Treasure Jar

My other entry, almost sunset photo is here.

Lovely sunflower eh? I wish to see lots and lots of these. Why?

With so much destruction and devastation brought about by the two typhoons that ravaged the country recently, it is easy to just pretend that everything was just a bad dream but its not.

I long for sun-kissed days, even parched lips and prickly heat, days at the beach, sunflowers and colorful sunsets.

A little rain every now and then to quench the thirst of the earth and to bring a refreshing feeling would also be perfect.

I can dream, can I?

“Lord, we don’t need this one now to add more suffering and to sow more panic and fear to what we have been through.”

Tags: family, introspection, nature photo, Philippines, Photo Hunter, sunflowers, thoughts, typhoon

“What is my ideal Nuffnang summer?”

My ideal Nuffnang summer is composed of a lot of things, not just for me but for the family as well:

• swimming at the beach using “Banana Boat Sunscreen Lotion. We’ve got you covered.” for skin protection plus “Schick. Free your skin.” to remove unwanted hairs.

• go on road trips, trek some hills, explore some caves and breathe fresh air

• take a lot of sunflower photos, a feast to the eyes!

• eat halo-halo and ice cream with the kids to ward off the heat

• have afternoon walks with the children to burn those sugar intake from halo-halo and ice cream

• drink lots of freshly juiced fruits (and vegetables) and water of course to keep ourselves hydrated

I’m sure my summer will not be boring with all these things to do plus so much more!

Tags: Banana Boat sunscreen, Banana Boat Sunscreen Lotion, beach, fresh fruit juice, halo-halo, Philippine summer, road trip, Schick Free Your SKin, summer fun, sunflower

I love taking flower photos. In fact, I have several flower-related posts in this blog and Pixie Pixels blog.

Flowers make our surroundings more colorful and more fun.  Flowers uplift the spirits for these make people smile and feel good. Even by looking at flower photos people will feel positive energy as they look at the colorful foliage.

My favorite flower would be sunflower, no question about it 🙂

Tags: flower photos, flowers, sunflower

Outdoor fun is my other entry.

Scrapbooking is fun, if not perceived as a challenge to one’s creativity for creating cool photos more interesting. It is expensive too, for not only one needs to buy different papers but varied embellishments too. Yes, and there is this thing about storage.

Good thing there is digital scrapbooking.

Sure, one buys stuff too but there are sites that offer free digital scrapbook “services” like Scrapblog.com (an online digiscrap site, where I made the page below) and Shabby Princess, a site where one can download free kits.

This is a bigger photo of that bright sunshiny sunflower.

Now, one can make pretty digiscrap pages easily. Hurry and visit the sites and make wonderful digiscrap pages! 🙂

Happy Photo Hunting!

Tags: digiscrap, flower, nature photo, Photo Hunter, Photography, summer

These photos were for a photo scavenger hunt (different from the Saturday Photo Hunter meme that I participate) that I plan to join but was not able to.

Some photos included were taken by my 13yo daughter.

1. A View from Above (looking down)

Airplane ride from Bohol to Manila (photo taken by my 13yo daughter)

2. A Macro Shot

Sunflowers are very bright and lovely flowers

3. Laughter

Going down a slide is pure happiness

4. Relaxation

A respite and shade from the noon heat

5. A Celebration

Christmas, ‘tis the season of joy and love.

6. A Sunset

Cityscape sunset

7. Sun/Lens Flare

Sun flare being blocked by a big leaf

8.  A Bridge

Would you dare cross that hanging bridge? No, there are no crocodiles lying in wait just in case you fall down but then, that would double the fun, wouldn’t it? (Photo taken by my 13yo daughter)

9.  A Shadow

Wouldn’t you know, it is almost high noon but because of the shadows cast by the trees, this road is quite shady and still cool for a walk.

10.  A Garden

My MIL‘s home garden (Photo taken by my 13yo daughter)

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Tags: Bohol, Capitol Hills, Christmas, full moon, hanging bridge, lemon iced tea, Loboc, Manila, PAL, Panglao, Pansol, Sierra Madre, slide, star fish, sunflower, Sunken Garden, UP Diliman, wooden pecking hens

I know I am one of the many who complains about the hot and humid weather but is it goodbye summer already?

It was a good thing that last Sunday, even if I was having a sneezing fit and while the world was getting ready to watch the Pacquiao-Hatton fight in LV which had the Pacman KO Hatton <- (must watch) during 2nd round, my hubby and I decided to go where I can take photos of sunflowers (my favorite flowers!) and at the same time, spend a little time doing some walking. He brought a bike and went biking while I walked.

So there you go, a close-up sunflower photo, in memory of a very short summer.

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Update: We are supposed to be in the middle of summer but we just had Chan-hom, a category 3 hurricane, ravaging the northern part of the country last night.Please pray for those who lost their homes and their loved ones.

Tags: flower, Photo Hunter, summer, Sunday, sunflower, sunny day, yellow