moments!I I literally have hundreds of friends all round the world!