Ruby Tuesday

I found these glazed ceramic Gnomes in a garden nursery nearby while I was looking for plant pots for my new indoor plants.

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Today's flowers

Here's my entry for this week, a wildflower that I saw during our fishing trip to Cottage Point, located in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park approximately 50 minutes drive North from Sydney's CBD. I googled this flower and found out that its common name is Spreading Wattle. And here is the General Description:
Acacia genistifolia is a small to medium shrub which may reach 3 metres in height. Like most members of the genus, the mature plant does not have true leaves but has leaf-like flattened stems called phyllodes. In A.genistifolia the phyllodes are narrow and rigid, about 15-30 mm long with a sharp point. The cream or pale yellow flowers occur in globular-shaped clusters from the axils of the phyllodes. Flowering may occur over a long period from late summer to spring.
(from: Australian Native Society)
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For Easter Celebration

I am glad we had finished shopping for our Easter chocolate eggs/bunnies earlier yesterday. The shops were opened the whole day yesterday after the Good Friday closure and most of them were having sale on Easter items. Many people decided to take advantage of the sale making most of the shops jam packed with shoppers.There were also people rushing in to get the things they needed after the Good Friday and for the rest of the Easter long weekend. We have a long weekend holiday from Good Friday until Monday. Most establishments will be back to business as normal on Tuesday.

Every Easter Sunday we always have a family get together with hubby's family and my family with great foods and fun for everyone. But this Easter our celebration is a different one for we decided to have it on the next Sunday instead, for this is the best time that suits everyone's schedule. We usually host this celebration but because our back room where we usually hold the celebration is not ready yet for habitation. ( It's under going a repair which is not finish yet this time.) Good thing that my hubby's eldest daughter volunteered to have the Easter celebration at their residence. The kids are getting excited now and can't wait for the Easter egg hunt and the exchanging of Easter eggs/bunnies among the family members.Have a Blessed Easter ! I hope you have a great Easter celebration with your love ones.

Camera Critters

It's camera critters time and here's my entry. These were taken during the Blacktown City Festival sometime last February 2010. A popular spot for the young and the young at heart was the Ronda Hall Animal Farm Nursery. They had many animals during the show and they gave the kids a chance to groom, feed and care for a great variety of animals.To see more Critters from all around the world please click, here.

Sky Watch Friday

Sunset on March 31, 2010To see more sky photos all around the world please click, Sky Watch Friday .

For Easter Hat Parade

Every year the school where my kids are in organizes Easter Hat Parade to celebrate the Easter Season. It will be this coming Thursday which is also the last day of the 1st school term.
I went out earlier today because I had an appointment and after I finished with it, I went to the shops to get things for the kids Easter Hat Parade. I just bought few things to add a new fancy look for their hats. They have been using their hats for years now and every year we just do a little changes in the look of the hat to make it a bit different from the previous years. Dorothy always decorates her own hat herself while I help with David. The school always encourages the kids to make a hat at home and bring it to the school on the day of the parade which is also a great chance for them to be discovered for their creative talents. So here are what Dorothy and David have in store for the Easter Hat Parade.

Watery Wednesday

Here is my entry for this week's Watery Wednesday . These were taken in Timbertown, Port Macquarie in the North Coast of NSW.
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Today's Flowers

I saw these flowers during one of our bush walking trips in the lower parts of the Blue Mountains. This is called Thistle, a common name of a group of flowering plants characterized by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, most in the family Asteraceae. Prickles often occur all over the plant - on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves. These are an adaptation that protects the plant against herbivorous animals, discouraging them from feeding on the plant. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape of a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flowerheads.

This is called a Purple Flag, a member of Iris family.A most delicate and stunning flower that lasts only for a day. Just imagine how lucky I was to see the flower at its best on that day.
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Easter Basket Blog Hop

Many thanks to January of January's Scraps of Life for inviting me to join the Hershey's Better Basket:Blog Hop.

It's so easy to join just copy and paste these rules to your blog post.

• Create a blog post giving a virtual Easter Basket to another blogger – you can give as many Virtual Baskets as you want.
• Link back to person who gave you an Easter Basket.
• Let each person you are giving a Virtual Easter Basket know you have given them a Basket.
• Leave your link at BetterBasket.info/BlogHop comment section. You can also find the official rules of this #betterbasket blog hop, and more information about Better Basket with Hershey’s there.
• Hershey’s is donating $10 per each blog participating to the Better Basket Blog Hop to Children’s Miracle Network (up to total of $5,000 by blog posts written by April 4th, 2010).
• Please note that only one blog post by each blog url will count towards the donation.

And I am passing this basket to the following: Jag , Khim and Rose.

Sky Watch Friday

It was hubby who first noticed the sunrise on March 17, 2010. And of course he didn't want to enjoy it by himself alone and woke me up to watch it with him. I hurriedly went out groggily taking my camera with me. I took a few shots and zoomed my camera to avoid the power lines as much as possible.
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