New Years Wishes to All!

As difficult as this year was for me and my loved ones, it was part of my journey. So... tonight when I watch the hands of the clock click on over to a new day & a new year ... I shall blow 2011 a kiss and wish it adieu!! I will let the past stay where it belongs.. in the past and keep my head facing forward to the opportunities that each new day brings.

I want to wish you all the best of times bringing in the New Year and may the year ahead be kind to you all. Much love ... Katherine xx

Perfection - Guy Sebastian

Freedom Awaits - Magpie Tale #95

Magpie Tales #95 (picture by Mustafa Abibi)

Freedom Awaits

By KMF

The worlds closing in on him

He sinks a little deeper each day

Weighted down by his world

His world of decay

He can no longer move

His limbs now entombed

Petrified ... defeated

Isolated & doomed

He's all but been swollowed

By this cancerous pain

If only he could realise

That he could feel good again

With a little more fight

He could inch his way free

Take hold of the oars

And sail on Freedoms sea!


He could take back life

&

LIVE

Time to smell the Flowers

So the month of September

Flew on past

With breakneck speed

It went by fast

Assignments done

But theres still more to do

Then throw in some work

And lots of study too

It's been quite busy

But it was never a bore

I just didn't have time

For this thing I adore

But I had a window of time

To take a few shots

In the city of flowers

In fact I took lots

So heres some now

Please take a look around

Browse through the flowers

And see whats to be found

Tiptoe through the tulips

Sit under a tree

Take a walk in the garden


Theres so much to see

White tulips

Yellow poppies

Some tall and some short

St Bernard the pup he was there for a walk

Bright sunny colours

Sitting in vibrant green beds


Tall purple tulips reaching out with their heads

Burned orange flowers

Paper daisies & more

But this bright purple & yellow orchid

Is the one I adore.

(and there were hundreds of them)

These photos were taken in Toowoomba in Queens Park just near the city centre. It was the weekend that the townspeople get visitors from near and far to come help celebrate the coming of spring with a special annual event known as The Festival of Flowers. We just happened to be there that weekend to help a very dear friend celebrate her 40th Birthday and decided to stop at the park on our trip home. I'm so glad we did stop to take a walk through the park and steal a few photos of the floral beauties we saw. Time to smell the flowers so to speak!!!

I'm sorry I've not been around in a while but just like my little poem discribes my time has been consumed by so many other things of late. I hope that life has been treating you all well! I do miss my visits to everyone in blogland & I'm hoping my life settles some time soon but somehow I don't think it's going to be for a while. Love Katherine x

Busy Busy Life

Today is the very first opportunity that I've had to get on the computer and do something other than work or study. I just wanted everyone to know that I am fine, I'm just very busy.

It is RUOK day here in Australia and I'm just checking in on all my blogger friends to see if you are all OK? I certainly hope so.

Anyway it really is just a short stop by Bloggerville for me tonight & I'm going to be busy for a few more days yet but hope to be able to make some time for writing next week and get around to reading everyones blogs.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Love Katherine :)

One Fateful Night!

Painting by Dan Hahlbohm

"The arms of an Angel"

Heavy the hearts for lives now lost
One soul would have been too many
11 now soar on angels wings
Three generations now left this earth
One fateful & very sad night

Eleven people die in tragic house fire

Sunday 160 with Monkey Man

This was a very sad week for Brisbane. Eleven people from 2 families died in a very tragic housefire. Nothing like this has ever happened here before. My mother lives in the same street and describes everything that she has seen and heard and the grief is indescribable. It is an event that will remain in the hearts & minds of many for a long, long time to come.

Take Care my American Friends!

Tonight I just learned of the looming threat of Hurricane Irene on the Australian evening news and yesterday of the earthquake that shook the East Coast. I am not sure where all of you live and I wanted to let you know that my thoughts & prayers are with you all & I pray you all remain safe. Please take care! Katherine ♥

Crazy For You

We walked through the doors of the party. There were couples moving together slowly on the make shift dance floor, bodies intertwined and moving rythmically to the music. Then there was a pause and a new song began to play. I can remember how nervous I was when you asked me to dance. And I remember the song! It was Madonna's "Crazy For You".

You put your arm around the small of my back & I could feel the heat of your hand radiating through my dress. Your touch electrified me & my heart starting pounding ten to the dozen. I felt queezy, in a very good kind of way. You gently pulled me into you and you wrapped your arms around me. In that moment it was as though everyone else in the room just disappeared. It was just me, you & the music. I remember thinking that I didn't want the song, this moment, this night to ever end.

This was our very first slow dance & I will never forget it!

Painted Women - Delphin Enjolras

Recently I discovered the beautiful works of an amazing artist, french painter Delphin Enjolras.
I learned that he's best known for his intimate portraits of young women doing everyday things like reading or sewing and they are often by illuminated by lamplight.
I absolutely love his style & I wanted to share a few of his paintings with you here.

Odd Dream ... what does it mean?

Last night I had a dream. Part of my dream was very lucid. I met this lovely young woman. She was working or maybe she lived in a big old sand stone building with beautiful manicured gardens. We were sitting outside in the gardens on a picnic bench and she was sharing with me some self doubts. I remember asking her what her name was and she said Yvette O'Mallery. She had blue eyes, blonde hair, was softly spoken and was very pretty. I remember saying to her that I had a message from someone named Sarah. The message was " Not to change!" ..... Then I woke up with these names on my mind.

What is the significance of a dream like this? I don't know anyone name Yvette O'Malley. Very odd dream indeed!

A lovely Sunday drive!

A few week ends back my husband and I packed a picnic lunch and went for a drive, just the two of us, through the Gold Coast Hinterland, through the Numingbah Valley, Springbrook National Park to Kingscliff & Fingal Heads. It was a long drive but it was most definitely a beautiful one.

Below are just a few of the photos I took on that day. There are so many more. I guess I was a little trigger happy, which happens when I find myself in such breathtaking places.

This is the pathway through the rainforest nature strip that led to the stairs up to Fingal Head Lookout. Such a delightful walk, with such breathtaking surroundings. You could hear the seagulls ( of the sea) & the lorikeets ( of the rainforest) competing for air space. Mix that in with the sound of the rolling waves, it was nothing short of magical.

This is atop cliffs looking down onto the beach

Fingal Lighthouse - built in 1872

Looking out onto Cook Island

Couldn't help but take a photo of this rather cool looking pigeon. Just get a load of his mohawk!

On the beach at Kingscliff ... isn't it beautiful. Sadly most of the beach has been eaten away by king tides. This was just a little strip that was left. It will take time but the beach will rebuild itself, with a little help from mankind.


This is also Kingscliff

Heavenly clouds ... so beautiful!

Friday 55 - Scared!

The tiny hairs on my arms stand erect

My mouth's parched like the Simpson Desert

Pools of salty water moisten the palms of my hands

My heart beats to the rhythm of some kinda angry drum

I hate it when this happens to me

I have a very real fear of public speaking

Argh!!

Glossophobia!

Friday 55

Stormy Seas

The waves they swelled on stormy seas

Angry skies covered the sky in black

Lightening lit the sky on fire

Whilst thunder sounds did crack

Clouds collided and the rain it fell

In sheets like shards of glass

Hard and heavy for hours and hours

I can't wait for the storm to pass

The palms they swayed almost touching the ground

The wind it screamed high pitch

Signs they fell from the fronts of shops

Cars, bins and things crashed into the ditch

Cyclone Yasi she passed on through

Leaving destruction in her wake

She really was a bitch of storm

A massive mess she sure did make

Written for Dverse

Inspired by the word prompt: WATER

Five Score Years Ago!

Orange trees & fennel shrubs

Big dams & rolling fields

Rusted blades turn round and round

Water's pumped from the power it yields

It may be old and rustic

It's a landmark of the land

Great grandfather built it five score years ago

And it still stands tall and grand

By KMF

Inspired by picture prompt

by Tess from Magpie Tales

Adam Sandler - I Feel Pretty - Anger Management

Oh my goodness I had to share this from the movie Anger Management... it made he giddle so hard, I almost became incontinent... tee! hee! hee! I hope it gives you a giggle too!

Not the Zigfield Follies - Magpie #75

It aint the Zigfield Follies

It aint Cirque De Sole

It aint the The Black n White Mistrals

In burlesque style, it's risque

There are men in tigerprint lap laps

Walking on needles & spikes

There are girls singing the songs of the sirens

Whilst peddling topless on bikes

It's a feast for the senses

It's a show to be seen

So if it tickles your fancy

It's starts July sixteen

by KMF

Inspired by photo prompt from Tess Kinkaid @ Magpie Tales

A Day At Dreamworld!

Isn't he just gorgeous, so fluffy & cuddly looking

What a sleepy head...didn't open his eyes for the whole time

I stopped to watch him.

My youngest son Matt with Jacky Legs, one of the many

Dreamworld Kangaroos

Three little ducks
This is the Australian Emu

Show some decorum ... how rude, I walked by and he flashed me

Cheeky bugger!

Peek-a-boo I see you ... says the little koala as he peeks out his Mothers pouch... so cute!

A nice ole lazy day for Mr Dingo

Meet our Fluffy Family Member!

This is our super chillaxed furry family member, Kira

As he is today

One of his first baby photos.... isn't he gorgeous!

He here is as a curious little toddler


Going out for a ride with The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Where am I?

Who's a naughty boy ?

Foundations

Come in for a while

Take time, look around

I'm a unique kind of construction

No others like me to be found

I'm forever changing

Inside and out

I'm always changing appearance

Of this theres no doubt

My foundations are sturdy

This is a fact

Thanks to the love a woman

Whom raised me like that

I have many flaws

Can't be perfect you know!

Though I know how to nurture

And like to help others grow

If life is the building

Then mines only half done

I'm still under construction

But that's half the fun

Written for dVerse

"D’verse Poets Pub is a place for poets and writers to gather to celebrate poetry"

Good mornig, good morning

Just Be!

This week went by in the blink of an eye! Some weeks are just like that, they're so busy that it's can be hard to catch your breathe & really relax. Tonight though, I can! I can just sit here on my patooty, all alone, I don't have to rush anywhere or do anything. I can sit here in my jim-jams, with my fluffy slippers on and do nothing. There is something about this scenario that is truly wonderful & very much needed.

Sometimes it is nice to just - Be!

Be in the moment
Be silent
Be rested
Be contented
Be alone

Yep, Just Be!

So I raise my glass of Bailey's & say cheers!! Cheers to Me!

Tee! Hee! Hee!


Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Mapie Tales #73 - A Day At the Shore

With their swimming trunks on

They head for the shore

With a picnic packed for the day

They took shovels & spades

To make fun for the day

They swam & they jumped in the waves

The people from Chilmark

Of Martha's Vineyard

They really new how to have fun

They spent the whole day

In the very best way

Having fun as they played in the sun


By KMF

Inspired by picture prompt @ Magpie Tales