Happy New Year for 2011 to all of my wonderful Blogger friends, may this be a year of Peace, Happiness and Love!

Lots of Love and Best Wishes from Dianne in Australia! ♥

Isobella by Enya

[Irish (Gaelic) Translation]
I do bheatha sa tus, sa deireadh,
I do bheatha sa tus, sa deireadh.
Isobella, o
Isobella, o
I do la 's tu go samh
I do la 's tu go fior.
Gra, anois go deo na ndeor.

I do bheatha sa tus, sa deireadh
I do bheatha sa tus, sa deireadh
Isobella, o
Isobella, o

I do la 's tu gan buairt
I do la 's tu gan bron
Gra, anois go deo
Gra, anois go deo na ndeor.

(English Translation)

In your life in the beginning, in the end
In your life in the beginning, in the end
Isobella, o
Isobella, o

In your day while you were so peaceful,
In your day while you were so true,
Love, now forever and ever,

In your life in the beginning, in the end
In your life in the beginning, in the end
Isobella, o
Isobella, o

In your day while you were without trouble,
In your day while you were without sorrow,
Love, now forever,
Love, now forever and ever.

Out of morning and into midnight,
Through the sunrise and under moonlight.
Isobella, oh!
Isobella, dream of me.

Everything that comes from day
Comes into the heart to stay.
Love is in your name each day.

In the moment you come before me,
In that moment I see you only
Isobella, oh!
Isobella, dream of me.

Everything that comes from night
Comes within your shining light.
Love is in your name each night.

English adaptation by Roma Ryan

Merry Christmas

To all of my dear Blog friends wherever you may be in the world ... May the Spirit of Christmas touch your hearts and fill you with peace, love and happiness.

Sarah Brightman - He doesn't see me

Summer Days In The Garden

Striped Canna Lily Leaves

Yucca Plant and Cordyline Stricta

Leaves, Buds and Flowers - Dwarf Apple Gum
(I love the colours and textures of this leaf)

Variegated Cordyline

Dietes Bicolour

Hakea leaves and bark

Hakea Laurina and Nandina in the Wilderness Garden

Please left click on all photos for a larger image ... ♥

Françoise Hardy / Peut-être que je t'aime

Peut-Être Que Je T'aime Lyrics

Si dormir avec toi n'est pas le bout du monde
Ce le devient pourtant lorsque tu n'es plus là
Une vie près de toi risque d'être bien longue
Mais loin de toi, c'est pire, elle n'en finit pas

Quand dans notre maison nous échangeons nos rêves
Il arrive souvent que tes rêves m'ennuient
Et puis je m'en repars vers des villes nouvelles
Où je m'ennuie de toi au bout de quelques nuits

Peut-être que je t'aime, peut-être que je t'aime

J'ai appris que le ciel me plaît moins que tes yeux
Il fallait pour ça lever les yeux au ciel
Il me faudra toujours les oublier un peu, tes yeux
Si tu veux qu'autre chose toujours tu me rappelles

Peut-être que je t'aime, peut-être que je t'aime.

Maybe I Love You Lyrics

If sleeping with you is not the end of the world
It becomes so when you're gone
A life around you may be very long
But far from you, it's worse, it never ends

When we exchange our house in our dreams
Often your dreams bore me
And then I'm leaving to New Towns
Where I miss you after a few nights

Maybe I love you, maybe I love you

I learned that I like the sky unless your eyes
This would require looking up to heaven
I will always remember a little, your eyes
If you want anything else you always remind me

Maybe I love you, maybe I love you.

In My Garden Today ...

Federation Daisy - Summit White

Miniature Viola

Calibracoah 'Million Bells' - miniature Petunias

Miniature Cosmos

White Cosmos

White Bedding Begonias

Petunia 'Sunshine'

Blossoms and new leaf tips on Cinnamon Myrtle (Backhousia Myrtifolia)

Hibiscus 'Edith Parsons'

There was no bright sunshine in my garden today, the sky was dull and cloudy but I decided to take some photos of the plants which are flowering at present, mostly white and yellow blossoms. These are the first Cosmos flowers I have grown and the 'Sunshine' Petunia is new. The fragrant white Petunia which I planted in the hanging basket earlier this year was looking quite distressed so I have put it elsewhere in the garden and replaced it with the lovely yellow miniature Petunias 'Million Bells'... I hope these are more hardy. I love the daisy with its bright, happy face and the sweet miniature violas.
The Florida and Star gardenias are providing plenty of lovely fragrance mixed with the exotic scent of the Star Jasmine, so walking through the garden is a pleasant experience for the senses. No sign of any flower spikes on my 'Baby Blue' or mauve Agapanthus as yet but I am still hoping since we have had so much rain in the last few weeks.
I have spent some lovely time in my garden today, I hope you will all have a great weekend. ♥

Please click on any image to enlarge.

Each Time You Say Goodbye . . .

It is silent, it is lonely
Each time you say 'Goodbye'

I look for a sign from you
I look for your words
And in my moments of quiet
Most of all I look for you
I'm in a lonely place
Each time you say 'Goodbye'
I wait and I wonder
Because you are not here
Wishing you would think of me
And bless me with your grace
Time passes so slowly
Each time you go away
My hope slowly fades
As I wait for you here
Sometimes I hope, sometimes I wish
Sometimes I just pretend
But I know that I am dreaming
And there will be no happy end
For each time you say 'Goodbye'
There will come a last time
And one day when you say 'Goodbye'
It shall be the end . . .

Poem by Dianne D ... ♥
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