After six weeks of Christmas everywhere I look
it has just plain disappeared,
to hide away until next year
but
I am not finished with Christmas
for me it lasts until the eve
of the epiphany January 5th
our Christmas decorations
stay up until the twelfth day of Christmas
a tradition that has always been in my family
and thinking about that reminded me
of one of my favourite Christmas songs
The Twelve days of Christmas
so I borrowed an
Australian version from
A kookaburra in a gum tree  On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Two cockatoos,  On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me   On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me  On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me  On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me  On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me  On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me  Ten dingoes dashing.......  Eleven snakes a-sliding.......  Twelve goannas going.......  image via Rebecca Hamby with thanks you can see her here Twelve goanna goin, Eleven snakes a-sliding, Ten dingoes dashing, Nine wombats waddling, Eight koalas clinging, Seven emus running, Six 'roos a-jumping, Five opals black, Four great galahs, Three parakeets, Two cockatoos, And a kookaburra up a gum tree. and all the images are from Google images Goodnight |
Julienne this is so cool, I loved seeing all the picts exceptfor the snake,ewwww!!! I have a little phobia on that count. Loved the opals, that is my birthstone!!! Have a great day my dear Aussie friend, from your Calif gal, Kathysue
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE this Julienne. Funnily enough I actually saw the first 4 birds featured on my daily walk around the Valley this morning! The snake - well, it was on the roof of our aviary last Tuesday night and the Goanna lives in a tree in my bottom paddock. All I need now are the koalas, kangaroo, dingoes and wombat! Have a wonderful New Year. ;)Sharyne
ReplyDeleteJules,
ReplyDeleteThe goanna image you have used, is mine. I gave Australia Walkabout Park permission to use it as long as I was credited as the photographer.
http://walkaboutpark.com.au/index.php?id=228
I have not given my permission for it to be used anywhere else, so it was not a freely available Google image.
If you intend to continue using the image, I think it only fair that you provide the appropriate photographer's credit.
Rebecca Hamby