power outages ...and talking to live people..and remembering those who are suffering from tragedies

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, "haven't taken many photos lately". May these flowers be in memory of all these people and their families.
This one was at church the other day.
and tthese last two from Brookfield, when I was out there for tennis.

May God be with the families involved and assure them of His presence with them in this difficult time.


And on a much lighter and sillier note, for those of you who ever anticipate an internet outage, and fear talking to real people, here is a link for you:

instructions for awkward social moments

passed on to me by my daughter in NYC where they luckily avoided any such awkward moments, and any fallout from hurricane Irene.!