Since then….

What has happened since last I wrote this blog, you might ask?
I arrived back safely in the US of A at the end of October, but with much trepidation about living through the day of the Presidential election on November 4. I threw myself back on the mercy of Matthew and Gloria for accommodation [...]

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Time flies….

Well, just as I am settling in to life in the Australian country, the time is nearly here to leave.  I kept thinking about writing more on this blog since my last entry, but never seemed to be inspired enough to do it.  I have under one week left now.  The spring has sprung and [...]

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Rain, rain – come to stay?

So, this weekend Ro and I went off to have lunch with her brother, John, and his wife, Jill.   John and Jill live in Canowindra, where Ro’s parents and she and Keith used to live.  Ro’s three children all grew up there in the lovely river flat farmland with hills all around.  So, where are [...]

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House painting – now and then

Yesterday was painting day at Ro’s brother’s new investment house.  They are rehabbing it for renters and the first renters wil be Ro’s son and family – so, it’s all in the family!   Anyway, we have pulled down wallpaper and scraped walls and then we painted.  Back again today for the second coat in [...]

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Oddities

Bruno told me when we lived in Brisbane years ago, that the water whirls the opposite way down the drainpipes in Australia (or in the East.)  I don’t know if he was kidding (I don’t think so) and I did watch the whirlpool draining and it seemed to be going clockwise – is that the [...]

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Shake and bake…and more pictures

Well, we are shaking and baking here in Orange, NSW! We all have our nutrititious shakes for breakfast (the kids love them too) and then wonderful baking goes on during the day for our tea time. Yes, it’s back to English customs – with another meal added in to the day for [...]

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Pictures – finally!

This is downtown Orange. It’s not very busy!

Me on the borrowed bike, now with a new saddle, new inner tube and a cable for locking downtown.

This is my borrowed bike.

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Getting around and laundry

So, the walk downtown to Orange is just over half an hour and I do it every day – no worries! However, it does take a chunk out of my day, so I decided to buy a bike. Nothing second hand available that was rideable, but Big W (Woolworths) had some on [...]

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In Australia

I arrived in Australia six days ago and had forgotten how to log into my blog, so a slight delay in posting. I am now a day ahead of all you laggards in the west, having crossed the dateline on the l-o-o-n-g flight from LA to Sydney. It really wasn’t that bad and [...]

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Second Post

Well, time goes by, as they say and posting on a blog has been the last thing on my mind.  Because it comes up as my home page though, I am reminded of it now and then.  As has just happened.  So – here goes.
I drove to Las Vegas last Sunday to attend the Isagenix [...]

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