Kido-cat and the green lizard

Need to guide your cat to spiritual fulfillment? These funny Cat Yoga Postcards will help you on the way.:) The back of the postcards also features a description of the health benefits of the corresponding pose. These cat yoga cats brought a big smile on my face; they’ll definitely bring a smile on the faces of people who’ll receive these cards. They come in a set of 32 postcards.

P.s. Wishing everyone who’ll celebrate Holi, a colorful “Shubh Holi!” in advance.

My aunt (dad’s sister) is celebrating her 80th birthday today, so I’ll join in the party in a while.;)

Wonderful day to all of you!

Say hello to our little Smurfs

Do you guys have any idea where the term goblin arose from? I think goblins are as interesting as mushrooms, but they only exist in a movie and fantasy world. I loved the Emmy-winning Hanna-Barbera cartoon series “The Smurfs” as a child. The Smurfs are not exactly goblins, cause they’re blue, they have four fingers at each hand, and a small tale. Warner Bros. had released  The Smurfs - Season One, Vol. One later on, which contained the first 19 episodes of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series. About a decade ago I used to play a Smurfs videogame…forgot the name.

                                            

The creator of The Smurfs was the Belgian Peyo (Pierre Culliford). At first, there were comic strips which were introduced in 1958. The blue creatures were at first called “Schtroumpf” which was later translated in Dutch as “Smurfs”. The first animated series in black and white were based on existing stories and was created by the writer Maurice Rosy which were introduced in 1961.

I’m awaiting the new Smurfs movies coming soon, in which Katy Perry is providing the voice of Smurfette. The preparations for these movies had begun since 2003, so I’m excited of the outcome. Though…am I too old for The Smurfs movie…ha, I can take one of my nieces or nephews or maybe my youngest cousin along to the cinema.:) Meenu, one of my best friends, took me to the cinema some time ago and we watched Tangled…so I don’t think watching The Smurfs should be a problem. Meenu wanted to be the first to take me to our newest cinema TBL & so I had called off my friend Sylvana’s offer to take me out to TBL cinemas in September 2010 and waited 4 months till Meenu had time and that was on the 25th of January, but the wait was worth it. This was also my first 3-D movie and we had a wonderful time. Meenu had picked me up from home and she had paid for everything and said, “Consider that it’s your birthday today”.:) We first went to buy the tickets, but we saw a red carpet, so Meenu was like, ‘’Shit, we can’t go inside!”. We bought our tickets, cuase we actually could get inside from one of the stairs. And after that, we went to Coffee Corner and we had a Ciabata and milkshake (I had a ‘Tomato Mozzarella Ciabata’ and a strawberry milkshake). We went back early in the cinema and asked the ticket controller constantly if we could get inside. Meenu said that it gets crowded and it’s difficult to find a good seat from where the view is perfect if u don’t go inside early. But it appeared that the cinema hall was almost empty. Only one child and 6 adults (including the two of us).:)

Okay, that’s it for today! Ciaooooo everyone!!! Will be back next week with our Kido-cat. Till then, have a smurfing time! I’ll probably have a super smurfing time at granny’s tomorrow, it’s her 79^th birthday.;)

A visit to our garden mushrooms (part 2)

Notice to all goblins: There are beautiful homes available for you in our garden! Which model do you like most?

Layered mushroom attached to a tree trunk.

This beautiful fan was attached to a flower stem.

Lots of mushrooms and mushroom buds attached to a piece of a tree trunk.

These were also attached to a piece of a tree trunk; they were very creepy to watch cause there were hundreds of them attached very closely to each other. Though if you look closely they look like an artistic piece of art.:)

Don’t have mushrooms in your garden? These colorful cartoon mushrooms will brighten up your garden.

Or you can bring nature in your home by placing this beautiful  Mushrooms Night Light in your house. Doesn’t the lamp look like real mesmerizing mushrooms?

A visit to our garden mushrooms (part 1)

I’ll talk a little bit about mushrooms this time and you can admire pictures of all the different kinds of mushrooms you can find in our garden. Too bad that you can’t find any goblins near any of the mushrooms…hehe:) A mould structure of very finely strung threads that lives of various nutrients (descended from the rotting process of nature) produces a bud that develops into a mushroom. There grows a lot of mushrooms in our garden, but they’re not eatable. My sister once talked about growing eatable mushrooms in our garden; they would probably do well. I’ll place half of the pictures that I’ve taken this time out here and the other half will follow next time.

                               

Mushrooms grown out of a rotten coconut.

                                       

 After some time, the mushrooms on the coconut turned like this. They look very much different from what they were originally. I personally love their new look; they kind of look like cream colored flowers. You can see buds under the mushrooms.

The flower-looking mushrooms died and the buds under the mushrooms turned into beautiful mushrooms.

Mushroom grown on a piece of rotten sugarcane. These chips-looking mushrooms don’t have stems. I love their beautiful white color.

This one grew out of a board.

Beatifully winged mushroom, also on a board.

They seem to grow easily on boards.

Lots of mushrooms growing out of a piece of a tree trunk.

The two mushroom pictures below are close-ups of the tree trunk.

Aren’t these ones looking beautiful, even though they look like they’ve been eaten by something or probably a piece of the mushroom broke off because the tree trunk came in the way.

About 5 weeks ago, I received a postcard from a sweet friend from Switzerland and she had stuck a very cute mushroom sticker at the back of the postcard for me. This is the cute sticker from Caroline.  And no, that’s not a goblin, but a cute piggy sitting on the mushroom;)

This is a picture of the beautiful postcard from Caroline. Caroline told me that these are a Swiss specialty from Zurich and that the Luxemburgerli’s are very tasty. Thanks for your beautiful yummy looking postcard Caroline!

I found these cute looking  Garden Fairy Stickers; I feel happy by looking at them. I wish I had some of these fairies in our garden, they would make my day all fun and happy;) Decorating your scrapbook or  diary with these stickers will most definitely brighten your day in fascinating way.  Girls will love them! You’ll get 4 sheets (16 different stickers) of beautiful fairies if you order them.

A happy 2011 to everyone!

                      

It’s been a while since I’ve submitted any posts out here. Sorry guys, busy working on my thesis. But I love you’all! These are Brazilian lilies and orchids with a little bit of green in between for u guys;)