Question Time

   Every weekend I will have a blog post where I ask and answer questions.  It is a good way for readers to get to know more about me and also help me to get feedback on a number of questions. Today I answer the final question asked by Jamie from Love Bakes Good Cakes who passed on the Liebster award to me. How many states have you stepped foot in?  I have never travelled abroad so I have never been to the U.S.A.  However if the day comes when I travel I think the U.S.A. would be the first country that I visit. I have many relatives, friends and pen pals living there.
   I am also participating in Friendship Friday hosted by Create With Joy where this week the theme is Easter and Passover. What are your weekend plans? What special Easter and Passover traditions would you like to share? It is a 4 day long weekend in Jamaica which I will be spending with my family. Many Jamaicans attend Easter Sunday service. There is also the custom to eat escoveitched fish and Easter bun and cheese.

Also linking with:-Thirsty For Comments Thursday,Thursday Thoughts, Friday Chaos, Aloha Friday Blog Hop,You Like Me! Friday Blog Hop,The Weekend Blog Hop,Follow Who? Social Weekend Blog Hop, Lovin' The Readers Blog Hop, Weekend Social Mix Blog Hop,Harvest Of Friends Weekend Blog Hop,I Love My Post Blog Hop,Friendly Friday Blog Hop,Fun Friday Blog Hop,Make My Saturday Sweet,Let's Get Social Sunday,Super Sunday Sync and Weekend Wanderings

Bird Figurine Series # 31 - Happy Easter!

     Chicks are often associated with Easter so I am happy to have a few chicks among my bird collection.  The first chick is a new Easter decoration from my English pen-pal.  A few years ago I  received the second one .    If you celebrate Easter I wish you an enjoyable holiday. It is a four day holiday weekend  in Jamaica - Good Friday (March 29) to Easter Monday ( April 1).

                          
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Favourite Easter Eggs - Wordless Wednesday Linky

Congratulations!

   Earlier this month I celebrated another Blog anniversary and hosted my first giveaway. Today I publicly congratulate the 3 winners. Soon their ads will be on the right sidebar of my blog for 1 month. Please look out for blog posts featuring the winners. The winners are:
                   Sarah who has a Blog  titled Journeys of The Zoo

Sarah  who has a blog titled Whimsical Mumblings

Lisa who has a blog titled Home to 4 Kiddos

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Favourite Easter Decorations - Creative Monday Linky

     Here in Jamaica it is not the custom to decorate one's home at Easter. Anyway my twin and I started decorating our home after receiving Easter decorations from pen pals in a number of countries. I plan to decorate again this year and started to worry when I could not find my Easter decorations. During Hurricane Sandy I had to move things around  so that they would not get damaged. I was so relieved when  I finally found them! Here are some favourites that Janine and I like to decorate with. 

Wooden Bunny that Janine received from Germany

Yellow Feathers from Sweden

Decorated Easter eggs from Sweden

Decorated Easter Eggs from England

Purple Feathers from Sweden

Wooden Flowers from Germany

Question Time

    Every weekend I will have a blog post where I ask and answer questions.  It is a good way for readers to get to know more about me and also help me to get feedback on a number of questions. Today I answer Question 9 asked by Jamie from Love Bakes Good Cakes who passed on the Liebster award to me. If money was no object, what would the first thing you would want to do? I would like to make a significant contribution to the fight against cancer and heart disease.
   I am also participating in Friendship Friday hosted by Create With Joy where this week the theme is Renewal.  What will you do this season to rejuvenate and renew your spirit? I will meditate more, keep on with my Yoga exercises and take more time to admire nature in all its glory.

Also linking with:-Thirsty For Comments Thursday,Thursday Thoughts, Friday Chaos, Aloha Friday Blog Hop,You Like Me! Friday Blog Hop,The Weekend Blog Hop,Follow Who? Social Weekend Blog Hop, Lovin' The Readers Blog Hop, Weekend Social Mix Blog Hop,Harvest Of Friends Weekend Blog Hop,I Love My Post Blog Hop,Friendly Friday Blog Hop,Fun Friday Blog Hop,Make My Saturday Sweet,Let's Get Social Sunday,Super Sunday Sync and Weekend Wanderings

Bird Figurine Series - # 30

  Janine and I were always happy to receive figurines that not only included  birds but some added features. Here are two of our favourites.  They were gifts from our mom.

Linking with -Thursday Favourite Things, Talkin' About Thursday,  Linkin with my Ladies Thursday Hop, Favourite Thing Friday, Flash Blog Friday, Flash Back Friday, Freedom Fridays, Friday Flash Blog,The Weekend Blog Hop, Sincerely, Paula's Weekend Blog Party, Weekend Blog Hop Till You Drop and  Lovely Blog Hop.

Favourite Fruit - Wordless Wednesday Linky

Pineapple Slices 

  

   

   Welcome to Wordless Wednesday hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up your Wordless and not so Wordless photo posts.

Creating Bird Pictures - Creative Monday Linky

    I live on a farm in a rural area of Jamaica where I get to see a lot of birds. It has always been my wish to capture pictures of birds but I was hardly able to do so as once I go too near the bird would fly away. Well, I got out my digital camera book and found the feature that could bring an object nearer.  While it did not cover too wide a range I managed to capture several pictures of a small bird. I then went to work with PicMonkey and created these bird pictures. With spring approaching I hope I will have even more luck in capturing pictures of birds.

                                                   
                                                            

   Hello and welcome to Creative Mondays hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up all your creative posts.

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Happy Creative Monday and have a great week.     

Question Time

    Every weekend I will have a blog post where I ask and answer questions.  It is a good way for readers to get to know more about me and also help me to get feedback on a number of questions. Today I answer Question 8 asked by Jamie from Love Bakes Good Cakes who passed on the Liebster award to me. Do you have odd habits?  Let me see now. I can't think of any. Oh, would constantly writing lists of things to do be counted as an odd habit?!
   I am also participating in Friendship Friday hosted by Create With Joy where this week the theme is Ring In Spring.  What excites you most about Spring? I am most excited about the wide variety of beautiful flowers and birds as well as Easter celebrations.

Also linking with:-Thirsty For Comments Thursday,Thursday Thoughts, Friday Chaos, Aloha Friday Blog Hop,You Like Me! Friday Blog Hop,The Weekend Blog Hop,Follow Who? Social Weekend Blog Hop, Lovin' The Readers Blog Hop, Weekend Social Mix Blog Hop,Harvest Of Friends Weekend Blog Hop,I Love My Post Blog Hop,Friendly Friday Blog Hop,Make My Saturday Sweet,Let's Get Social Sunday,Super Sunday Sync and Weekend Wanderings

Bird Figurine Series - # 29

      Some of the more colourful figurines in our collection are miniatures. Today I feature 5 of them.  The three birds on stumps were gifts from our mother.

Linking with -Thursday Favourite Things, Talkin' About Thursday,  Linkin with my Ladies Thursday Hop, Favourite Thing Friday, Flash Blog Friday, Flash Back Friday, Freedom Fridays, Friday Flash Blog,The Weekend Blog Hop, Sincerely, Paula's Weekend Blog Party, Weekend Blog Hop Till You Drop and  Lovely Blog Hop.

Spring Beckons - Wordless Wednesday Linky

            Last week of my Blog Anniversary Giveaway!  Make sure your entries are in!
                                                        
     Welcome to Wordless Wednesday hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up your Wordless and not so Wordless photo posts.

Cocos In My Soup - Creative Monday Blog Hop

    What do you cook in your soup?  Cocos is a  must whenever I cook soup. Originally from the  Pacific region coco is a starchy tuber that can be found in tropical countries. After being reaped they are peeled and then put in soup to be cooked for about 1 hour. They help to thicken the soup.

Cocos after being reaped

Peeled cocos

Cooked cocos in soup

   Hello and welcome to Creative Mondays hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up all your creative posts.

1. Link up your Crafty, Recipe, DIY, Fashion, Creative writing, Photo, Family Tutorials, Favourite, Helpful, Make-up, Outfit or anything creative posts here...

2. Link as many posts up as you like.

3. Please visit a few posts and leave comments.

4. It would be great if you could grab the Creative Monday button and place it somewhere on your blog.

5. We would love for you to follow some way by GFC,Google+,Facebook, Twitter or Email.
Happy Creative Monday and have a great week.     

Question Time

    Every weekend I will have a blog post where I ask and answer questions.  It is a good way for readers to get to know more about me and also help me to get feedback on a number of questions. Today I answer Question 7 asked by Jamie from Love Bakes Good Cakes who passed on the Liebster award to me. What is your favourite colour?  I like a variety of colours but I would say my favourite colour is blue. Here is a post I did about this What Is Your Favourite Colour?
    I am also participating in Friendship Friday hosted by Create With Joy where this week the theme is Spring Forward. 
    1. How will you celebrate spring? Admiring nature in all its glory, especially flowers and birds.
    2. Do you plan to spend more time, outdoors being more active?  Yes! I will go on nature walks and take pictures.

    Have you entered my Blog Anniversary Giveaway? Don't miss out!

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Bird Figurine Series - # 28

     Recently I turned on my television to watch one of my favourite music programmes and it was not on. Nevertheless I was happy to see a show featuring animated penguins. Unfortunately it was almost at the end of the show but I enjoyed the very short moment. Then March arrived and the picture on my Australian calendar features many Emperor Penguins. Janine and I have always been fascinated with these birds especially the way they walk. Over the years we received a few small penguin figurines but last Christmas it was a special thrill to receive this one from my cousin Christine who lives in Australia. It looks so real!  Love it!

Linking with -Thursday Favourite Things, Talkin' About Thursday,  Linkin with my Ladies Thursday Hop, Favourite Thing Friday, Flash Blog Friday, Flash Back Friday, Freedom Fridays, Friday Flash Blog,The Weekend Blog Hop, Sincerely, Paula's Weekend Blog Party, Grow Your Blog Link Party, Followers To Friends Blog Party, Weekend Blog Hop Till You Drop and Thursdays Just Got Lovelier (Blog Hop).

Spot The Moon - Wordless Wednesday Linky

    
     Welcome to Wordless Wednesday hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up your Wordless and not so Wordless photo posts.

Blog Anniversary Giveaway

      March 4 is the second anniversary of my blog and what better time than to have my first giveaway.  I am going to make it very easy to enter. Please leave a blog comment informing me how you Follow my Blog - GFC, Facebook, Twitter, Email, Google + or Pinterest. 

     There will be 3 winners. Now what will the lucky winners get?! An ad on the right sidebar of my Blog for 1 month. Yes, 1 whole month! In addition I will publish a blog post promoting each ad. The giveaway ends on Monday, March 18. The ad can be about your Blog, Blog Hop, Etsy Shop, product, giveaway etc.  A special request, FAMILY FRIENDLY ads only.  

      

         

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A Second Blog Anniversary - Creative Monday Linky

    
     Time really flies. I can't believe that March 4 marks the second anniversary of my Blog. I am enjoying every moment as a blogger. I will always remember a quotation by Lord Byron that I once had at the top of my blog "To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin."  As I celebrate this milestone I decided to have some fun with a few of the cards that my mother received when Janine and I were born and celebrated our 1st birthday.  Mom has always had scrapbooks with cards she received on special occasions.  It is a trait that Janine and I inherited.

    I am truly grateful to all the persons who have supported me by Following my blog, reading and sharing comments.  So look out!