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My Sunday Photo – Lorikeets

September 1, 2019 by Anne Sweet 10 Comments

Lorikeets are rainbow coloured small parrots from Australia. When we were on holiday in Cornwall we visited Paradise Park. They have an amazing flight of the Rainbows experience in the Australian Avery. You can go in and see the gorgeous Lorikeets flying around freely. You can also buy a pot of nectar for just £1 and watch them come to you and feed. They love to sit on your hand if you hold out the nectar, but they are not shy. They will even walk up your arm, and Graham managed to get one to sit on his head.

Today I’m sharing some of my Lorikeet photos.

Lorikeets

This first photo was taken by Star on her Dad’s mobile. He’d taught her how to do some special effects so the photo is not edited.

I think Graham was the bravest, he had loads of lorikeets all over him including one sitting on his head. We used to have a budgie that sat on your head, we’d let him fly around when we were in the house. Sadly, we have cats now, so I don’t think keeping a bird is possible. We couldn’t let it fly around safely.

A Bird in the Hand

Star loved the birds, she was the first in there with her pot of nectar. She loved having them sit on her hand.

The lorikeets were such gorgeous colours, that’s why it was called the Flight of the Rainbows. I didn’t notice straight away just how similar the Little Man’s shirt was to the colour of the birds. This one seems a little confused, maybe he thinks the Little Man is a giant lorikeet?

The Little man holding a lorikeets while wearing an orange and blue t-shirt

Boo was the only only one who was a little timid of having the birds land on her. But she had more courage later when she was able to hold a full size parrot.

Sidenote:

I didn’t get to hold any birds, but I did manage to catch some bird poo on my trousers! 😀

My Sunday Photo – Dragon

August 11, 2019 by Anne Sweet 8 Comments

Komodo Dragon

All Credit goes to Boo for this photo of a Komodo Dragon. She took it through glass on my mobile phone. She took quite a few photos of this beast but I love this one because he has his tongue out!

The Komodo dragon was an impressive beast, he was so huge. We saw him at the Birmingham Conservation Centre and at first he was inside, but them he decided to come outside and great us. I’m just thankful there was a huge glass frame between us. He was a fair bit scarier than the bearded dragon we’d held the day before.

Largest Rodent!

a patagonian mara looking straight at the camera while lying on a dry dirt ground

The Patagonian Mara had us confused last time we visited The Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Centre. We couldn’t make out whether it was a huge rabbit, a kind of deer or even a type of wallaby. It happens to be one of the world’s largest rodents!

Can You See Me?

Finally, I’ve chosen this photo of a cute white faced monkey, hiding in the grass.

We had a fabulous day at the Wildlife conservation centre. We’ve been there many times before but it never gets tiring looking at the animals. They have a lovely cafe and great kids play area too. If you want a picnic there are plenty of benches. We arrived early, as soon as it opened and got home around 3pm. The weather had been fine but it changed about 4pm and we had heavy rain. Lucky we chose to leave when we did.

linking up to Rachel Swirl for My Sunday Snapshot

My Sunday Photo 16th June 2019 – Drone Cake

June 16, 2019 by Anne Sweet 35 Comments

Drone Cake

Yesterday it was my brother’s birthday and he loves his drone. My Sister-in-law asked if I would make him a birthday cake featuring a drone. I’ve not made a celebration cake in a long time so I was excited to make it.

First thing I do when asked to make a cake is visit Pinterest where there is generally loads of inspiration. Sadly, I couldn’t find anything that I liked and drones made from icing looked pretty naff. (And I’m sure if I made one it would look even worse.) So I came up with an idea.

I searched online for a mini drone that would fit on the top of the cake. I was looking for a plastic figure of a drone, but then I found this mini one which was perfect. It actually works!

Decorating the Cake

Next step was to decorate the cake so I decided to go for a sky blue with clouds and a landing pad in the middle with a birthday message. I also made an icing figure of my brother. As I’d ordered the wrong tin for the cake I got to work on the icing figure and landing pad before making the cake. The idea was for the figure to be smaller than the side of the cake but after a little cake baking issues I ended up with a taller figure.

I made some posts for the drone to sit on out of icing, but the drone is free to fly away. The idea was to present the cake to my brother on his birthday and then he could use the controller to make the drone fly off and reveal the birthday message beneath.

My brother didn’t wait until his birthday, like a big kid he played with the drone straight away, and had much more control over it than we did. Here is a little video I made of us trying it out. It’s only a minute long. I’d love for you to subscribe to my Youtube channel, pretty please.

My Sunday Photo 26th May 2019

May 26, 2019 by Anne Sweet 26 Comments

The Retreat in the Hills

A view of the welsh hills — *Elan Valley*

Last weekend I was at the Flea Retreat in Wales and it was simply wonderful. We were right in the middle of the Welsh Hills.

We took the scenic route home through the Elan Valley and there was nothing but countryside and hills for a few hours. Some parts were a little high for my liking, but you couldn’t help admire the views.

We stayed at the lovely Tynrhyd Retreat which was in a simply stunning setting. This is the view from my window last Saturday morning. It was a bit cloudy first thing but it did brighten up as the day wore on.

Aberystwyth

The kids and Graham also had a lovely weekend in Aberystwyth nearby. Here is a photo of them enjoying the castle ruins on a hill that overlooked the sea.

It was good fun all around for all of us. I got to mix with my blogger friends and learn new things and the kids got the chance to see the sea and have some fun with their Dad.

The weather treated us kindly being warm but cloudy and only the occasional shower.

My Sunday Photo 12th May 2019

May 12, 2019 by Anne Sweet 11 Comments

A dedication to my cat Ash.

a cat looking through a door while outside in the rain.

My Cat is a daft cat,
He likes to sit in the rain.
I open the door, but he chooses to ignore
me as I call his name.

A cat in a box in a weird twisted position fast asleep

My cat likes to sleep in boxes
Sometimes he doesn’t fit
I don’t know how he can be comfortable
But he seems to like it.

Ash one year on.

It’s been almost a year since we brought Ash home. He was a diddy kitten with big feet. We thought he was going to be a huge cat, but he still isn’t that big. Maybe he will grow some more? He should have reached full size by now. He’s a lover of the outdoors, he can’t wait to get out of the house. He chases flies, insects, mice, birds…whatever moves he’s stalking it. Thankfully, he’s not bought us any live ‘treats’ yet.

He’s not a ‘sit on your lap’ type of cat, he shies away from human contact. It’s a shame because we all want to cuddle him, maybe we’ll have to wait until he gets older and less energetic.

He comes to the door and noses inside. We don’t have a cat flap so we have to let him in. But when we open the door he runs off! Now we don’t open the door unless he’s climbing up it and meowing.

He likes boxes! I mean most cats like a box, but Ash just can’t resist them. He’d much rather sleep in a box than anywhere else, even if he doesn’t quit fit in.

He gets on much better with his big sister Sabrina now. Sometimes they even cuddle up together. At least they don’t chase each other around all the time.

He’s still so very cute, he has the sweetest little face. I really wish he loved cuddles.

I’ve a competition that ends in a few days where you could win a lovely wood watch…go take a look at Wood Watches and fill in the form to enter. Good Luck!