SYDNEY HARBOUR - NEW YEARS EVE 2008

Happy New Year my friends, I hope you all have a fun time!

An aerial view of Sydney Harbour, showing the bridge and Opera House. The Central Business District is to the left of the bridge and on the right, North Sydney. The foreshores are crowded with people already, gathering since last night as there will be a fireworks spectacular all over the harbour itself and on the bridge at midnight. Just a bit of trivia but see that cove on the bottom right hand side of the photo, well that's Careening Cove and I used to rent a flat there, right on the water about a bazillion years ago . It was great, I could just walk out of my door and dip my toes in the harbour. What a shame I couldn't afford to buy it.
Probably a better idea to donate all of that money spent on the celebration to a charitable or worthy cause instead...but I guess you have to welcome in the New Year , 2009 with a big bang!

I wish you all a very Happy New Year in 2009

Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity

May all of your Dreams come true...

...and all of your Wishes too

TIME TO GO

Thank you all for your words of friendship and encouragement. Everyone who I have meant something to has been here to wish me well...K9 is away and Pete is in retirement so I didn't expect them to call by. Too much sadness here for me at the moment and not a bright and sunny place for you to visit so I will just disappear into the ether for a while and hopefully I can find myself again.

GONE

For those of you who care for me, whom I now regard as friends and have been my faithful visitors and readers, I bid you Goodbye for a while. I am not deleting my Blog, I am a romantic not a drama queen, I dont like to leave people wondering what has happened and besides that it is my 'baby' and very much a part of me. Truth is I am having a few personal problems, I am very sad and finding it difficult to cope with everyday things and besides that I feel so empty I have at the moment nothing more to give you. So please accept my apology for this untimely departure and I hope to be back soon. I will still be looking in on all of you because you have become a part of my life, so until I return please enjoy the music of Coldplay. Bless you all.

THROWN AWAY

So why can't you understand
or even grasp the concept
that there are more kinds of love than one

I love you in a way that is profound
not sexual, not binding, not obligated
No strings attached

Just a loving friendship
from someone who admires you
and cares

The words we shared in the middle of the night
when both of us were sleepless
did they have no meaning for you

Our early morning messages
when I felt so close to you
were like sunshine in my life

Maybe my approach was clumsy
maybe you didn't notice
but this is all new to me

I wanted to know you better
I wanted to share my thoughts with you
my deepest feelings with you

To me that is more trusting,
loving and intimate
than any casual acquaintance would share

I wanted to walk with you
look at the sky with you
laugh with you

I was just trying to get to know you
and hoped you wanted to know me
but you kept putting up barriers,
making excuses,the truth I fear
you didn't want to let me in

Trampling all over my hopes and feelings
finally breaking what was left of my heart
And now you have thrown me away...
I dont understand why...

Prose by Dianne

LIFE IN TECHNICOLOR - COLDPLAY

Life in Technicolor - Coldplay- Versions I and II with lyrics- from their album Viva la Vida

There's a wild wind blowing,
Down the corner of my street
Every night there the headlights are glowing

There's a cold war coming,
On the radio I heard
Baby it's a violent world

Oh love don't let me go
Won't you take me where the streetlights glow
I could hear it coming
I could hear the sirens sound
Now my feet won't touch the ground

Time came a-creepin'
Oh and time's a loaded gun
Every road is a ray of light
It goes o-o-on
Time only can lead you on
Still it's such a beautiful night

Oh love don't let me go
Won't you take me where the streetlights glow
I could hear it coming
Like a serenade of sound
Now my feet won't touch the ground

Gravity release me,
And dont ever hold me down
Now my feet won't touch the ground.

Wishing you all A Joyous and Peaceful Christmas

My sincere wishes for a wonderful Christmas no matter how you celebrate this special day.
I hope none of you are alone, I hope that you all have someone, family, loved ones, a friend, a lover to spend this day with, to celebrate in the spirit of sharing and giving. And to those of you who have loved ones far away from home let them find happiness in knowing that they are in your thoughts and that you are sending them your love from your hearts.