At the mall

Here's my daughter wearing a Westpoint Christmas hat which she asked from a lady in Westpoint Shopping Centre. She asked it for David but David wasn't in the mood to put it on. He obviously didn't like it and so Dorothy put on the hat instead and asked me if I could take a picture of her while we were waiting for their Dad to finish his work and met us there.

Sky Watch Friday

Sunset on November 09, 2010.

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Watery Wednesday

It was a wet start of our week. It rained all Monday and the ground was soaking wet. I took an opportunity again to go out to capture some pictures for my Watery Wednesday post and this time I am sharing with you another one of my succulent plants that was soaking wet under the pouring rain. Not sure what is the particular name of this succulent but this is one of my favourites.Happy Watery Wednesday.

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Our visitors last Sunday

My step daughter and her family came over for a visit. They live about 2 hours from where we live in the Southern Highlands of NSW. It is always great to see them after awhile that we haven't seen each other. Although we talk from time to time over the phone catching each other but its a great feeling to see them and spent some time with us.
I prepared a special dish for that day, garlic and herb lamb shanks cooked in a slow cooker. Hubby loves so much this dish but because he is on a diet, he cannot have this dish always. Besides the kids and I are not a big fan of lamb. I bought a garlic and herb lamb shanks recipe base and just added carrots, a can of tomato, tomato paste and 4 pieces of lamb shanks, and placed everything in the slow cooker and cooked on high for 4 hours. The thing that I really like cooking in a slow cooker is it tenderizes the meat and vegies, and blends flavours. It is so yummy.

Ruby Tuesday

Here is the NSW Fire Truck for my Ruby Tuesday post. We saw this fire truck parked near the venue of the Kids for Kites Day in the mall close to where we live.Interested to join or want to see more red please click here

Last Saturday

I am going to share with you pictures which were taken by my son David. We were at the venue of my daughter's tennis lesson. It was hot and humid, and reached a point that it was not bearable anymore and I decided to seek refuge inside the Refreshment kiosk of the Tennis Center until the lesson finished. Although there are few covered picnic tables outside but the humidity was killing me. Dorothy's tennis class had minutes break every now and then too. While we were inside the kiosk, a pussy cat just appeared from out of the blue and sat on the chair beside me. David was so happy upon seeing the cat and gave the pussy cat loving and gentle pats which were also welcome by the cat. We think that the cat is owned by the lady who runs the kiosk because he is feeling at home in the place . Because I had my camera with me, I asked David if he would like to take pictures of the cat and he said yes accompanied by a nod of his head. So here are the pictures he took.

Today's flowers

This is the first flower of my white hydrangea this season.
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At the Swimming party

David was invited to a swimming birthday party of one of his best friends in school last Saturday. He was so excited and can't wait for the day to come.It was held in one of the Leisure Centres in the west of Sydney. I accompanied David because hubby was working and since I had no one to look after Dorothy, I decided to take her with us. I just paid an extra charge for Dorothy at the entrance. It was our first time to be in the place and I was amazed of their great facilities. There were about 12 kids who attended the party with 2 ladies from the Leisure Centre to organize the party . They had heaps of fun all throughout the party. When the party was over, we stayed a little longer for the kids still wanted to have fun in the water. Dorothy was glad when she met two of her friends at school there. They had a great time swimming too. Here are some of the photos that I took during the party.
This is David holding on the rope trying to win in one of the games.

Camera Critters

Here is my CC post for this weekend. Pictures were taken late this morning while we were walking to the shop after my daughter's tennis lesson. It was so hot and we decided to take the short cut by cemented foot path which is shady enough because of the few trees that grow around. And while we were walking we heard bird noises and looked up to where the noises came from. Upon looking we saw this parrot which seemed she was feeding her babies. I am not sure if this is a Rosella parrot. Good thing that I had my camera with me at that time. I zoomed it to the max to get closer pictures.

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Sky Watch Friday

Sunset on November 02, 2010.



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