Prince Kuhio Beach, Waikiki

Reflected sunset

Kalama Beach Park, Kihei

Kamahole Beach Park, Kihei

Glenelg, South Australia

Mooloolaba, Queensland

Prompt: Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge – Rise/set

Image credit By Sarah ©2017

Prompt; Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge – Glow

Blossoming dogwood tree in Bright, Victoria.

Image credit By Sarah

Prompt: Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge –Temporary; and also; Dutch Goes The Photo, Tuesday Photo Challenge, Week 87 – Season

Nambucca Heads, NSW

Dutch Goes The Photo Challenge, Week 184 – Coast

RIP Cupcakes Traci Kenworth Ingredients: 1 box devils food cake for us, yellow cake mix for gluten-free (they don’t have devil’s food cake box mix around here yet) 3 eggs ½ c. oil Water Rip or tombstone markers (found ours at Walmart) Oreos Pumpkins Candy Corn Chocolate Frosting: 1 c. butter ½ c. unsweetened cocoa 2 t. vanilla 1 T. milk 2-3 c. powdered sugar Follow box directions and ingredients for cupcakes. Fill half full. Bake until knife comes out clean. Cool. For frosting: beat butter and cocoa 2 mins. Add vanilla and milk. Mix in powdered sugar to desired consistency. Frost cupcakes. Crush Oreos. Sprinkle on top of frosting. Add paper tombstones and pumpkins and candy corn or your choice of decorations.

Source: RIP Cupcakes – country-lane-home-at-the-cottage

Our plan for the morning was to visit the small town of Monreale which sits perched on a cliff top above the city of Palermo. Getting to Monreale is quite easy as AMAT Bus 389 departs from Piazza Independenza taking just 20 minutes to the hilltop town.

The hilltop town of Monreale, Sicily

When travelling on Italian buses it’s necessary to purchase tickets in advance as it is not permitted to buy these from the driver. All Palermo bus tickets cost €1.40 each and can be purchased from tobacconists or newsagents. We were also planning to travel somewhere by bus the following day so we bought 8 bus tickets to save time later as these are undated and just need validating as you board the bus. Bus services are infrequent on this line, being approximately every 75 minutes so plan ahead to avoid wasted time waiting at each end.

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