Christmas Time ;-)

Christmas Baubles

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Christmas Light

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Floral Friday Fotos FFF58

All year I have been posting my 52 Blooms Project photos and I have only just recently come across a photo link up blog especially for Flowers ................. DOH!


Linking with Floral Friday Fotos

I have been trying to think of an interesting subject for my next 52 Project and have a few ideas, but I am thinking I will keep up with 52 Blooms Project again in 2013 - I have so enjoyed being out and about and taking photos of flowers.

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Sitting in the shade of the trees

After Christmas Lunch, it is so nice just to sit quietly, in the shade of the trees.



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My first ever Rice Salad

We had a lovely Christmas Day yesterday with family from Mr Fixit's side.

I volunteered to bring a salad and the host requested a rice salad.

I searched and searched for a salad recipe that did not have capsicum in it - so that I could eat it too ;-)

I found a lovely recipe on Best Recipes and this is out it turned out

Since Christmas Day was a Tuesday, this fits in nicely with my Tryout Tuesday theme ;-)

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52 Blooms Project - the end

Here is my last photo for my own personal 52 Blooms Project.



It has been a fun exercise - although at times a little frustrating to actually take a new photo each week - which was the actual aim of the exercise.

I am looking for a few 52 project - am thinking maybe water, reflections, clouds???  mmm still got a few days yet to make up my mind.

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52 Blooms - nearly the end!

It is nearly the end of the year, and my 52 Blooms project will come to an end.


#51 of  52 Blooms Project
Week 50 - 52 in 2012 - Pretty in Pink

Now to start thinking of what my next 52 project will be - any suggestions?

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REVIEW: Marinade in a bag!

I recently had the opportunity to try a new marinade by McCormick as part of the Best Recipes Test Team.



I used some chicken drumsticks and only marinated for about 3 hours and it was lovely ;-)  I imagine the flavours would be more intense the longer it marinated.  The packet was easy to open and insert the chicken.  Once sealed, it was easy to massage the marinade around the pieces.  The only negative I found was that the bag could have been a bit bigger - especially if it was to hold up to 1kg of meat as suggested.


Linking with 52 Photos Project - #35 What's Cookin - OOps - too late to submit photo, but still go visit, there are some great pics submitted ;-)

The Sticky BBQ certainly got a thumbs up from hubby and we will definitely be getting this one again.  I certainly suggest you try it when you see it in the shops.

I will keep you posted on the taste test of the Red Wine & Garlic marinade.

DISCLOSURE:  I received two free samples from McCormick via the Best Recipes Test Team.  

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I won a trophy!

My very first ever trophy ;-)   you cannot wipe the smile off my face ;-)



Port Adelaide Camera Club had their presentation night last night and I was most shocked and surprised to find I had placed First in the Silver Aggregate section.

All scores for photos entered throughout the year are added up and divided by the number of entries - the top 3 are classified as Gold, and the next 3 are classified as Silver .......... so effectively, I was placed 4th in the whole group!  

Considering the skill level of the Gold recipients, I am most surprised and pleased with my results  ;-)

All photos from the presentation can be seen on Flickr HERE  or Facebook HERE

Many thanks to all the club members for their support and encouragement!
What a great way to end the year ;-)

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Out and about this week

This week has produced some great photo opportunities - with the weather contributing to most of them ;-)



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A new Photography Club

I have recently found a new Photography Club - quite close to where I live ;-)

Mawson Lakes Photography Club has been formed by Andreas Kiermeier, who organised the Adelaide Walk as part of the Scott Kelby World Wide Photo Walk 2011 (see my previous post HERE) and will be meeting the third Thursday of each month.

The weather was very kind to us for our first Photo Walk ;-)

The walkers starting off ;-)


#50 of 52 Blooms


#49 of 52 Blooms


#48 of 52 Blooms


Water Reflections


Building Reflections


Mother Duck


Model Sailboats on the Lake


The ducks don't seem to mind sharing the lake ;-)

I had a wonderful time on our walk and will definitely be joining the Mawson Lakes Photography Club.

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REVIEW: Kikkoman Soy Sauce

As part of the Test Team on Best Recipes, I have had the opportunity to taste test Kikkoman Soy Sauce.

First up came a test as a dipping sauce with spring rolls - a favourite entertainment option in our house ;-)



More recently, I made up our favourite Chicken Satay dish, using the Kikkoman Soy Sauce in the marinade





Kikkoman Soy Sauce has always been first choice in my kitchen, and it will remain so in the future too ;-)

Disclaimer:  I received a voucher to purchase Kikkoman Soy Sauce at Coles.  As yet, I have not used this voucher as I had recently purchased a new bottle from Woolworths.  The opinions stated in this taste test are my own.


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Blooms Galore - my 52 Blooms Project

I have been remiss in not posting my recent 52 Blooms project photos


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A Weekend Away - lots of photos!

I give you fair warning now .......... lots of photos from my weekend away ;-)

I had a wonderful weekend away with some old school friends - we managed to catch up with each other via Facebook and we first got together in 2010 - see some pics HERE

In 2011, we were supposed to meet up in Sydney, but I was unable to make it - just as well, it was the weekend when Qantas was grounded - it made an impact on an awful lot of people.

This year, we met up in Victor Harbor, a lovely tourist destination here in South Australia.
We all stayed in the Victor Harbor Beachfront Caravan Park and took over several cabins and we had a ball!

The weekend started on Friday, with me catching a bus down to Victor, and meeting up with the earlybirds in their cabin.

 

Me, on the far right ;-)

We are toasting two of our former class mates who couldn't be with us ;(

They were with us in spirit :-)

Saturday morning I was up nice and early and went for a walk along one of the walking paths ....... and this is the scenery that greeted me 

 

We spent the day walking around Victor Harbor

 

and then over to Granite Island where we decided to stop and have a bite to eat and a drink or two ;-)

The Seagulls are persistent and very brazen - they will take a chip right off your plate if you are not watching

  

An awful thing happened while we were dining - Sharlene's earring fell down between the boards and onto the rocks below :(

Bent coat hanger and a wonderful staff member of the Cafe to the rescue!

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These flowers were on Granite Island and are as big as the palm of your hand!

While I was taking a photo, a very strange bee flew right into the shot!

Saturday night we went to The Hotel Victor and had a lovely meal

The facilities at the Victor Harbor Beachfront Caravan Park were great - very clean and well maintained ;-)

I actually got to use the Luggage Tag made for me in a CraftMad swap ;-) 

 

Sunday was a day of more very friendly Seagulls LOL 

and more eating and drinking

I didn't get chance to get to the Quilt Basket as I had hoped, but even better, I got to spend my last hour in Victor Harbor wandering through The Whyte House Gallery where I got some lovely new Tilda fabrics

I came home absolutely exhausted and had blisters on the bottom of my left foot - I couldn't walk properly for days afterwards :( but it was worth it :)  Now we are talking about where to meet up next year.

I have to go now - thunder and lightning, very, very frightening ;) - I know I'm old fashioned, I always turn the computer off during a storm ;-)

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