Down at the fire station.

Last weekend after soccer we went to visit our local Fire brigade for their annual open day. Jay wasn't that keen to visit at first as he had a played a hard game and was buggered, but once we got there both of them were all over the trucks and equipment. The neighbours must love this time of the year, the siren was constantly going off thanks to all the kids knowing where the button was,  while Ivy spent most of the with her hands over her ears! The coolest part for the kids was when they got to use to hose to knock down some witches hats. Ivy was so very determined to knock them all down that when the fire fighter went to turn off the hose thinking she had finished she pointed out to him that she hadn't knock them all yet and had to keep going! We spent quiet a while there, but after the kids had received their activity packs and had a sausage sandwich (or two) we decided to head home for an afternoon around the camp fire.

See ya 

Mumma Bear

Jasmine's 19th Birthday

My beautiful, creative, funny Jasmine turned 19! 

Here is her birthday interview

What do you like?

Food... in particular Chinese, reading and my dog Charlie, 

What don't you like?
Onions! Me: Anything not food related? Jas: Nope I can tolerate anything and anyone but I absolutely hate onions!

Who inspires you?
No one, I inspire myself!

Where is your favourite place to be?
On the lounge with Charlie on my lap, eating Chinese ( without onions) while watching You Tube videos in my pj"s. ... or on the toilet ( it's not such a shitty place to be!)

Where would you like to travel to?
Japan or UK

What would you like to do when you get older?
No idea... use my seniors card to get free coffee at Maccas  and cheap public transport?!?

What the best thing about being 19?
It's my last year being a teen... no that's pretty crap... I spose its like your at that stage that you can act mature or immature depending on how you feel, you are somewhere between a teenager and an adult.

So there it is!
Love ya Jasmine, hope you had a great day!
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Mumma Bear.

The day of the living dead.

Today started off relatively normal and then this happened....

I wonder what tomorrow will bring?

Mumma Bear.

Learning.

Last week I began a 4week night class for beginners SLR photography. It's something I have wanted to do since I got my camera and it is on my goal list for this year so I finally took the plunge and signed up. So far we have already learnt how to move from automatic mode to being able to adjust the aperture and shutter speed, and eventually we will be able to use it in full manual mode! 

For homework this week we have to focus on taking shots at a high speed, so while we were down the park this afternoon I took some photos using the technique. (Apart from the last one which is on a slow shutter speed) I have plans to take pictures of fire and a nerd gun firing before the week is out, so they should look interesting and get me away from the water theme that seemed to be happening! 

Any way putting these photos on this blog is a record of where I've begun and hopefully when I look back at them in the future I will see improvement.

Till next time

Mumma Bear

Dawn service 2015

 Last week we woke up at 3am and travelled on the train to into Nobbies beach for the Anzac dawn service. Joining the crowds we waited quietly in the dark for the start of the service that commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Gallipolli campain. The service began with a video tribute to the fallen Anzac's then continued on to acknowledge the sacrifice that has been made throughout our history by many man and woman in the armed forces. Speeches were made by dignitaries and hymns sung by the choir but the part that always gets to me is the bugler playing the last post and the following minute service. It's during this time that my thoughts always led to the horror of war, the people who died fighting and the effect it had on their families waiting at home. I can't imagine living through that time in history.

When the service had finished we moved down to the beach to catch the sun rise. It was a beautiful ending to the morning. 

Mumma Bear.