Childhood Memories

Walking at the shopping mall with my son K, I noticed this design on the floor. It's an Xmas hopscotch pattern. Isn't it cute? I started hopping on it and  K quickly moved on, embarrassed at my behaviour! Well, it was just for a moment, do you have happy childhood memories of playing this game in the schoolyard? I do!

Childhood Memories

I finally got the DVDs I had submitted to Costco for conversion from 8mm camcorder tape format.
They had been ready 2 weeks after submission, but somehow we had got the wrong phone number on the forms so I never received a call from them.  I got worried 7 weeks later and went to inquire and they were sitting there just under my name 'Christine' with no last name.  Luckily I had all the receipts.  L was able to enjoy a couple of them before she went back to school.  It's like a documentary, snippets of their childhood captured for all time!  The years go by so quickly and it's nice to look back on these moments.  Costco has a special of $6 off per tape until October 21st, so I will take the rest of my camcorder tapes in for conversion.  It's a bit expensive but worth it.

I bought these chrysanthemums and waited for them to start blooming. It's a real pleasure to watch them every day. They've already changed quite a bit since I took this photo.

Chyrsanthemums

Here's what they look like now

I noticed these shrubs while I was out and about and thought they gave such a pretty, 'spiky' effect.