Plan was … having a set meal dinner at Hochi Mama, a Vietnamese restaurant in the Melbourne CBD. Then welcoming NYE in one of the Celebration Zones set up all around Melbourne offering live music and entertainment culminating in a midnight firework display. Successfully booked a hotel and overnight parking ticket staying overnight in the…
Month: December 2021
Christmas Markets
“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree“. – Roy L. Smith Taken from Christmas markets in London and in Budapest in 2018. For Jude’s Life in Colour – Kaleidoscope
Just having a bit of fun…
“Colours speak all languages.” – Joseph Addison During the day, these installations at the Northcote Town Hall is cute, colourful and playful for kids and kids at heart (as you can see here). But I heard that it really is something else when the neon lights at night. This large scale interactive neon installations is…
A garden of purple
”A garden of purple is always in bloom.” – unknown I don know why, but this first one is my favourite and as you can see I even made it my wallpaper. FOTD Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – CMMC
So… where does this lead you?
“I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them.” – Elizabeth Taylor For the last Thursday Doors challenge for 2021, i am putting out there something with a blast of festive colours. This is in relation to my previous post when I went for…
Christmas Colours
“God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If He gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.”- Pope Francis Globally, whenever we see red and green, it is automatically associated with Christmas. Although no one knows the origins of…
I Chose to Visit the City last Weekend…
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles M. Schulz I have always loved the Christmas season especially when the kids were small and we all decorated the Christmas tree together. But now that they have their own individual worlds, hubby and I still have fun making our own special memories. We…
Holiday mood …
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie Last weekend, my hubby and I wanted to finish our Christmas shopping, so we decided on visiting this shop that we haven’t seen for awhile. We went to The Glen, which is a regional shopping centre located in…
Bare Tree
”Bare trees have a power that the most lush ones don’t… The bare ones, have nothing to lose …” – Diti Swain The silhouette of the bare tree on the hill against the winter sky. This was taken last winter, a few months back.
Hydrangea
“If you peek at Hydrangea petals through a kaleidoscope…Happiness dances round and round.” – unknown Hydrangeas are much loved for their colour-changing blooms which is an awesome addition to the garden. FOTD
Back in Cebu
“Once I had put enough distance between myself and where I grew up, I started to see its beauty. I started to see it the way outsiders do – maybe because I had become an outsider.” ― Taylor Jenkins Reid October 2016 … It has been more than a month that I have been away…
Colourful Murals
“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” ~Wassily Kandinsky Here is my entry for Sami’s Monday Mural, for Ludwig’s Monday Windows and for Jude’s Life in Colour December Challenge – Kaleidoscope
Celebrating…
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey For Filipinos, traditions with family are very important. We never miss to celebrate special occasions like birthdays, graduations, someone leaving for overseas, someone getting a new pet, kids getting an award in school, someone getting a…
The Fairy Tree
The plaque beneath the tree says: “I have carved in a tree in the Fitzroy Gardens for you, and the fairies, but mostly for the fairies and those who believe in them, for they will understand how necessary it is to have a fairy sanctuary – a place that is sacred and safe as a…
Sassafras Part 3
“A chair is not just a product of decorative art in a space, it is a form and a space in itself” – Finn Juhl Part of the series featuring some chairs used in odd ways in the town of Sassafras.
Sassafras Part 2
“Today is a perfect day for opening a new door.” Part of the Series are these doors of shops, nursery, art gallery, clothing and jewellery shops in Sassafras.
Roses in Single Shades
“The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms.” – Angelus Silesius Here are some roses for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – CFFC and for FOTD.