Flowers, walks and earthquakes in the night...

view of a lassiandra on a fairly early morning walk...

these days my back doesn't allow me to leap out of bed early and go walking, very sad! But I am always keen to get outside for a walk as soon as it has warmed up sufficiently...my back that is. The weather is always warm here usually, apart from about a week or so in the winter...!! It is  especially great to be walking when one has some highly spirited grandchildren in tow. Whether they are tiny ones, or older ones home sick from school, the outing seems to be good for all of us.

by late afternoon  I am always pleased to get out and walk again when the sun has died down a bit, and the day is getting a little cooler...

there are always some interesting flowers to see along the way...I thought these striking yellow flowers above were a kind of orchid, but I am wondering if they may be a variety of a ginger plant. Ginger plants are very common in this area.

I love this area, so full of things to look at and do.

Not to mention an earthquake in the night. Well, sorry, that was a bit of a lie, it was an earth tremor actually, from an earthquake centered a few hundred kilometers away in the Eidsvold Mundubbera area where I once lived (for a very short time on a research station run by the CSIRO)....hmm..it still shook this poor very old timber dwelling here significantly enough for me to be a little concerned..until it stopped luckily! Let's hope there are no follow up tremors.

To date there are no reports of injuries or damage, it occurring in a fairly isolated area away from large towns. It was a 5.2 on the scale, not huge, but not a small one either.

Hope you are all having a great week. May God bless you as you go about all the things you need to do. We sure need his help sometimes. I know I do!

"The grass withers, and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands for ever".
 Isaiah 40:1-8