Annie's Blog

It is definitely Spring here now, so there have been lots of these to enjoy but then I drove "up the mountain" as my friend likes to say where there were many of these and some of this and a bit of that more Spring gardens to enjoy and a birthday dinner to prepare a Jamie Oliver 30 minute meal...very yummy then suddenly it was Father's Day some of these and even some of these as I exited the city and back to even more of these... delightful! Hope you have had a great week, and another one to come!

a rare moment of peace and tranquility at the Japanese Gardens up the mountain at Christmas time! It must have been due to the weather, or the fact that it was late Christmas Eve when I took these photos, but the place was practically deserted. What a shame. Such beauty going to waste! Does beauty go to waste if there is no-one there to appreciate it? Anyway, I am glad I saw it at such a time. Very serene. When all around at the moment was rain rain rain. And now almost the whole of the state of Queensland is affected by floods. Whole country towns are being evacuated. May God go with them, and with the authorities as they help.

Please scroll down for the rest of my skywatch photos...

This is a continuation of last Tuesday's My World post....from Maymont Park in Richmond Virginia... these photos are from my daughter's camera...(as my batteries died)...have you ever had that happen to you in such a lovely place...and I couldn't believe I didn't have my spare batteries...! Many thanks to my daughter for allowing me to take so many photos on her camera...and for taking me with them to Richmond as babysitter! That was fun! Especially Maymont Park, well, and the baby sitting of course. This was one of the prettiest (Japanese) Gardens I have been in...and yet I find these photos don't do it justice. Sometimes the best memories are in the mind and not in the camera where you thought they would be! Well, in mine, or a borrowed one at least! I was quite captivated by a bright red bird that flew down so close, and my son in law was very clever and managed to capture it mid flight...!! The lake was quite Monet-esque...or is that Manet I am thinking of... Ti...