tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307077832024-03-07T21:01:04.794+11:00Spinayarn99Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-31211772062400799922012-01-16T17:52:00.000+11:002012-01-16T17:52:07.705+11:00AN INTERESTING AND SAD OBITUARY<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, <b>Common Sense</b>, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: <br />
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain; <br />
- Why the early bird gets the worm; <br />
- Life isn't always fair; <br />
- and maybe it was my fault. <b><br />
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Common Sense </b>lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).<br />
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His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition. <b><br />
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Common Sense </b>lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.<br />
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It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.<b><br />
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Common Sense </b>lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.<b><br />
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Common Sense </b>took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault. <b><br />
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Common Sense </b>finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. <b><br />
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Common Sense </b>was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason. <br />
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He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; <br />
I Know My Rights <br />
I Want It Now <br />
Someone Else Is To Blame <br />
I'm A Victim <b><br />
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Not many attended his funeral because so few realised he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.</b></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-21226186032455781972012-01-10T15:42:00.000+11:002012-01-10T15:42:56.226+11:00PHOTO FRIDAY ..... 'END OF THE DAY'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMU2g72SNApdVaiG3iJqpSrt1rNnQxUz-oKqAIhcgz57DkTHjoo2EZ2vvA95OCOG45Ehc1_L8qKHSPipdRqueapCbdGpzxJsu53xLxxqV7hK6YlMCFbK8-yYU3ZE4QBPMoSMWulQ/s1600/XXXXXX.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMU2g72SNApdVaiG3iJqpSrt1rNnQxUz-oKqAIhcgz57DkTHjoo2EZ2vvA95OCOG45Ehc1_L8qKHSPipdRqueapCbdGpzxJsu53xLxxqV7hK6YlMCFbK8-yYU3ZE4QBPMoSMWulQ/s320/XXXXXX.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
If you are looking for a weekly photo challenge look at this great site http://photofriday.com/. Each Friday there is a new subject for you to interpret and photograph. <br />
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I immediately thought of photographing dusk ...... BUT ..... sitting on the outside table was a vase of dead flowers waiting to be cooked in the dye pot !!!! LOL ... yes, these once beautiful flowers had come to the end of their day !!!!Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-25799990481272810762012-01-03T15:40:00.002+11:002012-01-03T15:52:43.103+11:00THE GREEN BAG<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0doTk2BhAQzE9zwepIBpqDST2mPpvbN9q2qtkQv9ZNPu_4zVjWmt5dKX_35lQcNcU1GIe3tY1oBfxz5B64q9bhBXY9Pd9-9AuUiRGWGwov7qCFHumi-pHOnqSiSiq29v4dKHjg/s1600/450px-GreenBag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0doTk2BhAQzE9zwepIBpqDST2mPpvbN9q2qtkQv9ZNPu_4zVjWmt5dKX_35lQcNcU1GIe3tY1oBfxz5B64q9bhBXY9Pd9-9AuUiRGWGwov7qCFHumi-pHOnqSiSiq29v4dKHjg/s320/450px-GreenBag.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I was asked yesterday on facebook, did I have airconditioning in our house .... ???? The answer was NO!!! ... considering it was 41C I wish we did have airconditioning. However, I remember saving the undermentioned and want to share it with you ...</span></b><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Checking out at the grocery store recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. I apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So what did we have back then…? After some reflection and soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, lemonade bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly. So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back in our day. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Back then, we washed the baby's nappies because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right. We didn't have the green thing back in our day. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of Western Australia. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right. We didn't have the green thing back then. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back then. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Back then, people took the train, tram or a bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mothers into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest fish and chip shop. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We did as we were asked BECAUSE WE RESPECTED OUR PARENTS. 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Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-5497125463365257962011-03-05T00:02:00.001+11:002011-03-05T00:03:39.413+11:00WONDERFUL FRIENDS<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrJQ9rCJ-wkZUDocdeo7wgV60rtebgmxYScJLxpb-peq6zYli20mHb-Wa2_TG97q99EZlfvNDuKwid4m-GBmzmpJDxFrKKCtMD2gAnNfSGZbAnY0RYauKRK_YJOVhLvDov9_6Ug/s1600/lotus+farm+1+collage1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrJQ9rCJ-wkZUDocdeo7wgV60rtebgmxYScJLxpb-peq6zYli20mHb-Wa2_TG97q99EZlfvNDuKwid4m-GBmzmpJDxFrKKCtMD2gAnNfSGZbAnY0RYauKRK_YJOVhLvDov9_6Ug/s320/lotus+farm+1+collage1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="left">Yesterday I had such a lovely surprise telephone call. Jeanette and Joy were going to meet me at ????? yes ..... at Allan's Bakery ...... and bring Ern ..... be there at 10.30am</div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">When I/we get there, Rosemary was there also. They had met her in the shopping centre and said she had to come for morning tea. </div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">It was lovely to catch up with them, friends from the past, friends whom I hadn't forgotten and whom I often think about. We were all in the Kilsyth CWA together.</div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">We had our coffee and much laughter (and some tears) and were about to leave, when another friend from CWA lingered outside the shop, then decided she was going to take something home for lunch. So Betty and the rest of us had lunch there and then ..... </div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">..... in the meantime, Ern had joined us, couldn't stand our chatter and laughter and waited outside the Bakery with our dog Chloe ....... geez Ern, go home !!!! No he wanted to wait for me ...... oh isn't that nice?? Yes he did eventually take the dog home. Come to think of it, I think Chloe took Ern home !!!</div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">I really did enjoy the morning (and avo with the girls). It was wonderful to catch up on their families ..... how the time flies by ..... kids grow up so fast !!</div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">Thankyou Jeanette, Joy, Rosemary and Betty for making me laugh, cry and remembering the good times we once had.</div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-64680219448606062242011-03-02T22:14:00.000+11:002011-03-02T22:14:51.266+11:002011 LÓREAL MELBOURNE FASHION WEEK - MODEL CASTINGSMy beautiful (I mean stunning) neice Anna, auditioned for the 2011 Australia's Next Top Model auditions at Chadstone. Two of the judges said they wanted her to go to Sydney, but the third judge said NO !! When Anna questioned why, she was told that she was too short ..... she wanted the models over 6ft !!! Although disappointed, she accepted the outcome quite graciously ..... mind you this was her first official catwalk appearance !!!!!<br />
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A couple of weeks later, Anna was invited to participate in the 2011 Model Casting for the L'oreal Melbourne Fashion Week. This was quite an honour for her .... the other Vogue models were extremely nice and helpful and gave Anna technique advice for strutting her stuff on the catwalk.<br />
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The day was awesome to a young schoolgirl, talking and laughing with models she has admired from afar. Below is the official LMFF video of the Lóreal model casting. Anna is in it and I am a very proud aunty !!!!!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sG6Cd0QREXI" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-73178387448218181082010-10-23T21:06:00.000+11:002010-10-23T21:06:54.237+11:00HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY MUM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjRi9kfD2-3s4lxbr5DO_J1EZGwpdF3J5CsqITGGjueedQHP46RadQD8Hg8gisakROeLZ_Yz6xmDYVyxz7xRHAvYZL67T88yRARKK3oA2M4sFgh6-f984pEJlPlFq7NBK9A_Tzg/s1600/macro+and+plus+10+macro+181_hf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjRi9kfD2-3s4lxbr5DO_J1EZGwpdF3J5CsqITGGjueedQHP46RadQD8Hg8gisakROeLZ_Yz6xmDYVyxz7xRHAvYZL67T88yRARKK3oA2M4sFgh6-f984pEJlPlFq7NBK9A_Tzg/s320/macro+and+plus+10+macro+181_hf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My lovely Mum has just celebrated her 80th Birthday.<br />
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Now everyone who knows me had better sit down for this ....... Ern and I actually were able to celebrate it with her. OK, so what does that mean? I live in Melbourne and Mum lives in Wangaratta. I have not been to Wangaratta for over 3 years. We actually travelled to Wangaratta ..... yes ....... we really did !!! I put our lovely dog in a boarding kennel and Ern and I travelled to Wangaratta by train. Of course I was thinking that Ern wouldn't go ..... however, he was going, even if I had to drag him kicking and screaming.<br />
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When we got there he was out of his environment but at least he had his laptop and port !!!!<br />
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We 4 kids decided that Mum was going to have a party. 35 people enjoyed a very informal and lovely luncheon at the Vine Hotel. It was so relaxing. Everyone had the opportunity to say a few words and this proved very entertaining.Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-88349841582219289732010-09-18T14:56:00.005+10:002010-09-19T15:30:56.732+10:00WORLDWIDE SPIN IN PUBLIC DAY 18 September 2010<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_4ByZrP5lJlu0ASgo29xj5xYVE7XrkxdJvQLAFgmRSyhkej2eQjnWs6IIWNCDdJVj1vpgfHGhyphenhyphenJdTAXOmQvCXI_1hhmz4iHtxrf-lTWuwelMou7txt1R1or0RWG7UnLhHrjWLg/s1600/SIPD+20101_hf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_4ByZrP5lJlu0ASgo29xj5xYVE7XrkxdJvQLAFgmRSyhkej2eQjnWs6IIWNCDdJVj1vpgfHGhyphenhyphenJdTAXOmQvCXI_1hhmz4iHtxrf-lTWuwelMou7txt1R1or0RWG7UnLhHrjWLg/s400/SIPD+20101_hf.jpg" width="400" /></a>What a lovely way to celebrate Spin In Public Day2010. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> I live in Kilsyth, an outer eastern suburb of Melbourne Australia. My husband has Alzheimers Disease, so I very rarely leave the house alone. So how was I going to participate in "SIPD"? To make things worse, the weather looked as though it was going to rain.</div><br />
So I went down to my local shopping centre and did some handcarding in the car park !!!!! This caused some amusement amongst the shoppers, especially as we have a retirement village nearby and we are a very "sedate"suburb. I carded some lovely BRIGHT pink, orange and lime green rovings.<br />
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Then I ended up at our local bakery (Allan's Bakery Kilsyth - <a href="http://allanscakes.com.au/">http://allanscakes.com.au/</a> ) and whilst carding there, enjoyed coffee and delicious blueberry pancakes.<br />
Allan's Bakery do the best decorated cakes I have seen - modern and tradional). <br />
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What could make for a better day ....... my two favourite thingies ....... fibre and food ........ heheheheSpinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-34213462362534553822010-09-17T21:34:00.010+10:002010-09-17T22:10:03.524+10:00FIBRE FRIDAY - 2 BASIC COLOURS AND ??????? and SPIN IN PUBLIC DAY<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">WORLDWIDE SPIN IN PUBLIC DAY</span></strong></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">I did last year ...... yeah spinning on my nature strip ...... </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
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I ran the colours through my drumcarder in no order, but tried to keep the colours togetheR.<br />
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The four skeins were plied with the same black yarn.</div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-12846245455126113302010-09-16T10:55:00.001+10:002010-09-16T10:57:22.578+10:00ONE WEEK SINCE HURRICAN BEN<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3P9u93gfqGxX1El9iO_eTydoHRWwUxneObfzghyphenhyphen8Tw4G9mFM2wvI3qgCjhOpP1bONQQaNVV4LQTyzTRHG4UbBgU6yOJOTQrkZKAZ-Pb0SwL06kb073pvGrRsB-1KKuQzxHtp-w/s1600/Gas+heater5+instal+dust+collage1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3P9u93gfqGxX1El9iO_eTydoHRWwUxneObfzghyphenhyphen8Tw4G9mFM2wvI3qgCjhOpP1bONQQaNVV4LQTyzTRHG4UbBgU6yOJOTQrkZKAZ-Pb0SwL06kb073pvGrRsB-1KKuQzxHtp-w/s320/Gas+heater5+instal+dust+collage1.jpg" /></a>Yes, it has been one week since our our heater installation debarcle. This photo shows some of the dust left AFTER the tradesman left.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">One week has gone by since Ben **** came to install the gas heater. Apart from ourselves, our family and friends have been appalled by:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">• Ben's incompetence - especially cutting the live wire without turning off the mains power </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">• his inability to communicate with us regarding the amount of dust involved and the need to cover furniture, electrical items and other items </div><br />
• no apology from him regarding the dust covering expensive Nikon camera, computer equipment, TV, video equipment and others <br />
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• his failure to leave our home in the same state as he found it when he arrived to do the installation <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">• for sternly telling me "THAT WE WANTED IT FITTED!" when I said that I was cross about him not covering the furniture </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">• his apparent lack of respect to us as customers of AGL Assist </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Ben Lombard is NEVER to come to our house in the future to service any of our gas units. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I am disappointed that AGL Assist Bayswater did not endeavour to send Ben back immediately to clean up his mess which was left, nor to check if the gas heater was working correctly. In fact Jack and Pat only came on Monday afternoon to check on the heater, after my telephone conversations with Nicole and Christine from AGL.</div>And I am disappointed with AGL Bayswater for not contacting me since last Friday (not even acknowledging my email/photos sent to you). A courtesy call would have been appreciated.Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-78990920254277244392010-09-12T12:33:00.001+10:002010-09-12T22:16:34.106+10:00LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZwFxR5dySkCNWkoVQcaQqioFoC_ZlO0E2jJamP0sPNN3zAdkcqKFOXfIJcqeY7Xq20QuS5g3uaMFBt4ehGASLnh4NQGOSf-f8giMIn-PbSqaBIRo6Opny_muUHK55AZMbm3r-A/s1600/Lifes+Ups+and+Downs+collage1_hf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZwFxR5dySkCNWkoVQcaQqioFoC_ZlO0E2jJamP0sPNN3zAdkcqKFOXfIJcqeY7Xq20QuS5g3uaMFBt4ehGASLnh4NQGOSf-f8giMIn-PbSqaBIRo6Opny_muUHK55AZMbm3r-A/s400/Lifes+Ups+and+Downs+collage1_hf.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-75673569170271368842010-09-12T00:50:00.002+10:002010-09-12T00:52:42.453+10:00CAMILLIA CORNER<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6Xa9_MONSnkrOh4W9B6eTuF2TDKUQRhMBN6J_wZl2jlCJrivImmPYPWMEJHJAzOAC9m58LFPkOa5SyPC4yzoPSRr5qsUHrh5MfozisziwvxurIlbzwInzxS2yfavRr0ilPzkuA/s1600/macro+camillia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6Xa9_MONSnkrOh4W9B6eTuF2TDKUQRhMBN6J_wZl2jlCJrivImmPYPWMEJHJAzOAC9m58LFPkOa5SyPC4yzoPSRr5qsUHrh5MfozisziwvxurIlbzwInzxS2yfavRr0ilPzkuA/s320/macro+camillia.jpg" /></a>I feel so much better having vented my anger and frustration in my last posting ....</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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.... they have been really beautiful this year.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
No wonder our house is named "Camillia Corner". </div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-16577245345093914952010-09-12T00:17:00.015+10:002010-09-12T00:55:10.554+10:00WHAT A MORONIC TRADESMAN !!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tbiVFskYrCQvrJMF1TzgdQBL64eR4E26IkQdoJcMmNLDE-O55L_LdDgGwIko7CEYhu72GvexkK3YE-l0IIw0nR9vA6Fn9Xl8cpaYZifwIkfJrOBUYEt7gAkEFl_4Q5zpdSx2Hg/s1600/Gas+heater+instal+dust+collage1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tbiVFskYrCQvrJMF1TzgdQBL64eR4E26IkQdoJcMmNLDE-O55L_LdDgGwIko7CEYhu72GvexkK3YE-l0IIw0nR9vA6Fn9Xl8cpaYZifwIkfJrOBUYEt7gAkEFl_4Q5zpdSx2Hg/s320/Gas+heater+instal+dust+collage1.jpg" width="229" /></a></div>Last Wednesday we had a new gas heater installed as the old one had 2 large cracks in the Heat Exchange thus leaking carbon monoxide (the same thing that killed the children at Mooroopna earlier this year). We were extremely lucky.<br />
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Pictured is my new Nikon D90 camera with macro lens attached covered in red brick dust. Why????? Well the new heater was 5cm too small to fit in the fireplace. Our moronic/stupid AGL Assist (Bayswater) tradesman had to chip and grind at the red bricks inside the chimmney.<br />
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I was on the phone at the time when he started and when I went into the lounge room the whole room was absolutely thick with chocking red dust. I cried when I saw that NOTHING had been covered. By this time it was really too late to cover anything. However, sheets were thrown over the computer table, TV and the dining room table. My camera was taken outside and dusted down.<br />
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I could see that the tradesman had a difficult job to install the new heater, but that does not excuse him for not covering furniture/computer/TV. I was so furious with him ..... if he was so DUMB and perhaps couldn't be bothered, why didn't he ask ME to cover things.<br />
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When he finished grinding, I told him that I was furious that nothing had been covered. He tersely told me THAT I WANTED THE HEATER INSTALLED and that he had warned me what he was going to do!<br />
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YES, of course I wanted the heater installed asap, but HONESTLY I DID NOT realise the amount of dust that would have been generated. Perhaps he thought that I was just a stupid housewife and that I would not "mind" a little dust covering everything.<br />
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BOY WAS HE WRONG ....... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <br />
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He was here for just under 4 hours and explained to me in two minutes how to turn the heater on and off. Later that evening when I turned the heater off I could still hear the fan going..... He didn't tell me that the fan switched off once the unit cooled down. Thank goodness for the instuction manual !!! (By the way, our old heater was approx 25 years old and very basic).<br />
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The next day, right on 9am, I was in contact with AGL Assist (Bayswater) expressing my disgust at the tradesman's lack of good sense. ....... and again on Friday ..... I was aked to send photos via email to them.<br />
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I have the whole unfortunate installation documented and on Monday morning will be ringing AGL Assist H.O. with my complaint and emailing the photos and documentation.<br />
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE<br />
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The dining room table was also covered with dust ...... yep ....... and everything on top of it. The morning of the heater installation I had set the table for a formal birthday luncheon for the next day ... lace table cloth, cutlery, crockery and serviettes. Well, the lace cloth had to be soaked to get the red dust out, cutlery and plates washed and the flowers thrown out.<br />
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Curtains had to be washed, but the drapes have to be drycleaned. My hand felted large floor mat will have to be washed (I made this at the Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Vic a couple of years ago). A few years ago I won one of Isobelle's handwoven floor mat at a Guild function. It has always looked so lovely in front of our heater. Now it is in the laundry waiting for a dry, sunny and windy day to get the dust out of it.<br />
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ONE DROWNED MOUSE .........<br />
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NO NO NO not the four legged variety ..... After the tradesman went, I was left to clean up HIS MESS. I was wiping the dust off my computer equipment - I was wiping the "mouse" when my hand shook and it fell into my hot cuppa ....... I drowned it !!!!! Lucky I had a spare one in the drawer.Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-44030742227356452432010-09-06T18:13:00.004+10:002010-09-07T23:48:20.405+10:00MACRO MONDAY - ANTS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-KO2-lz2FbnRX0xZhkYPzB0CJJhNaRP04Z9FgjaMYc58MD6d_dagqh7HtWvssLMpOIqArklygkgkKe4I0Skegdzmms1Rr5LbeSy3LSn4l-TWqt1mFCep3-Rm4nzOd8QJG_gw8w/s1600/macro+166_hf.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513711297486694610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-KO2-lz2FbnRX0xZhkYPzB0CJJhNaRP04Z9FgjaMYc58MD6d_dagqh7HtWvssLMpOIqArklygkgkKe4I0Skegdzmms1Rr5LbeSy3LSn4l-TWqt1mFCep3-Rm4nzOd8QJG_gw8w/s320/macro+166_hf.jpg" /></a><br /><br />This photo was taken the first day I got my new macro lens.<br /><br />Ern and I are both well, although Ern had another fall - the left side this time. He sure has good bones - no rib or hip fractures ......Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-22594521037672220352010-06-22T22:34:00.011+10:002010-09-08T15:15:38.278+10:00MONDAY'S COLLAGE<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXCYo8vzDu1rBi131t-PE4ud2Pan7belLUKOcr8eSHv9h3W0IwQxQE92Ib5xcoyWFlBeZKRM43OmBiBp6oTJDrvcGSj1bFTGHbySvs2X5eKgMN04LfJAr6WGVNWxymPGDhxct8w/s1600/Pink+yarns+20101.jpg" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485576037485729762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXCYo8vzDu1rBi131t-PE4ud2Pan7belLUKOcr8eSHv9h3W0IwQxQE92Ib5xcoyWFlBeZKRM43OmBiBp6oTJDrvcGSj1bFTGHbySvs2X5eKgMN04LfJAr6WGVNWxymPGDhxct8w/s320/Pink+yarns+20101.jpg" style="float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /></a>These skeins were all made from the same fibre source - a mini-fibre-sandwich!!! I spun three bobbins and then plyed each with a different coloured commercial plying thread. I used black, pink and blue. I seem to use black alot when plying.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Pink isn't really my favourite colour to spin, however, as I continually tell others .... "spin outside your comfort zone (OCZ)". When I spin pink, I always think of Joan D from the Guild - a lovely lady who doesn't like spinning pink. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">A couple of years ago, I gave a workshop on colour blending at the Guild. In the morning session I asked each participant which was their favourite and least favourite colours. These were then written on a white board ...... BUT that wasn't the last of it !! Oh no ....... just before the lunch break I handed each participant a length of roving in their least favourite colour and told them that after lunch they had to spin it !!! hehehehe </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So then, after lunch just as they were about to spin their piece of roving, I told them I had changed my mind and that they weren't required to spin it at all ..... they could keep it and use it anyway. (what a mean thing to do to your students!!!!)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My exercise was to get the participants to "think outside their comfort zone" .... and for them to think how they could spin something they didn't like. hehehehehehe</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">To conclude ..... they all used their "hateful" roving during the afternoon's session and created some lovely skeins. (BTW: Joan D was a participant and I had anticipated her "pink"answer)</div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-53495685007599788622010-06-14T22:59:00.003+10:002010-06-14T23:08:32.076+10:00Monday's Collage<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMlLh5h8GvKZOjmIDsxElsIHLE-Q4ZBr8Qa8Fs6GlQY27C_vKNNxg_iAQ7i7BF_72sfoL8z7h6IWYqSD9ZibkwbopN9NNT13gTksJOqE9LTfv6BT85y6nTfdZxe9SZ9AVUvza1g/s1600/Autumn+20101.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482615420452663346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMlLh5h8GvKZOjmIDsxElsIHLE-Q4ZBr8Qa8Fs6GlQY27C_vKNNxg_iAQ7i7BF_72sfoL8z7h6IWYqSD9ZibkwbopN9NNT13gTksJOqE9LTfv6BT85y6nTfdZxe9SZ9AVUvza1g/s400/Autumn+20101.bmp" /></a> Although it is now winter, the autumn leaves are still looking beautiful in our garden.<br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-53686522349885669472010-06-06T18:19:00.003+10:002010-06-06T18:49:50.463+10:00AM I COMING OR GOING ????????My head's in a turmoil ..... am I coming or going ??? I sit in front of the my computer screen thinking of what am I going to write on my blog .... there are so many things that I could be writing about ..... what am I currently spinning, dyeing or knitting. So what do I write about ? NOTHING ....... I leave my blog with an empty screen.<br /><br />A CLAYTON'S HARRIETVILLE .....<br />Yes that was my Harrietville for this year. My dear friend Ellen arranged with Ern's daughter to stay in the house with Ern, whilst I went to Harrietville for a couple of days. This was unbeknown to me. Was I surprised when I found out ..... I cried and cried ...... BUT .... when<br />Ern found out there was no way Kate was going to "babysit" him !!!! Ern said that I was to go to Harrietville and that he could look after himself. Words were firmly spoken but to no avail .....<br /><br />Friends and neighbours had mixed thoughts ..... some thought he was being selfish and that I was being tooooooo soft with him. Alzheimers is a frustrating disease because although they may have a short memory loss, sufferers are still able to function as normal. It's the Carers who suffer the most. I must admit that since Harrietville I have not been as forgiving as I have been in the past. Then I feel guilty ..... no Counsellors for me ...... says me !!!!!<br /><br />A couple of weeks after Harrietville, Ern had a nasty fall whilst putting the wheelie bin out. No broken bones thankgoodness BUT ultra sound results not good. Completely torn all ligaments in the shoulder and upper arm ...... the doctor and physiotherapist said that they were the worst ultra sound results that they had seen. Some of the damage was caused by the fall but most of the damage he has had for years. Ern being Ern ... STUBBORN ..... shouldn't be able to move his arm ...... but he can and he does !!! The Physio said that the neck muscles were compensating for the lack of arm muscles.<br /><br />OK, so now that Ern is 85 years old, how many more years ??? ..... gotta make the most of life .......Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-18813817926792218892010-03-01T19:55:00.003+11:002010-03-01T20:06:50.416+11:00SATURDAY SKY 27 Feb 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcldcxyTsx20O25IxegMl-9MX2LKxSsyPvHwbUSFCu0rCfRhjU-8AXQhL0FeyrU-1dVeZP-G7USqzEmW2JWYGM6W5CSBE70j0hXheGsT5sfAq1kk1y9-b5DpHkhq5WQaBLwaIUQ/s1600-h/90+mins+cloud+change+collage2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 286px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443587481597952514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcldcxyTsx20O25IxegMl-9MX2LKxSsyPvHwbUSFCu0rCfRhjU-8AXQhL0FeyrU-1dVeZP-G7USqzEmW2JWYGM6W5CSBE70j0hXheGsT5sfAq1kk1y9-b5DpHkhq5WQaBLwaIUQ/s400/90+mins+cloud+change+collage2.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUiaG6lpzmXdBhOEDIdDO41l99d40f3nr2EyaSkD_V7dCkIQmumtJVXvdQS2tRf9r6bKRO-9ok34dCXRF9uDWOXNibi3Bhg0SKxMRuHTa6QOiizxwyTtTOYYFuL4pcxIe7fWtTw/s1600-h/90+mins+cloud+change+collage2.jpg"></a>These photos were taken within 30 minutes whilst Ern and I were on a walk near home.</div><div> </div><div>After it being so dry, rain had been predicted ..... and did we get any ??? NO NO NO NO It did rain in some suburbs ....... and we are still waiting for the rain !!!</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /> </div><div></div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-64939298324073971482010-02-20T15:37:00.004+11:002010-02-20T15:58:09.067+11:00HAPPY 85th BIRTHDAY ... ERN<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTK9mg9l1IBsQzVx15OoE8GjpTLPxWXHXhnqNK0KGhzkXDOvdv-Z-q6V7h6PXdnj9wceLBhg5dLu9Le0lI5QVgfwVbtw79YGJBOQ6iE-BIDsZehmjR0LpMgG1NZ-DFsud5HfqFQ/s1600-h/ern's+85th+birthday+2010+060.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440182346903165570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTK9mg9l1IBsQzVx15OoE8GjpTLPxWXHXhnqNK0KGhzkXDOvdv-Z-q6V7h6PXdnj9wceLBhg5dLu9Le0lI5QVgfwVbtw79YGJBOQ6iE-BIDsZehmjR0LpMgG1NZ-DFsud5HfqFQ/s320/ern's+85th+birthday+2010+060.JPG" /></a>I still say that my darling hubby doesn't look 85 !!!!!!! .... or maybe I am looking much older ....... ummmmm <div></div><div> </div><div>For those who read my blog, Ern is keeping well despite the hot weather. He walks to the shops, usually with the dog, twice a day - 10am and 2pm regardless of the weather !!!!! (although the dog, Chloe, is not tooooo keen on the hot weather)</div><div> </div><div></div><div>Ern's Alzheimers is progressing slowly (thankfully). However, it has come to the stage where I cannot leave him on his own. RESPITE is a 4 letter word ....... (OK 7 letters)</div><div> </div><div></div><div>My dear friend, Ellen, organized with Kate (his daughter) to look after him, here in our home whilst I go to Harrietville. This was done unbeknown to me ...... I just cried when I found out. I am now counting the "sleeps" until Harrietville.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-9615067445934499312010-01-12T17:31:00.004+11:002010-01-12T17:49:32.142+11:00HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsOrfjHH8q-n0ZqZhWc495Yx0Q1FFNb4UYm4wdiE5U3M9vwdcYa4Bvul2JhC_0MHo61jYLEe1Yrl0-0Fi3xl0p91W08rIOE__2EzWzlRMLmFF1uiL6o20Xu_iq2CHKpciH0PGOA/s1600-h/birdie+body.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425739882182951266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsOrfjHH8q-n0ZqZhWc495Yx0Q1FFNb4UYm4wdiE5U3M9vwdcYa4Bvul2JhC_0MHo61jYLEe1Yrl0-0Fi3xl0p91W08rIOE__2EzWzlRMLmFF1uiL6o20Xu_iq2CHKpciH0PGOA/s400/birdie+body.jpg" /></a>Did I make any new year resolutions? ..... of course not !!! .... I only break them.<br /><br /><div>Did I loose weight last year? .... of course not !!!</div><br /><div>Did I keep up with blogging? .... of course not !!!</div><div></div><br /><div>Did I do much spinning? ...... YES OF COURSE !!!</div><div></div><br /><div>Did I take many photo? ..... YES OF COURSE !!!!</div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-322349503691426182009-11-14T11:31:00.003+11:002009-11-14T11:41:58.929+11:00REFLECTIONS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kDVtD5UJ_2YuBr4Ex9jhSX1b9mXRhxBMSxEDvlOxcVctrInE9ExAIKXK5EKnrhQ4QYFYPo4YMNSSuxY9K307l_YR9YZNBCl7lSV1CQCFl2Ul3mz06xuxSA82uYreV3wrs2ipZg/s1600-h/13+Nov+2009+041.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403751655181349186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kDVtD5UJ_2YuBr4Ex9jhSX1b9mXRhxBMSxEDvlOxcVctrInE9ExAIKXK5EKnrhQ4QYFYPo4YMNSSuxY9K307l_YR9YZNBCl7lSV1CQCFl2Ul3mz06xuxSA82uYreV3wrs2ipZg/s400/13+Nov+2009+041.JPG" /></a> Reflection of the Croydon Library ..... the lake was next to where the Remembrance Day Service was held .... where war veterans, family and civilians reflected on past wars and how fortunate they are living in a wonderful free country - AUSTRALIA ..... !!!!!Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-80020597077565226332009-11-11T22:52:00.010+11:002009-11-14T11:30:48.590+11:00THE 11th OF THE 11th OF THE 11th<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7SPcFRZkDgMh42miTS90vxc7nCCb1eVi0uLRBb56xieF4hY-zhobQ_C2gvM6iIIWGvHxQIwNkqmUTUqcMHLc2Eauy0sQACWHt2e6iciATuqaqBEM7m-DsDPYo8LnfNfAYtSpGw/s1600-h/melbourne+shrine.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402817375228943330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7SPcFRZkDgMh42miTS90vxc7nCCb1eVi0uLRBb56xieF4hY-zhobQ_C2gvM6iIIWGvHxQIwNkqmUTUqcMHLc2Eauy0sQACWHt2e6iciATuqaqBEM7m-DsDPYo8LnfNfAYtSpGw/s320/melbourne+shrine.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Today is Remembrance Day.<br /><br /><div>At 11 am on 11 November 1918, after more than four years of continuous fighting in Belgium and northern France, firing ceased along the Western Front. </div><div><br /></div><div>So at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month we remember those who died or who had suffered during wars. After the end of the Second World War, the name ‘Armistice Day’ was changed to Remembrance Day so that day would commemorate all war dead.</div><div><br />As a mark of respect to those who have suffered and died, people in Australia are encouraged to stop what they are doing at 11 am to observe one minute’s silence and reflect on the loss and suffering caused by war.<br /></div><div>Ern and I went to our local service - IT WAS SUCH A HOT DAY - I felt sooooo sorry for those veterans wearing suits and ties (Ern was one of them .....) ..... but noooooo way would they not dress up for the occasion regardless of the weather.</div><br /><div>The Melbourne Shrine of Rememberance is 75 years old today.</div><br /><div>The red poppies which bloomed on the battlefields at Ypres in 1915 inspired Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae to write the poem, In Flanders Fields. He was a Canadian surgeon attached to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade during the battle of Ypres.</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402820837305407778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhcciFG1mIBDSkxh4j3wahCRIKChYnG9kepjnxyUEpwNqkHrsjz7WcSzqv9SaS-9DzWDiW_Be71fqA9PxF2-UrMsRgfnTLmHwsJnjTMxc8hq4VMDRR6LA9Vmooxw6F3ydF6wkKw/s400/DVA+2009+Remembrance+poster.jpg" /> </div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-13634019671607274742009-10-14T22:33:00.002+11:002009-10-14T22:36:30.774+11:002 NEW DRUMCARDERSI bought a Louet Junior Drumcarder ..... it is a lovely machine and with fine teeth. This one will be used ONLY for my REALLY GOOD fibre.<br /><br />I also bought the fantastic WILDCARDER from Ashford. This will be great for my art/novelty yarns.Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-53552262684518814412009-09-19T11:44:00.004+10:002010-06-15T10:15:52.044+10:00SPINNING IN PUBLIC DAY<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCpZeDkt5xxg1JszCxQW9SsWtueymjRpxYAcg5ddxkfsYNu_yNELRw_Oo6El9jQpc_HcWIl0uZFyLfRETZVFPvUQFwFpGhdXZjIngD99Il-VXqxj4GkTWP8_llZcGzPAOg-0f0g/s1600-h/Spin+in+Public+Day+2009+026.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382989062284973074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCpZeDkt5xxg1JszCxQW9SsWtueymjRpxYAcg5ddxkfsYNu_yNELRw_Oo6El9jQpc_HcWIl0uZFyLfRETZVFPvUQFwFpGhdXZjIngD99Il-VXqxj4GkTWP8_llZcGzPAOg-0f0g/s320/Spin+in+Public+Day+2009+026.JPG" /></a>Today is Spin In Public Day (SIP) ..... so here I am spinning on our nature stip outside my home. Admittedly I wasn't spinning there very long, but at least I participated !!!!! <div></div><div>Before I went onto the nature strip, I had been spinning on the front lawn where passers-by always wave and say hello. They must be used to seeing strange things at our house - eg, strange fleeces drying on the front lawn, dyed skeins waving in the breeze from the front porch and dyed fleeces and rovings swinging from the clothes line !</div>Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30707783.post-27907412612625722152009-08-26T14:35:00.003+10:002009-08-26T14:38:49.561+10:00Tuesday Card Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF87WCRANQ8oDobrTo_GZH_QfIvNlrCatzWpHT3fz9UcKLnw5Cm_t7kmQZ26PDwYHrChvhDKNI2268DTSeiBug5LUTJl4CTyl9Gy-1ssDdH8vDx7dx8VHz-Q_dmmcykiu_uVmF_w/s1600-h/2009-08-26+cards+25+aug+09.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374126812532904146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF87WCRANQ8oDobrTo_GZH_QfIvNlrCatzWpHT3fz9UcKLnw5Cm_t7kmQZ26PDwYHrChvhDKNI2268DTSeiBug5LUTJl4CTyl9Gy-1ssDdH8vDx7dx8VHz-Q_dmmcykiu_uVmF_w/s200/2009-08-26+cards+25+aug+09.jpg" /></a>When I can, I like to go to Ferngully Stamps for a card making class on Tuesday mornings. I went this week where we made 3 cards using the roller stamps ... my first attempt. Our tutor, Marlene is so patient with us .... is it because we talk so much?<br />For the top right card, we used black mulberry paper. To fray the edges, drag a wet cotton bud along the sides of a ruler and then tear apart. It's such a lovely textured paper to work with.Spinayarn99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724643740147983020noreply@blogger.com0