Penniedarling

Just beautiful, thank you Thompsons :-)    The white Orchid was from my tennis friends for our 50th Anniversary!   Lovely.

My Kookaburra shadow is just waiting for the sun to move a little higher, watch this space in a few weeks/months!

Labels: Flowers, Garden

 I've finished James, can't wait to see you wearing this 'Just like Mumma's' jumper!

Labels: James, Kate, Knitting

 We had a discussion about the name of this game, it's Football in most countries but is Australia it's known as soccer... a couple of months ago a discussion went on around a rather large dinner table...

1.  It's called Football because you hit the ball with your foot!
             Well there are a lot of ball games that a foot kicks the ball.
2.  It's called Soccer because you are wearing a sock when you kick the ball!
             Mmmmm....  wellll...  why don't we call it...
3.   Booter!   It is the actual boot that connects with the ball with the sock and foot inside!!

So...  Lets call this game 'Booter'!!

That's Jackson playing at being a Linesman for Charlie's game, I couldn't get a good photo of him playing because of distance and sun... BUT!   Jack did score the only goal for his team!  Yay! Jacko!!

 Charlie waiting to go on...   and he's off...

Jackson wears his shirt inside out when playing a Linesman!   Pretty cool eh :-)

Lovely morning it was.

Labels: Charlie, Jackson, Soccer

 Although it's been 'done up' by Merivale and the name has been changed... it's still the 'Arms'  to me!



 Right on beautiful Pittwater, I love this old sandbar, we used to live around to the left and I remember rowing from home to the wharf just under the Arms to get something from the shops.   I loved it when our dog Peewee came along, I would stop near this sandbar for Peewee to enjoy a run around chasing seagulls!  Lovely memories!  I'm talking about 1955, I would have been 15.
Lots of dogs enjoyed  the seagull chase today.


 The Arms is a lot different now to what it was in 'our day'... we remember when Pubs weren't open to the public on Sundays unless you could prove you had driven 30 miles!!  How silly is this eh! 

Well when some of the boys were up from Wollogorang and staying at David's family home in Calvert Parade we would head off to the Arms on a Sunday getting in easily because the boys each had Goulburn or ACT  Drivers Licence...  I on the other hand just lived around the corner and even though I knew Timmy Bristow because he lived a couple of houses from us, and he was head of Security for the Arms...  he would give me a wink, sit down with us for a chat and was so so so charming never suggesting that I might not have driven 30 miles today.  

Read more about Tim Bristow HERE.
 Ginger Beer for me and some bubbly for David.
 Delicious Prawn Pizza.
 There was live music... or a sort...
 Salted Caramel Ice Cream to share... not as good at the Penno Pub though.


 Rip and Rosie's newsagency is still across the road.

 David's Grandfather Dudley built this wonderful home right on Newport Beach back in the 1920's, gosh it's almost 100 years old.  We lived here for a few months back in 1971, when we got back from our travels.  We stopped and chatted to a couple walking by and they kindly took our photo!

89 Crescent Road, Newport...  this used to be where Rip and Rosie lived... not is this house though.

Labels: Newport

...  I had a good laugh when the check out girl told me it was 'Triple TREAT'.   I never learnt to spell!!  Or should I say spell or  'read'  :-)  gave me a good happy chuckle!

For Gwil...

Labels: Garden

Labels: Garden, NBN

 Lots of fun at Time Zone for James.
 There are two adult people sitting in these chairs...

Back Nerys and Tim's... there was cake!


 Everybody is looking forward to CAKE!!!


A Special present from David, one of James favourites.

Labels: Birthdays, James

Remy bought his bike so he could show us how well he can ride.
James got a birthday hug from his cousin Elodie!
... and a present which Elodie kindly opened for James.

James admired Remy's bike.

Whoa!!!   Remy!!!
Oh dear, Elodie wants to climb the fence as well.

A lovely Kookaburra shadow maker from Gwil.

Look... Picachu has arrived to do some gardening!!  Yay!

Picachu has a helper!

Another helper has arrived to help the Picachu team!



Work still goes on but where is Picachu?

Here he is helping Gwil with a big bin of Compost!

Labels: Birthdays, Garden