PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 242 - 31st August 2014 ... 10am

Almost 10am - well 25 to 10.

On the Bullet Train in Shanghai - going VERY fast.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 241 - 30th August 2014 ... Nearby

We were getting on the bus one morning in China and I spotted these people doing their morning Tai Chi in the park NEARBY.

Graceful thru the mist .... Not smog!

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 240 - 29th August 2014 ... Dessert

Watermelon was in season!

In Shanghi

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 239 - 28th August 2014 .... Travel

Cruising on the Carnival Legend - here at Port Vila

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 238 - 27th August 2014 ... Dull

Some days in China were dull with a low haze ( not smog they said ) ....

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 237 - 26th August 2014 ... Breakfast

Brekkie with Brad.

My absolute favourite cooked brekkie ... Yummo.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 236 - 25th August 2014 ... Mail

These remind me of a mail box - pretty cool rubbish bins eh?

They were in the Lingering Garden in Suzhou.

Here's a red mail box! 

At the end of Smoking Pipe Lane in Beijing.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 235 - 24th August 2014 ... Fragrant

IMHO there is nothing more fragrant than a ROSE.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 234 - 23rd August 2014 ... style

These guys have got style - dressed up for the day as royalty at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 233 - 22nd August 2014 ... Words

Copies of our passports.

Very important WORDS! Which I can't seem to rotate.

Grrrrrr

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 232 - 21st August 2014 ... Decorate

Cup cake decorated for the 25th SA convention in Sydney this year

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 231 - 20th August 2014 .... Before bedtime

Stories before bedtime.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 230 - 19th August 2014 ... To do

Finished - Christmas table runner

NO MORE PICS UNTIL I CAN GET WIFI IN CHINA

BON VOYAGE!

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 229 - 18th August 2014 .... Arrow

Now I found this a bit challenging to say the least.

So here is what I found ....

Ok first arrow - up in the top RH corner of this quilt by Chris Jurd.

Definitely an arrow head pointing down.

 

And, there are arrows on the sign boards at the rear of this shot we got at the Sydney Aquarium.

Best I can do.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 228 - 17th August 2014 ..... Dinner

Dinner Taiwan style.

A couple more days and it will be Chinese style!

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 227 - 16th August 2014 ... Clean

Two CLEAN puppies!

Woofy and Scrabble.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 226 - 15th August 2014 .... Clouds

Lovely white fluffy clouds - my favourite - over the camp ground at Bundeela Kangaroo Valley.

Or these lovely sunset clouds in Maui Hawaii

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 225 - 14th August 2014 .... Give

I love to give my quilts.

AND, its lovely to see them used by the recipient.

Here's Kaelan and Noah the Border Collie using Kaelan's raggy circus quilt.

Nice place to have his daytime sleep?

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 224 - 13th August 2014 .... Inside.

Here's Harry - inside the Westpac Rescue Chopper in Newcastle.

It's not what but who you know - his friend Monique's Dad is one of the pilots.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 223 - 12th August 2014 ... Gather

This is a girl gathering!

Lee with all her mates at Merry Beach last year.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 222 - 11th August 2014 .... Mirror

Boy haircut!

Girl haircut!

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 221 - 10th August 2014 ... Art

We are doing 'art' photography at college at the moment.

Working with layers and blending modes in Photoshop.

Here's a couple of my 'blended' photos.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 220 - 9th August 2014 ..... Mix

A mix of Aussies in Tienemen Square.

A mix of cockatiels in flight. Great photo Janet!

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 219 - 8th August 2014..... Pet Peeve

My pet peeve at the moment are my PAINFUL KNEES!

Here they are rigged up for some acupuncture, cupping and deep heat via electrodes on the needles.

And afterwards!

Off to the Dr next week to get a referral to see an Orthopod.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 218 - 7th August 2014 ... Spot

Here's my 'Spot'  .... Our Dalmatian  Bailey.

She loves her beanbag and a cover at night.

And sharing little dogs bed.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 217 - 6th August 2014 ... Grateful for

How do I post a photo of good health and happiness?

Let's see what else I am grateful for in my photo library.

I am grateful for family and friends and I have pasted many pictures of them in these pages.

I am grateful to live in our beautiful country Australia ....

Where we can live our lives in peace and tranquility?

With amazing wildlife ...

And wild flowers in the bush so closeby ...

And, now I'm also grateful for my comfortable warm bed.

Zzzzzzzzzzz

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 216 - 5th August 2014 .... Pile

Here's a big pile of snow!

Otherwise known as a Snowman.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 215 - 4th August 2014 .... In the middle.

Here's Harry in the middle in this cousins shot taken at Play Maze in the last school hols.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 214 - 3rd August 2014 .... 'S' is for ?

Sally - my niece with her handsome husband Sam and son Bailey.

Aren't they a lovely family?

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 213 - 2nd August 2014 .... Lunch

Here's a Chorus friends gathering for lunch at Wests.

A farewell to Robyn B as our excuse to party.

PHOTO-A-DAY DAY 212 - 1st August 2014 .... Landscape

This is a beachscape looking through the seamist to Surfers Paradise...