There was a birthday ...

There were brightly wrapped parcels.

There was a card.

There was an oscar winning performance of fake surprise.

There was some supermodel style posing.

There was a tiny bit of actual surprise.

There was a cake baked.

There was dinner out.

There were candles lit.

There were candles blown …

out.

There was cake cut ...

and eaten.

There was seriousness.

And not so seriousness.

And then there was the realisation that someone will be an adult in twelve months time!

A picture's worth 1000 words … week 30 ...

A photo a day … every day … in 2014.

Day 201:  Surfer and the sea.

Day 202:  The jumper says it all.

Day 203:  An evening in front of the box.

Day 204:  Silly selfie shenanigans.

Day 205:  Happy Birthday … MASTER 17!

Day 206:  Framed and ready to hang … sounds like an excerpt from a crime show.

Day 207:  Mirror, mirror … on the wall.

Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside ...

WARNING:  This post contains an overabundance of images … if you find images distasteful this post may cause you some distress … I suggest you avert your eyes … NOW!

It was a wild and windy weekend in these parts.

I mean really, really windy.  Not washing flapping gently in the breeze windy … more "Look out Aunt Em … there goes the house".

The telly was warning us about gale force winds and dangerous surf … so we did what most of the population of the NSW Central Coast did … we went to the beach … in order to stand on the edge of a cliff!

Now being the crazy daredevil that I am I wanted to take some photos of said gale force wind and treacherous surf … as did most of the population of the NSW Central Coast.

Okay … I may be exaggerating a little … but there WERE a few of us … and if I had moved 20 metres to the left I may have been a little jostled.

Now of course it isn't really possible to photograph the wind … but I did do my best to capture a few shots of her side effects.  Definitely no swimming recommended today.

Can you feel the salty spray?

Of course I couldn't be that close to the beach and not snap a few requisite lighthouse shots … just cause I like a good … or bad ... lighthouse shot … and I know you do too Sue.

Sunday was much calmer … by which I mean it was only blowing a strong gale and no longer a cyclonic hurricane.  The swimmers and surfers welcomed the improved weather conditions and were back out in force … crazy fools.  But it did give me the opportunity to snap a few of them in their natural habitat.

Taking these photographs was great fun … and for about 30 seconds I thought I might become a marine photographer … until I remembered how I can't be bothered getting wet!

But no collection of surfing shots would be complete without the "UH-OH" File … which should finish off this post quite nicely.

"Hope no one's watching"

"Glug!"

"Someone let me out!"

"This wasn't in the plan"

"Who left that there?"

"I want my Mummy!"

"Oh SH!T!"

"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea" - Captain James Cook.

"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea"
Captain James Cook"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea"
Captain James Cook