12 months and 12 photos (2025)

What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?

Today’s prompt ties in nicely with a post that I normally create every year since 2019 thanks to Tanya from Theredphoneboxtravels, where you post one photo that highlights something significant for that month. It’s been a big year for me with travelling and trying to see as much of Australia as possible. With not travelling home to Northern Ireland this year, we had more time (and money) to travel more locally. A few positive events have also happened with me gaining another beautiful little nephew and being made permanent full time in my job as a teacher of nursing. I would also like to acknowledge my blog as it has grown significantly this year and I am really proud of its journey and the amazing bloggers I have met along the way, so thank you to each and everyone of you who interact and make this a really fun space for exploring and learning more about the world and each other.

JANUARY – our first trip of the year was to a quaint little town called Berry. It’s one of our favourite places to visit in New South Wales.

FEBRUARY – Our next trip was to Melbourne to see our best friends who live there. We are really looking forward to their wedding at the end of this year!!!

MARCH – My amazing husband is always wanting to give back to the community. He had this idea of painting stones / pebbles with messages of kindness, for people to take and hopefully put a smile on their face. We had seen something like this in Northern Ireland and thought it was a wonderful idea. We painted them together and placed them in our local park. We came back a few days later later and they were mostly all gone 🙂🙂

APRIL – an amazing trip to Adelaide and we checked out one of our favourite vineyards.

MAY – my first ever official fitness challenge and I survived. My fitness journey has really ramped up this year and I’m loving it.

JUNE – we attended a very special wedding in the Philippines and absolutely fell in love with this country and its beautiful people.

JULY – HYROX…absolutely DELIGHTED to have taken part in this and again, I survived. I completed this competition with a partner but maybe next time I will try on my own.

AUGUST – Lunch with the boys. Every couple of months we try to meet up for food and tea and it’s a real highlight. It’s a great way to see each other outside of work and enjoy each other’s company.

SEPTEMBER– We finally made it to Western Australia! This has been a dream of ours for so long and it didn’t disappoint. Perth, Scarborough, Fremantle, Rottnest Island, Busselton and Margaret River, we ticked them all off, whilst having the best time and catching up with beautiful friends and family.

OCTOBER – Seeing our favourite musical in the Sydney Opera House, priceless!!

NOVEMBER – The hospital ball, I always look forward to this, a chance to let your hair down, meet other health professionals and have a boogie.

DECEMBER – Our work Christmas dinner with the best colleagues. I’m so fortunate to have two jobs that I really thoroughly enjoy! There’s a lot more to come this month and I just LOVE this festive time! With a special wedding happening at the end of the month too, it’s going to be a delightful end to 2025!

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  2. What a great way to sum up another year, Wayne. You’ve done and achieved so much this year. But best of all, you have enjoyed yourself and life. I hope the rest of 2025 is just as excellent as the rest of it has been. Keep on enjoying it!

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  4. I remember many of these events, Wayne. It looks like it was a great year. Those painted stones are such a nice idea. I’ve seen one of those at one of the parks I walk through. I left it for someone else, but it made me feel good.

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  8. You’ve had an amazing year, Wayne! I especially love the Pebble of Kindness. I’m a firm believer that small, random acts of kindness can have a big impact on the lives of others. Kudos to you and your husband for doing this.

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    1. Thanks very much Richard. I totally agree with you. Something so small could have a big impact, we never know what other people are going through in their lives. Even if you can make someone smile, it’s worth it 🙂

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