Annie's Blog

There was a bit of a grey day on the weekend...the rain was still hanging around... but there were a couple of bright spots... the poinciana was looking particularly very pretty as the sun shone on it the Christmas bells and crepe myrtle on Sunday... and some wonderful white lilies...beautiful... not to mention a nice friend and family...fun to see the little ones again, after their first few days at school! The white lily reminds me of my mother,  and also reminds me of  Ann Voskamp's take on the God made a Farmer from the Superbowl ads. God made a Mother Her weekend Links post looks pretty good too:  Weekend links Ann Voskamp writes her blog A Holy Experience ,  on being a Christian wife and mother in her role as a farmer's wife in Canada.

Many thanks for the wonderful provision of fresh fruit around us for dancing ladies and agapanthus flowering a rainy misty morning...looking out over Mt Cootha from my morning walk cheerful bougainvillea and poinciana blooms for highways and freeways and byways for the rain, even though it was very heavy in patches, and not very heavy in other places Greetings and a Happy Thanksgiving to you from Sippy Downs, Australia.

apologies for too many photos....first of all a couple of Australian skies.... one from Roma St Station.... and the plane and not in strictly correct order....some NYC skies....including the moon from this morning.. oops...I did get them out of order didn't I? Oh well, this was flying into NYC....at sunset... some from Central Park West....on Sunday morning.... a few leaves on the trees still... apologies to those who may have seen an odd one of these in previous posts this week! from Riverside Park Sunday lunchtime.... and around Inwood this week.... a couple of cloudy skies..... and a brilliant sunny blue sky this morning..... mainly from Inwood Hill Park.... for more skies from around the world....please click on the Skywatch icon over in the sidebar....

from the poinciana... and the agapanthus.... to flowers further away.... where even the fall leaves are pretty enough to be flowers... and the berries.... geraniums in window boxes.... ageratum and daisies in Riverside Park.... All God's creations...many things to be thankful for..... For more wonderful flowers from contributors across the globe, please click on the TODAY's FLOWERS button over in the sidebar.....

a few flowers from one of my morning walks this week...the red one on the left is from the poinciana...a great spreading tree...it is only in later life that I have realized and noticed the one odd white speckled leaf that it has! and a trip to the hairdresser, and a small delay, led to my taking photos in the tiny little park there.... petunias and nasturtium.... the delicate little white flower above I know not the real name...the lady down the road used to call them Aunty Dot's weed! And certainly they look like they may grow prolifically in the right conditions! some more of the daylilies... lovely colors, and they remind me of my mother...she was very keen on daylilies...and had many lovely ones in her gardens towards the end of her life! and these little pink and white pentas were quite lovely too! bright cheerful little white daisies..and dipladenias... Quite a cheerful little spot really...which is what you will find if you go and click on the Today's Flowers button...a...