Over arm bowling at the English Language: that’s not cricket!

ON Friday whilst driving south to the airport, I was listening to the Cricket Test occuring in Adelaide: New Zealand V Australia.

During a comment about Brett Lee’s bowling it was stated that his ‘ball-ology’ had improved.

“What? What did you say?” I asked the radio. No reply. I was and am still so aghast at the word that I do not recall the reason. Not cricket I’d say.

photohunters: metal

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fence

drain with railing

old sewing machine used as resturant table legs

all the above images were taken on my mobile phone camera

now i have a real camera.

Mumbai: from a resident.

I just received this from my email-pal in Mumbai.

‘Vile terrorists – fancy targetting Leopolds Cafe (10 different kinds of steak, giant pitches of beer) ! City is calm but quiet , shops open, traffic, though schools and many offices are closed. Security ops are going on at the couple of places the terrorists have taken hostages. Suicidal audacity on the part of these terrorists – some frontline policemen on anti-terror call, were killed. 9 attacks, 80 dead, 250 injured. Mumbai has been thru worse actually (train blasts, floods), and this terrorist attack seems directed more at getting internationl attention (South Mumbai hotels, western hostages). One friend lost a SBI office colleague, who was dining at Leopolds Cafe. I am safely at home.’

UPDATE: HERE

AN Australian killed in the Mumbai terror attacks has been named as Braid Gilbert Taylor, the Press Trust of India (PTI) has reported.

Taylor, 49, was brought dead to St George hospital in south Mumbai, hospital sources told the PTI.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd tonight also confirmed the death and said two Australians had been injured after terrorists went on a rampage, killing as many as 101 people in a series of attacks in India’s financial capital Mumbai.

Sydney woman Katie Anstee, 24, has undergone emergency surgery in a Mumbai hospital after she and her partner David Coker were both shot.

Mr Coker, 23, from Townsville, has flesh wounds from bullets that grazed his legs.

He said the attackers looked “just like boys.”

“They are on a rampage – it’s full-on,” he said.

some australians trapped in the Taj Hotel (above) ripped curtains down and tied them together to make an escape rope. At least 2 Australians have been injured with unconfirmed reports of more…The hotel caught fire after the blasts.

As BB said (above) Vile terrorists!

we interrupt this program….

to celebrate!

Thanksgiving USA

In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. This religious group had begun to question the beliefs of the Church of England and they wanted to separate from it. The Pilgrims settled in what is now the state of Massachusetts. Their first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half the colony died from disease. The following spring the Iroquois Indians taught them how to grow corn (maize), a new food for the colonists. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how to hunt and fish.

In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, barley, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists had much to be thankful for..read more

when you have eaten and SHARED what YOU are thankful for,  watched the football, slept, and eaten again           we will get back to real life.

‘children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered’

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.”

read more about this man HERE

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation then by deflation, the banks and the corporations will grow up around them, will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.”

“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.”

“I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our constitution – taking from the federal government their power of borrowing.”

-Thomas Jefferson

Ta Darrr…

yes I am back in the swing of things.

Working on a novella, a short story and the main WIP Book.

To my beta readers, I will catch up with you soon.

For HRH

the answers always come…the timing isn’t of our choosing.

you know me plus water, so I thought this was a great image.

♥ Jane

photohunters

I had to skip this week due to the garage sale.

There wasn’t any time for ‘refelction’.

I see ‘metal’ is this weeks theme. I am ready!

For Marg…

hey look what I did! (Check our Marg’s post HERE)

and this is what it said:

ESFP – The Performers
The entertaining and friendly type. They are especially attuned to pleasure and
beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells.
They live in the present moment and don´t like to plan ahead (so not true with regard to me). They are always in risk of exhausting themselves. (True)

The enjoy work that makes them able to help other people in a concrete and visible way.
They tend to avoid conflicts and rarely initiate confrontation - (and this ain’t true either! Though I wont pick an argument for arguments sake I will ask whatchadoin’? – not that that means you have to tell me.)

For A-M…

Look up A-M!

There are your dreams…remember them and they will come true!

On a lighter note, who knew you had consult a long-range weather forcaster to build a house!

But just think this chapter in your coffee table book will be a great lesson for your family & friends about perserverance…and I can tell you the light is always brighter after the shadow of challenges.

THE BIG WET: 3rd time is unlucky for Brisbane

image by mac robertson

image by marcu mestrum

image by naomi rule

rain by jodi cox

image by chris fowler

image by adam smith

image by mac robertson

these photos are from here the credited photographers are local people.

the weather forcast:

District Forecast

	Friday: The chance of a gusty afternoon/evening thunderstorm, moderate to fresh W/SW winds with an afternoon NE sea breeze.
	Saturday: Early rain, possible late T’storm
	Sunday: Dry.
	Monday: Fine.

Big Big Wet during Big Dry: Brisbane Storms

Toowoomba & the Darling Downs took a fair beating.

I can’t find images yet. The Gold Coast had thunder lightening and heavy rain.

Brisbane had the worst…

the storm rolls in – the Wednesday storm, there was one sunday night. We are getting another tonight – Thursday. There were 7 hours of heavy rain.

city roads were flooded. ABC radio took calls from people reporting flooded streets, power cables down, & people stranded.

in typical aussie style this couple have declared they will rebuild. This damage is from sunday night.

overnight this creek rose above the small wall on the extreme right.

remember we are officailly in a drought and have been for several years. this rain gauge overflowed. the owner has never seen that happen before.

thoughts and prayers are going out to those who have suffered through this natural disaster. we are not through it yet.

the humidity is rising and we are being warned that tonight’s storm is building now.

all images are from HERE

First review: Baz Luhrmann’s movie Australia is a winner!

HE SET himself an enormous challenge, but Baz Luhrmann has pulled off an incredible film in Australia.

HERE

Shoehorning two complete films into one package, Australia sees Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley, a privileged aristocrat drawn to the outback to sell her late husband’s failing cattle station.

It’s a movie with a message, but Luhrmann provides the audience with no shortage of thrills, from a cliff hanger cattle stampede to the bombing of Darwin.

Kidman and Jackman are perfect together, Jackman’s broad speaking drover a perfect foil to Kidman’s snooty English rose.

Australia is full of familiar faces, from David Gulpilil to David Wenham, Bryan Brown to Ben Mendelsohn, but not so familiar places, to many Australians anyway.

Australia features some of the most beautiful photography ever seen in an Australian film, from the Bungle Bungles in the Kimberley to the Northern Territory in the midst of the wet season.

A love letter to the Australian landscape and our history, Australia has international blockbuster written all over it.

The world premiere is tonight (Tuesday 18th) in Sydney, Australia.

Birthday Dresses

It’s my birthday today (Tuesday) The 1st one without mum. Every year she would send me $ to buy a dress. We would discuss it at length. What she wanted it to be and why.

Here are some options I would have presented to her this year.

this adrianna papell border turquoise dress would have been considered carefully, the fresh look and the style.

We’d talk about the sunshine yellow, with white polka dots shirt waister I had when I was about 20. We bought it at L’Official, next to Georges in Melbourne

be sure to visit www.desigingdiva.blogspot.com

we might have discussed this armani suit – but not settled on it.

check it out at www.designingdivas.blogspot.com

L.A.M.B. dress HERE

we would have remebered & laughed about a psychedelic dress I had when I was 16

it had knickerbockers with a ruffle trim to go underneath.

and my goodness I wore it/them!

we both would love this DKNY 210-pounds from Harrods

we might settle on this one.

The colour of this Badgle Mischka Zoe Poplin would grab our attention.

Be sure to visit HERE

Mum and I would both love the collar of this Tara Jamoni dress for 129-pounds Harrods

November 16th storm Brisbane Australia

the mini tomato plant

very 1st Bird of Paradise flower –

from am aldi plant we bought – suddenly popped out during the storm.

rain through the shade cloth

our own rice paddy – kind of

take care

Brisbane declared natural disaster area

BRISBANE has been officially declared a natural disaster area, as soldiers help to repair damage caused by one of the biggest storms to hit the city in 20 years.

More than 32,000 properties across Brisbane, Redcliffe and the Gold Coast were without power this afternoon after yesterday’s storm brought hail and wind gusts of up to 130km/h, ripped roofs from houses and toppled power lines and trees…

(we are mid Gold Coast and although we had heavy rain no damage in this street.)

marc robertson

marc robertson – Brisbane river and CBD.

The agony of seven days without spending

I found this on CNN.com

• Man challenges himself to go one week without spending a cent
  
• He finds sacrifices are more than he bargained for

I like to think of my attitude toward money as enlightened.

Author finds out how he burns up dollars every day without thinking about it.

Last summer, for instance, I received a letter informing me that I had won a small grant from the state of Massachusetts. The next day I was informed that I was being audited — by the state of Massachusetts. Ah well, I thought. The state giveth and the state taketh away.

My friends and family see my attitude toward money in slightly different terms. “You’re a total miser” is how my darling wife, Erin, puts it.

read the rest of the article HERE

Sunday: a day of quiet and contemplation

karri lodge resort western australia

I won a trip a few years ago, it was so serene and peaceful.

I lifted these images from video footage I took.

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RUIN

the evidences of ecomomic ruin are begining to show: in busness that will no longer function. Next will come the ruin in peoples lives as the ripple in the pond spreads.

These 2 cafes were within street, plus the For Sale sign in the fish & chip window

Votes are in: The Ironing Board: up or down?

Here at York House there is the ongoing issue of wether to have the ironing board up or down.

I like to keep it up at all times, however not everyone agrees with me.

The 3rd occupant of the house has so far remained silent in the matter.

However a vote was cast my way and I have the evidence:

notice the look of affirmation!

Christmas: it’s beginning to look a lot like…

20 pounds

549 pounds

359 pounds

1579 pounds

58 pounds – just love this

all images from Harrods

AUSTRALIA: the movie

check out this movie HERE

OPENS NOVEMBER 26TH IF BAZ GETS IT EDITED IN TIME!

“you don’t get to see movies like this anymore”

“it’s the film we needed to see.”

OPRAH 10th November 2008

Katherine Hepburn Arts Center

The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center is a non-profit performing arts organization located in an historic theatre/town hall on Main Street in Old Saybrook. Originally opened in 1911 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Center is being renovated with public funds from the Town of Old Saybrook and donations raised by the Trustees of the Center. When the Center opens, it will include a 250-seat theatre and a small museum honoring Katharine Hepburn, Old Saybrook’s most celebrated resident. As befits an organization born of such a public/private partnership, programming will be eclectic offering something for all ages and income levels on the Connecticut shore and in the lower river valley. The Center is scheduled to open in the summer of 2009.

Read and maybe Donate HERE

australians acting up: a series in black & white

cate blanchette

guy peirce

hugh jackman

heath ledger

mel gibson

nicole kidman

toni colette

russell crowe

foot in mouth: Bush strikes again!

President Bush: ‘I regret saying some things I shouldn’t have said..

oh yer? would that be like this…?

(speaking about President-Elect Obama’s visit to the White House)

“It was interesting to watch him go upstairs,” Bush said. “He wanted to see where his little girls were going to sleep. Clearly, this guy is going to bring a sense of family to the White House… But I believe he will, and I know his girls are on his mind and he wants to make sure that first and foremost, he is a good dad. And I think that’s going to be an important part of his presidency.”

words fail me!

re ‘Rhett Butler’s People’

a lot of people have asked me if this was a good book to read. My answer is YES.

I am a picky reader, if an author writes out of time, ie uses a contemporary word or gestures etc in a historical setting that’s it I close the book never to open it again. (same in movies)

I have to say this is a really great, authentic read. I raised my eyebrows once over something but can’t even recall now what it was, so I must have been reassured somewhere along the way.

It is worth noting this book has been authroised – and you will see/read scenes you are familiar with (from a different point of view) and yes it does evoke the movie, and the book …but that’s why you are reading it in the first place. Right?

You want to know more about Rhett…who he was, and how he came to be the man we love. What shaped him and so forth…it answers so many questions.

so check it out of your library (get on a waiting list if need be) or go buy it. Borrow it, whatever, but read it.

I loved it. Maybe you will, maybe you won’t.

It won’t be a movie, Clarke and Vivian are gone, so it can never be – for no one else can ever be Rhett Butler or MIss Scarlett O’Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler!

♥ Jane

beauty in black and white

audrey hepburn (above)

bette davis (above)

deborah kerr (above)

olivia de havilland (above)

greta garbo (above)

ingrid bergman (above)

katherine hepburn (above)

lauren bacall (above)

vivian leigh (above)

speaking volumes

or a picture is worth a thousand words. Read the body language.

image from whitehouse.gov

at the going down of the sun….

and in the morning we will remember them.

Rememberance Day

11am 11th day 11th Month

2008

Rhett Butler’s People: Tuesday Teaser ON TIME

A M A Z I N G – I’m have made it here on the right day!

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

Grab your current read.

Let the book fall open to a random page.

Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.

You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!

Please avoid spoilers!

Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCraig

The authorised novel based on Gone with the WInd

(in case you hadn’t noticed)

click the image: the cover is different in Australia - of course

Page 124

Line 8 – 2 sentences.

‘When young Rhett first arrived at Cathecarte Puryear’s school, Edgar had gone upstairs to assess his father’s new pupil. Rhett looked at Edgar, looked through him, and disregarded him in a single instant.’

i have the dvd and it’s raining – what beter way to spend the afternoon.
I must re read the original book.

Take Out photo: Still life

blue, white, light, shadow. Perfect. …to me.

photohunter: together

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* together *

whilst I did not take this photo it to me is a true representation of ‘together’. This is anna and 2 of the children she escorted from Ethiopia to India for open-heart surgery, These children had never met her before and never been away from home. She now calls them her ‘heartbeats’. What can be more together then that?

scroll down for more images pertaining to her journey.

Tuesday Teaser – late again

My goodnes it’s Thursday and her I am doing the Tuesday Teaser Post. I was absorbed with the USA elections.

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

Grab your current read.

Let the book fall open to a random page.

Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.

You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!

Please avoid spoilers!

Then Link back to SHOULD BE READING

ok this weeks selection:

‘He went back to his room; throwing himself on the sofa, he abandoned himself to a confused succession of thoughts: plans for works, schemes for the guidance of his life, dreams for the future. At last, in order to escape from himself he went out.’

Page 71. Part 1 ‘Sentimental Education’ by Gustave Flaubert.

more photos of the children

click above on ‘Ethiopian Children – Surgery in Bangalore’

or

CLICK HERE

Addis Ababa to Bangalore

note the fluffy soft toys (in various photos) – they were donated in Australia

there is the bear and the cat.

a 3 hour lay over in Mumbai – spot the penguin

this is a long way from home in more ways then one.

Anna ordered special children meals for them.

this little one took sick on the flight…however Anna made a great nurse.

The children are selected for these journeys and operations based on medical needs, not family cicumstances.

a couple of the children thought they were on a school excursion

Finally, at the hospital. Patients arrive every day from India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and other locations where there are people in need.

McCain concession

most gracious in defeat

OBAMA WINS LANDSLIDE MAKES HISTORY

His kind of town….

Ethiopian children

who is this cutie? find out tomorrow.

USA elections

if you are a USA citizen PLEASE go out and vote. Go soon before it gets really busy, Take a book,a coat, whatever you might need and be patient. Democracy gives you the right to vote. Please vote.

Ethiopian images

the area that Yared and his family live.

a beggar walks towards anna.

village life…for more images click HERE

Anna’s journey: Ethiopia

more to come….lots more

Madelyn Dunham dies.

Barack Obama’s grandmother has died.

Barack Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died following a bout with cancer, Obama and his sister said today. She was 86. Obama, who spoke about his grandmother often on the stump, left the campaign trail for two days in late October to visit Dunham in Hawaii.

At a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Monday night, the Illinois senator said “she has gone home and she died peacefully in her sleep with my sister at her side.”

“I’m not going to talk about it long because it’s hard to talk about,” he added.

Obama remembered her as “one of those quiet heroes we have across America, who aren’t famous … but each and every day they work hard. They look after their families. They look after their children and their grandchildren.”

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Thematic Photographic: Night

Thematic Photographic: NIGHT: Brisbane River.

Carmi over at WrittenInc

introduces Thematic Photographic on wednesday at 7pm. Thats 7pm where ever he is….

I took this picture during a session down on the edge of the Brisbane river. I started in sunlight and was concentrating on getting various cloud images and colours (see my photography blog) and then suddenly it was getting dark; thats how night arrives here: suddenly.