Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Enjoying the sun

I took Lauren out for a play on the park on Sunday. 

With all the rain we've been having of late, we decided to take advantage of the sunny afternoon which presented itself.




We didn't stay for long as the sun was so pulsating. We live in a country of extremes: it's either tipping it down with rain making going out impossible, or it's burning hot, making any time out very brief!


Monday, December 12, 2011

When it rains, it pours

We are in the middle of the annual monsoon rains here in Kuantan. Running through November to January, they limit our enjoyment in going out. The evenings are dark and cold. Lauren somehow loves it.


In this picture, I captured Lauren gazing out the window at the pouring rain. Simply switching off the lights and taking photos in the dark with nothing but the rain and street lamp outside, made for some unique images, like this one.

The rain has been falling all day and all night for the last few days. It has caused flooding at The Zenith Hotel basement car park, and the disappearance of the letter 'K' by the riverfront. It now reads "UANTAN". 


We also associate the monsoon rains with being stuck in the house all day long, which I'm not too keen on, along with interruption of the satellite television reception, which is definitely not good when you're trapped at home on a never-ending rainy day!



Friday, December 9, 2011

Fidelia's Friday - Floor lamps

We are surveying floor lamps. So, we checked out some cool floor lamps on Google. 


These are the lamps that we thought are pretty interesting!

















This is what we would love to have. Simple and nice!




Do you have interesting lamps at your home? 



Thursday, December 8, 2011

A Bug's Life


There are plenty of bugs invading our balcony on a pretty consistent basis. Using my coloured paper as apparatus. I captured this dainty specimen on my orchid plant:




This is a bug's life - they fly around, eat, mate, and get photographed by me!
For more pictures of a beautiful dragonfly I captured right after this fly, hop over to my 




where a full documentary is explored.



Wednesday, December 7, 2011

O Christmas Tree

Our Christmas Tree is up in the living room. It looks particularly splendid at night when it is the sole source of light in the house.



We are going out to do some window shopping tonight with a view to adding to the decorations on the tree a little, and to the pile of presents under it!



Is your tree up yet? Have you done your Christmas shopping?