Watery Wednesday

This is one of the water features at the Southern end of the Darling Harbour in the heart of Sydney CBD.Please visit Watery Wednesday for more watery sites all around the world.

Ruby Tuesday

Ruby Tuesday is up again and here is my post. In the first picture below you can see that there is only a little ruby on the black swan. I took this shot during our visit to the Japanese Garden.
I am not sure what is the name of this vine that clings to the naked tree but the colour of the leaves caught my eyes. This was taken few years ago while we were having a picnic at the park one winter day.

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David's new haircut

I took David earlier today to the hairdresser at the mall close to where we live to have his haircut. I used to cut his hair before but this time I feel that I don't like cutting his hair. So off we went to the hairdresser excited of what he will look like with his new haircut.We patiently waited for half an hour for his turn as I didn't make a booking. I was thinking to take photos while the hairdresser was cutting his hair but for the reason that I forgot my camera again, I wasn't able to. I just remembered it when we were at the main entrance of the mall. Grrrrr.. Anyways, he was so happy with his new haircut and proud of it. We met one of his favourite friends at the mall while we were having our lunch and first thing he did was to tell his friend about his new hair cut.
Tomorrow the school days resume for the 3rd term and the kids are so excited to be back at school again.

Today's flowers

Here is my Today's flowers post for this week. The first flower was the only flower among my fuchsias last month. The picture was taken before it was badly damaged by a heavy frost we had in the last few weeks.
The flower below is a Camellia which I saw while we were taking a stroll in the Reserve close to where we live.And to see more Today's flowers entries please visit here.

Going to the tennis venue

This was about 8:3o am last Tuesday while we were driving to take Dorothy to the School Holiday Tennis Clinic. It was a cold foggy misty morning.

Camera Critters

Here is my camera critters post. These were taken at the front yard late this afternoon. We were treated to the sight of these beautiful rainbow lorikeets feasting the fruits of our loquat tree.Interested to join or want to see more Critters from all around the world please click, here.

Sydney Aquarium video

We've been to Sydney Aquarium a few times but it was on the last visit that an idea popped into my mind to try to take a video inside one of the impressive underwater walkways, the giant tank where giant rays, giant turtle and the Grey Nurse Sharks occupied. I took this video with my digital camera only and not in good quality. I was just glad that at the time I took the video it was not that crowded with people. David who was with me looked worried that we might be left behind as our group were already approaching the exit area. Here, you can even hear him calling me. It was a great visit with family and friends . The kids always feel amazed and surprised
every visit there.

Sky Watch Friday

These are some of the photos that I took for the past weeks . The first one was taken at the tennis clinic venue where my daughter was taking a School Holiday Tennis Clinic and the rest were taken from our backyard at different times and days.
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A day out in the city

Me, my friends and my sister with our families decided to go to the city last weekend, our destination was the Sydney Aquarium. The kids were so excited about the trip, not only of the Aquarium visit but because they were going with their friends, the kids of my friend and their cousin, Maddie, my sister's daughter. It was a great bonding for all of us as we don't get to do this very often. I mean going to the city with them is very rare to happen, once in a blue moon, I would say. It was a glorious day and crispy with few clouds scattered around the blue sky. We catch the train going to Central station and from there, we walked down to Darling Harbour.

David's 7th b-day

David just turned 7 years old yesterday. I can't believe how fast he is growing, as if it was just yesterday I delivered him. I still remember vividly all the memories when I delivered him by cesarean operation and hubby and Dorothy's excitement the first time they saw David at the hospital.
We had a small celebration at home the day before his birthday attended by few friends and families. We chose that day for it was the most suitable and convenient day for everyone to come. Even if the weather was not on our side for it was showering on and off but still the party was in full swing. The kids had a great time and didn't care about the wet ground. David had a blast and nearly came into tears upon the opening of his pressies. We bought the cake pre-made since he really likes the decoration with trains on it.