Annie's Blog

stuck at the beach with the grandkids, because of an excess abundance of rain, floods, and lack of transport..no trains buses until at least Wednesday. According to the neighbor at home they had no power early this morning,  so I will certainly enjoy cleaning out the fridge when I finally get back..not!  ...assuming the trains start again soon! I hope Keith got out of town OK. He was playing at his home town of Caboolture the other night, I read in the paper when I was having a coffee waiting for the bus at Landsborough on the way up on Friday!! I think he was supposed to be meeting Nicole (Kidman) somewhere, probably at her parents in Sydney! no trains... no buses... poor Roger didn't make the final.. I'll just have to enjoy the scenery up here...the Buckinghamia are looking pretty good. Some of them were a little knocked around after the high winds...but generally not too bad. I wonder if anything will be left of mine when I get home! Or ...

while the rain continues, albeit not quite so heavily the lovely buckinghamia is flowering away and the little mickey birds indian mynahs seemed quite happy too...chirping away and flitting from branch to branch.

the indian laburnam is flowering and the buckinghamia is starting to also I'll really enjoy the buckinghamia when it is in full bloom but for the moment I'll really enjoy this one...there isn't a lot of it!

The frangipani are doing a good job of cheering the place up around here. These are just some of the blooms I picked up off the ground! The buckinghamia or ivory curl, at the front gate has also been a picture, but won't last much longer! and there was a lovely crepe myrtle, or pride of India flowering away at church this morning...it looked quite a picture beside the wattle leaves! For more flowers from around the world, please click on the Today's Flowers icon over in the sidebar...

Today's Flowers are brought to you tonight in memory of the at least 181 people who died in the weekend's fires in Victoria , Australia...and families and friends who have lost friends, family and property also. A frangipani from this weeks photos.... for this special time, I am also bringing you some from my collection of my best and favorite photos ..this pomegranate... Irises at the Botanic Gardens... A hibiscus flower from Toowoomba this week.... The buckinghamia is in flower at the moment..... a thistle from this weeks trip down from Toowoomba... and a little lily also from this week! For more of Today's Flowers, please click on the Today's Flowers icon on the sidebar.

I have been out in the garden in the last few days...in the cooler hours of the day...that's before 9am and after 6pm...admiring the garden...the buckinghamia (ivory curl) .... well, mainly doing the edges...a job overdue! the frangipani flowers hang on for a bit longer...the rain seems to have disappeared ..here at least! Not up north. By the sound of it, there is 60% of the state under flood! The other night in the middle of the night, I could hear plunking noises outside the window...not rain..not the possum. I realised that there must be some seeds on the fan palm outside. Next day I looked up..yes! also the asparagus fern is doing likewise! Ah, that looks better....don't you think? So while I listened to the gorgeous little butcher bird singing outside I had a cup of Chai and some morning tea! And sent some emails, played some scrabble, and tried to cool off! [I had to get that shot of the bird , by hanging out the window and pointing upwards]!!