Bowral Tulip Festival – Part 1

Bowral tulip festival

It’s been 10 years since I been to the Bowral Tulip Festival, and Christy and Kevin have never been. So today was the day. But before we move along here’s a photo of Amy the last time she was here – at just 18 months.

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The only downside to going on a Sunday was that it was quite busy and somewhat hard to take photos without anyone else in them. But it was a beautiful sunny day – a great day for a family day out.

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Bowral tulip festival

Bowral tulip festival

After checking out all the tulips and other flowers (close up photos to follow in another post) we watched some highland dancing. And Amy even joined in.

Scottish dancing

Amy dancing

Then it was time to view some of the market stalls and get some lunch.

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Kevin's lunch Libby's lunch

We then moved on to Moridart Gardens. These are private gardens that are only opened for 2 months a year. It was lovely to wonder around and check out all the beautiful flowers and plants. It’s not really Kev’s thing but he was a good sport and the girls and I really enjoyed it.

Garden pathways

Amy

Views

Together

Country home

Sundial

Fish

It was my first outing with the epiphany bag and it was great.

First outing for the new camera bag

As you can see I’m not the only photographer in the family…

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Lastly we stopped at a nursery and bought some more plants for the back yard. The girls both got a cactus.

More tulip and flower photos to come later. For now we’re off to dinner with friends.

Makin’ Me Happy

Early morning walks where I can enjoy sunrises like this.

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Some new desk accessories (from Target) and fresh flowers.

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A freshly made bed with the Spring quilt, rather than the heavy Winter one.

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My new jug from Whittards…and more fresh flowers.

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My best friend Leanne, who managed to find me another ball of wool so I can finish this scarf.

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Seeing birds and their babies (red dot just beside the Mum)

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Fresh fruits….the organic strawberries have been AMAZING!!!

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Making a start on tidying and re-organising the scrapbook room

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The fact that it’s school holidays, the forecast is great and I’ll get to spend more time with my two girls. While it won’t compare to the last holidays (when we were in the UK) we have quite a bit planned and will hopefully make some new memories.

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My brush with fame

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Okay, so I didn’t even know who Michelle Bridges was before Saturday when I signed up for her transformation challenge but I was lucky enough to get to meet her and hear her speak last night. I only found out on Tuesday that she was coming to Wollongong on Wednesday. I wasn’t sure about going until a new internet friend, LanB, who is also doing the challenge, said she’d met with me beforehand. I’m so glad I went. Mish spent quite a bit of time talking to just the two of us (we were half an hour early :-)) as she knew we were doing the 12WBT. Her talk was inspirational and motivational. And the woman is simply stunning in real life.

Last night certainly helped make for the fact I was unable to attend Valerie’s Red Carpet Beauty and Fitness Summit in LA this weekend :-).