Sunflowers...........

Sunflowers............

in the garden this morning.......



Brightening my days and my garden at the moment.......



Summer, Birthday and more........

The last month or so has disappeared into a blur.  The children are back at school and into week four already.  Goodness!

With all the rain we have experienced the growth in the garden has been amazing.  By the time it stopped raining every weekend, we had a huge mess to clean up.  Where to start.  I don't know how many trailer loads have been taken to the dump (tip)!  Our garden is just four years old and thankfully though, the rain has meant that after some little plants just sitting and surviving in the long drought, they have finally taken off. 

Earlier in the season, I poked some sunflower seeds into the ground.  They are about 6 feet tall and about to burst into some sunny yellow fun. 
They are certainly brightening up my vege patch.

For weeks I tried to get my beans to grow.  The constant wet soil and lack of warmth earlier in the summer made it impossible to get them to sprout.  When I was almost ready to give up, they grew.  I had bought a beautiful tee pee and they have clambered up and look wonderful.  I have just this week started to pick my delicious beans.

 This week saw another birthday.  I had beautiful flowers delivered to my work, and a lovely bunch brought home too - the ones above are picked from my garden this morning.

The highlight of my birthday week was certainly seeing the most divine Michael Buble in concert on Friday night.  That man is gorgeous!  It was wonderful!

Other lovlies in my vege patch at the moment are basil, potatoes, lettuce, parsley, tomatoes, corn and spinach.

Hopefully life will return to some sort of normality again and my blogging will become more a part of it.

I can't believe summer is almost over.

Here's hoping we get a few more weeks of warmth.  Hopefully right through till Easter.

Devastation.......

As many of my blogging friends would have heard about in the city of Toowoomba where we live and work, there is devastation beyond words.  The Lockyer Valley is about a 20 minute drive from where I live.

My brain is overloaded and I am numb from thinking about the awful happenings there.

I am currently away on 'holidays'.  The weather went from bad to worse and now it seems we will be here for a little while - at least until the floods go down.

My thoughts and prayers go to all who have been affected by this.  Not just the happenings of the last week, but the whole season we have had - lost crops, livliehoods, hopes and dreams.

We are safe and so are our family - for this I am grateful.

Christmas 2010.........

A beautifiul Christmas.......

with family......




Thank you Kent & Karen for a lovely day.

So very blessed this Christmas.........

Hope you have all had a beautiful Christmas weekend. 

With Love to all my blogging friends.

Christmas Decorating.......

Just wanted to share my Christmas decorating with you.



Christmas Wishes.......



Little birds on the sideboard........with



Berry garlands.......



Baubles.........

and

Dragonflies............

Hope you and your family are enjoying your Christmas preparations.  I just can't wait for the time off - if I am ready for Christmas day it will be a miracle!  Full time work tends to do that.

Alexandra and I enjoyed a lovely afternoon at a sweet little Christmas show - princesses, pirates and Santa too!  Much fun!  I am so pleased we at least got to do that together.

Audrey fun.........

Friday night was my work Christmas party with the theme of movies.

For weeks I have tried to come up with an idea without spending too much money.

In the end I went as Audrey Hepburn.

I had so much fun........

Lovely meal and dancing fun,  out with my work colleagues.......

9 1/2 work days until the Christmas break - I can't wait for the holidays.

Christmas Morph.........

Can you believe this pic I found on my computer when I got home tonight! Leave a seventeen year old to his own devices & it's amazing how creative they can be.

He is available to live with anyone who would like him for their very own Christmas morph!