Annie's Blog

from the poinciana... and the agapanthus.... to flowers further away.... where even the fall leaves are pretty enough to be flowers... and the berries.... geraniums in window boxes.... ageratum and daisies in Riverside Park.... All God's creations...many things to be thankful for..... For more wonderful flowers from contributors across the globe, please click on the TODAY's FLOWERS button over in the sidebar.....

Many thanks ...on Thanksgiving..for many things...and especially for sunsets... For more sunsets and skies from around the world...please click on the Skywatch button in the sidebar...

I love the view out my kitchen window..to the hills... especially when I have a visitor... this bird has been coming to visit.... almost every day.... one day he was just talking quietly to himself out there... so lovely....actually I think he was intrigued by the green light on my camera every time I took a photo of him...(the red eye reduction)! We decided he must be a Pied Currawong. Unfortunately he isn't as innocent as he looks...I think he might be responsible for the disappearance of some of the smaller species of birds around the place. I hope it isn't him that is causing a ruckus in the middle of the night...twice now I have awoken to very loud sqawks of a bird...very startling in the middle of the night! The 'Currawong problem' is a case of a predator getting out of control. The population of Pied Currawongs, Strepera graculina , on the east coast of Australia is believed to have increased dramatically with the creation of this favourable habitat by humans. P...

a few flowers from one of my morning walks this week...the red one on the left is from the poinciana...a great spreading tree...it is only in later life that I have realized and noticed the one odd white speckled leaf that it has! and a trip to the hairdresser, and a small delay, led to my taking photos in the tiny little park there.... petunias and nasturtium.... the delicate little white flower above I know not the real name...the lady down the road used to call them Aunty Dot's weed! And certainly they look like they may grow prolifically in the right conditions! some more of the daylilies... lovely colors, and they remind me of my mother...she was very keen on daylilies...and had many lovely ones in her gardens towards the end of her life! and these little pink and white pentas were quite lovely too! bright cheerful little white daisies..and dipladenias... Quite a cheerful little spot really...which is what you will find if you go and click on the Today's Flowers button...a...

Childhood is Ageless . ..the world over..... children do the same things from year to year....(especially little boys)... running, jumping.....playing in the dirt.... looking down the drains.... playing in the puddles.... it never changes.....little inquisitive minds need to learn and jump and run and play in the dirt...and the puddles...and the leaves! For more AGELESS photos in the Brenda Photo Challenge, just click on the Brenda Photo Challenge button in the sidebar.... (from Saturday 21 Nov) I would like to acknowledge my daughter and son in law's role in taking these photos..they are not my own! When I saw them I knew they would be perfect foor this challenge!

a couple of glimpses at the sky after church in Toowoomba this week! and a couple of pretty sunsets at home.... then a spectacular sunset DURING a storm!! the rain poured down again after I shot these photos...there was an amazing display of lightning and thunder...(while the sun set)...then the rain came! A lovely 23mm..nearly an inch! Lovely! For more sky photos from around the world...please click on the skywatch button over in the sidebar...