Yeah, we did end up having a good one. Read more
My roses are in full bloom, they are white standards, so I took a few pics of them.
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….are gifts from the heart.
Today was my last day at the community centre for the year. We are having 3 weeks break as of today. I’m kind of sad, but looking forward to a nice relaxing break though.
I received lots of Christmas cards today and a few very special gifts.
A lady in my craft group knitted these for me by herself! So clever 
received this from the centre Manager... I love papaya and Papaya Suzuki And I seem to be getting a lotus theme everywhere I go these days! Need to look up the meaning...
I received this from our mentor in the women's group I'm in, she hand made it by leadlighting the wings and putting glitter, the colour was done especially for me, and she put a magnet on the back to stick on the fridge Did I mention I'm a big fan of dragonflies? They mean "transformation" by the way
This is a very very special present from one of my students in the art class, she used her glitter pens to draw me some Holly.
I also attended the last silk painting workshop for this year except that we didn’t use silk, we used cotton. I painted an apron, since I don’t really have one. I used Yellow as the base, and added pink. I wanted it to be splotchy because I like that effect, so it’s not that there wasn’t enough paint 
In some parts the pink and yellow went together and made orange but I like it. I also used epsom salts right down the middle and you can see the effect it had in the closer shots. I’m pretty happy with the colours. The reason I chose those particular ones is because:
Yellow means hope and happiness
Pink means universal love
Orange means vitality with endurance
All great things to resonate with at the moment don’t you think?
I also got a book I ordered in from the book club, it’s an Asian Cook Book, it has 500 pages and details cuisine from Japan, China, India, and Thailand. It has entrees, starters, mains, meat, poultry, snacks, desserts, sauces, pastes, breads etc etc, it is so thorough! I can’t wait to try out some of the recipes. Plus the book is normally $89.95 but buying through the book club I got it for $25. Hows that for a bargain!
Yep, so I had a pretty good day today!
I’m having such a spiffy day today I hope you all are too
I’m actually beginning to turn around abit in regards to Christmas as the exciting parts are starting to materialize – as in: people decorating their houses with lights! Yasu and I go every year to have a look, and we plan to this year as well.
There is a house just around the corner from us that has some lights on it, all over it in fact. I love the houses that have a window display with the snow and the trains going through the tunnel and the dolls that move. Some people put so much effort into their creations. I hope to go around and take some photo’s over the next couple of weeks to post on here so you can all enjoy abit of Christmas magic.
This is what Santa should look like!!
Ok, so I’m back but in my happier self. Read more
Ahh it is upon us again. I went into the shops today and was surrounded by Christmas displays. I am so un-Christmas minded this year. Usually I get right into it but I just can’t be bothered this year. I think it’s because we didn’t take our Christmas tree down until the end of February this year because we were so lazy. I feel as if we’ve had Christmas decorations for 2 months of this year already, so I’m over it. I don’t mind others decorations, I just can’t be bothered putting ours up and then taking it down again. I told Yasu and he doesn’t care, so I get my own way. I’ll make an effort when we have kids but until then I think I’ll admire from afar.
In any case here are some pictures I took on my mobile phone. My intro to the silly season…
Santa gives the thumbs up
Santa suits for kids
Christmas Fairy-Elves Dresses
A possible present for all the mums out there who get through Christmas
Candy Sacks
Talking Elmo sacks
Musical toy gifts
Dreaming of a white christmas
It's Christmas in Kmart! (lol)
Naughty Fat Santa
Chicky Woo-Woo
Mad Squirrel
Piggy Pooper
Santa Sacks
Cute Santa
So there you go guys I’ve spread the Christmas cheer Should give you a feeling about Christmas in Oz.
