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Birthday 82!
82nd Birthday - how did that happen?
Family
82nd Birthday - how did that happen?
Hi everyone, Mary recently had her facial BCC SCC cosmetic surgery and it is healing very well now stitches are out. We enjoyed her birthday celebration with the family (minus Michael Kris and boys) last night with cake cooked by Jacquie. Before that we spent a night in Blackheath in
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Our local gallery , Hazelhurst, run by the council, hosted the year 12 indigenous art display which opened on Sunday with appropriate indigenous dances in Aboriginal costume . There were about 4o entries on display, all very good and some were for sale. The ones we liked had already been sold unfortunately.
We had our annual French market at a local bilingual primary school -packed as usual -about 5000 pass through. 80 stalls -all with a direct connection with France. Our stall sold $500 worth of secondhand books, amazing. Weather was good fortunately Alison and Craig arrived today in Paris on start
With the advent of home batteries we took the plunge and , guided by Australian Consumer Association criteria selected a fully registered compliant supplier. After a few days we’ve used no grid power at all and have even made a few quid! This is the home page of the app
We joined a small, local group called Caringbah Garden Circle who meet every few weeks in one member’s garden for an hour and look, discuss then share seedlings, tips, chemicals etc etc. No committee, minutes or even chairs ! Very simple and friendly. It’s the first time we’ve
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I’ve continued kayaking , reduced distances, with slightly sore shoulder and it’s been good to get back on the water and enjoy the company. I’m Michael and family came down and stayed a night so they could attend a Sunday wedding of a relative of Kris. The same
Louis has developed a fascination for astronomy and things astrophysical. There's so many well illustrated books these days . In my era all we had was Patrick Moore -who was very good and very very very enthusiastic, as those who remember him will recall He also got a pic
After a gap of some 5 months it's hard to know where to start. There's been lots of kayaking, some visits to Sydney, a lot of gardening, Christmas, reunions, bushwalks, New Year and Australia Day celebrations, birthdays but not much travel other than the S.Coast
Birthdays & Anniversaries
The family (but unfortunately Michael and Kris not available) arranged to do this walk on Oct 26, which Jacqui had chosen as a birthday bush walk. The walk is from a location in the Royal National Park down a scarp slope, to the sea, at a place called Burning Palms,
Spectacles
Today our Probus club had arranged a visit to Port Kembla blast furnaces where most of Australia's steel is made from iron ore and coking coal. The sight of the blast furnace was stunning-like a volcano with the slag from the reaction at 1450 Deg C running