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Weekly Photo Challenge – Winter

January 2, 2012 By Janine 11 Comments

Seriously WordPress people you give me a photo challenge for WINTER in the middle of an Australian summer? OK I’ve dug through the archives and located a photo of my brother’s from last year. Every Friday night in the middle of winter a dedicated group of parents support their children’s sporting endeavours by sitting on the sideline for two hours, cheering in support of their soccer games while our toes go numb and we share blankets in a bid to keep warm. OK American/European people with your snow shots I know it doesn’t get as cold as where you are – but seriously Kempsey or Wauchope at 8.00 o’clock at night in the middle of winter is no picnic. Sometimes it even rains!

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  1. Meg Glidden says

    January 2, 2012 at 11:46 pm

    Oh yes, that’s why I encouraged my kids to play soccer rather than baseball. Baseball games go on forever.

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  2. tincantraveler says

    January 3, 2012 at 12:52 am

    I can almost feel your discomfort *)
    Good photo! Shows there’s a chill on!

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  3. lisa renee says

    January 3, 2012 at 1:26 am

    No snow? Check out my latest blog post to see what our winter sometimes looks like. 🙂
    Sometimes we just have mud, though.

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  4. Heather B says

    January 3, 2012 at 3:19 am

    It’s almost like they forgot the there a healthy portion of the world with reverse seasons. Hmmm… They should have said “December.” that would have been global. I like the photo though! Of course in Maine that’s what summer looks like ;-p

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  5. Noreen says

    January 3, 2012 at 3:47 am

    great shot! i’m with meg – when my son played baseball – wwwaaay long. soccer is better. happy summer!

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  6. jakesprinter says

    January 3, 2012 at 8:57 am

    Excellent entry for the challenge nice post Janine 🙂

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  7. Amar Naik says

    January 3, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    good photo 🙂

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  8. Fluffy Rankin says

    January 4, 2012 at 10:52 pm

    Good photo, with added promotion for the Port Mac Schools. Good to see the uniform is useful for something.

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    • shambolicliving says

      January 5, 2012 at 1:18 pm

      Thanks for dropping by the blog – Mum’s being doing some marketing obviously! LOL

      Reply
  9. Madman says

    January 5, 2012 at 12:17 am

    What a supportive audience! 🙂 Thanks for the share!

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    • shambolicliving says

      January 5, 2012 at 1:19 pm

      Thanks for dropping by.

      Reply

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