#blog12daysxmas Books and Dinners

My attempt at photographing the library books I borrowed this year failed sadly.  I did manage to some of the books I planned to from my list:

1. Water for elephants / Sarah Gruen
2. The Thirteenth Tale / Diane Setterfield
3. Three Cups of Tea / Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin 
4. The Secret Life of Bees / Sue Monk Kidd
5. Outliers / Malcolm Gladwell 
6. And then there's this : how stories live and die in viral culture / Bill Wasik. 
7. Strength in What Remains / Tracy Kidder 
8. The 10pm Question / Kate De Goldi
9. Year of magical thinking / Joan Didion
10. Her fearful symmetry / Audrey Niffenegger  
11. Atonement : a novel / Ian McEwan.
12. Blindsight / Maurice Gee

I think I'll not make a list of "must read this year", but I'd love to hear any recommendations you have all the same.

I've decided to do a 365 photo project again - this time I'm doing dinners, i.e. what I eat for dinner for a year.  It could be rather revealing - not in a good way perhaps - I know I eat too much, but it also could be interesting from a seasonal point of view.  I imagine there will be some constant appearances of particular dishes!  I know some people will think I'm nuts... but that's nothing new.

Herewith is dinner for January 2nd 2012.

While downloading my photos I see that the kids have been busy with the camera too.  Check out their choice shots!

Grandad having a snooze by the Christmas tree...

Focus on the minifigs... or not focussed as the case might be.

Miss4 portrait with cheesy grin.

I quite like this one in a blurry sort of way.

Gran left holding all Miss4's babies.

So - onward with 2012.