Puerto Plata Splatter

 

To we have had big storms, so much so that I have come to the conclusion that the Puerto Plata Splatter is the storms they have and not the dicky tummy runs.

Believe me though that the rain storms are a relief when they do come as the heat here is really something else. Even when is does rain it is still beautiful, normally out of our patio you can see the the horizon between the sea and the sky but not today.

 

And yet I still managed to get sunburnt shoulders while shooting archery, oh yes and I won.

I was telling Lauren (daughter) that she would love it here, the children's club is brilliant, we were watching them having fun today.

This is also just out of our patio.

 

 

 

The Art of Towel Folding

We see napkin folding all the time and let's face it, there is some amazing folds.

Our maid here on holiday has her own amazing folding skills and each day we see something new appear.

 

It is always a pleasure to come back to our room and have the surprise of freshly folded towels.

The Cobra

The Bird in the Nest

 

Kissing Swans

The Bride

So nice I got it twice.

Aren't they wonderful?

 

 

Poolside Light Show

Thursday evening was the light show and it had an amazing atmosphere, all of the tables were set by the poolside for evening dinner and entertainment.

Even some of the hotels guests were roped in to make the evening a success.

This is guests and entertainment staff doing their stuff.

Also a fire eater, better him than me in this heat.

After this fire eating flame blower was the dancers, very clever when you think it was a floating stage.

It went on into the early hours but we left it there, too old or just simply too tired to see it to the end.

And a new towel fold for today.

Singing so Beautifully–Winter Limited Edition Promarkers

Or maybe the Cats Chorus.

Another card made with the Winter Limited Edition ProMarkers by Letraset 

I used Singing so Beautifully by Mo’s Digital pencil for my image and used the Polar Blue and the Icicles for the grey/blue cat and the Eggnog and sandstone for the gingerish cat

Satin Scalloped Edge Ribbon is from Ribbon Carousel and also the All is Bright Papers and tag

Well that is nearly a full week of my holiday gone already, I’ll be like a bronzed beached whale laying beside the pool.

Meeting Leona Lewis

Who would have believed it?

It seems that you shouldn't cross Simon Cowell, Leona has had to take up a part time job to make ends meet.

However we are so pleased we met her, lovely lady.

 

 

Dream Team Blog Hop of the Month

Its that time of the month when the Mo’s Dream Team come together and do a special project to give you a little inspiration and hopefully some Oooo’s and Awes along the way.

This Months theme for the Blog Hop is use an animal in a Christmas card and Gretha  is our host and that is where the blog hop begins.

you should have land here from Pops  

I used Jingle Bells for my card and it can be found at Mo’s Digital Pencil  

Can you hear the howls?

Papers are from my stash (can’t remember the make) Coloured up with Promarker by letraset, copic and prisma pencils.

Ribbon from Ribbon Carousel and pearls from Mei Flower 

 

Now I am the dogs tail so to speak and the last on the blog hop, but if you haven’t seen all of the others then you need to start at Gretha

Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there is a couple of spot prizes on comments left

Hopefully while you are reading this, I will be lying by the pool like a beached whale sipping my first ever Margarita.

From Manchester to Dominican Republic

Well I'm sitting here trying to get tired enough to go to sleep, we booked into the hotel on the airport, Etrop Grange and it is lovely, very plush, Chris is already fast asleep as we have to be up and at the airport by 06:15 am, hopefully no-one will talk to me until I'm awake.

It's a long flight eight hours so I,m planning once seat belts can be took off to try to move around a little to stop me from seizing up. I'll report back in once we land and are settled.

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In Flight

We're on our way, we may look bright eyed and bushy tailed but its all show.

Fluffy white clouds and dirty windows, it was fun watching the ice crystals form on the windows in pretty patterns then melt away and start all over again into another pretty pattern

Dominican Republic

Oh my word, stepping off the plane into a wall of heat, I'm normally a cold bum, I sat with my coat on for most of the flight but the minute we stepped off the plane I/we, needed to get into swimwear.

On arriving at our hotel we were handed a fruity slush drink, heavens we needed that ice, first impressions is/was paradise, our room is amazing, it's enormous, the towel on the bed folded into a swan with tropical flowers adorning it, everything you need in the bathroom included in our stay, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, body lotion, flannels, shower caps, hair dryer etc etc etc.

As you can see I am relaxing.

As you can see above today's towel was left in the form of a cobra, isn't it fun.

 

Living space has a mini bar fridge packed to the gills with bottled and canned drinks and a coffee filter for those all important wake up drinks, the bed is so big that we lost each other in it and we both lay like star fish all night ha,ha.

We had a brilliant nights sleep although we were both wide awake at 03:45 due to the time change.

We got up and got the coffee straight on and sat and chattered in our robes and slippers again provided by the hotel, by 06:00 there was a tropical shower outside which was quite refreshing and hopefully will clear the way to some tropical sun.

And the view outside our balcony at 06:30

Ok time for a meet and greet and to sort out some wifi so I can get this post made.

Be good

Jak & Chris from Paradise xxx

 

Perfect Angel–not

Oh isn’t technology wonderful, I was able to schedule this post before i went on holiday and here you are now reading it whilst I am lay in Paradise getting sunned up.

This is Perfect Angel by Mo’s Digital Pencil just look at that expression on his face, butter wouldn’t melt.

Coloured with Copic markers and prisma pencils some leaves coloured with pan pastels in Fall shades and a gorgeous button from Dainty Paperie  tied together with twine from Ribbon Carousel