Day 7. January 7. Brisbane Arts Theatre

Follow the trail of bread crumbs to today's performance of Hansel and Gretel at Brisbane Arts Theatre. The journey to today's photo began in mid 2001 at the Esk Races. My son was then aged three and was to spend the day with Grandma and Grandpa while we took a bus ride with friends to enjoy the annual picnic day in the Brisbane Valley. We had to leave early and it was going to be a very long day so to break it up bought tickets to take the young man to see Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves at Brisbane Arts Theatre. He loved it but over the coming days the number of thieves varied from four to about 400. I don't think it was ever 40. More than 10 years later his love of Brisbane Arts Theatre shows no sign of diminishing and he has seen every children's show at the theatre since. For the most part I have gone along too but in early 2008 he went with a school friend and his family and came home and announced he had signed up for an audition. In May that year he took to the stage as a baby sheep in Charlotte's Web. Future performances at Brisbane Arts Theatre have followed, including a thief in Ali Baba. Today it was opening day of Hansel and Gretel and the role was Vigo, a boy who gets turned into a gingerbread man by the wicked witch. The Sydney cousins were in the audience so Mr O got to sign their autograph sheets.

January 6. Day 6. Lifesavers at the pool

Summer equals the pool and the ice block. My adorable niece and nephew Jessie and Connor are up from Sydney and joined us for a swim. And of course if you are by the pool you need a Lifesaver.

January 5. Day 5. The Day Christmas finally ended

By my own rules, the Christmas tree should be taken down on January 2 but I couldn't bring myself to do it. This is not just about procrastination, something I am very good at. It is more that once the tree is gone, Christmas is officially over and the room seems to have a big gap where the tree used to be. But it has to be done. Going...Going...Gone...

January 4. Day 4. Mount Coot-tha

Had an early morning cross from the Channel 7 studios on the mountain so decided to use this as the starting point for today's walk and photo shoot. It was very smokey and the views weren't great. I headed to the Botanic Gardens instead and while I took pics which could have made another montage I decided to overcome my love of the big close-up just for today and go with the rainbow created by a sprinker on the manicured lawn

January 3. Day 3. Chinatown Mall, Fortitude Valley

It was back to work for my husband today so that saw me in Fortitude Valley after drop off. I decided to see what was happening in Chinatown Mall but as it was 9am there was very little action. Instead I concentrated on colour and pattern.

January 2. Day 2. Roma Street Parklands

Theatre Boy had to be at Brisbane Arts Theatre at 8am for bump in, a concept that means nothing to me. This put me right near the Roma Street Parklands so that's where I took my morning walk. Today's pic and montage all come via the iPhone 4

January 1. Day 1. Old Woman Island at Mudjimba

Woke up on New Year's Day on the Sunshine Coast. Perfect way to start a new year. This is what I saw