Annie's Blog

 one day in this kitchen I noticed almost everything on the little island bench was orange  the lovely old water dragons are slowly emerging after our winter  I can never work out whether this is an egret or a cormorant, maybe someone will know? The weeds appear to be taking over in the creek ...  on my rambling walks I notice the spiky grass is seeding/flowering the waterlilies are coming back again  the brillantsia is flowering again...or is it brilliantasia... I can never remember, they did tell me at the herbarium in Brisbane once when I went to get it identified..  a wonderful rose that this photo does little justice to  can you see the bridge between the trees?  love these colorful ..crotons??  and this little fountain type sculpture at the cafe up the road ... (hard to get in a spot for a good photo )  the orchids above and the bougainvillea below are flowering too  but it is so so dr...

 lassiandras in flower leaves at the beach..  bauhinia in flower  swimming weather...is almost upon us...  the statue of Steve Irwin with his kids at Mooloolaba...  new spring growth and thereby endeth this month's catchup...

 good to get out with my camera again... poor old camera... always good to get across to the beach for fish and chips and a quick walk occasionally too  whew, I nearly loaded way too many of these photos of the lovely rainbow lorikeet a nice day at the beach when I went over last week...  the lovely Mooloolah River...  plenty of people enjoying the warm winter weather here and on the way home, a shot of the banksia flowers...

 the zygocactus is always pretty..such a lovely color...  the Moreton Bay Fig Tree is pretty impressive too  always love the early morning lighting effects... and camellias are very pretty and prolific too at the moment. and of course there are always forays to the beach...when it is not too crowded...

 Craft Cottage Garden always a lovely time of year  across to the beach we go again... Mooloolaba Beach always interesting an ibis walks past a pirate ship in the playground... some lovely colorful autumn leaves a tour of the Agricultural College   and another trip to the beach on a different sort of day...just before the cyclone I think...  the always beautiful Mooloolaba Beach  in another of it's moods...