Weekend in Instagram

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Travel, Wordful Wednesday Flowers, holiday pictures, Taiwan, traveling in taiwan

Valentine’s Day Balloon Art

Valentines’ Day weekend was really special for me this year. This year I finally get some couple time to spend the weekend with R without the kids. We were lucky that our parents were willing to take care of the kids on our behalf so that we could get the weekend off.

Sakura and Cherry Blossom Flower viewing

I flew off to Taipei to meet up with R and spend the whole weekend with him. Our first destination was a private Sakura Tea garden where one could admire the flowers.

Making chocolates

On Valentines’s day itself we went to Tam Shui and visited the World Chocolate Wonderland which is situated at Tam Shui fisherman’s wharf. It was the first time that we tried out making chocolate lollipops and it was certainly fun.

Our Chocolate Lolipops

Valentine’s Day Treats

It was the first time that I tried chocolate infused pasta and chocolate curry rice. It tasted really unique and I’m sure the kids would have loved to have chocolate in everything that they eat too.

Waterfall at Shi Fen

Besides going to the seaside we also went waterfall viewing. I was fortunate to be able to experience this magnificent view at Shi Fen. The last time R and I went waterfall viewing was back in 2013 when we went to Jeju on holidays with Tiger girl.

The seaside at Keelong

It was off to the seaside again on Sunday as we went to view the unique rock formations off the port of the seaside town of Keelong.

Viewing Tulips t Taoyuan

We visited a few different mountainsides and seasides and were fortunate to see many many different flowers over the weekend. It was certainly better then only getting a bouquet of flowers to admire.

Will be uploading the rest of the hundred of pictures which I took with my camera over the Chinese New Year break during the end of this week.

How was your Valentine’s Day weekend?

January 13, 2015

Birds and Flowers

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Wordful Wednesday birds, Flowers, wordful wednesday

Yellow Hibiscus

Brightly colored flowers are what I love looking at. I’ve seen many red and pink hibiscus but this one really caught my eye. A yellow hibiscus. I seldom see hibiscus in this color and it was certainly worth a second glance.

A pinkish red bloom

I saw this flower in a hanging pot while walking up the ramp to Penang Hill from the train station. Doesn’t it look lovely? I wouldn’t mind to have some pots hanging outside the house.

The ginger flower

I saw this flower as we entered the Ginger garden at Penang Hill. It was our first time seeing so many different types of ginger. There is a ginger garden too at the Singapore Botanic Garden and maybe I should revisit the place with the kids during the next holidays.

Peacock in an enclosure

There was a bird enclosure at the Ginger garden and were fascinated by the birds we saw. The kids spotted this peacock in an enclosure.

A close up of the peacock’s feathers

It was a pity the peacock didn’t open up it’s tail feathers when we were there or it would have been an awesome to be able to snap such a shot.

Red eye blue bird- Crowned Pigeon

I saw this interesting looking red eye bird called a crowned pigeon at another enclosure. It was the first time I saw a bird with blood red eyes. It looks really ominous to me.