A Great Weekend & Lots of Postcards ...

Hello, and welcome to a new week !

I had a lovely weekend, with lots to do to keep me busy.

Firstly, on Saturday morning, we had Chicky's netball ... unfortunately they lost, but they are playing really well. Need to work on a few things, but they will get there.

Saturday afternoon, we had Chicky's birthday party (only a month after her actual birthday ... oh well). It was at an indoor playground, which is designed for older children. It can even be hired out for adult parties ... the equipment is amazing, it looks like heaps of fun. The party was a huge success ... 17 children, boys and girls, running around like crazy. It was wonderful on my part, as all the mess was left behind when we went home !!! All we had to do was bring a birthday cake (they could've provide one, but we decided to bring our own), and lolly bags for the kids to take home. We decided on a donut cake, from Donut King. They have moulds in the shape of all the numbers ... we chose the number 12 ... and they can fill the donuts with cream, jam, custard, whatever, and decorate it nicely. The kids love these cakes, and there is very rarely any left over. We also had a bunch of mini iced donuts, in case there wasn't quite enough. Only had a handful of minis left, which we took home and ate ourselves. Here's a photo of it ... unfortunately, most of the photos we took on the day were not particularly sharp ... strange lighting in there, I guess !!

We had an early night Saturday night, to prepare us for a day out on Sunday. We went to Caulfield Racecourse, to the Caravan and Camping Supershow, where we arrived at opening time (9.30am) and stayed for hours and hours, looking at caravans, campers, tents, accessories, collected brochures on all the places in Australia we want to visit at some stage (soon would be nice!!), and had a lovely time. We met up with some friends, and wandered around with them. Came home with overloaded showbags full of brochures, which we will now need to look at and decided where to go next !! I must admit, it is quite tiring, wandering around like that all day. My poor little feet needed a rest ... luckily there was some good TV on last night !!

I was really excited when I went to my letterbox today ... there were 5 postcards and an letter from blogging friends. Let me share them with you ...

The first one is from Marie, and shows a lovely view over Stockholm. It looks like a beautiful place. Marie says it is often called "The Venice Of The North". Apparently Stockholm is built on 14 islands, joined by 53 bridges, and dates back to the 1200's. The city is one third water, one third green space (there are 38 parks) and one third buildings. Sounds amazing. Thank you Marie for the beautiful postcard.

The second one is from Momyblogr, and shows a night time view of downtown Nashville, Music City USA. She says that things in Music City are really warming up - gearing up for Summer. It looks like another gorgeous place. From what I know of Nashville, it is the home of Country Music ... hope I'm right in saying that. Thank you, too Momyblogr, for the great card.

The next two are both from Angel Jr, and are of Florida. The first one show the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, which he says is one of his favourite veiws of Florida. I can see why ... it looks amazing. What an enormous bridge ... a real feat of engineering, I would imagine. The card states that it is 15.1 miles long, and connects St. Petersburg with Bradenton.

The second one from Angel shows a stylised map of Florida. Looks like it would be a fun place to live. A lot of the places shown on the map are places I have seen on all those teen summer and spring break type movies. Thank you Angel for the cards. They are wonderful.

Next is one from Clare, showing a view over London. It shows the Tower Bridge, which was built in 1894, and is the gateway to the City of London. It crosses the River Thames. This bridge opens to allow shipping into The Pool Of London. I guess we Aussies have always had a connection to England, due to us both being part of the Commonwealth. I know it is another place I would love to visit (as are all the places I have received postcards from ... my travel bug is itching to get going !!). Thank you Clare, for the lovely card.

And finally, Kyahgirl sent me a map of Fort Saskatchewan, saying that she thought it would be better than a postcard, as I can look it over and learn a bit about where she lives. You know what, it is really cool. There is so much detail, and information, and photography on this map. It is really interesting. She has marked a few points of interest for me. Thank you, Kyahgirl, what a wonderful idea ... I will sit down later with Chicky, and we will study this map.

Well, this has been a very long post ... but I wanted to share all these gorgeous postcards with you. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, and hope the upcoming week with be a good one for you.

Take care, all ....

MEOW