This one certainly did, about 100 metres from our tent while camping in the wild in Algonquin, Ontario, Canada, last summer.
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Saturday, 23 January 2016
My Sunday Photo - Week 56
Peter is off to Turkey this week with work, so I have the house to myself. Usually I don't like it when he's away as I spend 24 hours every day on my own, but now I'm working I don't mind as much and I bet the week races by.
All planning etc done and ready for the week. Desk cleared ready for personal stuff to sort - student loan, bank account UK and Dubai. The teens medical needs to address with school, letters to write and parcels to be sent, blog posts to write, cat and dog re registered with the municipality, the ironing needs doing and of course I have to feed myself. There will be numerous hot baths to enjoy before the weather gets too hot, a beach to visit. A trip to the night gardens and the illuminations on the Burj Khalifa. I'm also hoping for a few early nights, I really need my sleep.
Week 3 - One Daily Positive and Project 366
Another busy week, I think I've got on top of the planning at school. I managed to leave on time on Thursday and haven't taken any work home with me for the weekend. Hubby has been working late this week and played golf on Friday while I cleaned the house and caught up with the washing and did some gardening. Another boring week of photos and some days I've had to find something to photograph for this post. But I've accepted the challenge and it's full steam ahead for the year. I'm not joining in with the linky this year, I wish it had been kept as a blog hop, that way I wouldn't have to acknowledge anyone in particular. I'm going to carry on visiting my favourite blogs from last year
Sunday Day 17 #onedailypositive #project366 This little mite lost its mate tonight in a road accident that I witnessed. A passer by stopped to help me rescue the one cat from the road who was sadly dead, hubby came with the cat basket and another passer by helped me catch this one. I took the cat to the vet who checked it over and it appears ok, no chip and is probably one of the many strays who live round here. On advice from the vet we are keeping this cat over night in an out building with fresh water and to let it go if it's ok in the morning near where we found it, but well away from the road. I'm so grateful to the passer by X 2 who stopped to help me and very moved by their care and concern.
My Sunday Photo this week was supposed to be a day of rest, until I popped to the shops and ended up rescuing a young cat whose Mother was hit and killed by a car.
Monday Day 18 #onedailypositive #project366 welcome to 'Suzanne's boring week of photos' I've taken two other photos today, one of soup and another of a pack of jelly and that's it. On a positive note though it means I'm busy and have things to occupy my time, such as work. I collected my new car today. I've gone from no car to 2 cars in the space of as many weeks. Will return the hire car on the weekend.
Tuesday Day 19 #onedailypositive #project366 whilst nursing a lemsip and reading a book in the bath I could hear a cry for help, that demanded immediate investigation. As far as I know she's still up there as the dog keeps barking for her to come down. They certainly keep me amused and entertained for hours.
For Animal Tales this week and HDYGG I linked up a post from my visit to Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo.
Wednesday Day 20 #onedailypositive #project366 I don't know the last time someone bought me flowers, so I bought some for myself, and why not?
Thursday Day 21 #onedailypositive #project366 searching for something to take a picture of that isn't the Burj Khalifa or the dog. A child in my class gifted me some chocolates this morning and asked if I'd buy her a monkey. #random #LoveMyJob
Friday Day 22 #onedailypositive #project366 grrrrrr it's not often I tell the dog off but I am less than impressed with him after he decided to dig in the garden which he knows is a telling offence after I put some new plants in today, then ran through the house that I'd swept and mopped earlier and jumped onto the bed, which I'd put fresh sheets on earlier, leaving a trail of mud throughout the whole house. But he is cute and I can't stay cross with him for long which was the same length of time it took me to clean up his mess.
Saturday Day 23 #onedailypositive #project366 it's Dan's 21st birthday today, I've had a long and tiring week, hubby has been working late, I fancied a bit of time out of the house and had a bit of shopping to do so I visited Mall of the Emirates for the morning and spent the afternoon sorting through piles of paperwork.
Sunday Day 17 #onedailypositive #project366 This little mite lost its mate tonight in a road accident that I witnessed. A passer by stopped to help me rescue the one cat from the road who was sadly dead, hubby came with the cat basket and another passer by helped me catch this one. I took the cat to the vet who checked it over and it appears ok, no chip and is probably one of the many strays who live round here. On advice from the vet we are keeping this cat over night in an out building with fresh water and to let it go if it's ok in the morning near where we found it, but well away from the road. I'm so grateful to the passer by X 2 who stopped to help me and very moved by their care and concern.
My Sunday Photo this week was supposed to be a day of rest, until I popped to the shops and ended up rescuing a young cat whose Mother was hit and killed by a car.
Monday Day 18 #onedailypositive #project366 welcome to 'Suzanne's boring week of photos' I've taken two other photos today, one of soup and another of a pack of jelly and that's it. On a positive note though it means I'm busy and have things to occupy my time, such as work. I collected my new car today. I've gone from no car to 2 cars in the space of as many weeks. Will return the hire car on the weekend.
Tuesday Day 19 #onedailypositive #project366 whilst nursing a lemsip and reading a book in the bath I could hear a cry for help, that demanded immediate investigation. As far as I know she's still up there as the dog keeps barking for her to come down. They certainly keep me amused and entertained for hours.
For Animal Tales this week and HDYGG I linked up a post from my visit to Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo.
Wednesday Day 20 #onedailypositive #project366 I don't know the last time someone bought me flowers, so I bought some for myself, and why not?
Thursday Day 21 #onedailypositive #project366 searching for something to take a picture of that isn't the Burj Khalifa or the dog. A child in my class gifted me some chocolates this morning and asked if I'd buy her a monkey. #random #LoveMyJob
Friday Day 22 #onedailypositive #project366 grrrrrr it's not often I tell the dog off but I am less than impressed with him after he decided to dig in the garden which he knows is a telling offence after I put some new plants in today, then ran through the house that I'd swept and mopped earlier and jumped onto the bed, which I'd put fresh sheets on earlier, leaving a trail of mud throughout the whole house. But he is cute and I can't stay cross with him for long which was the same length of time it took me to clean up his mess.
Saturday Day 23 #onedailypositive #project366 it's Dan's 21st birthday today, I've had a long and tiring week, hubby has been working late, I fancied a bit of time out of the house and had a bit of shopping to do so I visited Mall of the Emirates for the morning and spent the afternoon sorting through piles of paperwork.
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
The Aquarium and Underwater Zoo at Dubai Mall with #AnimalTales and #HDYGG
The kids keep promising they'll come with me when they are over in Dubai for their holidays, but then we never seem to get round to going so I decided to go to the aquarium on my own.
Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo is located in Dubai Mall, the world's largest mall, so there is no surprise then to discover that the aquarium holds many records also.
The most fascinating one being that the view below contains the world's largest single piece of acrylic panel which weighs 45,000kgs and measure 32.8 m x 8.3 m and is 750 mm thick.
It is also the world's biggest indoor aquarium. The tank is 51m x 20m x 11m and contains 10 million litres of water and has 33,000 aquatic animals from over 200 species.
I opted for the Researcher ticket at AED 100, which gave me access to the tunnel, behind the scenes and the underwater zoo. I also got to see King Croc and the feeding of the penguins. There is an additional charge to feed the fish, watch King Croc being fed, take a glass bottom tour and many other things.
I felt incredibly sea sick when I walked through the tunnel and surprised at how short the tunnel was as it seems much bigger from the outside. On exiting the tunnel, I had to leave the area and go up the escalators next to the rain forest cafe and discovered I could see the other side of the tank for free on the floor, which will be a nice thing to show future visitors who may not want to actually visit inside.
I was disappointed with the 'behind the scenes' area, there was little information available and we were ushered through each area, as we were passed from guide to guide.
The underwater zoo though was lovely and I was free to take my time and wander around, there are coffee and gift shops inside, loads of information of the fish, but not actually as many fish as I thought I would see compared to other aquariums I've visited around the world.
I loved the glass walk ways and especially loved watching the other visitors actually walk around them rather than on them, I did the same up the CN tower earlier this year, I'm more than happy to walk on the glass as you can see.
I was impressed with the decoration of the Underwater Zoo, despite the plants and flowers being artificial it was rather life like and made me feel like I was actually in a real environment, especially with the rope bridges in the jungle area which led to the bat and insect caves.
Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo is located in Dubai Mall, the world's largest mall, so there is no surprise then to discover that the aquarium holds many records also.
The most fascinating one being that the view below contains the world's largest single piece of acrylic panel which weighs 45,000kgs and measure 32.8 m x 8.3 m and is 750 mm thick.
It is also the world's biggest indoor aquarium. The tank is 51m x 20m x 11m and contains 10 million litres of water and has 33,000 aquatic animals from over 200 species.
You can view the aquarium from the outside from 3 floors.
And from the back on the 3rd floor
I opted for the Researcher ticket at AED 100, which gave me access to the tunnel, behind the scenes and the underwater zoo. I also got to see King Croc and the feeding of the penguins. There is an additional charge to feed the fish, watch King Croc being fed, take a glass bottom tour and many other things.
You could watch the penguin feeding for free
I felt incredibly sea sick when I walked through the tunnel and surprised at how short the tunnel was as it seems much bigger from the outside. On exiting the tunnel, I had to leave the area and go up the escalators next to the rain forest cafe and discovered I could see the other side of the tank for free on the floor, which will be a nice thing to show future visitors who may not want to actually visit inside.
I was disappointed with the 'behind the scenes' area, there was little information available and we were ushered through each area, as we were passed from guide to guide.
The underwater zoo though was lovely and I was free to take my time and wander around, there are coffee and gift shops inside, loads of information of the fish, but not actually as many fish as I thought I would see compared to other aquariums I've visited around the world.
I loved the glass walk ways and especially loved watching the other visitors actually walk around them rather than on them, I did the same up the CN tower earlier this year, I'm more than happy to walk on the glass as you can see.
I was impressed with the decoration of the Underwater Zoo, despite the plants and flowers being artificial it was rather life like and made me feel like I was actually in a real environment, especially with the rope bridges in the jungle area which led to the bat and insect caves.
Of course the underwater plants were real
Sunday, 17 January 2016
My Sunday Photo - Week 55
I bought a car yesterday, purchased insurance today. It's being registered in the morning and I'll have it delivered when I get home from work tomorrow.
I received feedback from the Board of Governors of their observation of me in the classroom last week. My 2nd week in post as an FS1 Teacher with the British Curriculum and to say I'm pleased with the feedback is an understatement.
For myself I need to work on my time management, after 5 years of not working it has come as a bit of a shock to the system, the sheer volume of information I have absorbed in the past two weeks has left little space in my head for anything else. My brain is whirring none stop with things I need to do and things I want to do and my blogging, reading of posts and commenting has fallen by the wayside.
It is through social media I've kept going over the past few years and I really don't want to let it slide, so I've set time aside this evening to have an early night and catch up with some TV and chill out, with pasta and a glass of wine.
I'm hoping Manchester United win as I could do without the stress of Peter's (my husband) team losing and spoiling our evening.
Week 2 - One Daily Positive and Project 366
Another long and tiring week, every time I think I'm on top of all this paperwork, I find something else that needs doing. I'm determined that by the end of the month I won't be bridging any work home with me in the evenings....watch this space.
We managed to do everything we had planned for the week. The house seems rather quiet and empty now Jamie has returned to the UK, just another thing us expats have to keep doing and that is to say too many goodbyes.
Sunday Day 10 #onedailypositive #project366 Apart from 2 photo prompts, the only other picture I've taken today is of my hire car. Why? Because it's so damn small, I keep losing it/forgetting where I park. I do this often even with the 4x4 we own. In fact there have been many times I've caught public transport home from work or the shops for hubby to ask me where the car is as I've forgotten I'd driven there. It's makes me laugh, it frustrates Peter.
My Sunday Photo this week was a picture of the Address Hotel fire.
Monday Day 11 #onedailypositive #project366 I met hubby and Jamie after I finished work @globalvillageuae for a walk round and dinner. On leaving my hire car wouldn't start so I called the company who responded with 'Miss Suzanne, try putting the car in P for park' this obviously have many calls like this.
Tuesday Day 12 #onedailypositive #project366 Jamie has been here two weeks, it's his last night with us tonight and the cat finally decides to be civil towards him.
The cat has been acting weird again, too much change and she can't seem to settle as you'll see in this weeks Animal Tales.
Wednesday Day 13 #onedailypositive #project366 storm clouds over Dubai very much like my emotions this week the#teen and Jamie both returned to the UK this week, I've had little sleep with trying to organize work and home life.
Thursday Day 14 #onedailypositive #project366 we has post, was sent on time for Christmas from the UK but hubby has been off work so only collected it today. It's the weekend here, we went out for dinner, enjoyed dinner out and watched a movie. I have paperwork to do on the weekend, a food shop to do and coffee with friends, plus 2 weeks worth of soaps to watch.
I've not had much time to spend in the garden so I've been writing up old posts. This week's HDYGG? is a visit to South Africa late last year, Parks and Gardens in Pretoria.
Day 15 #onedailypositive #project366 I'll admit there have been moments when I've thought that working is just too much for me and I don't need it and I've spent all day planning and preparing future work, but I'm slowly getting into a routine and I can see the fog lifting slightly.
Day 16 #onedailypositive #project366 we went out for coffee and cake and bought a car. So far it's been a simple process, they took copies of my ID, a deposit by credit card, sent a driver to collect a cheque from us, they will do the registration once the cheque clears and deliver the car in 2-3 days time. All I have to do is get insurance and email a copy over to the garage.
Apart from the photo prompts for SnapHappybritMums and FMSPhotoADay and My month of mornings where I take a picture from the front doorstep of the view as I leave for work, this is the extent of the pictures I've been taking and I feel they are lacking excitement and interest to me, I must up the game next week.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Parks and Gardens in Pretoria with HDYGG
Unfortunately in South Africa many local beautiful parks are just not safe places to visit when solo travelling. In fact there are few places one can walk on foot in the Gauteng, the state which Pretoria is in.
But where you can walk and drive there are lovely displays in flower beds and of course the Jacaranda trees.
It was spring in Pretoria when I visited in October last year and I showed you a garden centre, township gardening and the Jacarandas in previous posts and I wanted to take a bit of time to show you some of the lovely gardens of friends who I've been staying with. There are lemons, lilies, palms and aloe and exotic flowers that I'm unable to name and of course plenty of bougainvillaea.
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