ONE SUNNY WINTER'S DAY

ON THE BEACH

Last Thursday we were babysitting the 'boy cousins' Riley and Lachlan.

What else do you do on a sunny Winter's day but go to the beach.

Riley decided that he needed to fill his pocket with rocks. Lachlan had fun picking up big rocks then watching Riley trying to fit them in.

Pocket full of rocks.

Riley ended up with so many in there that he could hardly lift his leg to walk

Stand on the waters edge to get the rocks out

Throw them in

He throws really well for a 21 month old

Now they are throwing some more

The boys had such a fun time on the beach

THE WINNER IS...........

THE WINNER IS.........

Laura and her comment is-


laura said...
Lovely things in your new shop. Congratulations, I admire you for getting to this. My daughter keeps bugging me to get a shop together and I keep dragging my feet.
July 8, 2009 3:48 PM


Laura from Art From Trails End . is the winner of my Giveaway

Thanks to everyone that entered and the girls that put a link on their blogs were entered twice.

It is now 1.25am Saturday morning and we are watching the end of the Tour de France
The winner of todays stage is Moyenne.
The overall Leader and winner of the Yellow Guernsey today is Ronaldo Nocentini

No Hot Air Balloon ride as it is raining and the clouds will be too low. We are trying again on Friday 17th July.

A GIVEAWAY & NEW BEGINNINGS

MY REASON FOR THE GIVEAWAY

I am finally taking the plunge and opening my own Webstore.

My store is called Alison by the Bay and will be opening on Monday 6th July.
So I have decided to have a giveaway.

All you have to do is leave a comment at the end of this post to be entered into the giveaway.

You will receive a gorgeous Pink Cupcake, a pretty Heart, A mixed media Tag and a Cath Kidston Soap and Bath Melt.

To be entered a second time just mention my store opening on your blog (with a link of course) and let me know.

I will draw the winner on Friday 10th July (Australian time)

Thanks to everyone for their well wishes for Max and his interview but so far no news. Don't know if that is a good sign or not.

BEAUTIFUL WINTERS DAY

SUNSHINE IN MELBOURNE

Look at that beautiful sunshine glistening on the water

on this sensational Melbourne Winters Day.

Make sure to click on the photos to enlarge them

Today Max and I went to Melbourne (just over an hours drive away) as Max had a job interview. Fingers crossed that he will get this one. He was retrenched in October and has since then only managed to pick up a few small contract jobs.

EDIT - Laura asked what retrenched was - so I figured maybe others didn't know.

This is a definition from the web -retrenchment - Whereby an employee is dismissed because the employer has made a definite decision that they no longer require the job you are doing.

On our way home we went to St Kilda and had lunch at the beach.

Loved the colour of this boat

You can see the buildings in Melbourne in the background behind all those masts.

St Kilda Pier is quite long.
Click here for some information on the area.

There is even a cute little bridge next to the childrens Rotary Club Playground
Max had to pose for this photo for you all

NO HOT AIR BALLOON RIDE

THE PHOTOS WILL EXPLAIN IT ALL

We were meant to go Hot Air Ballooning on Monday and then

again Tuesday but both times it was just too foggy.

I know it is Winter but it could be nice to me and

stay away on the mornings I want to soar through the air.

So we have now tried 3 times and still have't been.

Our next date is 11th July, so I will be keeping my fingers crossed.

This morning like our last few mornings has been like this

These photos were taken just before 10.00am

To the right of my front garden

To the left of my front garden.

Who do I see through the fog.

Oh yes, sweet Riley with his Grandad looking at me

Yes today and tomorrow are babysitting days.

Some aspects of foggy mornings are great.

Like the rose below

I just love the dew on the rose petals

Wonderful looking spider web

I will certainly add a post when we do get to go
Hot Air Ballooning

LAST WEEK IN MELBOURNE

LAST WEEK

Last week Max and I were meant to go for a Hot Air Balloon ride.

The photo below shows the reason we never went.

Low clouds over Melbourne.

We were so disappointed - the ride was a

birthday gift I gave to Max last September.

We stayed in South Yarra the night before as we

live too far away to get to Melbourne for the dawn flight.

We have booked again for Monday 15th June

The Albany Hotel in South Yarra where we stayed

While in Melbourne we went to the Shrine of Remembrance .
The Shrine is Victoria's largest and most visited war memorial and
is probably Melbourne’s most recognised landmark

This photo shows the Remembrance Garden – Post 1945 Memorial.

The Ceremonial Entrance to the Shrine

Statues in the foreground of the Shrine

The Eternal Flame was lit by Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1954

Stone with

"We Shall Remember Them"

engraved into it.

Gallipoli Memorial shows a soldier from the

Medical Corps transporting a wounded colleague to a casualty hospital.

Window from the lookout area

Looking towards the Botanical Gardens

Stone of Remembrance

A special feature of the Shrine is the Ray of Light. Thanks to the combined skills of the astronomer, the mathematician and the surveyor the Ray of Light falls on 'LOVE' on the Stone of Remembrance at 11am on the 11th of November and will continue to do so for 5,000 years at least. The time and date commemorate Armistice (meaning a stay of armed conflict) which marks the end of hostilities in World War 1.

This is where the Stone of Rembrance is

Father and Son Statue
This tells you about the following 3 photos

A cool walk along the Yarra River

on a foggy Winter morning

WINTER IS COMING

TOMORROW IT IS WINTER

Tomorrow sees the first day of Winter for us Aussie girls.

Time to bring out all those Winter woolies.

Let us hope for some rain here in Victoria

as our water storage level is down to 26.3%.

This morning we have beautiful blue skies and sunshine.

Thought I would just stroll around the garden

and see what is still around.

Not a bunch of coconuts

but a bunch of lemons

Love the colour of this ajuga

Iceberg Rose

Iceberg Rose

The thrip are loving this rosebud

Pretty camellia

Love looking deep into blooms

Pierre De Ronsard

I just love the shapes

Camellia bud with an ant on it

Primula by my back door

Hope you enjoyed checking my flowers

before Winter comes visiting tomorrow