MY LITTLE GIRL

This my 21 year old daughter Amy. We spent the day shopping, not for pretty summer clothing (sadly) but for supplies for the next 2-3 months as she will be away on a ship to Antarctica, no shops there! She has just completed her honours degree in Oceanography and now has the opportunity to go on a research and supply delivery trip to Antarctica. They leave next Thursday 28 November and are due back sometime towards the middle of Feb but the return date is never certain. She is going on the SAS AGULHAS II which is a state of the art vessel. We had a look around it, it really is extremely impressive ship and is a once in a lifetime experience for her.
This picture is taken at the University of Cape Town where she did her degrees. It is a really beautiful institution.
She will be away for her graduation, christmas, new year, her birthday and her and her boyfriends 3rd anniversary. Christmas will be very strange without her:(. She has always been a very independent and strong girl, I am so proud not only of her academic achievement but also of the human being she has grown into - go well my darling girlxx