It has been pretty quiet around here lately, but I haven't been sitting on my hands. On the cadet front, I attended the commissioning ceremony for the newest navy cadet unit, TS Diamantina. It was held at the Brisbane Maritime Museum where the original HMAS Diamantina is in a drydock. It was a fitting location and was attended by a number of local and interstate dignitaries. Some of our unit's cadets participated in a support role to boost the numbers on the parade.
Chief of Cadet Policy gives the commissioning speech.
Training Ship Diamantina crew on board the original HMAS Diamantina.
Recently, we have had have our beloved cat Annabelle put down due to a very virulent cancer in her lungs and spine. The poor little thing was only 8 years old and we miss her dearly. A few weeks after that event, this sweet little abandoned Tonkinese decided we might be suitable carers and she wended her way into our hearts. She was very skinny and in poor condition when she came to us and with a lot of loving care she is now our latest family addition. We named her Sirikit, after the reigning queen of Thailand. Something that is quite illegal in Thailand, is to name anything after the queen. Only the queen has that power!
She wandered into our life. She needed us and we fulfilled her need.
On one of our usual weekend picnics, I saw this cloud developing. It eventually became a rain cloud. I thought this was an unusual shape for a developing rain cloud.
And finally, the winter sunsets can be quite boring but this one of the sun setting and just highlighting the tops of the taller buildings offered some sort of interest to the shot.
I've been trying to get some of my son who is currently heavily into freestyle BMX. We are trying to tee up some time in the really early morning before anyone gets to the skate parks for some photos. Let's not forget that he IS a teenager... 11:00AM rises are the norm...
Dang! I just discovered that I can only post one story per day!
