Friday flowers
Wishing you all a peaceful and happy weekend, and thinking especially of my trans-Tasman friends suffering so badly in the bush fires. Kia Kaha. Nga mihi nui.
Friday flowers
Wishing you all a peaceful and happy weekend, and thinking especially of my trans-Tasman friends suffering so badly in the bush fires. Kia Kaha. Nga mihi nui.
Being strong is hard sometimes. Often emotions spill when the simplest things happen.
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I can understand that Brian.
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Thanks Su x
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May I be added to the list of the well-wishers in thoughts and prayers of those suffering in the fires. We hear the terrible news and we have no words of comfort or help.
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Thanks so much š
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I think your flowers are a sign of hope and so pretty too, Su.
Leslie xoxo
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Thanks Leslie. š
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May rain bring some relief to the people suffering from the devastating bushfires! Lovely flowers, Su!
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It’s absolutely tragic Su. I feel like crying every time the news comes on. I feel so helpless! But these are beautiful flowers – at first I though they are spoon daisies (South African Osteospermums) but the centre is all wrong. I had a search and I think they must be some kind of spoon chrysanthemum. Never seen anything like it, but they are seriously pretty. Thanks for brightening my day xx
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Thank you Jude. I know how you feel; Iām sadder and more scared by the day.
Iām dealing with it by trying to focus on the small pleasures and things of beauty, and doing what I can to at least not make the world a worse place.
The flowers are chrysanthemums ā a Christmas gift from my dad and stepmother.
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What a lovely gift. I must look out for them. And you are right to focus on the beauty around us. God knows what’s going to happen now with Trump playing his recent card. I grew up with the threat of the Cold War and now it feels like a real possibility again.
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The petals look like little spoons. How cool! The fires sadden me as well. It often seems that focusing on the beauty around us is all we can do.
janet
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I agree we need to keep finding beauty and appreciating nature, but I believe that political action is necessary too.
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I agree.
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Su, it’s staggering that the Australian government continues to ignore the devastation and link to the climate. The climate emergency will take all of us to act, even with the smallest of actions. Wishes to your family and you and all of us for 2020 to be the year that awakens everyone.
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Happy New Year! Thank you for the beauty.
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The flowers are beautiful Su – and the fires are tragic. Here in the states they’re on our news every day and it just seems to get worse and worse. Are thoughts are with all of those affected. Hoping the rains come soon.
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Thank you Tina. Iām finding it more and more difficult to watch the news. The smoke has arrived in NZ. Within an hour this afternoon our skies turned orange.
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Oh no. I saw today that kangaroo island lost 2 firefighters. So tragic
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It is. Iām increasingly afraid for friends and family in Victoria and NSW.
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We visited years ago. Iād have thought theyād be ok as an island. Truly frightening
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I worry about those fires. It must be terrifying to have you world on fire. If we could just send them some of our way-too-much rain.
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Iām worried too: not only for life in Australia, but here too. Ash has been blowing across the Tasman for a while now and settling on the South Islandās glaciers ā speeding up their melting.
Our skies have been hazy and tainted for days, and since mid-afternoon today, they have turned orange. Itās so dark, we have the lights on. Normally at this time of year, we wouldnāt need electric lighting until after 8pm. It is seriously creepy.
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We can all use more soft pink at the moment! š
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