Lass O'Gowrie

This garden was the very first we saw, it was very beautiful and the contrast of the landoutside the garden was in great contrast.



View from the garden to the land outside showing just what contrast there is.
My husband and his family had property not very far from here as the crow flies
or in "Outback speak". He was a member of the council for some years for this vast shire.




The designer and labourer of this garden used to run a native nursery on this property She has just closed the nursery down and is devoting her time to this garden. She states that she is working on unit one of a five stage plan. Her husband owns a earth moving plant and often away digging dams etc.



When we saw this garden it had actually already peaked a couple of weeks prior, however I think you will agree that the plants are still flowering well, especially the roses.



These photos are of one huge long garden bed that I could now show the blooms to advantage had I taken it all in one view.

Charleville

Hi everyone, I am back from the out back. The trip has been wonderful. Firstly we caughtthe Westlander train from Roma St Brisbane at 7.15 pm on the 7th October. We arrived atCharleville at 12 midday on the 7th October.
The photo below is of a waterhole on the Ward river. The rivers out West are
always muddy like this one. It is only in a huge flood that they clear. This water hole
was on the first garden we visited called Lass O' Gowrie.

This is the land that surrounds Lass O'Gowrie as you can see it is very red soil grows Mulga,some Gidgee trees and some lovely ghost gums that like their feet in the water. Mulga trees are the trees that were once pulled to feed the cattle and sheep during drought times.
The method was two Caterpillar tractors with a huge chain between. The trees regenerated thicker than the hairs on a dog's back wherever the trees were pulled. In fact we saw living proof of this. Now the property owners are only allowed to push one tree at a time with a one blade tractor. Very few of the rivers and creeks of the West run, they are all dry creek and river beds until there is a good "wet season". Then these rivers run all the way down to the southern states via the Cooper,Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee to name a few.
Gidgee trees are very different, it seems whatever the height the tree is there is the same amount under the ground.

Yes, friends at Gympie this is a Polleys coach . It is stationed at Longreach and appears to .managed by Great Outback Tours. I could not believe it. The fellow who drives it lives at Longreach but was born at Blackall. He was a terrific fellow and was full of knowledge of the Outback. Outback. I would recommend him as a driver and tour guide to anyone. I have been on a one or two and he was the best I have seen. He met the train at Charleville. We started the tour with lunch, the food was never ending on this trip. It was great food though.



Below is the Chaleville Motel where we stayed for one night. We were on our way the next morning viewing gardens around Charleville and then on to Quilpie. Whilst at Charleville we also visited the Flying Doctor's Museum as well as the Cosmos centre. The Cosmos Centre just happens to be situated beside the Flying doctor headquarters and landing strip. This was a wartime airfield with the planes and strips all hidden amongst the Mulga.
We had dinner at the Cosmos centre and then viewed Jupiter, Venus and the moon through the
high power telescopes. This was a first for me and something I really enjoyed doing.



The Flying Doctor museum was very interesting as my sister in law and mother in law had connections with this service as they were both nurses. The flying Doctor Service covers, about 622,000 square miles of southwest Queensland an area almost the size of the UK.
Extending from NSW border to the Northern Territory and South Australian borders in the Westand east to the Carnarvon Ranges. The planes are fully equipped intensive care units and save many lives every year. The Nurses and Doctors are on call 24 hours 365 days a year. There is some rivalry between Winton and Charlevile l regarding the flying Doctors. They did start in Winton butmoved very soon after to Charleville.



I have not even reached the first garden as yet so will leave that for my next post as this one is already a little long I hope it will be interesting to those of you who do not know much about the outback. Those who do know the Ourback can go back down memory lane. Cheers to all until next time.

A very Quick Hello

Hello everyone, thanks for visits to my site. I am enjoying being back I must say.
This is a short Hello and an even shorter goodbye as I am leaving for holidays today.
I am touring out West with Kate will fill you all in with a post on my return around the 27Th.
I had planned a real post before I left, but you know the " Best laid plans of Mice and Men".
Cheers until I return all keep well and happy. Margaret

Over The Hill

How To Tell If You're Over The Hill

You no longer laugh at Preparation H commercials.

Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.

You buy shoes with crepe rubber soles.

The only reason you're still awake at 2 a.m. is indigestion.

People ask you what colour your hair used to be.

You enjoy watching the news.

Your car must have four doors.

You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

You have a dream about prunes.

You browse the bran cereal section in the grocery store.

You start worrying when your supply of Ben Gay is low.

You think a C.D. is a certificate of deposit.

You have more than 2 pair of glasses.

You read the obituaries daily.

Your biggest concern when dancing is falling.

You enjoy hearing about other peoples operations.

You wear black socks with sandals.

You know all the warning signs of a heart attack.

Here I am Again

Hello everyone, well as I said here I am again.I am still a little insecure to say it is , here to stay but one can always hope. The road to here was very long and rocky. Among the problems were, every time I tried to connect, the computer would connect to a nearby router.
My nephew, computer specialist up from Melbourne told my computer to connect only to my router. Problem solved NO! After a lot of hair tearing and frustration all round it was discovered that the frequency of my phone was the same as the wireless router .
I won't go into all the details as it would take a fortnight and a packed lunch to do so.
Below are the long promised before photos. I really could post another lot right away as the garden has really grown in time I have been unable to post properly.
This is the front entrance as no doubt you can see,


Below was a failed shot to show the garden in more detail.It has a lot more growth in it already.
My photography will no doubt improve . No laughing allowed from Ken and Peter.

It has been so long since I uploaded photos that in itself was interesting this morning I can tell you.
However, I finally did work it all out. First off the photos were in my usual file but would not allow me to move them or upload them.
I finally found them in another file which allowed me to send them to my desktop. Pesky things these computers, they seem to want to have it all their own way.


I am not sure how many people outside of OZ are familiar with the English comedy calledKeeping up appearances, ( this is where my Hyacinth name came from from my friends?)
Well there is a dog that lives behind that fence and my rubbish bins are on the other side. The dog keeps quiet until I am lulled into a false sense of security then lunges and hits the fence barking.
I do exactly what Hyacinth did when Onslo's dog jumped out of the car wreck barking at her.
Yes, I prostrate myself with fright against the bins or fence every time.


This daffodil is very special, firstly My son Justin and his children planted several bulbs which weshared buying as a fund raiser for the children's school. That in itself makes it very special to me.
Secondly it really never should have flowered here as the temperature is so much hotter than where I lived with Justin ands his family.



This is a shot of the back yard, there are quite a few more photos which I will post next time.


I will leave you with this sick Joke.

Pavorotti was at the Pearly gates asking for entrance from St Peter.
St Peter said "You are not on my list."
Pavoretti said to St Peter " I must be do you not know who I am?"
"I am a world famous Tenor"
St Peter said " I have never heard of you you must be on Old nick's list" and sent Pavorotti on his way.
A while later Pavorotti returned to St Pater with a note from Old Nick which read.
" Here is the tenor I owe you."

For those who are not familiar with our currency Tenner is slang for $10 or in the
old currency 10 pounds.

Please Stay With Me Just A Little Bit Longer

I am not quite out of the woods yet as wireless connection drops in and out.
I am waiting for the chap who set it up to come back and sort it out for me.
Mean while here are a couple of old photos of Sally the Wonder Dog.
See how she could smile, she was a very personable dog, I know she thought she was one of "us".
I still miss her very much, she was wonderful company.



These photos were obviously taken whilst we were in one of our waiting for rain periods at the Palms .
In the time we were there it would be no rain at all then too much. However the property was very pretty and it was a pleasure to live in such a wonderful natural place with splendid views from all sides.



This was where Sally was supposed to sleep and stay in the wonderful run. However
People did not stay in dog kennels no matter how fancy they were.
She slept on a dog's trampoline back on the back veranda of our house which sat
next to what one could loosely call a courtyard between Peter's dwelling and Lyle"s and mine.
Sally used Barkingham Palace when we went out only.
You would not need to be a genius to work out who called it Barkingham Palace.
Yes that would be Peter.
There was also a guest accommodation in this area, this was where both Peter's an our visitors could stay
in their turn. Warren used to visit regularly and both Lyle and I looked forward to his visits
I am sure just as much as Peter did.





I will try to read and comment on as many posts as possible. I will not be doing the real photo thing until I am very sure of my connection hanging in there. I am feeling a little insecure just at present. It is great to
be back though even if not fully operational re Internet.
This is what my clock looks like at present due to more call ins than what I welcome or want to do.
Cheers to you all for now Catch you all again later.

The real Me

Hello everyone, yes this is the real me posting once again, even if ever so briefly.
Peter kindly brought my computer back to on Monday.
My wireless connection for broadband was installed this evening just before
I arrived home from work. I will do a proper post in the next few days.
I just wanted to say hello and thank all of you who have hung in there through all of
my trials, I do hope and pray this is the last. I will soon read and comment on all your sites.
I am a little tired and typed out for today as I have been on a work computer for over 8 hours today.
I promise I will catch up with you all soon and post some photos of my new abode.
By the way a huge big thanks to you Peter for all your help.
Love to you all ,Margaret

50% right

This is a bit tongue in cheek really, the Tech who fixed this computer
is an expert.

I'm claiming to be 50% able to claim a victory over the forces of evil
in computers as it's Peter typing this but it's on Margaret's computer.
I'll get it back to her sometime over the next week and hopefully she will be back
in person then, stay tuned for another Nellie Melba!!!!!

Still alive.... Still in trouble

Hi all, it's Peter doing a fill in post for Margaret... AGAIN.
Marg. is still having trouble with her internet connection at the new house, which
is lovely by the way, there has been a steadily increasing list of problems over
the last couple of months which collectively have stopped her blogging progress.
The most serious is the constant problems with the broadband connection, it now
appears that the modem (second one used) and the line filter (also the second
one used) have been contributing to this problem.
During one of the many battles she has fought with her ISP supplier and the
people from whom she bought the latest modem, some divine intervention told
her to install password protection on her computer... she did this and is now
locked out of the system as it refuses to accept the chosen password this
effectively means that we can't back up anything prior to reinstalling
Windows, if anyone knows a fix for this I would love to hear it BTW.
Just as soon as we can get the system running and the internet connection
fixed Margaret will be back on the airwaves again.
I'm going to post this at holtieshouse as well in case some readers miss it here.

It's Very Good to be back

Hello everyone I have really missed you all. Thank you Peter for updating everyone
as to where I was at.
It was great to have some welcoming comments to greet me when I came back on line.
Just as very quick post today as I want to try visit and comment as many friends as I can.
Cheers Margaret

The Seamstress One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "My dear child, why are you crying?" The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family. The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble set with pearls. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked, The seamstress replied, "No." The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a silver thimble ringed with sapphires. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. Again, the seamstress replied, "No." The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. The seamstress replied, "Yes." The Lord was pleased with the woman's honesty and gave her all three thimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home happy. Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the riverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the water. When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, "Why are you crying?" "Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!" The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney. "Is this your husband?" the Lord asked. "Yes," cried the seamstress. The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!" The seamstress replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord it is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to George Clooney, you would have come up with Brad Pitt. Then if I said 'no' to him, you would have come up with my husband. Had I then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. Lord, I'm not in the best of health and would not be able to take care of all three husbands, so THAT'S why I said 'yes' to George Clooney. And so the Lord let her keep him. The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good and honorable reason, and in the best interest of others. That's our story, and we're sticking to it.

This is a moving post

Hello all, This post is from Peter, I am posting to let you know that
Margaret has moved, she is quite OK but at this stage has no internet
connection at her new address.
We are hopeful that this will be remedied in the near future and she
will be back with us soon, save a spot in your hearts for her, as is Margaret's custom I'll finish this off with a joke.

Honk if you love Jesus.

The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a bumper sticker
that said "Honk if you love Jesus."
I was feeling pretty sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.

I was stopped at a red light intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is and I didn't notice that the light had changed.

It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed. I found that LOTS of people love Jesus. Why, while I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and when he leaned out of his window and screamed, "for the love of God, GO! GO!" What an exuberant cheerleader he was
for Jesus.

Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people.

I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love. There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach. . . .

I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant, he said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back.

My grandson burst out laughing, why even he was enjoying this religious experience.

A couple of people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed. So I waved to all my brothers and sisters grinning, and drove through the intersection.

I noticed I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared, so I slowed the car down, leaned out of the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.

Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks.

Back to Work

Hi, everyone my apologies for not reading very often , therefore not commenting regularly
Thank you for all for visit to my posts I do appreciate them. I am back to work tomorrow so now have to deal with last stage preparation for my move in my free time.
Once the actual move has happened I Will have more time to get back to normal posting. I expect that I will be a couple of days before I am re connected to net as well. Everything is a little unsure at present however the end is in sight. Once again thanks everyone for hanging in there for me.

Cheers Margaret

Paddy and Mick are walking home after a night on the beer. They've got no money to get a taxi, and are staggering all over the place when they find themselves outside a bus depot.

Paddy has a brainwave and says to Mick, "get in there and steal a bus so we can drive home, and I'll stay out here and look out for the police." Mick duly breaks into the depot and is gone for twenty minutes, while Paddy is wondering what the hell he is doing.

Eventually Paddy sticks his head around the door, and sees Mick running from bus to bus looking very worried. "What in all hell are you doing, Mick, get a move on!" To which Mick replies,"I can't find a number 7 anywhere Paddy," Paddy, holding his hands to his head in disbelief, shouts, "You ***** idiot, Mick.

Steal a number 9 and we'll get off at the roundabout and walk the rest of the way!"

Quick Jokes

Hi Everyone just a couple of quick Jokes, still very busy packing boxes for my move.

This morning on the freeway I looked over to my left and there was a woman in a brand new top of the range bmw doing 65 mph with her face up next to her rear view mirror putting on her eyeliner. I looked away for a couple seconds and when I looked back she was halfway over in my lane, still working on that makeup. As a man, I don't scare easily. But she scared me so much; I dropped my electric shaver, which knocked the donut out of my other hand. In all the confusion of trying to straighten out the car using my knees against the steering wheel, it knocked my cell phone away from my ear which fell into the coffee between my legs, splashed, and burned Big Jim and the Twins, ruined the damn phone, soaked my trousers, and disconnected an important call. Damn women drivers!! The Seamstress One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "My dear child, why are you crying?" The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family. The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble set with pearls. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked, The seamstress replied, "No." The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a silver thimble ringed with sapphires. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. Again, the seamstress replied, "No." The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. The seamstress replied, "Yes." The Lord was pleased with the woman's honesty and gave her all three thimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home happy. Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the riverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the water. When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, "Why are you crying?" "Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!" The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney. "Is this your husband?" the Lord asked. "Yes," cried the seamstress. The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!" The seamstress replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord it is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to George Clooney, you would have come up with Brad Pitt. Then if I said 'no' to him, you would have come up with my husband. Had I then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. Lord, I'm not in the best of health and would not be able to take care of all three husbands, so THAT'S why I said 'yes' to George Clooney. And so the Lord let her keep him. The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good and honorable reason, and in the best interest of others. That's our story, and we're sticking to it.

I told you so!

A bloke was driving down the highway when he was pulled over by the cops. " What did I do Sarge," he yells as the cop walks up.
"Nothin mate. You just happen to be the one-millionth driver who's been along this road since it's been open,and you've been awarded a $1000 prize."
"Bewdy, Sarge," he says.
" So what do you reckon you might spend it on," the Sarge inquires.
" I reckon I might take the money and get some driving lessons so I can get my licence."
"What," the cop explodes.
Just then the bloke's wife leans over from the back seat, thumps the bloke on the shoulder and bellows:
" Don't take any notice of him Sarge, he's drunk.
And, the mother-in-law, from the back seat, thumps the guy on the shoulder and screams:
"See --- I told ya you'd get into trouble driving a stolen car."




A husband and wife were sitting at home one evening because the husband did not take his customary time off to go down to the pub with his mates.
The telephone rang , when he had answered it and hung up, the husband turned to his wife,
" It's about time people learned to use the telephone properly. Fancy thinking this was the Coast Guard Station,"
"What do you mean?" asked his wife.
"Some silly mongrel just rang up and asked me if the coast was clear."


A man came home from work one day and found his normally neat and tidy house in a dreadful mess.
He was astounded..... he could hardly believe his eyes.
"What's been going on?" he asked his wife. "What's happened?"
She bared her teeth and snarled, " You're always asking what I do all day. Well now know.
Today I didn't do it."


That's all Folks.

Time

Can you imagine the time involved in this melon Sculpting. I think it is very interesting to say the least.
Time is not my friend at the moment as I am preparing for my move at the end of the month. Happily I am on holidays next week so can then give it my full attention.
The thought of yet another move is very daunting to me at the minute, however if that is all I need to worry about I am O. K.

Two Irish hunters got a pilot to fly them to Canada to hunt moose.

They bagged six. As they started loading the plane for the return trip, the pilot said the plane could take only four moose. The two lads objected strongly. "Last year we shot six, and the pilot let us put them all on board; he had the same plane as yours."

Reluctantly, the pilot gave in and all six were loaded. However, even with full power, the little plane couldn't handle the load and went down.

A few moments after, climbing out of the wreckage, Paddy asked Mick, "Any idea where we are?"

"I think we're pretty close to where we crashed last year."

At dawn the telephone rings.

"Hello, Senor Lucky? This is Ernesto the caretaker at your country house."

"Ah yes, Ernesto. What can I do for you? Is there a problem?"

"Um, I am just calling to advise you, Senor, that your parrot died.

"My parrot? Dead? The one that won the International competition?"

"Si, Senor, that's the one."

"Damn! That's a pity! I spent a small fortune on that bird. "What did he die from?"

"From eating rotten meat, Senor"

"Rotten meat? Who the hell fed him rotten meat?"

"Nobody, Senor. He ate the meat of the dead horse."

"Dead horse? What dead horse?"

"Your thoroughbred, Senor Lucky. Your thoroughbred died from all that work pulling the water cart."

"Are you insane? What water cart?"

"The one we used to put out the fire, Senor"

"Good Lord! What fire are you talking about, man?"

"The one at your house, Senor! A candle fell and the curtains caught on fire"

"What the.....!!! But there's electricity at the house!!! What was the candle for?"

"For the funeral, Senor."

"WHAT BLOODY FUNERAL?!"

"Your wife's, Senor... She showed up one night out of the blue and I thought she was a thief, so I hit her with your new Tiger Woods Nike Driver."

SILENCE...................

"Ernesto....... if you broke that driver, you're in deep, deep, trouble."

Cat-astrophe

I am certainly not trying to set myself up as the "cat painting police" however I have the right to my own opinion about this. That opinion is that this is not what I would want for my cats. I guess the people who own the cats here are just thinking it is all a bit of fun, albeit very expensive fun as it costs an enormous amount of money to have this cat art done on one's cat.




















I have to say that I think the Art work is pretty spectacular, it worries me though, no cat that I know or have ever known, is going to sit still long enough to have all of that done. I suspect a general anaesthetic would have to be used.

LIFE AFTER DEATH:
"DO YOU BELIEVE IN LIFE AFTER DEATH?" THE BOSS ASKED ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES.
"YES, SIR," THE NEW EMPLOYEE REPLIED.
"WELL, THEN, THAT MAKES EVERYTHING JUST FINE," THE BOSS WENT ON. "AFTER YOU LEFT EARLY YESTERDAY TO GO TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S FUNERAL, SHE STOPPED IN TO SEE YOU!

PALM SUNDAY:
IT WAS PALM SUNDAY AND, BECAUSE OF A SORE THROAT, FIVE-YEAR-OLD JOHNNY STAYED HOME FROM CHURCH WITH A SITTER. WHEN THE FAMILY RETURNED HOME, THEY WERE CARRYING SEVERAL PALM BRANCHES. THE BOY ASKED WHAT THEY WERE FOR. "PEOPLE HELD THEM OVER JESUS' HEAD AS HE WALKED BY."
"WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT," THE BOY FUMED, "THE ONE SUNDAY I DON'T GO, HE SHOWS UP!"

CHILDREN'S SERMON:
ONE EASTER SUNDAY MORNING AS THE MINISTER WAS PREACHING THE CHILDREN'S SERMON, HE REACHED INTO HIS BAG OF PROPS AND PULLED OUT AN EGG. HE POINTED AT THE EGG AND ASKED THE CHILDREN, "WHAT'S IN HERE?" "I KNOW!" A LITTLE BOY EXCLAIMED. "PANTYHOSE!! "

SUPPORT A FAMILY:
THE PROSPECTIVE FATHER-IN-LAW ASKED, "YOUNG MAN, CAN YOU SUPPORT A FAMILY?"
THE SURPRISED GROOM-TO-BE REPLIED, "WELL, NO. I WAS JUST PLANNING TO SUPPORT YOUR DAUGHTER. THE REST OF YOU WILL HAVE TO FEND FOR YOURSELVES."

FIRST TIME USHERS! :
A LITTLE BOY IN CHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME WATCHED AS THE USHERS PASSED AROUND THE OFFERING PLATES.
WHEN THEY CAME NEAR HIS PEW, THE BOY SAID LOUDLY, "DON'T PAY FOR ME DADDY. I'M UNDER FIVE."

PRAYERS:
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER ASKED, "NOW, JOHNNY, TELL ME, DO YOU SAY PRAYERS BEFORE EATING?" "NO SIR," HE REPLIED, "WE DON'T HAVE TO, MY MOM IS A GOOD COOK!"

CLIMB THE WALLS:
"OH, I SURE AM HAPPY TO SEE YOU," THE LITTLE BOY SAID TO HIS GRANDMOTHER ON HIS MOTHER'S SIDE. "NOW MAYBE DADDY WILL DO THE TRICK HE HAS BEEN PROMISING US."
THE GRANDMOTHER WAS CURIOUS. "WHAT TRICK IS THAT?" SHE ASKED.
"I HEARD HIM TELL MOMMY THAT HE WOULD CLIMB THE WALLS IF YOU CAME TO VISIT," THE LITTLE BOY ANSWERED.

THE MOOD RING:
MY HUSBAND BOUGHT ME A MOOD RING THE OTHER DAY. WHEN I'M IN A GOOD MOOD IT TURNS GREEN. WHEN I'M IN A BAD MOOD, IT LEAVES A RED MARK ON HIS FOREHEAD.
..
THE WATER PISTOL:
WHEN MY THREE-YEAR-OLD SON OPENED THE BIRTHDAY GIFT FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER, HE DISCOVERED A WATER PISTOL.. HE SQUEALED WITH DELIGHT AND HEADED FOR THE NEAREST SINK.
I WAS NOT SO PLEASED. I TURNED TO MOM AND SAID, "I'M SURPRISED AT YOU. DON'T YOU REMEMBER HOW WE USED TO DRIVE YOU CRAZY WITH WATER GUNS?"
MOM SMILED AND THEN REPLIED..... "I REMEMBER!!"


A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses. She started her class by saying, "Everyone who thinks they're stupid, stand up!"
After a few seconds, Little Davie stood up. The teacher said, "Do you think you're stupid, Little Davie?"
"No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!"


Little Davie watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream on her face.
"Why do you do that, mommy?" he asked.
"To make myself beautiful," said his mother, who then began removing the cream with a tissue.
"What's the matter?" asked Little Davie. "Giving up?"



GRANDMA'S AGE:

LITTLE JOHNNY ASKED HIS GRANDMA! HOW OLD SHE WAS.
GRANDMA ANSWERED, "39 AND HOLDING."
JOHNNY THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN SAID, "AND HOW OLD WOULD YOU BE IF YOU LET GO?"

My Apologies

Hello everyone, I apologise for my absence I have been very sick and was not able to
do very much at all . I won't bore you with all the details, I am well enough again now
and will catch up reading every one's posts as soon as I possibly can.
I was very disappointed that I missed out on a weekend in Gympie as well as Easter with my friend Ede in Brisbane over Easter. However there are many things that could have been worse so here I am again (until next time). Heaven forbid.







Wonderful what a little makeup can do!

One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with names with small American flags mounted on either side of it.

The seven year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the little boy, and said quietly, "Good morning Alex."

"Good morning Pastor," he replied, still focused on the plaque. "Pastor, what is this?" he asked.

The pastor said, "Well, son, it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service."

Soberly, they just stood together, staring at the large plaque.

Finally, little Alex's voice, barely audible and trembling with fear, asked, "Which service, the 8:30 or the 10:45?

The Cats that allow me to share their lodgings.

Souki is a very lay back fellow. He has a a golden labrador who is his friend next door. I have tried to take some photos of them hanging out have not managed so far. Will keep trying however.
Souki tried to go on the daily walk with Dan and his owners one day. They had to return him home.



Nowadays I always keep my eye out to watch this does not happen again. He also followed me almost to the shopping centre one day, I had to bring him home. I believe he thinks he is a dog sometimes.
My Sally actually did mother them both when they were tiny kittens. Perhaps she imprinted on him a little.








Polgara the girl, who is fiesty and can be the boss if it suits her to be. She climbs up everywhere and oftenneeds to be deterred with a water spray from this habit , she does not mind what she knocks off shelves if they are in her way.. She is more highly strung than he . They are both lovely natured and great company for me.





Whose bed is this I wonder, I don't think it
belongs to me, although I am allowed to share it.
They are very loving to each other most times and curl up together to sleep when the weather is cool.
They also groom each other which is a sight to behold.
When they curl very close for warmth on a cold day or night it is difficult to see where cat ends and the other
one begins.
They are not allowed to be outside at night, they
keep pretty much indoors during the day as well
though do explore a little, if I am in the
garden so are they, helping by batting the weeds I am pulling up.
Or laying on the plants which is just great.
They also supervise me hanging the washing on the line.




Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cell phone on a
bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker-function and begins to
talk.

Everyone else in the room stops to listen.

MAN: "Hello"

WOMAN: "Honey, it's me. Are you at the club?"

MAN: "Yes"

WOMAN: "I am at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat.
It's only $1,000. Is it OK if I buy it?"

MAN: "Sure, go ahead if you like it that much."

WOMAN: "I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2007

models. I saw one I really liked."

MAN: "How much?"

WOMAN: "$90,000"

MAN: "OK, but for that price I want it with all the options."

WOMAN: "Great! Oh, and one more thing .. The house I wanted last year
is back on the market. They're asking $950,000"

MAN: "Well, then go ahead an d give them an offer of $900,000. They
will probably take it. If not, we can go the extra 50 thousand."

WOMAN: "OK. I'll see you later! I love you so much!!"

MAN: "Bye! I love you, too."

The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are staring at him
in astonishment, mouths agape.....

He smiles and asks: "Anyone know who this phone belongs to.

Three Brazilian Soldiers

Donald Rumsfeld's successor Robert Gates briefed the President this
morning.
He told Bush that Three Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq. To
everyone's amazement, all of the color ran from Bush's face, then he collapsed onto his desk, head in hands, visibly shaken, almost whimpering.
Finally, he composed himself and asked Gates,
"Just exactly how many is a brazillion?"

Lazy Weekend

I have had a very lazy weekend, well that is after I had done the housework.
washing etc.Visited the Nursing Home to spend some money with the uniform supplier who was visiting with a range of her stock. I have been to church and pretty much done nothing else.
I might mention I am also cranky because my back is plating up again, I am nursing it along as I really want to be in good shape for my house move. I have potted up most of my garden that I have here. I am pleased to say that I won't be moving again. I have had several moves during the last few years that I really could have managed without, except for the wonderful friends Lyle and I made because of some of these moves.

I thought I would post some more poetry and a bit of humour as I am still arguing witih my computer re photos I wish to access, you can see who has won round six. This is an Australian poet
who I will post more about at a later date. Take care , hope all is well with everyone.





A Morning Song

The thrush is in he wattle tree, an’, “oh you pretty dear!”
He’s callin’ to his little wife for all the bush to hear.
He’s wantin’ all the bush to hear about his charmin’ hen;
He sings it over fifty times, an’ then begins again.
For it’s “Mornin’! It’s Mornin’! The world is wet with dew,
With tiny drops a-twinkle where the sun comes shinin’ thro’.

The thrush is in the wattle tree, red robin’s underneath,
The little blue-cap’s dodgin’ in an’ out amongst the heath;
An’ they’re singin’, boy they’re singin’ like they’d bust ‘emselves to bits;
While up above, old laughin’ Jack is havin’ forty fits.
For it’s Mornin’! it’s Mornin’! The leaves are all a'shine:
There’s treasure all about the place an’ all of it is mine.

Oh, it’s good to be a wealthy man, it’s grand to be a king
With mornin’ in the forest-land an’ joy in everything.
It’s fine to be a healthy man with healthy work to do
In the singin’ land, the clean land, washed again with dew.
When sunlight slants across the tress, an’birds begin to sing,
Then kings may snore in palaces, but I’m awake ……..and king.

But the king must cook his breakfast and the kin must sweep the floor;
Then out the with axe on shoulder to his kingdom at the door,
His old dog sportin’ on ahead, his troubles all behind,
An, joy mixed in the blood of him because the world is kind.
For it’s Mornin’ It’s Mornin’! Time to out an’ strive!
Oh, there’s not a thing I’m askin’ else but just to be alive!

My friends are in the underbrush, my friends are in the tress,
An, merrily they welcome me with mornin’ melodies.
Above, below, from bush an’ bough each calls his tuneful part;
An’ best of all one trusty friend is callin’ in my heart.
For it’s Mornin’! It’s Mornin’! When nights black troubles end.
An’ never man was friendless yet who stayed his own good friend.

Grey thrush is in the wattle,an’ it’s “ oh , you pretty dear!”
He’s callin to his little wife, an’ don’t care who should hear;
An' the great bush, the fresh bush, washed again with dew;
An’ my axe on my shoulder, an’ there’s work ahead to do.
Oh’ it’s Mornin’! It’s Mornin’! In the land I count the beats,
An’ with the heart, an’ mind of me I’m singin’ with the rest.

C.J Dennis (The sentimental Bloke)

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