Annie's Blog

Happy New Year for 2022 I do hope you had a reasonable Christmas time! Very quiet here. Third year of the COVID19 pandemic Tried to post and it went to a different place! So long since I have been here!! Ash Barty played and won in Adelaide today Hope the Djokovic debacle can be resolved tomorrow.  The Australian Open will go on this year. Part of the plan for Living with Covid!' Many of us have had our two doses of vaccinations, and onto our third (booster) Restrictions being reintroduced around the place as case numbers are going through the roof! Better sign off for now. God Bless

 lazy days for some of us watching the tennis..not nice to see injuries,  especially when they are playing in very hot weather... but nice to know the second week will not be as torrid as the first... Hope you are enjoying a break sometime today!

 In some parts of Australia, life is pretty OK and normal Some parts of the country are very dry, and VERY HOT... there is a funny Australian saying that goes "flat out like a lizard drinking"... and that is how many people have to cope with the extreme heat at the moment... doing nothing. prayers for those in the heatwave, that the cool change will come on cue or early (and safely) tomorrow with slightly less gusty winds and thus less fires and tragedy. Strange to be having funny heavy (normal) downpours of rain here, while others long for rain, and knowing that the monsoon has arrived in the north of the continent at last, with the threat of more cyclones. In Australia, one never knows quite what the next week will bring... well, maybe the week after, ( the weather bureau seems to be pretty good for the current weeks predictions).  So often spot on. Amazing that they are still playing tennis at The Australian Open.  Glad they cancelled games...

How to survive the heatwave, when not at the beach fun with board games inside in the airconditioning with family and friends... not to mention watching the tennis on the television... sometimes I am lucky enough to go down to Melbourne\  and see the tennis  while visiting family but since they have been up here visiting .. and only flew home yesterday, it is fine to stay put for a while and do nothing much ... and watch it on the tv. unfortunately, the Australians are not doing too well!!!

these two young women battled it out in the ladie's tennis final at the Australian Open tonight in Melbourne of course and Victoria Azarenka won over Maria Sharapova. A good match.