Saturday, July 30, 2022

 

Lots of dancing online going on here this afternoon.






 

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Abi found this amazing recipe on Tic Tock.

With a little bit of help from her brother and a cousin... 
Oatmeal, Peanut Butter, Yoghurt and Chocolate.
Absolutely delicious.
 

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Photo a Day Challenge - 30.7.2022 - Happy Days.

So so so so many Happy Days and so so so many more to come, too hard to choose so I went back 56 years ago and my 21st Birthday Party at my parents home in Newport.

David trying to impress one of my guests
Pennie having fun dancing with Neill above and EweGene below!  

 

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Friday, July 29, 2022

 

Look what David cooked for dinner last night...


 Toad in the Hole, which was loved by everybody!

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Photo a Day Challenge - 29.6.2022 - Black and White.

I made this Black and White Quilt for Emma and Tom's wedding... 19 years ago.

 

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Thursday, July 28, 2022

 

I couldn't decide what to do with this 100 year old quilt...

Started by David's beloved grandmother Dudu in the 1920's finished by Penniedarling in 1996.
Gifted to Tilly in 2020.
Unfortunately TEAMG's Helper has put this quilt though the washing machine and the dryer!!

Hence much damage has been done.

I was wondering how to repair these missing hexagons as I have no fabrics that look anything like these, then while chatting with Tilly the decision is that she so wants to keep this quilt no matter the damage and I will offer her any of the many beautiful quilts I have upstairs!  Yay!  
 

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Photo a Day Challenge - 28.6.2022 - An Old Car.

There's a lot of old cars here and all well played with!  Most are up to 50 years old.

 

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

 

Look what Emma found...



 

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Photo a Day Challenge - 27.6.2022 - Countryside.

 

Wollogorang in1958.
Wollogorang in the 1920's.  Many years ago my cousin Sue gave me these two framed enormous photos of a place we both loved. 

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

 

Abi is very happy with the Bucket Hat I knitted for her.


 

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Photo a Day Challenge - 26.7.2022 - Portrait Mode.


 Penelope Janice, Meredith Amanda and Timothy Ripley in about 1957, before our young brother Nicholas Anthony was born.

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Monday, July 25, 2022

 

My clever DIL Emma gave me this card for my birthday...

Unknowingly aware that this is a photo of my very favourite Camellia which started as a cutting from my Great Aunt Ella's Camellia many many years ago... we weren't quite sure of the name of this flower but the card says... Camellia Japonica Theaceae.  Thanks Emma 😍
 

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Photo a Day Challenge - 25.7.2022 - Beauty.

I cannot believe I'm posting this.

Here is my fathers Business Card,  he'd retired from the Army after 25 years and managed 'Brown's Office Cleaning  Service', who's motto was 'Kiss of Beauty' and... and... the most embarrassing thing from my memory is that his car had big red lips and 'Kiss of Beauty' written on both sides!
I was a young cool teen during this time so this wasn't a vehicle I wanted to be seen in that's for sure!

Actually just writing this has given me a smile so I must have grown up?





 


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Sunday, July 24, 2022

 

Elodie's Photos!

 Our youngest Grandie Elodie is 6 years old and loves to borrow my camera and take photos of everyone... here's some to enjoy  😍  Some are selfies with a little help from a longer arm πŸ˜€


















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Photo a Day Challenge - 24.7.2022 - A Metaphor.

Is there a Black Sheep in the Family?   

Yes there was about 40 years ago... Sooty!


 Laughter is the Best Medicine!

Cousins Marcus and Nick.



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Saturday, July 23, 2022

 

Seventy Seven TODAY! 77 Sunset Strip!

 Wow! What a lovely birthday, almost all our family together and a lovely long chat with James, Briony and Kate online... feeling very spoilt I am!

16 of us enjoying some wonderful seafood sent to us from Briony, some incredible beef cooked by Tomos, some delicious salad made by Gwilym who grew all the ingredients as well as his fantasmorgorigal homemade bread!  Then some seriously yummy dessert bought by Nerys!  Yum!

Yummy Yummy!  with lovely flowers from Jess.
Beautiful to chat with James, Briony and Kate.


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Photo a Day Challenge - 23.7.2020 - Still Life.


 

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Friday, July 22, 2022

 

Today is my 17th Anniversary of Blogging! Yay!

Here is my very first Post!

The Background.

1968-70 - Pennie and David are Australians who were married in England while travelling the World.

1971-76 - Living in Sydney setting up our home, having babies and starting our business.

1977-79 - Returned to live in the UK with three small children.

1980-2005 - Living in Sydney, had our fourth child and have spent the last 25 years educating Nerys, Tomos, Briony and Gwilym.

With all our children either happily married or happily partnered with Tim, Emma, Joon and Emily, plus the addition of our first Grandson, Jackson Harry, life is great... So... Now it’s time to put our plans of another return to the UK into action.

2005-06 - Tomos, Emma and our first Granddaughter, Abigail Rose live in London so we will find a place near their home to make our base while we are in the UK.

Pennie and David will be visiting old and new friends, old and new haunts and following up on some of our passions like Patchwork Quilts, Old Double Decker Buses and of course spending as much time as possible with our Tom's family and trying not to miss the rest of our family back home in Australia.

We set up this Blog so that our family and friends could keep track of us while we are away from home, it’s our personal diary of our trip.

Wow!  Just did a count... 12!  I've been involved with 12 different Blogs.

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Photo a Day Challenge - 22.7.2022 - Current Interest.


(LEAFLETS DROPPED ON    Aust 9th Division at El Alamein by German African Corps Aircraft.They came in handy for toilet paper of which we had none!      R)

My current interest is getting all the love letters, into a book, that our father Ripley wrote to our mother Rosie, this is one sent from El Alamein during WW2 in 1943, before they married.



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