Gorgeous Miss E and adorable Master A.

I always enjoy catching up with my beautiful little niece Miss E and nephew Master A. Time is precious, even in a month they grow up and change so much.

 Children come into this world with fresh eyes to see all that is beautiful, embrace all that is joyful, and love unconditionally with open hearts and minds. (quoted by unknown author)

Newcastle Baths

Today Miss H and I took full advantage of the beautiful weather we had today(sun was shining and I think it actually reached 22 degrees) and headed out to Newcastle Beach/Baths for a walk.

Silver Bokeh

Red Gerbera from my Back Garden

I bought this $6 dollar Gerbera plant from Coles. It had two gorgeous flowers already blooming on it, so before the plant died, I thought, why not plant it in the back garden....thinking that there was more of a chance it would die I didn't hold my breath.  Fortunately it is growing quite nicely, produced this new flower and another one is coming along, fancy that! I might have a green thumb after all! :).

Newcastle Panorama

Beautiful Bokeh....

Unfortunately the spider didn't want to co-operate with me and spread its legs....must be camera shy!  But I do love the Bokeh created here by the raindrops on the spiders web.

After the Rain

Fun over the sand dunes

Master C finally gets a Haircut and loved showing it off in front of the camera.

Flowers...

Just a few macro photographs of some of the flowers blooming in our garden. 

Cowrie Hole, Newcastle

Finally our first day of sunshine all week! To take the opportunity of a beautiful day, I took the kids down to the little beach next to Nobby's Beach to look for sea shells.  Sitting on the rocks was a Pelican sunning itself, so it seemed, and was quite happy to sit and pose for my camera.

Rainbow over Newcastle Beach 8/7/10

Master C....

Celebrating Miss H's Birthday...

My husband presented me with a dozen red roses on the day of Miss H's birthday.....you see, there is a bit of romance hidden in him somewhere :).

Miss H and her pretty new Headband.

My Beautiful little Princess's Fourth Birthday Party

On Saturday we had a party for Miss H's fourth Birthday.  She had an absolute Ball.  It amazes me how time just seems to pass us by so quickly, I remember the day I brought her home from hospital as a newborn, now she's a really "little Miss", so grown up and I'm loving every minute of it (well I could do away with the odd tears and tantrums :)).

Between all the running around and hosting the party, I was able to take a photo or two.