366

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One of the major parts of my blog for the past year has been my 365 project; a photo a day, every day, for the entire year. I've found it rewarding, frustrating, fun, sad, exciting and nostalgic in equal measures. But I've managed it by bedtime every day.

Project 365 is not unique to my blog, there are people taking part all over the world. You only have to search on the hash tag on twitter to see the tweets in varying languages advertising their photographic gem, to realise that.

There were times I didn't think I'd finish it. The middle of February was difficult as I felt that I was producing similar shots or had run out of material. It didn't help that the weather was foul and so we were confined to photography indoors. Once spring started it was easier. I wish I'd had someone to hold my hand and say "come on, you can do this!"

And this is where this weekly linky comes in. Starting next Sunday (8th January), I will open a linky for the day so that anyone taking part in project 366 can link up their favourite photo taken during the course of the previous week.

Hopefully through running this linky people will find support for their photography and their posts, some comment love (trust me, not many daily photos get comments) and some inspiration. You might get to know some new blogs and friends along the way, and find the support to keep going to complete this rewarding task.

The changes in your children (or other subjects) throughout the year are immense, and it is only when you look back through the year's photos that you'll realise how much your little one, and photography, has progressed.

Pop back next Sunday 8th January and link up your favourite 366 photos from this forthcoming week. There's even a funky little badge.

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Hope to see you in a week!

A Whistle-Stop Tour of 2011

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One of my biggest accomplishments this year has been my 365 project. E-mail subscribers will be used to seeing a photo post every day, and other visitors might have noticed those three little digits on the right-hand side of my menu system but not known what it was.

The 365 project is a photo taken every day for a year. I have chosen to display these through my blog, and my main Christmas present from my husband was a Photobox voucher to make a 365 photobook. When he was making up the collage of photos for the voucher card, he commented on how lovely it was to see the change in him throughout the year.

It's been hard. Mid-February I was ready to give up because shots that weren't the same as the previous fifty I'd posted were hard to find. This is due to the horrendous weather at that time of year, and once Spring had sprung and the grass had ris', then I found it easier and the photographs flowed.

And so, these are my top twelve shots of the year; one for each month.

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