Annie's Blog

On Sunday at early church, we stopped to weave some lemon grass strands into an art work, to remember the islander families suffering such tragedy this week with the loss of eleven members from two closely related families in the unimaginable house fire at Logan. We could equally have been remembering the Morecombe family, who in the last few weeks have been advised by police that their son Daniel's remains have been found. They have waited eight long years for news of their son who at 13 years of age, went missing from a bus stop on his way to do some Christmas shopping. And the funerals of three well known, respected and loved members of our national ABC broadcaster who lost their lives in a helicopter crash while reporting on the flooding in Lake Eyre in Central Australia a week ago. Such grief and sorrow for many people in the last few weeks.. I am often surprised when I download the photos on my camera, and find the photos I have taken, when I am thinking in my mind, ...

It is raining here, a little...and prayers are going from my house to those of family in NYC and those on the Eastern seaboard of the US may God go with you in your preparations as the hurricane Irene approaches and as you weather the storm out. Dear God watch over the little ones and keep them safe. Thanks that the hurricane weakened as it got to NYC...though there seems to be a lot of rain and flooding around. May He also be with all who find themselves in uncomfortable places, and need His help and reassurance. Including those who lost family members in a house fire at Logan this week. Eleven lives lost from two close knit Islander families. Unimaginable grief and loss. May God enfold you in his arms and console you.

walking past the lovely garden with the wonderful irises and lovely lavender come inside, it is time for high tea first of all, have a look at some of the tea cosies the ladies made and some aprons as well then it is time for a cuppa...out on the verandah or inside jams for sale more teacosies and reluctantly time to go home Thanks ladies for a lovely High Tea. All in aid of raising funds for Motor Neurone disease association.

Not quite what I was wanting to portray, but this is my entry for the photo challenge for today!

I love these tea cosies, especially the Blue Chook... A friend has been knitting some really wild tea cosies ...and her daughter will be hosting a High Tea on the weekend ...raising money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Really Wild Tea Cosies are two books written by Loani Prior, of the Sunshine Coast here in Queensland. Motor Neurone Disease is also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease .

couldn't resist taking a photo of this wattle as I passed it today on the way to pick up the car. It must be July August...time for the wattles to be flowering.

Still winter time here officially, some cold nights, but very pleasant days sometimes it is cozier in bed in the early mornings... but where are we now going up to visit the grandchildren again is always fun..and the drive is wonderful to get out of the city again and off to the pool for the swimming training for a little one... looks like she had the pool to herself for a bit there one on one instruction must be a great way to learn fast...great to see the little one swimming...yay! and then off to a soccer game....time to warm up and check out the opposition try to ignore the trains going past and concentrate on kicking the ball then it's time to go to the park... time to have some more fun a wonderful glimpse of the Japanese Gardens as we walk through peach blossom in flower and a stop at College's Crossing on the way home... to see what has happened since the floods earlier in the year not much in the way of new infrastructure, apart from the new re...