Reflections
Another day of highs and lows for the country. Triumphs, no matter how small, are good for mind and spirit.
Seeing the fireman hold his waterbottle to ”Sam” the koala’s mouth was quite emotional. Apparently she’s made the New York and London Times news.The RSPCA and vets are on hand at the site now to render assistance to those that cannot speak for themselves. Wildlife volunteers have a list of missing pets, and are combing the streets in search of them. Burnt horses, geese, goats, wallabies, kangaroos and koalas are all receiving gentle care. They even found a peacock in a toilet block!
Great to see so many people rally with goods/food (even hot pizzas!), sharing what they have with those that now have nothing. “Mateship” at it’s best.
Another triumph was the opening of the Highway up to the North today. 500 trucks are making their way up here to restock shelves. “Creative cooking” with limited ingredients will be over soon! I hope they hurry, more heavy rain to the south is bucketing as we speak.
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it was very touching to see. i couldn’t watch any more, it’s all too much.
I love the water lilly …
Cindy it was heart breaking to see all those burnt animals on the news last night and how about that Koala…Wasn`t it gorgeous to see…..
Pleased to hear that some food will be getting through to you guys up there….Lets face it, you can only do so much with bacon and eggs…lol….
Things have to get better….
Right?????
great news on the food delivery. When you see beautiful plants like this, you realise that where there is tragedy there is also hope & beauty. We copped a heap of rain last night, hope it does not head your way
Good news Cindy….even if its only a temporary road opening by the sound of it….
The koala shot has made headlines around the world, I hope they also hear about the human toll. I can’t help picturing what an awful death they mst have had. Good news about the trucks.
We need to focus on beautiful things like your lotus and the koala drinking from a water bottle. I know it makes me feel slightly better but also guilty about feeling so bad when all I have done is witness the loss, not experience it like so many. My family are all ok so far, though a good friend of my brothers has lost her house in Flowerdale - no loss of life though so that is something of a good thing for her. I feel so drained by the last 5 days but also so pathetic because I have not gone through a miniscule amount of the terror that these people have been through.
I feel the koala picture is a glimmer of hope and light in the face of all the human tragedy…. one can spare a moment for a beautiful little creature, in the face of all the devastation, that could be helped, and the miracle of it when this wild creature allowed a human to assist. I guess a phycologist could explain why we find this photograph uplifting. The water lily reminds beauty still abounds, great shot Cindy. I remember the scene in moonlight.
Have you developed webbed feet yet….not sick of lollies and chocolates yet….hang on tomorrow is chocolate day for some…..
Waterlillies are loving the weather up here. And they seem to proliferate everywhere. I shot this one up at Port Douglas - where they existed in almost every colour of the rainbow.
Groceries are better, although the perishables are still rather thin on the shelves.
Glad to hear that relatives and friends are safe down south for some of you, althougth the loss of everything must be undeniably hard.
More rain coming in tonight - even the lawn has fungus and mould growing on it….