If I had to make a list of favorite ways to welcome the New Year visiting a beach would be right up at the top. John and Ryan have bravely joined me for some of cold, wet and windy walks along the shore followed by a quick photo to mark our presence and in 2014 this tradition grew to include one “selfie” photo taken on the first day of every month. I thought it would be a fun way to note what the year looked like and on December 31st 2014 I wrote a small post about our efforts illustrated by a collage of the 12 photos.
Of course we had to start 2015 at the beach with a new photo so I thought why not continue the series and take a photo every month for at least one more year. We’ll never look any younger than we do today, right? There were several nights when none of us wanted to pose for a picture but I persevered and by the end of each session we were usually laughing at our awful first attempts and couldn’t stop until everyone was at least slightly happy with the end result.
I didn’t have the 2015 photos ready in time for a post on the 31st but I thought this photo challenge would be a great excuse to play with Shape Collage on my iPhone so here you have our latest group of 12 images presented in a circle.
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I love your take on the prompt! perfect way to wrap up the year 🙂
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Thanks, Andy! I didn’t want to write a post filled with nothing but photos of myself and thought a circle collage with tiny pictures would be a fun way to join the challenge. 🙂
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Fun for sure! 🙂
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What a wonderful way to watch your family grow and change. They’ll all be grateful for those photos some day!
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Thanks, Carrie! I’m hoping we can laugh at them for many, many years to come. 🙂
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I love the collage. Hi to Ryan and John. And Happy New Year! I’ll be there in April. Can’t wait to see you!
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Thanks, Andra! I’ll share your New Year wishes with John and Ryan and am sending ours to you and your family. We can’t wait to see you in the spring!
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So clever!!!!
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Thanks!
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Great response to the challenge!
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I’m glad you liked it, Sue. 🙂
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😀
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What a great idea!
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Thanks so much!
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Very clever idea for the challenge, Lisa. 🙂
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Thanks, Sylvia. Two things accomplished in one post, a circle and year end recap. 🙂
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What a lovely idea and you have got yourself some great memories for the years to come!
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Yes, these photos are proof that we can turn crabby days into fun moments, Jude. 🙂
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Very nice way to start the year…
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Thanks, Sally.
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I love this idea!
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Yay! Thanks, Nancy. 🙂
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This is such a cool response to the challenge. Happy New Year to you from Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Happy New Year, Su!
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Love it! 🙂 For a moment I misunderstood and thought you were starting a new challenge for 2016. As if you don’t have enough to do 🙂 🙂
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Yes, things are a little busy at the moment. 🙂 I am thinking about something new for March though… We’ll see what happens. 😉 Glad you like my circle!
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