dare we say that Spring is actually here?
im a bit worried that as soon as we say it we’re gonna jinx it and get the horrible weather again…LOL

anyway, i know i promised to post some photos from the Spring Festival, so now that i have a spare few minutes
im gonna share some gorgeous tulips pictures from the botanical garden the last time we went.
They were in full bloom and so beautiful….and they add a wonderful splash of colours all over the garden…
i really wish we can see them more often than just a few weeks in a whole year…

i guess spring is kinda here after all….only because spotted this little lady in my garden while i was pottering about.
i think she usually comes out of hiding only during Spring time. I never saw her in any other season….
or maybe is it because i never really look for her when its too cold? LOL

For the first time in a long time i had to use my tripod again….i had to dug it out from our storage space quickly
just because i don’t want her to leave or fly away before i had a chance to take pictures.
The reason why i had to quickly grab my tripod was because it was quite windy (what a surprise there…NOT!)
and also the way she was moving around i cannot lean on anything to keep my grip steady on my camera when i change my shooting angle.

Anyway, i love how photogenic she was and i was lucky that she allowed me to have a quick mini session…
which was about 10-15 mins before she flew away.
I didn’t take my eyes of her the whole time i was shooting just to make sure i wont loose sight of her,
however i did checked my LCD screen for a few seconds and the next second i looked back, she was gone…i guess my 15 mins was up LOL

So here is the little lady who came to visit our garden…..isn’t she beautiful?

we have not had much of a Spring so far…and specially today, i think that we had all 4 seasons in one day!
one minute it was sunny, the next minute it was hailing and it looked like a storm was just about pass….and then it stopped and the sun comes out again!
i just wished whoever is in charge of the weather up there makes up his/her mind! LOL

oh and i’ve heard that the weekend is gonna be the same….the forecast is saying its gonna rain with gale northwest wind *blech!*

well i figure that maybe we should just put spring in a jar and enjoy it inside our house to hold on to until the weather makes up its mind! LOL
so here is my ’spring in a jar’….took these shots today in between the horrible weather when we had a brief sun burst.

Today i got invited to a baby shower as well as a farewell morning tea for a friend of mine from work.
We had a lovely catch-up….we talk a lot, catching up with gossips and lots of yummy food….what could be better than that?

Its always good when i get to go out and break out of my boring daily routine….and i really enjoyed catching up with my friends from work.

For this baby shower I put together goodies basket for my dear friend, it has a selection of stuff i have collected for her
ever since i found out she was pregnant. However, along with the goodies i want to give her something a bit more special and personal…
so i put together one small thing specially for her. I know you would probably guess that i made her a baby hat or a beanie right?
Well not this time…i will probably knit a hat for her baby boy when he is here,
but this time i put together a home made baby free range towels in the egg cartoon.

I got the idea when i saw a similar thing in a gift shop a while back….it was from a company called “babycupcakes” from Australia,
I have always wanted to try making it coz it looks so simple and very cute….so i decided to give it a go a couple of days ago.
I also included her official due date and her name in the ’special instructions” note inside the egg cartoon….
this was not included in the original design of baby eggs by “babycupcakes”, i just thought adding them in will be more personalized for her.

Btw, I’m a bit bummed that i forgot to take pics of the whole goodies that i prepared for her…
i finished wrapping the whole thing pretty late last night and i didn’t get a chance to take pics of it this morning
as i was in a hurry to go so that i’ll make it to the baby shower on time LOL
But luckily i remembered to take some pictures of the home made gift i made for her, so here it is…

When i want to get out of a rut, the first thing i do is get back to basic and just do what i love doing….macro photography.
Shooting macro relaxes me and usually it gets my creative juice flowing again.
So naturally the one lens i simply cannot do without is my macro lens and its almost always attached to my camera.

When it comes to shooting macro for flowers, one thing that always grabs me is white flowers…
they are so beautiful and they grab my attention everytime because of the simplicity, the purity and cleanness.
Its like a blank canvas…you can do whatever you want with them and they will always look beautiful.

So today im going to share a few shots of white flower macros simply because taking these pics brightens up my day.

and of course while we are in the subject of white flowers, i cannot possibly leave out my all time fave white flowers…..daisies!

oh and i also caught someone having his lunch….

even weeds looks beautiful when they’re in white…

and lastly, they also brightens up your home…

Hopefully these pics bring some enjoyment to you, as much as i enjoyed taking pics of them.