Just a few pics from around town

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Down by the river...

It's time, time that is to dust off the keyboard and post another post. It is also time to check up on my old blogging buddies, must drop by on quite a few blogs! I hope everyone is well.
Everything has been going really well for us here, we are all healthy and very happy. All of us have adjusted well.
I haven't really had a lot of time to take many pictures even though we are out and about far more now that we used to be, I usually forget to take my camera!
These pics I took a couple of months ago down near the train bridge at the river.... enjoy! :)










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Through The Stormy Clouds

As I mentioned in my last post, I have been really busy working over the last couple of weeks. Part of my work included driving 2 hours on Sunday to deliver a package. Considering once I would get there it would take 10 minutes to drop off the package, I decidnger to take the whole family - we don't go on day trips very often.

It ended up being a really nice trip, the girls were so well behaved in the back seat for 2 hours and I dropped off the package with no problems at all - I didn't even get lost! Earlier on Sunday we had visitors and we didn't get to leave for our trip until 2pm, so we arrived to drop off the package at about 4 pm. At 4pm on a Sunday afternoon there are no shops open or anything like that, so we decided to take the girls down to the forshore to have a look at the boats.

The sun was setting and looked so pretty shimmering on the water, the breeze was getting colder and stronger by the minute, but I did manage to get out of the warm car and take some photos which I have posted some of today and will post a few more over the next couple of days. Enjoy!



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Sorry I haven't Been Around

Sorry I haven't been around much lately. I have been visiting many of your blogs, but don't always have time to leave comments, just like I haven't had much time to write on my blog either. I have been quite busy over the past couple of weeks with a stack of work to do, plus of course house work on top of that - but the days lately have been to nice to stay inside.

The girls have been spending a lot of time playing outside on the swings and in the cubby - it has been such nice warm sunny weather. While they were out playing I discovered the weeping cherry tree is covered in the most beautiful sweet smelling pale pink blossom, so I decided to take a few photos to post - I wish I could share the beautiful fragrance with you too!

Now that the days are so nice, hopefully the nights will start to warm up a bit too!

Also, I just wanted to say Mazel Tov to Sara With No H on the birth of her cute baby girl!

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A Frosty Update

Ok, so I don't live in Canada or the USA in areas where it snows, and for those of you who read this blog and actually live in an area that recieves snow fall you will probably laugh at this post. We just don't get snow where I live, in fact there really isn't many areas in Australia where it does snows, but the other morning it was so cold, we had so much frost on the ground it looked like a thin layer of snow.
When I took the girls down to the bus stop I took my camera with me and took a few quick photos.

Good news is we have had some beautiful sunny days even though we are having really cold nights! Yay!

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Relax...

The gently tapered wings of swift lake swallows, cut
through the air like soft whispering sighs, while they
dart in and out of a clustered hovering mass of
mayflies, that drift just inches above the shimmering lake
that reflects the orange hued light of the setting sun.

On a floating dock, worn in spots by the rubbing of
moored boats, I sit in a weathered adirondack chair
with the purpose of only to relax to the rhythmic
rocking caused by small rolling waves from cruising
pleasure boats, with people waving as they pass by.

Looking down through the clear jade tinted waters
I notice the octagonal amber markings on a small box turtle
that seems to be ambling, rather than swimming through
the still water as it passes by, seemingly without a care
for anything but its mysterious unknown destination.

These moments pass fleetingly, but remain ingrained in
my mind for those times where I feel the sides pressing
in, my escape is into these simple moments, where all that
the world requires of you is to sit back and take in what
is offered, without asking for anything in return.


by James Bowie


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Under Construction

It seems the cold weather has brought our landlords building activites to a holt. The old wheel barrow and cement mixer just sit in the rain now where they were left one warm day long ago.

It is the second week of school holidays here right now and the whole family is sick. We all seem to have some sort of flu, Jade has had it for over two weeks now and Amber still hasn't kicked it since her stay in hospital. It doesn't really make fun school holidays for the girls.

I am looking forward to warmer weather when the kids can go outside to play and not get sick from the cold. I never thought I would say this, but.... bring back summer!


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The Fluffy Bunny

Ruby, Mum's little angel will go nowhere without her fluffy bunny. Even if we are going to the bus stop to pick up the girls after school... bunny has to come, if we go shopping... bunny has to come. Where ever we go... bunny has to come. It makes me wonder what will happen if bunny ever gets worn out...


Also, don't forget I am hosting JPix on Thursday, please make sure you submit your photo posts as I will not have time to search for extra posts. If you do not submit, you will not be included.

You can submit your photo posts here.

If you would like to host an edition of JPix please contact Mr Bagel.



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A Few Days In Hospital

I have had a few emails from people wondering if everything is ok. Yes, everything is ok now. I have just come home after spending a lovely couple of nights at the local hospital - no I am not sick, it was Amber.

Amber suffers from croup quite a bit. As you all know she has had some quite serious heart problems, she suffers from Asthma and due to the distance from home to the hospital we just can't take any chances with her. I knew the other night she had croup and had given her medication for it, but when she woke up at about 8pm with purple lips, totally gasping for breath and in a real panic we decided to call an ambulance to take her to hospital. I stayed with her in hospital and the first night I think we ended up getting about 1 hour of sleep. She was quite sick - they ended up giving her Adrenalin which was rather scary.

Anyway, we have just got home, and to prove just how obsessed I am with blogging.... well here I am telling you about it! So, to the people who have emailed worried about where I am - that's what happened!

I have also posted some photos today of the inlet near where I live, no particular reason, mainly because I didn't expect to end up typing so much and I like photos! Lol!

Have a great weekend!
Shabbat Shalom!


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So Much...But So Little??

I don't have much to blog about at the moment... Amber is over her stomach bug and I got a new (second hand) car yesterday which I am ecstatic about - a big thank you to my wonderful husband Aaron who went all the way to Sydney on the bus at 5am to pick it up and then drove 6 or 7 hours home in torrential down pour the whole way home.... Ahh, I am a lucky girl!

For some reason I feel like there is so much going on at the moment, just nothing worth blogging about, I mean really, who wants to hear about uploading new websites for work and housework?? So for now, I am posting some more photos which I took a couple of weeks ago of the inlet at the next town along from our little town. I have recently posted photos of the bridge there which were also taken on the same day, you can see them here.

On another topic, Batya over at Me-Ander is holding a little guessing competition. Seems she came face to face in the street with a famous JBlogger. Now I haven't a clue who it is, but, she did say if the post was linked to she would give more clues...so...MORE CLUES PLEASE Batya!! :D


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Extreme Conditions - The Coldest Day On Record!

It is the coldest day on record here today. When I went shopping this morning right after I dropped Jade off at school (amber is home sick at the moment) it was only 2 degrees! It is freezing!... well it is freezing by my standards anyway, which I might add, has got me thinking. If it is only 2 degrees and I consider it freezing, how on earth would I manage to live somewhere where it snows?? I complain about the cold - and we don't even get snow! I don't think it helps that we live on the very top of a rather large hill - right on the ridge and it gets very, very windy up here, and the wind is...well, freezing!

Maybe I just can't handle extreme conditions - and I say that with a certain level of sarcasm. I mean, I can't handle the heat when it's summer - anything above 30 degrees is a heatwave for me, and I can't handle the cold either...maybe I was just born to kvetch?! If I wasn't, Aaron certainly was, geez, anyone got some ear plugs? He just said he is thinking of setting himself on fire he is so cold! Lol!

Anyway, today I am posting some photos I took of Ruby (3yrs) at the playground in the next town when we went a few days ago - that was a sunny day!

Ok, I can't feel my fingers anymore so thats it from me today.



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