It is guava time...

We are fortunate enough that when we bought the house two guava trees are growing and thriving at the backyard already. It was like an added bonus to us. I believe the previous owner was like me who loves guava too. Since we moved here last 1998 it never stop giving us fruits. The kids love it too. There's a lot of them every season and we always cannot consume all of them and the fruit bats are starting to feast them this time, so I share some to my friends.The fruits are not that big unlike the previous years, yet they still taste sweet, crunchy and juicy.

Galah

Here's my Camera Critters post. These were taken while we were taking a walk in Rouse Hill Regional Park, 45 km north- west of Sydney last weekend. They are called galah.The Galah can be easily identified by its rose-pink head, neck and underparts, with paler pink crown, and grey back, wings and undertail. Birds from the west of Australia have comparatively paler plumage. Galahs have a bouncing acrobatic flight, but spend much of the day sheltering from heat in the foliage of trees and shrubs. Huge noisy flocks of birds congregate and roost together at night.
The Galah is one of the most abundant and familiar of the Australian parrots, occurring over most of Australia, including some offshore islands. (source:http://birdsinbackyards.net/ )


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Sky Watch Friday

Sunset on 02 August 2010. These were taken from our backyard.

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David's Artwork

His artwork as well as some of the students' artworks from his school were chosen by the school to be exhibited during the "Art on the Hill " Night at one of our local High School here. It was participated by some of the local schools. David was so excited for the night as that was his first time to be in the exhibit. He was so proud of his artwork and can't wait for the night to come. He even kept on asking me when are we going to go to the exhibit. We were all excited too and I made it sure that we didn't have anything on for the night so we would be able to come.

Watery Wednesday

These pictures were taken by my sister during their visit to the Philippines last year . This small waterfall is located in my hometown and about 20 minutes walk from the town proper. It is clean and well maintained by the municipality .You can even make a splash in the fresh cold water for free. Please visit Watery Wednesday for more watery sites all around the world.

Our snack yesterday

Here is our snack yesterday. I bought a plain sponge cake slab from the grocery shop, sliced it into cubes, topped with whipped cream and strawberry jam.

Ruby Tuesday

Time for another Ruby Tuesday and here is my post. Picture was taken by yours truly while we were walking from Circular Quay going to the Opera House.
The Oz jet boat is Sydney's best known jet boat thrill ride and is certainly a most popular attraction close to the Opera House on Circular Quay.Thrill seekers enjoy a 30 minute ride out on the Sydney Harbour where they experience power brake stops, spins, turns and sideways slide that will give the biggest adrenaline junkie a big buzz. (funtours.com.au)

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Visit to the Park

Last weekend, we took the kids to Rouse Hill Regional Park, about 20 minutes drive from where we live, and 45 km north-west of Sydney. It is a large regional park originally owned by the Deerubbin People and later the Rouse family, pioneers of the area. The park offers excellent picnic facilities, several children's playgrounds, walking tracks, cycling and rollerblading track and a horse riding circuit. Here are some of the pictures that I took on that day. It was windy and cold .

Today's flowers

These are my cape daisy flowers at this time of the year. We are on the last month of our winter now and my daisies have a few flowers already with lots of buds coming out. This cape daisy is my favourite among all my daisies.And to see more Today's flowers entries please visit here.

Last Friday morning

When I woke up, I was greeted by a blanket of fog outside. It was quite thick and because I love taking pictures on a foggy day, I carefully secured my camera in my bag so it wont be left forgotten when I take the kids to school. It was about 8:30 am and there was still less visibility. It was a dull dreary day.