13 posts tagged “family”
Wanted to buy: We urgently require to purchase a money tree with an excellent harvest record. Teenage son already thinks we own one.
and therefore I have no free time and very little sleep.
Plus I think I might be going even more insane than I already was.
I woke up this morning thinking maybe I was a bit harsh yesterday suggesting that the arsonists should experience what it is like to be incinerated in one of their own fires. However, once I checked the situation at the fires this morning that rethink quickly got turfed!
Arsonists struck in north-east Victoria overnight, diverting crews from blazes that have already contributed to the worst bushfire disaster in the state's history.
Two fires were lit at Stanley near Beechworth, but crews managed to extinguish them before they could cause any major damage or exacerbate the threat to local communities. It is understood police have a description of a car seen in the vicinity of the fires and are searching for two people. (ABC News)
My parents and brother live just out of Beechworth on the family farm. My brother works at an apple orchard near Stanley. The last thing I want is a couple of fire bugs roaming the countryside near Beechworth and its surrounding areas lighting fires. It is bad enough being worried about lightening strikes and other unavoidable causes of fires without having to worry about these idiots creating more havoc. How much more devastation do these "people" wish to see!
As PM Rudd said these people should rot in hell.
.
.
We have already had one fire rip through the farm in 1985, we don't need another one.
I read this piece of satire and I immediately thought of an old family photo which I refer to as "Beware of the Hay Rustlers" The photo is under this clip.
We are not entirely sure of who is in this picture, we think one of the men was my grandfather's younger brother and the other man was someone who came to help with the hay carting. The photo was taken on my great grandparent's farm in Nth Eastern Victoria, Australia in the 1920s.
It is no secret at the moment that I have been amazed by a man called Carl Sagan, a scientist but also a man of great vision and humility. His partner Ann Druyan is an equally amazing woman and has continued Carl's legacy after he died at what I would consider an early age.
The video I am posting here today is a story about her grandfather and her father. Her grandfather was a devoted Jew and her father went to university and decided that he didn't believe in his father's God any more. The story she tells is her grandfather's response to his son telling him that he no longer believed.
The true story of a father’s search for justice.
Peter Travis’s vibrant and emotionally rich drama examines the tragic events and appalling aftermath caused by the bomb that devastated the Northern Ireland town of Omagh in August of 1998. Suspenseful, moving and immediately relevant to current affairs, Omagh tells Northern Ireland’s bloody history from the point of view of its true victims – ordinary people caught between the militants. It shows people who refuse to be beaten, and stands as a monument to those who died.
---------
A very hard film to watch especially in the early stages as we watch everyday people just like you and I going about their daily business and we know that some of these people are about to be the victim of a car bomb. Some will lose their life, others will lose body parts, others will have physical scars, some will lose family members and friends and all will be emotionally scared for the rest of their lives.
It is a film that needs to be seen in light of what is going on in other countries on a daily basis. This story examines just one bombing and the tragedy it causes, try and multiply this tragedy by 1000s and you have the magnitude of what is currently happening across the world.
The positive from this story is that Northern Ireland suffered decades of violence and blood shed in the form of terrorist acts and it has hopefully now found peace. I hope the same will be found in other lands across this world of ours.
I was sent this slide presentation a while ago in an email and I thought that it might be appropriate for displaying around the time of Mothers Day. It is a slideshow of babies and children doing what they do best, getting themselves into amusing situations.
Babies and Children - a slide show for Mothers Day
It’s
download size is 1.6MB
A Strong Woman
is one who feels deeply
and loves fiercely.
Her tears flow
just as abundently
as her laughter.
A Strong Woman
is both soft and powerful
She is both practical and spiritual.
A Strong Woman
is her essence
is a gift to all the world.
I am unsure of the author but this was the verse that my daughter chose to write in my "Chezza - Mum's Day Card".
I am blessed to have inherited such a wonderful family.
My Groups
-
Voxaholic Updated: 1 hour ago
-
We♥Music Updated: 1 hour ago
-
Australian Politics Updated: 1 hour ago
Neighborhood
Explore friends, family, friends & family, or entire neighborhood.
