Annie's Blog

BEFORE I BEGIN THE CHALLENGE TALK, could I please alert you to the prayer request in my sidebar ..Many thanks to those of you who have already prayed for the situation in Victoria...my son, sister (and brother in NSW) and their families are all safe and well this morning. Praise God. [Unfortunately not all have been so lucky, and upwards of 35 people lost their lives in fires there yesterday]! The Brenda Photo Challenge this week, was great fun for me. "Patterns" , I thought. Great. Just down my alley! And then I saw the "Textures" bit. Oh . mmm..that is a bit more difficult. But then I saw these photos of mine from New York, and thought they might qualify for Texture Photos. And of course some of these photos of some of the flowers and things from the Botanic Gardens at Mt Cootha near here I thought might qualify too! And of course I can never resist trying to take photos of the bark when it is peeling off the trees. This is what left of a lotus flower after the...

This week's Flowers....from around my neighbourhood...Some lovely bougainvillea down the road.. A very interesting large flowering tree...I should have shown you the size of the tree...I don't know what it is...it looks neither like a gum nor a wattle..tho the flowers are slightly reminiscent of, but much larger than a wattle. and some colorful geraniums! The jacarandas continue to be wonderful! a bunch of irises in my neighbours garden......from over the fence as I walked past! the asparagus fern burst into bloom. I don't think I have ever seen it quite like this! a sleepy hibiscus flower early one morning...not quite awake! I may have posted this oleander last week too.. And a great surprise..way up in my chinese palm tree...it is flowering away! Very pretty...this is the closest my camera would get to it! If you would like to see more MY FLOWERS entries from all a round the world, please click on the MY FLOWER'S icon on the top right of my sidebar!