December Days 2016

[nanila]

Somehow, we are nearly eleven twelfths of the way through this year. On the scale of national and global events, it has been an utterly appalling grind. On a purely personal level, it has been busy and fulfilling. I feel simultaneously an increasing pressure to expend my resources in extending an umbrella of protection over those who don't share the modicum of good fortune I possess, and the urge to enjoy that modicum of good fortune whilst it remains. I'll soon begin my annual Seasonal Giving posts in order to facilitate the former.

In the interests of fulfilling the latter, I'm going to repeat the December Days meme with photos, as I did last year. Please suggest a photo you would like me to post and, if you would like, select a particular day. If you're bereft of ideas, here's a short list.

• the kids, Keiki and Humuhumu
  
• Throwback Thursday
  
• the cat, Telstar
  
• me (I do love a selfie)
  
• local wildlife
  
• macro shots
  
• places I've been (see the "travel" tag DW/LJ)

I may opt to repost an old photo or take a new one, depending on temporal and/or spatial constraints.

November 30: Telstar (for alatefeline) (DW/LJ)
December 1: Anything I like! (for cmcmck) (DW/LJ)
December 2: Favourite bug photo of the year (for redsixwing) (DW/LJ)
December 4: Local wildlife (for gwendraith) (DW/LJ)
December 5: Telstar (for omnipotent) (DW/LJ)
December 6: What Humuhumu thinks is the best thing they've done this year (for silveradept) (DW/LJ)
December 7: For SCIENCE! (DW/LJ)
December 12: Twinkle twinkle chocolate bar (access-locked; DW/LJ)
December 13: Not-so-peaceful toilet visit (access-locked; DW/LJ)
December 15: #tbt (DW/LJ)
December 16: Away in a manger (DW/LJ)
December 21: The lab Christmas party begins (DW/LJ)
December 22: #tbt (DW/LJ)
December 24: Bauble mania (DW/LJ)
December 29: A macro photo of two nose-tips touching. Ideally one nose should be Telstar's (for pbristow) (DW/LJ)
January 5: #tbt (DW/LJ)
January 9: "Telstar &"...Nephew (for silveradept) (access-locked; DW/LJ)
January 10: The kids playing with each other (for wohali) (DW/LJ/)
January 11: The view from my window (for delight) (DW/LJ)
January 12: #tbt (DW/LJ)
January 18: The canal (for emelbe) (access-locked; DW/LJ)
January 19: #tbt (DW/LJ)

Keiki & bloke being happy together (for whereisirisnow)
Me laughing (for dizzykj)
Humuhumu & favourite vegetable (for kake)
Our home (for ironed_orchid)
Favourite selfie of the year (for calissa)
Spaaaaace (for quoththeravyn)
A series of photos that would be titled "Telstar &" (for silveradept)
A visual dictionary of Keiki words (for silveradept)
You at your most casual and you at your most formal (for silveradept)
Doing something whacky (for jixel)
Upside-down selfie (for danaid_luv)

Comments

[whereisirisnow]

Really like this idea! Nice that you are doing it again!

If you like a challenge, what do you think about a (happy) picture of Keiki and the bloke together? (at least it appears to be a challenge from your general life updates ;) )

[nanila]

Thanks! Funnily enough, I managed to capture a good photo of the two of them about a week ago, when Keiki was sitting on the bloke's lap and listening to a story. I'll post that! :)

[nou]

I would like to see a photo of Humuhumu with her favourite vegetable, please!

[nanila]

Thank you for the prompt! Now I have to find out what her favourite vegetable is. Top candidates are broccoli, cucumber and peas.

[redsixwing]

Your favorite bug photo of the year, please!

[nanila]

Oooh. Thank you. I'm pretty sure there was one from either July or August that I never posted, so I'll have to go and dig it out.

[ironed_orchid]

I'd like something of your home (which can include your garden). Happy to see things from earlier in the year.

[nanila]

Great, thank you!

[alatefeline]

I'd love to see your kitty if you felt like sharing...

[omnipotent]

+1

[alatefeline]

:D

[nanila]

I guess I'll just have to post a photo of Telstar twice. Oh, the hardship. ::hand::staple::forehead::

[nanila]

Done! https://nanila.dreamwidth.org/1056364.html

[emelbe]

The canal, pretty please.

[nanila]

Will do, thank you for the suggestion!

[emelbe]

Yay!

If I may add: self-care.

Whatever that means for you whenever you tackle it.

[wohali]

The kids - playing with each other, or at least together somehow. <3

[nanila]

Oh, excellent. I have some good candidates! Thank you.

[gwendraith]

Local wildlife :)

[nanila]

I was just thinking that I ought to get outside and haunt the bird feeders, as I'm currently refilling them daily. Thanks!

[calissa]

Your favourite selfie from this year.

[nanila]

Ooh, OK! Thanks.

[cmcmck]

Any pic you like! :o)

[nanila]

Marvelous. Thank you. :)

[quoththeravyn]

Spaaaace. More to the point, if it's allowed, I'd love to see some of the ground support efforts!

[nanila]

I shall see what I can do. :)

[silveradept]

A series of photos that would be titled "Telstar &"

A visual dictionary of Keiki words.

What Humuhumu thinks is the best thing they've done this year.

You at your most casual and you at your most formal.

[nanila]

These are great, thank you. I'll do my best to fulfill them.

I think the dictionary of Keiki words might end up being its own separate project. :)

[pbristow]

I'd like a macro photo of two nose-tips touching. Perm any two noses out of your family (including Telstar, of course. In fact, bonus points if one is Telstar).

=:o}

[nanila]

Huzzah! I shall endeavour to make this happen as soon as possible. Thanks!

[delight]

The view from your window! Pick any window at any point in time.

[nanila]

Ooh, excellent prompt. Thank you!

[ceb]

I really enjoyed your advent calendar post last year, do you have a good one this year? :-)

[nanila]

Oh, sadly no, we have the same one but we forgot to get it out. We'll dig it out this weekend when we go to get our tree.

I went with the more traditional chocolate calendar - one for each of them, because Keiki would definitely notice being left out this year.