Annie's Blog

Occasionally on special days we need to ponder and reflect. Father's Day is one of them that always provides that opportunity for me. I had a bright and intelligent Dad who did his best at providing a good education for us. I enjoy the classical music that he so enjoyed. He built a tennis court for us as teenagers so we were able to invite friends home to play. He watched over us and our activities until we left home. Sometimes we wish things might have been otherwise, or better, but I thank God for him his provision for us. "Listen to your father, who gave you life" Proverbs. 23. 22

As I said before I love the architecture when I go to Melbourne. I also love looking at the patterns in things when I take photos. These are just three of the ones I took when I was there for a conference. Have been a bit slow updating this blog lately. Must be the gorgeous baby that I mind a few days a week that distracts me from my blog!  Always the interesting bits get left out of my diary when I am busy busy.

the old and the very new... Have been terribly slow at updating this blog. But couldn't resist some more of the architecture from when I was there. If I hadn't photographed the sign on the gate, it  might look to me as if they spelled the name of the house wrongly  in the last photo, but I rather think they might be correct and I might be wrong!! ANZAC being a very iconic word here. ;-)

I love the trams in Melbourne, and I miss the fact that we used to have them up here...   then they got rid of them! Although I think I saw one being welcomed to the Gold Coast the other day, what a good idea. Some of these I may have snapped on my phone as we went by in a taxi....especially this last one, and as we spent very little time there, I have no idea what building this is, apart that it reminds me of one in NYC!  ;-) Of course the musical Les Miserables was on at the time. Not that we went, but it was good to see the colourful banners in the street advertising it. That's all for now. Next time, maybe some photos of some of the flora from around about.

 I enjoyed a very brief trip to the very fine city of Melbourne not long ago. I always so enjoy the architecture there. A mix of very old stone and brick buildings and often very modern, but mostly always interesting. Here is just a small sample of one of the buildings I walked past mostly every day while out walking, minding the baby for Mummy while she was at a conference. I have been lucky to have a couple of trips lately, and it was fun to catch up with some family too. It was quite cool and brisk weather, as is to be expected there in winter, but it made for some very clear photographs. Here is hoping I will be able to get back here and add some more photos as well in the next post. I just discovered that I haven't resized the rest of the best of them yet. With a slightly broken (fuzzy on one side) laptop screen, editing photos becomes a little laborious!! As does reading any page that takes up a whole page...grrr. Time to set up a monitor, if I am that clever...

Finally managed to ask for and receive permission to post these photos of someone I know. She is a cutie! In the school holidays, we had a trip to the river to look at the boats, but she really decided she wanted some sand to play on, so we had to go to the ocean, not far away!!