These pictures were sent by Chris and Charmaine Wan from NSW, Australia.  Thank you so much for helping me with my quest.

“These are pictures of the Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains, NSW in Australia.”

The Blue Mountains are located in the western part of Sydney, about 2 hours away from the centre of Sydney.  The place is called “Blue Mountains” because it is densely populated by oil bearing Eucalyptus trees. The atmosphere is filled with finely dispersed droplets of oil, which, in combination with dust particles and water vapour, scatter short-wave length rays of light which are predominantly blue in colour.

Echo Point

The Aboriginal dream-time legend has it that three sisters, ‘Meehni’, ‘Wimlah’ and Gunnedoo’ lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe.

An old mine in Katoomba (no longer used)

These beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe, yet tribal law forbade them to marry.  The brothers were not happy to accept this law and so decided to use force to capture the three sisters causing a major tribal battle.

View From Echo Point

As the lives of the three sisters were seriously in danger, a witchdoctor from the Katoomba tribe took it upon himself to turn the three sisters into stone to protect them from any harm. While he had intended to reverse the spell when the battle was over, the witchdoctor himself was killed. As only he could reverse the spell to  return the ladies to their former beauty, the sisters remain in their magnificent rock formation as a reminder of this battle for generations to come.

“northern lights, very common up here and right in our own backyard”

This was sent from Aida again.. from North of 61.  This is where she lived right now.  When ppl say i’m spunky.. because i’m in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.. i tell them there is someone even spunkier than I and she lives in Nunavut… the land of eskimos.    Why i think Aida is spunkier.. it’s because Aida is from Malaysia.. and for those who are not aware of this.. Malaysia.. is a hot, hot country.  This must be a 360 degree change for Aida.. but she never once B.I.T.C.H about it.  She just took in all her new experience in stride.  I salute Aida.

“view of town in winter from airplane..literally in the middle of nowhere“

See what i mean.. when i said .. Aida is spunkier..!! look at all the white..!!!!

“how babies are carried in the north”

“long and extremely cold winter, this was taken after a blizzard”

Well.. our very first guest on this blog is Jenn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania .. and she had some pictures to share with us. Jenn’s blog is : jenn.nu

Hi! I’m Jenn, and I live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (though my hometown is Philadelphia; we moved to Lancaster when I was 13 years old. I am now 24!). Yes, Lancaster as in home of the PA Dutch aka Amish Country. I live four miles away from the famous Strasburg Railroad (www.strasburgrailroad.com), and I am surrounded by farms, fields and Amish. I share the road with the Amish and their horse-drawn buggies, and I love raising my children in the quiet countryside that is still just an hour’s drive from two major cities: Harrisburg and Philadelphia.

Horsey..!

My favorite..!! cows..!!

Horsey again.

According to Jenn .. this path is not used often. And that the preferred mode of transportation in her area is motor vehicle, and then followed by horse drawn buggy.

Train..!!

Thank you so much Jenn..!!! Yer awesome..!!