Photography or a image I feel often captures those treasured moments in ones life but I also find that just like the act of writing our collective pictures can also be an art-form. The beauty and meaning of photograph can be expressed and shared in many ways including "by not using any words".

While I do like photography I used to share images when I could that I captured day to day events, the feedback was mostly positive and I continued sharing these "Ulog type" photos.

Almost every picture as a story to tell, or at least that is what I have often been told by some of my regular followers when I first started sharing photos on here.
To those who have often said and expressed that to me I would have to agree with them.

Today 21/12/2021 I share this capture.

Christmas Photography Shops Celebrating Christmas Dec 12 2016

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Images By: @simonjay

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We are getting close to Christmas only 4 more days and so I wanted to put up some images a bit more related to the season.
I believe that when many of us think of Christmas doing our shopping during the season and seeing all the season related products is often part of what comes to mind when we imagine having a great Christmas.

I went to sleep earlier last night accidentally which is great but by no means did that help me get up any earlier which is what I was indented on doing.
But you know how it goes for some reason the theme is the more sleep I get the more tired I'm during the day but the less I get the more energy I seem to have...

The weather as been terribly cold today just glad there wasn't really any rain or wind, guess so far we have been lucky this way but I'm sure it won't last as we are predicted to have some bad weather coming our way for Christmas.
It honestly didn't look that cold outside but it was very cold glad i had the extra layer.

I had work today for the afternoon and so was glad I had got up late on the right day.
When I got into work one of my colleagues started warning me straight away that the incoming work load was looking to be against us, this made me realise that for the past few days this as been non stop and while I was about to complain I guess it is to be expected it's the Christmas season and to be honest I feel we have had it easier than in the past.
I checked over the work myself and I would say he is more or less right, but this was downplayed by our system while it was less to deal with it was much more complex than the usual putting off even some of those who are normally the more motivated.

Still we done a great job seems I had reserved my energy for the job today thank goodness or it would of been very tough, I was very happy with the rest of the guys and all the work we had done

As for steps I must stress that I'm keeping less tabs on it because it's no longer recording most of my steps properly, I would easily estimate that less than half the steps are being recorded. I'm thinking more that this is the fault of my phone rather than the app. I done some updates on my phone with the hopes that this might solve all it's problems but this doesn't seem to have solved anything. Still for today I hit a combined total of 16k out of the 105k weekly target which puts me 29k behind for this week.

Anyway as for the picture today I share one of the big shopping centre shops really getting into the Christmas spirit by putting up decorations with many happy staff eagerly awaiting for the big day to arrive.
I also noticed that many shoppers seemed in good spirit in this particular day and honestly it's not too often I see this many people in a good mood around here.
Perhaps it's the decorations that made some smile or perhaps it was the insane price drop on many of the already expensive gifts that this shop in particular was selling "as their prices are always over the top".
Still I enjoyed all the extra Christmas lights that they were putting up not just in this shop but in others along with their seasonal displays, yes even if most are just doing it to try and sell you something lol.

I know that many hate Christmas but I love it, not for the reason most people would probably think, and I believe many of those who do loath Christmas it's mostly because of all the stress that comes with it. For us we try and remove all that stress away so that we can enjoy it and concentrate on what's most important, which is putting up the decorations together or making them together as a family or with friends. Next it's all about spending quality time with each other either over food some warm drinks or a movie etc. Apart from that nothing else really matters much, that includes presents they are a low priority.

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Other Captures

Snow Photography Snow Covered Stick Trees Dec 10th 2017

Christmas Photography Window Christmas Tree Dec 25 2017

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