Annie's Blog

 Gosh, it is now October, and I last blogged here in April. Birthdays have come and gone,  lockdowns have been and gone also!! Queensland has not fared too badly but Melbourne is in another long lockdown as well as NSW. NSW has a new premier, and will open up a bit tomorrow  having got to 70 percent vaccination rates. Melbourne lags behind a bit but they will both have quite a few ongoing cases... they are going to call it "living with covid" Heaven Help Us. I'll have to find a photo to cheer us up here a bit. Meanwhile  Have a good week! God Bless.

 After all the gloom and doom of more than the last 12 months A new brighter header picture for my blog today, and a few photos from the recent month. well, that's if I can find out how to put them in here. It appears that blogger has changed a few things since I was last here! Easter has been.  I discovered that one can buy licorice easter aggs if desired.  So I did. I have actually been reading again after a year of not reading! This was the latest one. About an intrepid young lady making a name for herself by running the first all woman garage in Australia in the 1920's!! They even had a mention of the pandemic of 1918.  uncanny/ There have been a couple of birthday celebrations of late. Nice to be able to do something relatively normal and exciting. And to see some people! (wry smile) Well. I managed a few photos.  The others apparently didn't want to be dragged across!! (smiles again) maybe blogger is limiting my numbers of photos! In which case I may have ...

  (leaves and berries summer 2021 nature) Here it is Nearly February. And the mad global pandemic is still with us  luckily Australia has managed to contain most of our outbreaks  through locking down states or areas. May God bless you if you are reading this from a lockdown in your country! (leaves etc on boardwalk summer 2021) Love and prayers for all. (magnolia jan2021) May God  go with you!

 Just realised my last post here was in June. How can that happen , when I have been at home doing nothing much? I do hope you have a reasonable Christmas season, wherever you may be when reading this! It has been a year like no other despite the fact that we have been quite lucky here. I managed to get to the beach for my fish and chips occasionally. Then it turned into fish and chip breakfast, when the tourists came back in the holidays. And now I probably wont go over there until after the summer holidays. Was nice to have some family come for a few weeks holiday and stay close by. that of course was interrupted by a couple of stints to hospital for dizzy spells and small procedure. Results all good. Now I know why I haven't posted, because my photos no longer get downloaded to this new laptop. Will have to do something about that!  So Stay Safe until I go find my photos!  May God go with you. here's an old one to make do until then!!

 Amongst all the pandemic news, we get to do some normal things like taking photos of some of my favourite things A little difficult transferring from an old broken down laptop to a new one. But I'll learn eventually, hopefully. May God go with you this month. And at this time of grieving for so many,  I will add a link to a favourite sacred piece LUX AETERNA  from Elgar's Enigma Variations.

A new Era  A new Header today! Looking towards the mountains. Last year these mountains were covered by smoke  from bush fires for months! Here we are today A new year ..a new season in our lives  I even found that my camera that stopped working last year has started working again! Sometimes small miracles happen  Meanwhile the bear waits for the kids to visit..One day maybe!  The news is understandably full of covid 19  But the sun is still rising and setting  and so is the moon too!   the flowers bloom and fade and the seasons still change ! I'm keeping my eye on this tree on my morning walk!  But fortunately there are bright spots in our days   spectacular cloud formations to take our minds off ourselves!   and creativity flourishes in the midst of loneliness, disease, isolation and despair even! May God bless you wherever you are! May he keep his face shining upon you. ...

ON THIS PALM SUNDAY 2020 How quickly the world has changed since I last posted two months ago! How I weep for the world CHINA ITALY AMERICA ( esp NYC) SPAIN BRITAIN  in AUSTRALIA and EVERYWHERE! PRAYERS FOR YOU Essential workers working For Doctors and nurses  Scientists and researchers Those suffering from or dying from COVID19 (or from other diseases) For those suffering and unable to help their family for those unable to be helped by their family For those in LOCKDOWN in ISOLATION in QUARANTINE in HOSPITALS in MAKESHIFT HOSPITALS anywhere you are for the VULNERABLE the HOMELESS\ and those suffering immune diseases for CHILDREN who cannot understand for young ADULTS whose social lives have been disrupted! for young ADULTS and others who cannot comprehend the situation and who do not understand why we need to be locked down! for PARENTS and for SINGLES and GRANDPARENTS give us patience and courage LORD MAY YOU KNOW GOD'S...