Have a fab New Year!

As we ring in the new year, I'd like to wish all my blog watchers a fantastic New Year, and may 2008 bring only good things to you and your families.

Enjoy all the partying tonight, but don't get up to too much monkey (or Gorilla) business...

As for tomorrow, well, wouldn't this hammock be great! For me only, that is, I wouldn't like to share it with this Spectacle Bear, even though it does look rather cuddly!

These 2 photos are from our trip to the Johannesburg Zoo today.

Green Thumb Sunday - Australian Flame Tree flower

We have a beautiful Australian Flame tree growing in our garden. It was hit very badly by the frost in winter, and is only starting to recover now. It's show of flowers is not as magnificent this year, as it was last year; but they're still beautiful.

I love ice-cream

Well, not me, but K sure does. I took the boys to a mom's gettogether/playdate this morning, and this is my favourite photo from the "meet".

Thumbelina the puppy

Thumbelina is a 7 week old boerboel puppy. Isn't she the cutest?! She's one of the many dogs at the stables (Bradley went riding today again).

More from my garden

We did go out today, but I forgot to take my camera! So, instead, I took photos in my garden again.

Vygie. I love these little indigenous creepers. They're such colourful little fillers that are so easy to grow and maintain because they're succulents.

Cape Thatching Reed

Orange Rose - no ideas about the name of it though, the previous owners planted it.

Hebe - these flowers are actually very small.

Butterflies and Dandelions

Butterfly drying it's wings after being rescued from the pool

Butterfly on my mom's hand
Dandelion

Freestate scenery

We drove to Parys today to visit my mother-in-law. Today I decided to just take photos of the scenery. Even though the Freestate is mostly flat (in fact very flat), it looks quite pretty especially at this time of the year when it's green.

All these photos were taken on the main road to Parys (R59)

I love this part of the trip, the rolling hills in this area are just so pretty, even in the dead of winter.

I had to include a rural ruin for the day too ;).

Christmas Day

The day started really early today... Bradley woke up at 4am!! LOL! It was fantastic to have his excitement in the house!
I can't possibly choose only one for the day, so here are a few...

My parents and their grandchildren. We don't get together very often so we always make use of the opportunity to take family photos.

The Wazooka's were a hit today, 5 minutes after this was taken, CJ and Bradley were chasing each other around the garden and getting very wet!

CJ - she's my children's cousin's cousin :)
Connor

I just had to add these 2 because they were so sweet. Erin trying very hard to put the ball in her mouth, and then succeeding at it :)

Milk and cookies

Bradley has been planning this plate for Father Christmas all day. We even bought some cookies this morning because Bradley decided that mince pies were not good enough. LOL!

I hope everyone reading this has a wonderfully fantastic Christmas tomorrow with their families and friends.

Don't mess with this pirate!

First he didn't want me to take a photo...

And then "arrrgh" was all I got out of him :)