Happy New Year and Fence Friday
I am going to dial down flickr (just a bit) the next few days so I want to wish all my lovely flickr friends a very Happy and safe New Year. Let us hope and pray that the world somehow becomes a more peaceful place in 2024, I think that is an over riding ambition right now. How anyone can justify wars killing many thousands of people in this day and age, I have no idea. We have learned nothing from all those who fought over previous centuries. Not even that sometimes enemies, with the right intents can become allies and friends. May your New Year bring personal peace and good health.
This old "Queenslander"* and its gate and fence (supposedly the theme today) is one of a diminishing number along Flinders Parade (anywhere else it would be called The Esplanade) that runs along the shore of Moreton Bay at Sandgate and Brighton in Brisbane. It's quite a long street and I think sadly, a number of heritage homes have been sacrificed over the years for new with their great seascape views.
So Happy New Year and Happy Fence Friday. Tomorrow, Brisbane and Queensland will drop from near record temperatures and humidity and so it's time to start living again!
*This home may perhaps be a bit early for the traditional "Queenslander" but it shares many of the latter traits from the corrugated iron roof to the wide verandahs and of course the timber construction.
Happy New Year and Fence Friday
I am going to dial down flickr (just a bit) the next few days so I want to wish all my lovely flickr friends a very Happy and safe New Year. Let us hope and pray that the world somehow becomes a more peaceful place in 2024, I think that is an over riding ambition right now. How anyone can justify wars killing many thousands of people in this day and age, I have no idea. We have learned nothing from all those who fought over previous centuries. Not even that sometimes enemies, with the right intents can become allies and friends. May your New Year bring personal peace and good health.
This old "Queenslander"* and its gate and fence (supposedly the theme today) is one of a diminishing number along Flinders Parade (anywhere else it would be called The Esplanade) that runs along the shore of Moreton Bay at Sandgate and Brighton in Brisbane. It's quite a long street and I think sadly, a number of heritage homes have been sacrificed over the years for new with their great seascape views.
So Happy New Year and Happy Fence Friday. Tomorrow, Brisbane and Queensland will drop from near record temperatures and humidity and so it's time to start living again!
*This home may perhaps be a bit early for the traditional "Queenslander" but it shares many of the latter traits from the corrugated iron roof to the wide verandahs and of course the timber construction.