My Country partial

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me!....Today in this sunburnt country ( Read more... )

Just finished watching a 'replay' of the first Men's Open final on Rod Laver Arena back in 1988. Pat Cash and Mats Wilander played tonight after FedEx took his semi over Roddick in straight sets ( Read more... )

To those who might have wondered... been in hospital for a short stay, the aching soreness I was having since last week was from cellulitis. Joy. Anyway, home again after numerous megadoses of IV antibiotics, and agreeing that yes I would be home for them to come and continue to administer said IV antibiotics for next 5 days (otherwise I had to ( Read more... )

... so next two weeks will be watching the tennis! Yay!!!

Look what's parked in my garage! LOL

Happy New Year!

Hope it's a terrific one for you and yours!

RIP - Nicole Yates (1973-2008)
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
love leaves a memory no one can steal.

Swimming Queensland staff member, Nicole Yates, passed away peacefully in hospital at 8.30pm on Monday,
8 December, after a short but courageous battle
with melanoma cancer, surrounded by her
loving and devoted family. 
She was 35.

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Went to see this movie with numero duo and we both loved it.

I can understand why it's probably not something a lot of people won't 'get' it - it's very 'Baz' (think Moulin Rougue and you'll probably understand what I mean). I went to see it with great trepidation because I know a lot of emphasis has been put on it as being a 'blockbuster' and ( Read more... )

If you're looking for 'Christmas' icons then go and look here right away, as there are a ton! Thanks to moonrose_810 for the headsup and iconseeyou for the 318 icons to choose from.

Now, 4 days to catch up on tags/RPs and dig out the Christmas lights...

To all my friends who celebrate it...

Happy Thanksgiving!

And speedy recoveries from turkey overindulgence!