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Maryborough, Queensland has a unique link to the world's most famous nanny that no other place in the world can claim.<br />
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It all started in a bedroom in the manager’s residence above a bank building in Maryborough in 1899, when the bank manager's wife gave birth to a baby girl named Helen Lyndon Goff.<br />
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After spending the first few years of her life here, her family moved to Brisbane then Ipswich, Allora, Bowral and then Sydney.<br />
As a young woman in the 1920s she moved to London and took the name Pamela Travers for her writing. It was under that name that she wrote the successful Mary Poppins books that lead to fortune and fame - and one of the most successful movies of all times.<br />
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The first ‘Mary Poppins’ novel about the magical and exceedingly efficient nanny was an immediate success and the Mary Poppins series - there were eight books in total - went on to be translated into more than 20 languages.<br />
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Pamela Lyndon Travers OBE (born Helen Lyndon Goff) (9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996), was an Australian-born British novelist, actress and journalist, popularly remembered for her series of children's novels about the mystical and magical nanny Mary Poppins. Her popular series has been adapted many times, including in the 1964 film starring Julie Andrews, and in the new Broadway musical which originally was produced in London's West End.<br />
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I have been away up North for a few days. Walking along the beach I found this Gloriosa scrambling all over the place with many flowers. I think they show generally a more crimson colour than this orange red. It is a vine and grows from tubers. I have taken a few cuttings to try to grow it.<br />
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The Silvereye is a small bird with a conspicuous ring of white feathers around the eye, and belongs to a group of birds known as white-eyes. The Silvereye shows interesting plumage variations across its range.<br />
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Silvereyes are more common in the south-east of Australia, but their range extends from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, through the south and south-west to about Shark Bay, Western Australia. They are also found in Tasmania.<br />
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Silvereyes may occur in almost any wooded habitat, especially commercial orchards and urban parks and gardens.<br />
Silvereyes move north each autumn, and move back south in late winter to breed.<br />
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Silvereyes feed on insect prey and large amounts of fruit and nectar, making them occasional pests of commercial orchards. Birds are seen alone, in pairs or small flocks during the breeding season, but form large flocks in the winter months.<br />
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Silvereye pairs actively defend a small territory. The nest is a small, neatly woven cup of grasses, hair, and other fine vegetation, bound with spider web. It is placed in a horizontal tree fork up to 5m above the ground. The nest is constructed by both sexes, who both also incubate the bluish-green eggs. If conditions are suitable two to three clutches will be raised in a season.<br />
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Allamanda, also known as Yellow Bell, Golden Trumpet or Buttercup Flower, is a genus of tropical shrubs or vines belonging to the dogbane family (Apocynaceae).<br />
The genus Alamanda is native to South and Central America. Their year-round production of large, bright flowers have made the Allamanda popular ornamentals.<br />
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The genus name Allamanda derives from Dr. Frederich Allamanda (1735-1803), a Swiss botanist of the late 18th century.<br />
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Cycling has become a popular sport. Left is my daughter Jacqueline, she is an enthusiastic cycler.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Daisy, Daisy give me your answer do.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm half crazy all for the love of you.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It won't be a stylish marriage,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't afford a carriage.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But you'll look sweet,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Upon the seat,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of a bicycle made for two.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Michael, Micheal, here is your answer true.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not crazy all for the love of you.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There won't be any marriage,</div><div style="text-align: center;">if you can't afford a carriage.</div><div style="text-align: center;">'Cause I'll be switched, </div><div style="text-align: center;">if I get hitched,</div><div style="text-align: center;">on a bicycle built for two!"</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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The name a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, which is onomatopoeic of its call. </div><div><br /></div><div>Kookaburras are best known for their unmistakable call, which sounds uncannily like loud, echoing human laughter — good-natured, but rather hysterical, merriment in the case of the renowned Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae); and maniacal cackling in the case of the slightly smaller Blue-winged Kookaburra (D. leachii). </div><div><br /></div><div>They are territorial, and often live with the partly grown chicks of the previous season.</div><div>They often sing as a chorus to mark their territory and can be found in habitats ranging from humid forest to arid savanna, but also in suburban and residential areas near running water and where food can be searched for easily.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Please visit; This is My World <a href="http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/">here</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Photo TS</div><div><br /></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-63626199817480505432011-01-03T05:22:00.006+10:002011-01-03T05:41:09.089+10:00My World Tuesday; Pioneer women;<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPUqlulE3kEIoBgVuZMAQyixCYULE5VqdnrnVID6TlG_c-BaxpoArr397JK5slaJOc0d4mRYFrYXpgQ5PfMA_wUFTlghvQGD7fyFirakiYHkrdr79CvI7VOT15asJhcdsPfYTx0MAm4Hb/s1600/myWorlButtonwhite.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 51px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPUqlulE3kEIoBgVuZMAQyixCYULE5VqdnrnVID6TlG_c-BaxpoArr397JK5slaJOc0d4mRYFrYXpgQ5PfMA_wUFTlghvQGD7fyFirakiYHkrdr79CvI7VOT15asJhcdsPfYTx0MAm4Hb/s400/myWorlButtonwhite.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557671702634518466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEYRZz4KsqeDhFO9A8caQrDg1xWBX53hvVahASkc9P-AaTf7yc35SjnCL_Of-EygjIOssnsuxdz3ER1uFrran3dXMWcL9hNa6BdhvOs3qGpdb8P0fr9vyRDk-apa58u_OSWKp5swJPzfi/s1600/September+2009+535.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEYRZz4KsqeDhFO9A8caQrDg1xWBX53hvVahASkc9P-AaTf7yc35SjnCL_Of-EygjIOssnsuxdz3ER1uFrran3dXMWcL9hNa6BdhvOs3qGpdb8P0fr9vyRDk-apa58u_OSWKp5swJPzfi/s400/September+2009+535.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557671699001460434" /></a>A tribute to Pioneer women, Longreach, Australia.<div><br /></div><div>From the 1800s to the onset of World War I, pioneers making their homes in outback Australia were joined by their wives, many of whom had no idea of the difficulties and dangers ahead.<div><br /></div><div>These brave and resourceful women encountered conditions which would test their resilience and resourcefulness to the utmost:</div><div>relentless heat, dust and isolation; and no doctors or pioneer women featured who faced the risk of dying from malaria, the scourge of tropical Australia.</div><div><br /></div><div>Many women lived in wooden huts or tin sheds with concrete floors, cooked on wood-fired stoves, and lacked any of the domestic appliances we take for granted today.</div><div><br /></div><div>Georgiana Molloy and the Brussell women tamed hectares of virgin bush with primitive implements. Myrtle White was trapped among sandhills, the fine grains invading her home and impeding her harrowing attempts to get her feverish baby son to the doctor before he died.</div><div><br /></div><div>White's predicament was quoted by the Revd John Flynn while raising funds for his Flying Doctor service.</div><div><br /></div><div>The outback was indeed 'no place for a lady'. Yet many women with no previous experience of hardship rose to the challenge of creating homes, nursing farming - and keeping journals, which provided a startling vivid picture of the life they faced - part of the outback legend.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>(Great Pioneer Women of the Outback by Susanna De Vries)</div><div>'Great Pioneer Women of the Outback' features women pioneering in some of the harshest land in Western Australia, Queensland, South Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales.</div><div><br /></div><div>Please visit<a href="http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/"> My World Tuesday</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-4752517789007573032010-12-31T06:54:00.006+10:002010-12-31T10:42:24.255+10:00The Hot, the Loud and the Proud; Hibiscus;<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aUccBeRipQF1-EcJM24poaE-OjNala9L7sacFIqOciB42DNdAv0C48VfDWcPDgJlCCGEChedlTbGxto_7GK7QE8rB6-zcOjlCSw1Lyz0n9uHTxk-x6XQ_v1CDJ26AgY3gdsD6ddHtOmX/s1600/IMG_2817_thumb2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aUccBeRipQF1-EcJM24poaE-OjNala9L7sacFIqOciB42DNdAv0C48VfDWcPDgJlCCGEChedlTbGxto_7GK7QE8rB6-zcOjlCSw1Lyz0n9uHTxk-x6XQ_v1CDJ26AgY3gdsD6ddHtOmX/s400/IMG_2817_thumb2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556582455648814034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdd4tOOH94kqEORXwOGLu1uVUDNGnCp7pbI9Gb4b1I6sA-xQs3Zr29PN7Og8_YlUZtZJCsgsjUPc8jGUG7nQCnT24rJURzZUmuflI6zXnCwDGF-DbaSy3nnVoUzbH2FZT9T9dswLURrROc/s1600/Dezember+08+visite+Maria+030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdd4tOOH94kqEORXwOGLu1uVUDNGnCp7pbI9Gb4b1I6sA-xQs3Zr29PN7Og8_YlUZtZJCsgsjUPc8jGUG7nQCnT24rJURzZUmuflI6zXnCwDGF-DbaSy3nnVoUzbH2FZT9T9dswLURrROc/s400/Dezember+08+visite+Maria+030.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556582234142890994" /></a>This is my favourite red Hibiscus, its flowers are double and as big as a dessert plate. It is very hardy too.<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNFxHCrum2AkbmvJh01MBg2vlQbfpoWuRmOtJ-H6y6VnHx-cIplVx4UFWl0txPkQyHHyplc1SH9JwGLESJSvaa7EMSjlac3zHo5ZFj1xTfd-9304FIjmDX1kDiJg6Sdc0P5JuG3bjwQvG/s1600/Dezember+08+visite+Maria+021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNFxHCrum2AkbmvJh01MBg2vlQbfpoWuRmOtJ-H6y6VnHx-cIplVx4UFWl0txPkQyHHyplc1SH9JwGLESJSvaa7EMSjlac3zHo5ZFj1xTfd-9304FIjmDX1kDiJg6Sdc0P5JuG3bjwQvG/s400/Dezember+08+visite+Maria+021.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556582230087575122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6jsJbV38i3M2cots2Ghhg2CyoMQzHP8UGiGNp56zYJB2v1lcd3uBkH0GMLjaw8ixbW8OoqL9GK60QQBelzZxDf7KQ9uZ7acwFv5COC5inrgkTQumbljdTAlAXvGioISJKkUdGP4f3ujk/s1600/Dezember+08+visite+Maria+020.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6jsJbV38i3M2cots2Ghhg2CyoMQzHP8UGiGNp56zYJB2v1lcd3uBkH0GMLjaw8ixbW8OoqL9GK60QQBelzZxDf7KQ9uZ7acwFv5COC5inrgkTQumbljdTAlAXvGioISJKkUdGP4f3ujk/s400/Dezember+08+visite+Maria+020.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556582222230952962" /></a>I always liked this Cuban variety; its striking colours of yellow and red; easily propagated from cuttings.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnYZfcpkHZAeBNJO36RChxp0IghGj6pmy8wliR_vWflm-7fPz2owneh5IkD68Gjb_Wf4F8eWc3lF6KYbVikB8nm2Wsx_17E__CH6hA-j7rbAD4pWMEZHEsoB8PDoVZqFbJDmMmJKgXD_H/s1600/P1010028.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnYZfcpkHZAeBNJO36RChxp0IghGj6pmy8wliR_vWflm-7fPz2owneh5IkD68Gjb_Wf4F8eWc3lF6KYbVikB8nm2Wsx_17E__CH6hA-j7rbAD4pWMEZHEsoB8PDoVZqFbJDmMmJKgXD_H/s400/P1010028.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556582215640054146" /></a>Isobel Beard is a little diva, only shows off her gorgeous flowers when she wants to.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaDs2fAjrE_UaHU1BA3l7kcIhAlMVtUgfy-NzmnT-T9nvMBElImHe4MBWBk0_bsqc4aQjGAXC4vyg2SWEOqEgvSYu4q5lVlzzwF_YBy9gGzd0A1mApJ5r049zmySAjD5XPe_kPsAFjTFS/s1600/blog+pictures+015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaDs2fAjrE_UaHU1BA3l7kcIhAlMVtUgfy-NzmnT-T9nvMBElImHe4MBWBk0_bsqc4aQjGAXC4vyg2SWEOqEgvSYu4q5lVlzzwF_YBy9gGzd0A1mApJ5r049zmySAjD5XPe_kPsAFjTFS/s400/blog+pictures+015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556582216045052242" /></a>Hawaiian elephant ear grows to a tall bush; wonderful, big double flowers kissed with pink.</div><div><br /></div><div>As it is the height of summer I thought I let some of my Hibiscus show of their hot, loud and proud flowers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Please visit <a href="http://http://aplantfanatic.blogspot.com/">here</a> Noel Morata; A Plant fanatic in Hawaii;</div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-68465028593536904112010-12-19T06:50:00.004+10:002010-12-19T07:07:04.849+10:00It does not look to good in the house of Parliament;<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzElrOu3pTIevSdPFTldSTsWrvkr1NX-4lppzmdzX0YQmScvALKf3R92jJSJpik9kmDwoH4oMPRc5ws5TTYVTKdE5C3_QEFN6sJxI64zTQf-9TZRyiJzwqRnu6AlPv_h8WGeljanbo5Ar/s1600/treasures++10.11.2010+045.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzElrOu3pTIevSdPFTldSTsWrvkr1NX-4lppzmdzX0YQmScvALKf3R92jJSJpik9kmDwoH4oMPRc5ws5TTYVTKdE5C3_QEFN6sJxI64zTQf-9TZRyiJzwqRnu6AlPv_h8WGeljanbo5Ar/s400/treasures++10.11.2010+045.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552130795822861794" /></a><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>The Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be a</div><div>Nativity Scene in the Australian Capital this Christmas </div><div>season. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This isn't for any religious reason. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>They simply have not been able to find Three Wise Men </b></div><div><b>in Canberra . </b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>A search for a Virgin continues. </b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>There was no problem, however, finding enough asses</b></div><div><b>to fill the stable.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>SMILE!</b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><br /></div></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-34811155064699929182010-12-14T06:31:00.008+10:002010-12-14T06:51:17.828+10:00My World Tuesday; from Rainbow beach to Surfers...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfK8FXFE-0uOa5gnga_TWZ9HNQfUn2RR3fEfEImbrNAtKJUCYwSG9FYaw0xqzCH7pvPhU4_B5JoYze-y9MVH_2famzPjqaUfi3RrNxDyioxKKi52fH82GcHGLHAymsiS7iHPDmzuB81mO/s1600/myWorlButtonwhite.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 51px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfK8FXFE-0uOa5gnga_TWZ9HNQfUn2RR3fEfEImbrNAtKJUCYwSG9FYaw0xqzCH7pvPhU4_B5JoYze-y9MVH_2famzPjqaUfi3RrNxDyioxKKi52fH82GcHGLHAymsiS7iHPDmzuB81mO/s400/myWorlButtonwhite.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550268007702453314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJ40pOlJgsthV6SsRTDGXxad7IgpjAdkLq-lypfZmllx-vedULhhDKLxpDlahhuj3Oh0fEypW7AyCV1z7TSlRb8I9L7gimkL6R0zxPdouizVNETZGSAJcYe3sg686ZzoLtKfHoNB2W9KI/s1600/sunset+2010+january+032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJ40pOlJgsthV6SsRTDGXxad7IgpjAdkLq-lypfZmllx-vedULhhDKLxpDlahhuj3Oh0fEypW7AyCV1z7TSlRb8I9L7gimkL6R0zxPdouizVNETZGSAJcYe3sg686ZzoLtKfHoNB2W9KI/s400/sunset+2010+january+032.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550268000913216322" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span">Please click picture;</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Soft sunset over Rainbow beach. On the horizon winks Surfers Paradise.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Please<a href="http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/"> click here</a><a href="http://myworldtuesday.blogspot.com/"> </a>to visit My World Tuesday;<br /></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-22549236573562713462010-12-10T05:25:00.005+10:002010-12-10T05:41:16.495+10:00Politics/ Weakileak;<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCg_bn1mfG2nbAxI0cnlapQ7KmTtdUlH3RPtvaevN8Hvb6X5Yx5gi2wEfpIaEagKU_0ZQGqL_qe5J5g94rjkot333vLse2_dwAnEGY7TGf9-CZJDiKFsSlrF4g5_vQ0yOkUpPhdYJBaXg/s1600/27.september+08+++28+sept08+++Oktober++November+041.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCg_bn1mfG2nbAxI0cnlapQ7KmTtdUlH3RPtvaevN8Hvb6X5Yx5gi2wEfpIaEagKU_0ZQGqL_qe5J5g94rjkot333vLse2_dwAnEGY7TGf9-CZJDiKFsSlrF4g5_vQ0yOkUpPhdYJBaXg/s400/27.september+08+++28+sept08+++Oktober++November+041.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548767635735767522" /></a>Hope for a better World<div><br /></div><div>!"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive." - Thomas Jefferson </div><div><br /></div><div><div>Long live Wikileak; long live Julian Assange;</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Wikileak is an organization which challenges the corrupt behavior of Governments. As governments are “democratically elected by the people, the people have the right to know what sort of games they are playing. Politicans are not above the law. It is our right to know.</div><div><br /></div><div>We all know politics is a dirty, hidden game. A big, bad bruise.</div><div><br /></div><div>Politics has always been the rotten part in people’s history. Its war cry has not changed, deceive, rob, lie and terrify.</div><div><br /></div><div>Luckily we have today the Internet and Wikileak which the rotten bunch in high offices do not like because their evil doings are exposed.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are a few, perhaps a handful of gracious, honest and candid Politicians in the world. The majority are a despicable bunch of …..</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-60535584622099558812010-11-30T11:05:00.010+10:002010-11-30T12:53:45.646+10:00My World Tuesday; Gold Coast; Southport;<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4kdrSONFiPgYy408mQ42VxiA58pXbMwu6hm5LWbNPkYbd25jXpEV9nx__ihljBkXpFEKNc88q7E4uLGhVzs_J5f72GDWG4Kfd6gxXJ_Ne5VoR_aQvoSFTZqYSHVuTRAoO4XupaqBCxWc/s1600/myWorlButtonwhite.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 51px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4kdrSONFiPgYy408mQ42VxiA58pXbMwu6hm5LWbNPkYbd25jXpEV9nx__ihljBkXpFEKNc88q7E4uLGhVzs_J5f72GDWG4Kfd6gxXJ_Ne5VoR_aQvoSFTZqYSHVuTRAoO4XupaqBCxWc/s400/myWorlButtonwhite.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545144015662995810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIA4zx2O2zhHGQkNyIHE883gPfnnqA_0VUDzEBURzd8xS8OONRo7igEJguzgoppMONNhb-e_LySM46wrXRPAfl6luYjeLU24_gvc8-scJ2UXHJ9Cfompn1mwjQ9Xf0xN-0gl7J0G7Hya9/s1600/southport+garten+21.11.2010+013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIA4zx2O2zhHGQkNyIHE883gPfnnqA_0VUDzEBURzd8xS8OONRo7igEJguzgoppMONNhb-e_LySM46wrXRPAfl6luYjeLU24_gvc8-scJ2UXHJ9Cfompn1mwjQ9Xf0xN-0gl7J0G7Hya9/s400/southport+garten+21.11.2010+013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545144007144064610" /></a>A huge car park has been converted to a wonderful park; where people can take a picnic, swim safely and go for walks.<div><br /><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; ">please click the pictures.</span></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6vo6pNFesxLnF_KH7jrZgzGCSPFm1C3_HB3ff1Zij-yICrTlz0SAcTGoZ20OfuXkaLV18t7s4choWuQEOc-IOJGPp-aHtIvEYLhH6kjz_HuWOB3P64wjlq_KMZ0gZq36R1kN7OdrvlYo/s1600/southport+garten+21.11.2010+005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6vo6pNFesxLnF_KH7jrZgzGCSPFm1C3_HB3ff1Zij-yICrTlz0SAcTGoZ20OfuXkaLV18t7s4choWuQEOc-IOJGPp-aHtIvEYLhH6kjz_HuWOB3P64wjlq_KMZ0gZq36R1kN7OdrvlYo/s400/southport+garten+21.11.2010+005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545143472994488562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegjdEtQr_hcwvsEYIjE4oRDttqlbVtUw_A7QFYG1eNtVijFKcnwp7i5l4PN39hqsptRY2mzFQ1lX0W-v3GvxXR2t3AkY3Y6TDgSs4fscd5CRYPnf1yOpkp1in3sV1UlZ1_AP1WuuJX-de/s1600/southport+garten+21.11.2010+011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegjdEtQr_hcwvsEYIjE4oRDttqlbVtUw_A7QFYG1eNtVijFKcnwp7i5l4PN39hqsptRY2mzFQ1lX0W-v3GvxXR2t3AkY3Y6TDgSs4fscd5CRYPnf1yOpkp1in3sV1UlZ1_AP1WuuJX-de/s400/southport+garten+21.11.2010+011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545143459277016850" /></a>The Mercedes Benz enthusiasts came together for a chat and a picnic. I liked this number plate, the car belongs to a young Japanese fellow.<div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityzCE2sqmyEhm8Jri6uX14wr8SlX3Y5SkoXn517SJFeBQ0wz9nI_gaQvQxdhm8xvkwI2_wcCmekEAUPDs1cLQUPDxK9p2Px7C5LgFtW6_-QAzRdg-GnY-mxzn34oKloy0WcSgv8yFWehf/s1600/southport+garten+21.11.2010+008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityzCE2sqmyEhm8Jri6uX14wr8SlX3Y5SkoXn517SJFeBQ0wz9nI_gaQvQxdhm8xvkwI2_wcCmekEAUPDs1cLQUPDxK9p2Px7C5LgFtW6_-QAzRdg-GnY-mxzn34oKloy0WcSgv8yFWehf/s400/southport+garten+21.11.2010+008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545143451801160610" /></a>It was cloudy, but not to hot which was good. Quite windy, even the apartment buildings swayed!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgVorevVupLnnhtC3zBedRlm68dDZhLsld80uJjtB5PcmOesfhsS1bty244HhFjatprAzLjbpAt1Axv_mjCadVQNUlYjv346yK5yOc7yZVBIZbH8Ab8uolNPS1RqQ8E6wWKPINQwvfghr/s1600/southport+garten+21.11.2010+016.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgVorevVupLnnhtC3zBedRlm68dDZhLsld80uJjtB5PcmOesfhsS1bty244HhFjatprAzLjbpAt1Axv_mjCadVQNUlYjv346yK5yOc7yZVBIZbH8Ab8uolNPS1RqQ8E6wWKPINQwvfghr/s400/southport+garten+21.11.2010+016.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545143451366072258" /></a>Going home.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Please connect with My World Tuesday<a href="http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/"> click here</a></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-63528673339644262612010-11-26T05:20:00.009+10:002010-11-26T06:04:19.209+10:00Cooking is fun; beans ain't beans!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEy2O8YzvA3kxJ27BRsYYy7irNzCU_Czs1FagLa1-WLWY7WSsG715_V5XfmBeDQPKJWCAe4fXKOQ_C8fQdKZovUBI3Q6_X6v8zVWCSbevsDsMypsQw-a3GL9M6qDanRarD_G6mRMorUfn/s1600/march+2010+007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEy2O8YzvA3kxJ27BRsYYy7irNzCU_Czs1FagLa1-WLWY7WSsG715_V5XfmBeDQPKJWCAe4fXKOQ_C8fQdKZovUBI3Q6_X6v8zVWCSbevsDsMypsQw-a3GL9M6qDanRarD_G6mRMorUfn/s400/march+2010+007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543570313513568834" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cannelini</span> beans, not from a tin!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Recipe TS</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Photos TS</span></div><div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbSI0qf3vtm06Yx-CX4puwkTIVnh65EqzbYRcPjdovRuXZnldds6J60fOAuIyR4gU3DaoOoaPSGjB49flznIcfM308ajEXTJQd4w0W5dmJwTrsGqGJtyiUTfP9nWhOSXOsILGmMiVLPrl/s1600/sunset+2010+january+007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbSI0qf3vtm06Yx-CX4puwkTIVnh65EqzbYRcPjdovRuXZnldds6J60fOAuIyR4gU3DaoOoaPSGjB49flznIcfM308ajEXTJQd4w0W5dmJwTrsGqGJtyiUTfP9nWhOSXOsILGmMiVLPrl/s400/sunset+2010+january+007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543570023503718386" /></a>The first step is to soak the beans the night before you want to cook them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are all the ingredients you need.</div><div>Olive oil, I use cold pressed virgin olive oil. </div><div>Onions and garlic.</div><div>Tomato paste and fresh tomatoes, I use organic tomato paste and I use frozen tomatoes from my garden. Herbs from the garden, like basil, laurel leaves and thyme. A little curry and salt and pepper.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-AfDSe2DIsP1E5IuqGRKb51J5zmTrMHg-4wX8yT1Ah-kfccZu1SxL1QbJ5WOpUamoHCsnuw2qLleeQNzHt8q6x0EhDcngUrpXBSaIBDRCZQ1CEZ8hyphenhyphenf0adR5HVqJqCK6uQ-pHZolqtyS/s1600/sunset+2010+january+008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-AfDSe2DIsP1E5IuqGRKb51J5zmTrMHg-4wX8yT1Ah-kfccZu1SxL1QbJ5WOpUamoHCsnuw2qLleeQNzHt8q6x0EhDcngUrpXBSaIBDRCZQ1CEZ8hyphenhyphenf0adR5HVqJqCK6uQ-pHZolqtyS/s400/sunset+2010+january+008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543570019330743794" /></a>First you make a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">sofritto</span> from 1 onion, a few garlic knobs and the herbs. Do not fry it, just gently</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sautee</span> or sweat until a little softened then add 1 teaspoon curry, let it sweat for an other minute or two. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8SO0SFQEdvLVHYgV_h30nQEdiTEyw96w9J8P1eUH6J4ngtQMQsxMcmSWedeVdGvhyPZnhoqwt5Xw_Wj3BNxKAgBQGm5j7-Shx5MPPegmZVV5bwOoyXCfuwE_8rET1VydBsschgCkGxPp/s1600/sunset+2010+january+011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8SO0SFQEdvLVHYgV_h30nQEdiTEyw96w9J8P1eUH6J4ngtQMQsxMcmSWedeVdGvhyPZnhoqwt5Xw_Wj3BNxKAgBQGm5j7-Shx5MPPegmZVV5bwOoyXCfuwE_8rET1VydBsschgCkGxPp/s400/sunset+2010+january+011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543570009568434050" /></a>Add fresh or frozen tomatoes, tomato paste and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">cannelini</span> beans. Add 1 cup of water and</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IwaLFVYbok98bs5yNoGJ-jfqDPi-TqnzWdRWDMLOoGeEN_Fm4ZyS1rIDrxtnEqrgkuWyIkaXqCOeZlYkt72zsShSOfNWxU8r-O-9jHVirR7VGW1oJdOkr5kIO0a_uzFJxtYhoNVp4Men/s1600/sunset+2010+january+012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IwaLFVYbok98bs5yNoGJ-jfqDPi-TqnzWdRWDMLOoGeEN_Fm4ZyS1rIDrxtnEqrgkuWyIkaXqCOeZlYkt72zsShSOfNWxU8r-O-9jHVirR7VGW1oJdOkr5kIO0a_uzFJxtYhoNVp4Men/s400/sunset+2010+january+012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543570007369727330" /></a>stir, let the beans simmer until the beans are nice and soft. (Add more water if necessary. It has to be nice and creamy.</div><div><br /></div><div>The finished product is delicious, can be reheated or frozen. Enjoy!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEL2vMfo5vk_rFhtmYqZIWz4Z2yAJFQlnZq_A40MUusp9RIDVuSqPHNQPq9RlENPCzLEkpy8ZEdiKfpOj3ZuECxidKbqhyphenhyphenhx9bX0PhlW-FZQr1LSQwiPqqoAN9FWHWASQJ5CtRXJHOGDCe/s1600/sunset+2010+january+013.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEL2vMfo5vk_rFhtmYqZIWz4Z2yAJFQlnZq_A40MUusp9RIDVuSqPHNQPq9RlENPCzLEkpy8ZEdiKfpOj3ZuECxidKbqhyphenhyphenhx9bX0PhlW-FZQr1LSQwiPqqoAN9FWHWASQJ5CtRXJHOGDCe/s400/sunset+2010+january+013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543570002752049570" /></a></div></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-17907873836059202882010-11-08T12:04:00.007+10:002010-11-09T04:40:59.896+10:00My World Tuesday; Roads with no end;<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyZtH5BAHYMWgYNumcl9zpzz5xBF4WXBx4gdl1-IykcyyOpewf9htjZkfnpDufUHVomY1ISfqYeTVZ7ZVHeY2XMB2_HIJcA_zzy677Iyo-tAGRtvIhBRRk3VsF4NeMbqkWHjlrb09frU7/s1600/myWorlButtonwhite.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 51px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyZtH5BAHYMWgYNumcl9zpzz5xBF4WXBx4gdl1-IykcyyOpewf9htjZkfnpDufUHVomY1ISfqYeTVZ7ZVHeY2XMB2_HIJcA_zzy677Iyo-tAGRtvIhBRRk3VsF4NeMbqkWHjlrb09frU7/s400/myWorlButtonwhite.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536994557774633714" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs404u1u4B-2HZp_cmajc9clpKE5Ixmkz-RFIFe4e_WQD11HPAOS-opEge_wlBNW3YJmPYCTqFahSnqLbiHgndpC6r_4USCvksX3bESKYgGndOqp9mxsVXsWy3A6fV9hhiAYTc4ZU9jxnK/s1600/P1000210.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs404u1u4B-2HZp_cmajc9clpKE5Ixmkz-RFIFe4e_WQD11HPAOS-opEge_wlBNW3YJmPYCTqFahSnqLbiHgndpC6r_4USCvksX3bESKYgGndOqp9mxsVXsWy3A6fV9hhiAYTc4ZU9jxnK/s1600/P1000210.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs404u1u4B-2HZp_cmajc9clpKE5Ixmkz-RFIFe4e_WQD11HPAOS-opEge_wlBNW3YJmPYCTqFahSnqLbiHgndpC6r_4USCvksX3bESKYgGndOqp9mxsVXsWy3A6fV9hhiAYTc4ZU9jxnK/s400/P1000210.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536994286875957874" /></a>To visit My World Tuesday, please click <a href="http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/">here</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Photo TS</span></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-38804934400041245542010-10-24T14:32:00.012+10:002010-10-24T15:21:46.434+10:00A Challenge;<b>A challenge is a general term referring to things that are imbued with a sense of difficulty and victory.</b><div><b>A demanding or stimulating situation; </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>From day one we human beings are challenged by life until our death. The word "challenge" is not a simple word but it is ambiguous in a certain sense.<br /></b><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i>Word History:</i></span></strong></div><div><b><i style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">Middle English borrowed </i><i style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">chalenge</i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> from Old French. </span></span></i><i style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">French </i><i style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">chalenge</i><i style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: medium; "> came from Latin calumnia "trickery, false accusation", a noun based on the verb calvi "to deceive". So a challenge was originally a false accusation.</i></b></div><div><b><i style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: medium; ">The sense of confrontation carried on but the general meaning of this word moved from a negative to a positive sense somewhere along the way between Latin and English. </i></b><a href="http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/</span></a></div><div><b><i style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: medium; "><br /></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, sans-serif; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTc_H_9cxQHLYcmoARnY37jCHNRA0PpjViPB6c-U4kdZnOtPYjhSTxhbW0-cLsH3E2-PxF_-k3se4MrSXKWuPmVbO-fHtiODEEUsf9OIgKe2IIpGcWUdl0BgKbV7b9Oh-KPwFdQQsT-5d9/s1600/bromeliads+new+23.10.2010+005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTc_H_9cxQHLYcmoARnY37jCHNRA0PpjViPB6c-U4kdZnOtPYjhSTxhbW0-cLsH3E2-PxF_-k3se4MrSXKWuPmVbO-fHtiODEEUsf9OIgKe2IIpGcWUdl0BgKbV7b9Oh-KPwFdQQsT-5d9/s400/bromeliads+new+23.10.2010+005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531468161928421842" /></a>This Impatient plant has found itself a challenge growing from a crevice where the seed has lodged itself. It battles other challenges like being eaten by voracious grasshopper who likes its tender green leaves</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiFQMwilS9lNeJY1xwTlsMiN8D8_Fg8yoS2DNLQVNm7DMlqA6-KjCXunTpf-btsuQ8PJ7OtANISrKwM4nC8WeHwMEuEG1aIg3riNT01gio22QGPyXNpI-I_SZoKc2_zeSaJGOuMvGbY9I/s1600/bromeliads+new+23.10.2010+007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiFQMwilS9lNeJY1xwTlsMiN8D8_Fg8yoS2DNLQVNm7DMlqA6-KjCXunTpf-btsuQ8PJ7OtANISrKwM4nC8WeHwMEuEG1aIg3riNT01gio22QGPyXNpI-I_SZoKc2_zeSaJGOuMvGbY9I/s400/bromeliads+new+23.10.2010+007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531468155985372274" /></a>The goldfish in the pond face every day the challenge to escape being a meal to a silver gray heron. I have made them hide away places to give the challenged fish a chance to escape.</div><div><br /></div><div>Are you facing any challenges at the moment?<br /><br /></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-41499712363128608062010-10-19T05:56:00.009+10:002010-10-19T06:23:22.216+10:00My World Tuesday;Towns from a bird's eye view;<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CMcyqMOh8wl62YiqleDGZ7n2HgTdXn7cQamvGxQGNOwdXR006_EQKkEZpCS_DhDW1qv1kOrfQ3Tw4r_NanZXRE3kiQHPYpBpQz4tiaEaS07qUPqJ53fAlPodzA7qXp3ZMowDbJXMFnlG/s1600/myWorlButtonwhite.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 51px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CMcyqMOh8wl62YiqleDGZ7n2HgTdXn7cQamvGxQGNOwdXR006_EQKkEZpCS_DhDW1qv1kOrfQ3Tw4r_NanZXRE3kiQHPYpBpQz4tiaEaS07qUPqJ53fAlPodzA7qXp3ZMowDbJXMFnlG/s400/myWorlButtonwhite.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529478432717715202" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKfhgSv4nkK0L4xc_Pc2iAkmhdPX83gfcBp3UNAqY-TKjsOWsb1VdZXwkMf55a9Ax0QJYGYboqXurNeJfMK7sRECSug9zj_iusmCtKDF_OVpv5uAiY79GzpdFrQykPps54_gs9DO13WJe/s1600/September+2009+600.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKfhgSv4nkK0L4xc_Pc2iAkmhdPX83gfcBp3UNAqY-TKjsOWsb1VdZXwkMf55a9Ax0QJYGYboqXurNeJfMK7sRECSug9zj_iusmCtKDF_OVpv5uAiY79GzpdFrQykPps54_gs9DO13WJe/s400/September+2009+600.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529478422239886946" /></a>Airport Charleville;<div>Qantas scheduled its first fare paying passenger service from Charleville to Cloncurry, via Longreach and Winton, back in 1922.<div><div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1MmYftjUhKTgEgXL1I4WbQMM1jikZQ6JbX6rrkQRov5VmJRehDGBf9J_8qBjW3bDlat-00XCpMSCZ1A3EPhZEQIU5kxPn8BbCRnoTD27ZSFuDM9vsQlrqOqO6B1KiiuEvAUf3pEh3e8T/s1600/September+2009+596.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1MmYftjUhKTgEgXL1I4WbQMM1jikZQ6JbX6rrkQRov5VmJRehDGBf9J_8qBjW3bDlat-00XCpMSCZ1A3EPhZEQIU5kxPn8BbCRnoTD27ZSFuDM9vsQlrqOqO6B1KiiuEvAUf3pEh3e8T/s400/September+2009+596.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529478421211928562" /></a><div>Charleville is in the heart of Queensland's 'mulga country'. It is the largest town in the south west of the Outback region and was gazetted in 1868 and later named by the Government surveyor of the day, Mr WA Tully, after a town in Ireland where he had lived. </div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuFy0xwbPYZUXxIpRjqTuo6CEWdSm3qCqW5PxqmvuvnmmeC3iJFIkHf6GiLz-XeuK_lO6YSgbAbQAdHTXN_tSNdJ3pYuTNFpdCQBjTR4JWfo7g3HMWbLsUdHR_OKWXkK6FVUCCHOpESy0/s1600/September+2009+598.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuFy0xwbPYZUXxIpRjqTuo6CEWdSm3qCqW5PxqmvuvnmmeC3iJFIkHf6GiLz-XeuK_lO6YSgbAbQAdHTXN_tSNdJ3pYuTNFpdCQBjTR4JWfo7g3HMWbLsUdHR_OKWXkK6FVUCCHOpESy0/s400/September+2009+598.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529478402644411058" /></a><div>In March 1888, rail transport reached Charleville. This railway gave Charleville a direct link with the state capital, Brisbane.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cobb and Co, the famous coach company, based their largest coach making factory in Australia in the township of Charleville in 1890. The factory was moved to Charleville because the wood used in coaches made in factories closer to the coast would split and crack in the dry, dusty conditions of Western Queensland.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo-47Zr2HSGws4j2VI7u6HKEE6K7MVYF6GTZhhOw1ndxytES9ZJnBbfWPlsIKf3-Q64f9L4INyWUrJufKcSQQqkSo87xkHwZ1pzaEEKoPHnJ_qKxfgaky2JtKgLVU30lpZGXMrtuyQFmh/s1600/September+2009+599.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo-47Zr2HSGws4j2VI7u6HKEE6K7MVYF6GTZhhOw1ndxytES9ZJnBbfWPlsIKf3-Q64f9L4INyWUrJufKcSQQqkSo87xkHwZ1pzaEEKoPHnJ_qKxfgaky2JtKgLVU30lpZGXMrtuyQFmh/s400/September+2009+599.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529478395799412786" /></a><div>The mulga country of Queensland's outback is rich in history, flora and fauna. The stars almost touch the end of your nose at the Cosmos Centre and Observatory where clear nights and a low horizon combine to give visitors a great night time experience. Kangaroos, emus, birds of prey and a wondrous variety of Australian native wildlife can be seen whilst travelling this area. </div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Do you like to read more about Charleville please<a href="http://www.about-australia.com/queensland/outback-queensland/destinations/charleville/"> click here</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I hope you enjoyed your visit to the outback town of Charleville. Please visit that's my world <a href="http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/">Here</a></div><div><br /></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-22122618804619356632010-10-12T05:43:00.005+10:002010-10-12T05:52:41.429+10:00My World; As far as the eye can see...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDluad9AdJ-SPtd80G5EWji4ziPjBAQN_bse_69m0cYug0C8IfXxvELrzM6yeg3QLcin9QKZINEYe_ALErTGZ1J2o-m8P-pz2XjlzEBNDzBRk_r3PhedQ4XL70kYjLsO5hPNqqw63Dkl7S/s1600/myWorlButtonwhite.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 51px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDluad9AdJ-SPtd80G5EWji4ziPjBAQN_bse_69m0cYug0C8IfXxvELrzM6yeg3QLcin9QKZINEYe_ALErTGZ1J2o-m8P-pz2XjlzEBNDzBRk_r3PhedQ4XL70kYjLsO5hPNqqw63Dkl7S/s400/myWorlButtonwhite.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526877639337466946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7penk52wNYpbbw9ZdIU9WnpNLuBHaBgyqilWrDTymt3n_dNMIz5DRCGIwG808dAKbD6qEEvxvP7WaMlMSkq6kt750EGiqcgZ3RKMAjBLLloWkaiEFhjf-G8t0OQnaJuzrcpWp33xB-SwY/s1600/P1000287.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7penk52wNYpbbw9ZdIU9WnpNLuBHaBgyqilWrDTymt3n_dNMIz5DRCGIwG808dAKbD6qEEvxvP7WaMlMSkq6kt750EGiqcgZ3RKMAjBLLloWkaiEFhjf-G8t0OQnaJuzrcpWp33xB-SwY/s400/P1000287.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526876843776982690" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fields....</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Please click the picture</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Photo TS.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">See our world and <a href="http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/">click here</a></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104155078685963371.post-67387032670241763112010-09-03T06:38:00.007+10:002010-09-03T07:08:51.982+10:00Spring arrives in my garden;<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJEbfEo9r7JletNNu8XzMDAUW9HqWEqpBoWns7CrrTtHx_MbcSVxe4E0uts1IQL7S-3mTpSezAaZ29rtOC9I2DAPy6Ytg72KA0ObAkxq143mjCOlVCXHsdGm-R9-2e6JQHkcRq03wVSz5/s1600/September+2009+016.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJEbfEo9r7JletNNu8XzMDAUW9HqWEqpBoWns7CrrTtHx_MbcSVxe4E0uts1IQL7S-3mTpSezAaZ29rtOC9I2DAPy6Ytg72KA0ObAkxq143mjCOlVCXHsdGm-R9-2e6JQHkcRq03wVSz5/s400/September+2009+016.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512419284175195506" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Wisteria in all its glory in my garden; please click pic;</span></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Subtle changes are here overnight. The wisteria's branches are still bare but covered with fat buds wanting to burst into all their purple splendor. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Where ever I look they are all ganging up to make the best of spring. In the wild garden Hovea has put on a purple show with its small pea flowers. Birds are busy gathering dry sticks and grasses to build their temporary </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">shelters</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"> to rear their young ones.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tiny frogs well hidden in foliage are simultaneously calling and answering, " are you free"?</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Spring in my area is short but very sweet.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div>Lines Written In Early Spring by William Wordsworth</div><div><br /></div><div>I heard a thousand blended notes,</div><div>While in a grove I sate reclined,</div><div>In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts</div><div>Bring sad thoughts to the mind.</div><div><br /></div><div>To her fair works did Nature link</div><div>The human soul that through me ran;</div><div>And much it grieved my heart to think</div><div>What man has made of man.</div><div><br /></div><div>Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,</div><div>The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;</div><div>And 'tis my faith that every flower</div><div>Enjoys the air it breathes.</div><div><br /></div><div>The birds around me hopped and played,</div><div>Their thoughts I cannot measure:--</div><div>But the least motion which they made</div><div>It seemed a thrill of pleasure.</div><div><br /></div><div>The budding twigs spread out their fan,</div><div>To catch the breezy air;</div><div>And I must think, do all I can,</div><div>That there was pleasure there.</div><div><br /></div><div>If this belief from heaven be sent,</div><div>If such be Nature's holy plan,</div><div>Have I not reason to lament</div><div>What man has made of man?</div><div><br /></div><div>William Wordsworth 7.April 1770 - 23.4.1850 was a romantic at heart. He was born in spring and died in spring.</div><div><br /></div></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></b></div>Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com8