Goodbye 2011 and Hello 2012

Wish you all an awesome 2012 - May all your dreams and wishes come true - I know mine will.

Thank you all for visiting and reading my blog and for all the lovely comments that you take the time to write.


Warm Regards

Merry Christmas

Thursday Challenge and FMTSO - Light

The Thursday Challenge and FMTSO this week is "Light"

These lights are at the Bronx Zoo New York - taken some years ago.

Related posts:  Sandi's Photo Hunt - Light   tnchick's Photo Hunt - Light



 

ABC Wednesday - W is for ....

Waka - Maori Canoe

 

Linking to

Wordless Wednesday - Santa

 


Linking to
Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday at Organised Chaos
Wordless Wednesday at Create with Joy
Wordless Wednesday at A Work in Progress
Wordless Wednesday at Erika Price Designs
Wordless Wednesday at Photo Life

Photo Hunt - Natural and Joy

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift ~ Albert Einstein


Gattina's Photo Hunting - Natural

Natural - defined as "existing in or caused by nature"
So in keeping with Christmas, here are some "natural or nature" pics of something we associate with Christmas - Reindeer

taken at Universal Studios, LA and at the Bronx Zoo, NY

Sandi's Photo Hunt - Joy

The Joy Snowman was made by my aunt and I've had it for nearly 20 years. It's one of my favourite decorations and has seen every Christmas at my house.

FMTSO - Layers

The prompt this week at FMTSO is "Layers"

So here is my interpretation - all pics are taken at the Natural History Museum, New York.

Weekend Reflections - New York

View from the Empire State Building - reflection of the sun in the water.

Thursday Challenge - Shoes

The Thursday Challenge this week is "Shoes" (Boots, Sandals, Dress Shoes, Wooden Shoes, Stiletto Heels, Horse Shoe .....)

So here is my contribution. This is a picture of the Shoe or Boot House at the Kamala Nehru Park in Mumbai, India.  Probably based on the nursery rhyme "There was an old woman who lived in a shoe".
Great fun to climb in and out of it (as kids of course!).

Also linking to Blogging for Fun - Focus on this

ABC Wednesday - V is for ....

ABC Wednesday's letter this week is V

So V is for ...

Vineyard in the Marlborogh District in the South Island, New Zealand. This is the Forest Wines Vineyard.

Vodafone Retail Shop in the Mall.

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Venice, Italy.

Also linking to  Sepia Scenes

FMTSO - Wheels

FMTSO prompt this week is Wheels

So here are mine - taken at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, USA and at the Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin, New Zealand. Both very interesting museums to visit. 

Weekend Reflections - Pelican

taken at the Wellington Zoo.

Linking to:

Photo Hunt - Christmas Decorations and Lights

Gatinna's Photo Hunting  -  Xmas Decorations

Sandi's Photo Hunt  -  Lights

Big thanks to Gattina and Sandi for hosting.

Thursday Challenge - Communication

Communication -  (Talking,  Sign Language,  Telephone,  Technology ...)
 is the topic this week at Thursday Challenge

I don't know why Dolphins kept "communicating" with me so I dug out some of my Dolphin pics from my Las Vegas trip some years ago.

Here are the Dolphins at the Mirage communicating with their trainers:

ABC Wednesday - U is for ....

U is the featured letter at ABC Wednesday.

So U is for ...

The Uffizi and Upside-down

                    Uffizi                                                       Uffizi Upside-down

Unfortunately the Uffizi was closed on the day we were there.

Also linking to: Sepia Scenes

Check out my 'U" post on my other blog Someday Somewhere.