This week wasn't a great week for photo taking, being very busy as the first week of the new school year.

I did snap this one of Josh who started at a new school.

 

I didn't actually take an other photos this week, except for a few that I snapped this morning especially for this post. I enjoy taking photos, and I enjoy playing with the different effects that can be added via the Instagram app on my iPhone, so I thought I'd take a few to round out this post.

Obviously this is my piano. I teach flute and music theory part time from home, so the piano is very important to me. This morning we went out shopping for some new piano music for Alana and came home with some songs featured on Glee!

My necklace has a treble clef pendant that was given to me by a good friend. I also happen to teach her daughters music!

This is a photo of my earrings on their special perspex holder. A girl can never have too many earrings!

On Thursday I borrowed some books from my local public library. It makes me happy to have a nice stack of reading material on my bedside table.

If you'd like to play along with Fab Five Friday then click the link to visit Frizzy's blog Heaven's Gift.

Fab Five Fri...Saturday

Once again I'm playing along with Frizzy at Heaven's Gift for Fab Five Friday.

I'm sharing five photos that I took during the week. I encourage you to click the link and visit Frizzy's blog. While you're there, check out the photos that the other participants have posted.

This photo of a pretty pink rose was taken in my backyard. I mentioned last week that I love flowers, and roses are my all time favourite. I also mentioned that I'm not much of a gardener. Unfortunately, my rose bushes have to make do without the proper pruning and feeding that they need to do their best. They do, however, still look beautiful in the summer.

This is my dog Lucy. I've taken lots of photos of her because she's just so adorable! She's 9 months old and a Spoodle (Cocker Spaniel cross Miniature Poodle). Aww... aint she cute :)

I spent part of Australia Day at the beach. For those of you who aren't familiar with Australia Day, I could write a whole post about it, and I won't try and give you an Australian History lesson today. Suffice to say that it's a public holiday marking the arrival of the first convicts to Australia and, coming at the end of the summer holidays as it does, is a "last hurrah" for fun in the sun before the school year starts and the country gets down to business.

This is my gorgeous boy Josh, all ready to jump into the surf on Australia Day.

In the centre of this photo is my beautiful girl Alana. My hubby Chris is in the foreground.

The "other Aussie flag". The surf lifesavers play such an important part in keeping everyone safe at the beach.

The red and yellow flags mark the area of the beach that is safe for swimming, and are an iconic Aussie image.

I hope you've enjoyed my photos this week, and again encourage you to visit Frizzy and check out the other participants.