Emily's Photos

Photos taken with her logitech digital camera

Photos of the week

Marley and Phoebe

Chrysalis shells

Spot the Alien?

Awwww so cute

Eyeing up the butterflies

At the allotment

Our first flower bed

Black sheeting - I dug all that!

Emily's butteflies are released

Butterfly cakes

Cats cats glorious cats

Nothing quite like them

The Big Caterpillar House

Days 7: Still no sign of butterflies

the caterpillars move house

Up

-lifting
Awww I so like UP! Up and Wall-e have to be two of the best Disney blu ray films I've watched so far. They contain so much more than just an entertaining animation but they both have such lovely stories in them. And stories with a point too! We should be taking care of our elderly and kids - they have so much to learn from each other - you'll see this if you watch the film.

Though the first part of UP always has me in tears as the lovely Ellie grows old, doesn't have kids and doesn't get to visit South America to see Paradise Falls - I cry everytime I see that part. But it also has me in stitches with the talking dogs - what is it with dogs and squirrels?

Dug the dog (hey who doesn't want a dog like Dug? - he's awsome)

Russell meets Kevin - but Kevin is a...

Russell

Well thats just typical

it's Saturday, my weekend off from work, and it's raining. It's wet and miserable and here I am still sitting in my dressing gown contemplating what to do and how to entertain the kids without involving a long walk anywhere (the dude has the car today as he went to work)

Sigh. I'm thankful for the rain as I know it's helping the allotment, after all the digging and manuring I've done this week I'm thankfull it has rained to help mulch down the manure but I'm still annoyed at the weather. *shakes fist*

I'm going to watch UP instead this morning :)

**UPDATE**UPDATE**

the lazy caterpillar was not dead - he was just lying down!
All five of them are now chrysalises and have been safely rehomed to their net basket, ready for their next stage.

Chrysalis

Two of the caterpillars have suddenly turned into chrysalis, and two are just about to go, but sadly one looks like it has died - so a bit of a sad day.
We will report more new as it happens

little wrigglers

Sorry I forgot to add that I ordered some caterpillars - for Emily's butterfly garden. Well the 5 little uns arrived last week and have grown from the size of a couple of rice grains to large hairy things that measure about 3cm long! The arrived in their own cup like container which had food already in it, and with instructions to leave them in a warm room until they have formed chrysalises before we transfer them into their home.

Burlesque Bird

I won a prize! I won a prize! I won a single ticket to a Burlesque workshop!
For those of you who are not familiar with this form of dance I suggest you google for Dita Von Teese :)

Anyway I'm a bit nervous as I'm not known for my dancing skills (unless you include raving till 6am in the morning - ahh the good old clubbing days). But I am looking forward to it. I had a quick look around the internet and there seem to be lots of classes and workshops going on that I never knew existed. Could this see me giving up my gym membership in order to study the art of the Burlesque? Just wait and see.

I'm not feeling to great just now - I seem to be very tired at night and with a slightly sore throat -maybe coming down with some sniffles? But to keep you all amused some piccies that I didn't have time to blog ...

The Cup Cake Fairies visited again

Dotty Spotty

Ok queue the "awwwwws"

this has been the only time I've managed to get her to wear a party dress, it only lasted about 40 minutes at the part before she was down to her undies.

You've got a friend in me

The lovely people at Disney have sent me Toy Story 1 and 2 to watch this week. Very exited about this as I haven't seen Toy Story for a long long time - and so far Toy Story (number 1) was a winner. Did I say I never had a Mr Potato Head and I feel deprived - I may just go out and buy one. But back to Buzz and Woody - it's a great story and one that has been watched practically every day since we got blu-ray discs. I have to add that once again the clarity of the picture was amazing. Can't wait to watch Toy Story 2 - but that will have to wait for this weekend as I've got to catch up on some study just now.

So here is an introduction to Buzz



Toy Story 2 – The Round up Gang


Too Infinity and Beyond

The icing on the cake

It's been a hectic week with Emily still being a little sick in the evenings, I suffered from mild food poisoning on Sunday night and then on Tuesday Phoebe had the most awful vomiting virus.

The poor washing machine has been on several times a day just to cope with the loads. Glad to say everyone is better - though I think Phoebes stomach muscles really have had a work out. I've never heard her vomit so so so horribly before :(

love is a fluffy kitty cuddle

Anyway to cheer us all up (and spend some of my bonus and full time earnings) I bought this beauty -

And then we decided to have a practice run - the colours are dramatic!I also bought the Australians Woman's Weekly cup cake book that was recommended by a fellow employee in Australia and who I now have regular recipe swaps. I now have a fantastic red pepper soup which is simple to make and also very yummy - and I'm glad our picky-eater loves this soup.

Some good films I've recently watched have been Moon and The Hangover. Moon was a great film and story, definitely recommend it to anyone who likes films that are not so mainstream but have a great twist. Now The Hangover was one of those films that will make you laugh, shake your head as you think it can't get any worse and then laugh out loud as it does get worse! Funniest film I've seen in a long time.

Well this about sums up our week - but right now I'm so tired I could fall asleep whilst typing this. So I must go to bed. Sleep well everyone.

A glimpse of our world

That doesn't look comfy.

This has nothing to do with me (I blame her father)

The draft excluders seek warmth

Very cheesy looking cat

Erm a slighly better photo.