Beautiful picture of the swans. It may not be the season for humans, but animals enjoy it.
Oh, and you asked me about Christmas traditions in Chile... besides the two things I have showed you, Chileans celebrate Dec 24 rather than Dec 25. People usually go to Mass at 8pm, and after that, they have dinner with the extended family... some people go for the traditional turkey and pommes noisettes, others go for seafood and fish, while others who feel more informal and laid back may do a barbecue. We wait until 12am to do gift swapping, and after that children are allowed to go to the street to showcase their new gifts (though with technology and new hi-tech toys, they tend not to do it) while grownups stay up talking until late. Christmas day, then, it is a day to relax, and usually go to visit other relatives.
Cameras used: Olympus E-500 w/ 5 lenses (35mm prime, 10-20mm, 14-45mm, 40-150mm, 70-300mm); on lazy days - Sony DSC-H9; on incredibly lazy days - Google Nexus S cellphone camera
Thunderstorm Wall Cloud
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If I had a wider camera lens, it would have told a bigger story. However,
trust me that this was one impressive looking wall cloud.
Cedar Key Beach & Cedar Cove Resort
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Cedar Key is a small fishing community about 75 miles due west of Ocala
located on the Gulf of Mexico. We visit Cedar Key several times a year and
take ...
The Final touches to the Corn Queen
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She is truly magnificent this year, the Corn Queen's final touches are
applied before the big day. Apple festival at Borough Market last weekend,
a cel...
Theme Day - Looking Down
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Taken from the top of the southern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Looking due east, down the harbour, out to the Pacific Ocean.
This post is my contr...
Living Room decorating ideas
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Lounge room improving thoughts. Much obliged to you for ceasing by at this
site. Here is a great visual computerization thoughts for Living Room
designing ...
Nothing is Certain
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As some of you may remember my partner passed away a year ago today.
I've never really taken a break not even from my blog to think a reflect on
what I wi...
A delightful fortress
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[image: Ayala Museum]
"Museums should be places where you raise questions,
not just show stuff."
~William Thorsell, past Director & CEO of the Royal Ontari...
No gift wrap challenge #2: Note paper set
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[image: stationery set] This set of floral sticky note paper already had
such a pretty pattern, it almost didn't require gift wrapping at all.
Almost, beca...
Hawthorn Church
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After a work enforced hiatus, I'm hopefully going to be back to taking
photos!
This is the same church that I photographed previously in Hawthorn, howev...
Pause
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Is anyone still out there??? Well, from my stats I can see that a few lost
souls landed on this blog :) All my apologies for not posting these days,
life h...
Minister in Town
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In our leadership seminars' graduation for official government at the
Institute for Leadership Development, we had the minister of Economic
handling the...
It's a very beautiful scene
ReplyDeleteRush hour it is. Beautiful photos! Also love the rainbow pics!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture of the swans. It may not be the season for humans, but animals enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteOh, and you asked me about Christmas traditions in Chile... besides the two things I have showed you, Chileans celebrate Dec 24 rather than Dec 25. People usually go to Mass at 8pm, and after that, they have dinner with the extended family... some people go for the traditional turkey and pommes noisettes, others go for seafood and fish, while others who feel more informal and laid back may do a barbecue. We wait until 12am to do gift swapping, and after that children are allowed to go to the street to showcase their new gifts (though with technology and new hi-tech toys, they tend not to do it) while grownups stay up talking until late. Christmas day, then, it is a day to relax, and usually go to visit other relatives.