OUR WORLD - A Season of Giving

Ephemeral as a rainbow held in the hand

LOVE comes into it's own at this season of the year,

seeping gently into hearts like candle light

it is not the baubles on the Christmas tree,

nor the presents under it

it is the spirit of giving and sharing,

of caring for the orphans,

sharing our meal with the homeless or lonely,

of holding those in need in the warm embrace of our homes.

You cannot buy love, nor steal it, take it by force or keep it in a safe

deposit box.

It is only there for us to GIVE.

The more we give the further it goes, a well that never runs dry 

as long as we keep giving.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE !

SkyWatch ~ Angel Wings . . .

Hark, the herald angels sing . . .

spreading their wings across the sky

sometimes just wings

and sometimes with hints of an angel.

A very merry Christmas to all you skywatchers and a fulfilling and

Happy New Year !!!

Our World & World Bird Wednesday - Christmas is coming . . .

Christmas is coming

and the geese are getting fat . . . all except this one which has

been dieting for two months sitting on a clutch of nine infertile

eggs and fiercely protecting them until I snuck in the other end

of the shed and managed to hide the stinking things while she

snatched a few mouthfuls of grass. No, she certainly will not be

Christmas dinner.

Today I must make a foray into the big smoke to locate a few

elusive presents. Haven't managed any Christmas baking as

yet and have a birthday cake to bake before Friday. I hope all

of you are better organised.

How can I get anything done when I have little distractions like

this Superb Blue Wren around?

Or kangaroos checking me out as I stalk a bird or two,

like these Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos, a few couples of which,

in our twenty years here, have passed through on their annual

pilgrimages. Last year a small flock decided this was a good

spot to linger and colonised one of our paddocks. This year

there has been a population explosion and we have well over

a hundred of them screeching between our houses. The noise

of feeding and begging babies is deafening and they, together

with a flock of Galahs, are stripping our Eucalyptus trees where

they roost and snipping off new shoots on ornamental evergreens.

At least some of them hide their heads in shame . . .

And so, with a few meadow flowers sunning themselves, I wish

all my dear blog friends wherever you are, a Happy and Blessed

Christmas and/or Holiday Season. May those of you in cold

climates stay warm and those in hot ones stay cool. Enjoy your

time with family and friends, be they two or four legged.

Stay safe on the roads, everyone else drives like a maniac!

TODAY'S FLOWERS - Poppy & Roses

WISHING YOU ALL A SAFE AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS !

Share your love with family and friends, remember, not

everyone has someone to share Christmas with so wish some

lonely person a Happy Christmas in the street or at the checkout.

You have no idea how much that can mean.

Time for TODAY'S FLOWERS :

this just opened poppy caught my eye all crinkled still from

it's cocoon, with stripes painted

on it's petals.

Roses against the light, romance personified . . .

It is worth enlarging them, especially the poppy.

Pick your best flowers and send a bunch to TODAY'S FLOWERS so

everyone can enjoy them !

TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ Christmas Colour

To all of you out there in blogland, a

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

may you all stay safe this holiday season!

Red geraniums in the sunlight this morning in my garden.

With the light shining through them there is even a Christmas

star shining through.

Thank you Luiz for steering us along a flower strewn path for

another year. It has been a very pleasant journey.

TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ Lilies and Roses

To all of you who visit here, may the peace of
Christmas last throughout the coming New Year!
May love be your guide along the way
and happiness be there to stay.

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Our Christmas in in summer when lilies bring us cheer.

Red Asiatic Lilium above, Novenber lily below.

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The Madonna Lilies, always prolific at this time of year.

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And lastly, a birthday bouquet for my dear Prof. from another

year when there was a profusion of flowers in the garden to

choose from, although the lilieas were badly wind damaged

they were important for the fusion of scents.

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A click on the Logo will take you to a wealth of other flowers.

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A big thank you to Luiz Santilli Jr. and the flower team for their

selfless coordination of this delightful meme.

MY WORLD ~ 9 Of Christmas Past.

To all who hold this season dear,
I extend my good wishes and Christmas cheer!

Where Love is , Christmas is in bloom
it fills your heart and every room

25 years ago when our house was lost to fire
40 years worth of my embroidery went as well.
To clear our daughter's head of engulfing flames,
we sent her to Europe and Canada to see relatives
and friends for a while instead. On her travels she
bought a piece of eaven weave and some coloured
threads and, starting at one corner, embroidered
this wonderful cloth for me designing as she went.
For an artist who paints with a very large brush , it
was a labour of love to constrain herself to meticulously
counting out and repeating for all four corners this
intricate design. (Please enlarge to see the twinkling
gold thread outlines). She came back for her father's
birthday (23rd, Dec.) with her Rucksack full of the
most wonderful Christmas decoratios so that, in our
unfinished house we had all the trimmings.



A detail that follows on from the corner



As the years have passed, she has taken more and
more of the weight from my shoulders. Christmas
eve with a feast at the farm below



Tatted snow flakes and wire bauble my
granddaughters have made for our little tree



A lesson in how to wrap presents: when faced
with a skateboard for your siblings, turn it into a
teddy!



More magic from granddaughters, gingerbread with
icing coloured with raspberries, violets and other edibles
from the garde.



One just for me hanging on our tree

Let Angels descend from Heaven above

and shower the earth with incredible Love
Let Peace for once reign

on this planet of strife

and continue throughout

the rest of all Life.

A Merry Christmas to All who visit this site
and so I will wish you a very good night.

I raise my brimming cup to the MY WORLD

team once more and encourage you to tap on

the Logo at right to enjoy the world.

TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 10 Christmas

To ALL who visit here I wish a
HAPPY CHRISTMAS

With young Father Christmas
in training below



although in Australia we do not have snow
our hearts are as light
and our Christmases bright
with red and green wonders
that grow.



My Cactus had twenty one blooms this year
which made it to me abundantly clear
it needed to show itself far and near
for all to enjoy it who see or hear.

and lastly to give you a special treat,
my Christmas spider so bright and sweet

on Christmas lily he sits and waites

to be joined by his family, friends and mates.

This little Archnid looks vicious and frightful

he doesn't bite or sting and is quite delightful.

To Luiz Santilly Jr., Denise B. Castro and Laerte Pupo

we all owe thanks for providing us with this venue to

show our flowers and plants.

Happy holidays to all!