Annie's Blog

 spring flowers  trips to Toowoomba for special occasions  always enjoy seeing these grain silos again...  and of course the jacarandas were looking good too  love the Brisbane architecture, in particular this house as I pass by each trip another old Queenslander house and sometimes even the army is on the move... It has been quite wet lately after a VERY LONG DRY spell...and I have had several trips to Toowoomba, the Garden City for several reasons... and I notice the next folder of photos hasn't been edited yet, so they will have to go in the next edition...hopefully next week!! Hope you have a great week! May God Bless You. and a Happy Thanksgiving!!

 the water dragons are around again... magnificent things they are...  lilies and a ginger plant ...in the rain...  art work near the creek at Buderim a jacaranda in Brisbane  flame tree in flower and another jacaranda

 I see these lovely colors every time I go to a particular store nearby  my first crocheted rug..  pretty colors  rug number two  and another trip to the beach  what is this ugly monster doing on the beach..a water side... for the school holidays no doubt!  lovely native plant seedpods a flower about to bloom...  the local water dragon  very handsome fellow  was glad this one slipped away over the side before I got there..lucky I had my camera despite the fact that it looked very dark initially , I wonder was it a green tree snake...? couldn't bear to leave you with a nasty reptile to finish, so here is the latest gerbera in flower... Hope you have a great week... we are having some lovely much needed rain here at the moment!

 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...