Sunday, March 31, 2013
Photo a Day Challenge - 31.3.2013 - Stuff.
Most of this 'Stuff' was in this old oak dresser drawer the day we inherited it in 1971.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Photo a Day Challenge - 30.3.2013 - Relax.
Friday, March 29, 2013
I'm almost 'Normal' or is it 'Average'? ... :-) I don't know if I really want to be but that's what I've been told this week...
Each week I do the SMH Readers Panel, sometimes it's really deep and meaningful and at other times it's just silly like this week... so Question #1 - I'm in the majority!
Question #2 - I'm also in the majority.
Question #3 - I'm in the majority if you add 'Don't have a job' and 'No' :-)
Question #4 - I'm in the majority! You could only click one of this questin.
If you add them all up and divide by 4 I'm just on 70% Normal LOL
Do you do the SMH Survey, they aren't usually as silly as this one, sometimes it's political, sometimes it's topical, sometimes very serious... but it's always interesting... see how to sign up in the first photo.
Labels: Survey
Tell me what you call this Breakfast... Please!
Two slices of bread with circle cut out of centre... lightly butter both sides.
Cook bread on one side then turn over and break one egg into each slice of half toasted bread.
Turn over and cook for a short time.
Serve with Bacon and freshly squeezed Apple, Carrot and Ginger.
Now... my father called eggs cooked this way... 'One Eyed Egyptians' !!! and after doing a Google search I see that is a common name for this dish, how weird is that!
Labels: Food
Photo a Day Challenge - 29.3.2013 - Gooodnight.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Photo a Day Challenge - 28.3.2013 - In the Mirror.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Photo a Day Challenge - 27.3.2013 - Pair.
A pair of Owls.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
What's going on here???
We've done this just to fool you :-)
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Photo a Day Challenge - 26.3.2013 - Something I did.
Always bareback, I can't remember riding with a saddle. The very beautiful Jindy at Willoughby in 1957.
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Do you remember 'Street Photographers'? These people would take your photo as you walked along the street, they'd hand you a card and in a couple of days you could visit them and buy the photo if you wanted.
My Great Aunt Cranky, Aunt Pam and mum Rosie. 1930's?
Rosie third from left with Art College friends.
Rosie on right with friend out shopping.
Dad's friend Alan Murray, friend and Dad Ripley Rodd on far right.
Ripley newly joined the army in about 1938? with sister Audrey and two friends.
Rip'n'Rosie on honeymoon 1944.
David taken at Circular Quay about 1946?
Pennie about 1947?
Pennie and grandmother Eileen Cobcroft.
Pennie in Black and White.
Tim and Pennie Rodd at Circular Quay about 1949?
Pennie and friend Cynthia in Surfers Paradise 1963.
Pennie in Perth 1966.
Labels: Old Photos.
Photo a Day Challenge - 25.3.2013 - In my drawer.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Photo a Day Challenge - 24.3.2013 - Up.
Up on top of Uluru on my 20th Birthday!
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
I've made it around my first corner...
Very slow I am but sewing on the last row of white hexagons is very boring!
Labels: Quilts
Meet our baby Water Dragon...
I like to think I'm what's called, an 'Animal Lover', perhaps I should say I'm a 'Native Animal Lover', I can't stand domesticated pets in my home but do love Native animals in my garden. (when I was a kid our dogs and cats lived outside, not necessarily locked up, doing untold damage to our wildlife I'm sure!)
This baby Water Dragon is checking out our garden, isn't it the sweetest little thing, he waited until I went inside to get my camera then posed in several fashionable poses for me :-) I chatted to him and he listened intently, what a precious pet to have... along with our Carpetbag Python, the beautiful Parrots and birds, the Bandicoots which admittedly bring grass ticks but they eat the bad bugs in the lawn for us, so we can live with the ticks.
These Eastern Water Dragons feed on Ants... (we've been having a massive problem with ants lately so he is very very welcome!) Spiders, caterpillars and crickets (we have plenty of these). But unfortunately they are prey for snakes, (I hope our Python isn't hungry today) Kookaburras, (we have heaps of those) and other carnivorous birds.
I hope I made him feel Welcome because I really want him to stay and bring the rest of his family as well please... these are my sorts of pets... I don't have to pick up their poop, I don't have to take them to the Vet, I don't have to buy food for them. You are very Welcome little Water Dragon :-)
Labels: Animals
Photo a Day Challenge - 23.3.2013 - What do you do for fun.
I do heaps of things for fun, here are a few...
1. Family. 2. Cooking. 3. Outings.
4. Quilting. 5. Babushkas. 6. Knitting.
7. Tennis. 8. Aqua. 9. Friends.
So much fun in my life... how wonderful is that!
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Photo a Day Challenge - 22.3.2013 - About You.
This is ME... I'm always was and still am... Shy! Actually in this photo I look terrified of the 'Street Photographer' but I adored my Mama :-)
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Photo a Day Challenge - 21.3.2013 - Working.
This is what I'm working on at the moment, it's for my niece Hayley who loved the quilt top below but it's too small for a big bed so I'm working on how to put these extra stars around the border to make the top a better size... I'm using every little last bit of the fabrics I used below but ran out of the green in the middle above, the substitute is a little brighter... but hey... that's what patchwork is all about isn't it! Patches :-)
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
It has to be Love...
Remy can see himself in my iPad :-)
What a lovely bonny baby he is :-)
Labels: Remy
At last I've found a use for these little bottles...
These are the only flowers I could find in my garden this morning, but they are very pretty :-)
Labels: Garden
Photo a Day Challenge - 20.3.2013 - Clean.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Outing to Manly!
Today David needed to pick up some rejigged part for the Bus Museum in Manly Vale so I drove him down and we enjoyed a quick lunch in Manly. We parked at Manly East Esplanade, he bought fish and chips I bought some sushi and we sat and watched and enjoyed this little beach. You can just see Centre Point Tower in the far far distance.
The Manly Ferry heading back to the City and look at all those bikes tied up along the railings, there was another enormous bike rack behind us as well... biking to the Ferry to get to work seems very popular.
... but look at this 'bike' It's a very ratty old very small child's scooter tied and re tied and re tied to the railing with about four different forms of tying... :-) made me smile.
Labels: Manly
1. Family. 2. Cooking. 3. Outings.
