tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67544046369417822332024-03-10T15:33:38.973-07:00Helsie's HappeningsHelsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comBlogger785125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-6079371332636196142023-03-24T21:24:00.003-07:002023-03-24T21:24:23.486-07:00MEMMORIES OF MUM<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy62LVG6lw0EtJ_zENiKfys81YN1V5Y1537mjGDXnQB2y_2yqnTx89QXhxoVZD971A7m1E-nu2mAWE-WbW1hIVZBX5-s6NW17yQOE7As3qQlZZ4gxRbaqGt_6R05DCwS0Cc5r8gJs4oi1879mvS-bPOeJcYHUlQjyuROyVK9RRMGgS2NJsHm4x73MY/s573/60thwedding2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="573" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy62LVG6lw0EtJ_zENiKfys81YN1V5Y1537mjGDXnQB2y_2yqnTx89QXhxoVZD971A7m1E-nu2mAWE-WbW1hIVZBX5-s6NW17yQOE7As3qQlZZ4gxRbaqGt_6R05DCwS0Cc5r8gJs4oi1879mvS-bPOeJcYHUlQjyuROyVK9RRMGgS2NJsHm4x73MY/w375-h346/60thwedding2.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Eileen Bardon <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">These are my notes that I put together
before Mum’s Memorial. Since there was only me speaking, with a little help
from Tony, I needed to have it all thought out and plenty to say. Also wanted
to be able to hand it over to Tony if I found I couldn’t manage it, but it was
all good and went just as I wanted. Lots of laughs. Johnnie and even Phil
chipped in a couple of times too which was great. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I didn’t read from it at all as I had
thought it all through ( can’t read from notes when I’m trying to talk anyway)
but the bold printed words were a good prompt as I went along.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">1.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mum
used to tell me <b>stories</b> about growing up in her large family. She always
told me about her grandfather Heritage who she loved. When he called in to see
the family he would take her around in his horse and cart. He used to call her
“Babs”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She fondly remembered her time with her brothers and
sisters and the fun they used to have and how she would wash the floor only for
a troop of boys with dirty feet to run across it and how she would chase them down
the yard. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mum used to tell me lots of stories about how she and
Aunty Bell used to look after the twins, Marie and Phil. She was very proud of these
babies and thought they were so beautiful so one day she and Aunty Bell loaded them
into the pram – both together because they were still quite small, but must
have been at least sitting up I think – and then set off on the long walk to
show the babies off to the Nuns. They trundled off along the train track but
kept hitting bumps <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(possibly the
sleepers !!) which would tip the babies out of the pram onto the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">They were then bundled up and put back into the pram and
off they would go again! Heavens knows what condition these babies were in by
the time they reached the Nuns ! Mum used to laugh and laugh when she told this
story.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODsBkmwtYUnrccqqf_SsIuUbwE5pYNF4tete9VKGoL4Ga7OgH_UnT_bOtv_HwdEQfIPe1-ppwKX8740GvgRCZw6puDbt4jA5c-PIv1i8JXEitIchhykleeOFqrda3ewWqIfq1F1xFQyPvdVFd42MQXd_v-qQ1_iyVCt46hMDLJr55uySKGck7PltA/s4032/2017SCAN%20(165).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="4032" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODsBkmwtYUnrccqqf_SsIuUbwE5pYNF4tete9VKGoL4Ga7OgH_UnT_bOtv_HwdEQfIPe1-ppwKX8740GvgRCZw6puDbt4jA5c-PIv1i8JXEitIchhykleeOFqrda3ewWqIfq1F1xFQyPvdVFd42MQXd_v-qQ1_iyVCt46hMDLJr55uySKGck7PltA/w429-h286/2017SCAN%20(165).JPG" width="429" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4q2uej8-MQ--TxPfzFRQciiT_LQyGhfGnASHOgNR1gu4IV25DwgTYDqp9e_gJylciTOPku8j95pUMs8VS6I1LE-c0KIxlb7aPNU0-mgRpJgA8mba2rELHFxMEQ3WrQLndZYrh5Zi25Gcbo1_QdY_yrmLs2Cuz7tDGEoB9VQzZWhHY-lK69FKwKxs/s939/561088_338529649561278_1836693759_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="939" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4q2uej8-MQ--TxPfzFRQciiT_LQyGhfGnASHOgNR1gu4IV25DwgTYDqp9e_gJylciTOPku8j95pUMs8VS6I1LE-c0KIxlb7aPNU0-mgRpJgA8mba2rELHFxMEQ3WrQLndZYrh5Zi25Gcbo1_QdY_yrmLs2Cuz7tDGEoB9VQzZWhHY-lK69FKwKxs/w436-h298/561088_338529649561278_1836693759_n.jpg" width="436" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">2.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Mum always had a very <b>strong
connection</b> to all of her family. This meant that our house became a
gathering point and we always had someone visiting from out of town. Uncle Joe
and his four kids regularly visited our place in Taringa as well us Uncle Len,
Aunty Bell with Tim and Felicity, and she even managed to organise a great
reunion with Uncle Cyril who had been living in the USA for more than 15 years
! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Some years later Cyril asked Mum to step in and become
Guardian to <b>Debbie </b>as his wife was ill, so Deb, at 14, came out to
Australia, attending Ipswich girls Grammar as a boarder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mum used to set off on a <b>yearly pilgrimage</b> to
visit her brothers and sisters<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- one
year after she had recently obtained her <b>driver’s licence</b> she loaded
Bruce and I into the car and we set off for Sydney to visit Aunty Haze,
travelling along the New England highway. A lone woman back in the 1950s who
hardly knew the back of the car from the front travelling all that way on her
own with two kids! She was so game !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Of course, along the way we had car problems. The
engine overheated and the red light came on. Well, you know how scary it is
when those darn red lights come on. So we pulled over to the side of the road
in the middle of nowhere and somehow managed to lift the hood to observe the
steam coming from the radiator. I foolishly managed to unscrew the radiator cap
releasing an explosion of boiling water and steam but luckily escaping it
landing on any of us. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Now we were in worse trouble as the radiator had NO
WATER in it at all and we didn’t have any with us either! Ever resourceful,
Bruce scrambled down the embankment on the side of the road and filled a
container he found there – an old can I think - from a large puddle of muddy
water and we poured it into the radiator and off we went again! I never heard
of any ill effects on the car from this rough treatment !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Most years Mum’s yearly trips took her north to visit Grandma.
These trips continued after Grandma died- Uncle Bill in Gladstone, then Denise
and her family, Uncle Len and his family, Aunty Mavis, Uncle Noel, Uncle Joe
and Keith and any others who were still living around Rockhampton.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrT3s1adfJasxYE5a9S_sy5iEHSdxVVJx4LQEILc4KJpFvwXUjDuXHqNmIYHIW0rVrrUxnIVFASj0Whxuzu5eydZEQuzFF9y_RLJFOGRv4KY0vFwvBYnd1kAg-nIGB7AgCVkprR93tg8VJh8Ppc3OUzQ3a9EzNd11Z9jW1P44nDIu7GimJNQ4vgui/s4896/DSC01754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="4896" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrT3s1adfJasxYE5a9S_sy5iEHSdxVVJx4LQEILc4KJpFvwXUjDuXHqNmIYHIW0rVrrUxnIVFASj0Whxuzu5eydZEQuzFF9y_RLJFOGRv4KY0vFwvBYnd1kAg-nIGB7AgCVkprR93tg8VJh8Ppc3OUzQ3a9EzNd11Z9jW1P44nDIu7GimJNQ4vgui/w444-h250/DSC01754.JPG" width="444" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mm-Th3tswSc48xmi8zlvW-236yZtLEkn7EwJQERoiD9Xaw2Z6Z1mHQf_AENSHCQb99Vy5Zu5BQXnX3CJsLlTwHyhXENyqe30ff8cGT4N8p8ADc0vq3gE5hntIv2SLwZTXRTPsgCIL4VbEIhdu2H9MtU7oOsUPsU_7FZjbC8Q522KVTb4onnAQLZi/s4608/DSCF6543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mm-Th3tswSc48xmi8zlvW-236yZtLEkn7EwJQERoiD9Xaw2Z6Z1mHQf_AENSHCQb99Vy5Zu5BQXnX3CJsLlTwHyhXENyqe30ff8cGT4N8p8ADc0vq3gE5hntIv2SLwZTXRTPsgCIL4VbEIhdu2H9MtU7oOsUPsU_7FZjbC8Q522KVTb4onnAQLZi/w466-h262/DSCF6543.JPG" width="466" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She and Dad also travelled <b>overseas </b>to visit Wo
and her growing tribe in Michigan, Debbie in Texas, and Elaine and Felicity in
the UK. Many of the photos in the slide show that we will show you later were
taken on those visits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">3.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Mum loved <b>dancing.</b>
She told me about how she would dance the Sailors Hornpipe and other dances,
having been taught lots of these dances by the Nuns at school and could still
skip around doing the remembered steps well into her older years ! She had lots
of stories of going off to dances around the district with Grandpop from quite
a young age – 8 or 9 I think but maybe younger – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Grandma was left at home to mind the kids. I think
Grandma must have sent her along to keep Grandpop on the straight and narrow ! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Luckily Dad was a great dancer and they very much
enjoyed taking to the dance floor to strut their stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">4.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Mum loved <b>music</b>
of all kinds…just ask her neighbours ! I guess that came from the family
singalongs where Grandpop or Uncle Joe or Wally played the piano accordion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Growing up we listened to and sang along with songs
like A White Sports Coat and a Pink Carnation as well as all the old Irish
songs learnt from Grandma. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In later years a lovely neighbour from Fraser Shores
recorded music onto an ipod for her and these blasted out from her stereo for
all the street to hear. This continued at The Waterford. Though she eventually
had trouble stringing words together she could still sometimes join in with the
singalongs of all the old songs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">5.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mum
was a <b>great sewer</b> – an ability probably developed out of necessity. Growing
up there was always mending and alterations to do for the family and if you
wanted new clothes they had to be handmade. In the hard times she talked about making
clothes from flower bags which apparently were printed with pretty patterns
especially for this reason in the years of the Depression.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As I remember, most of my clothes growing up were made
by Mum and even in her later years where she would buy ready made dresses, they
were always taken apart and modified – darts put in the right places, too long sleeves
shortened ( a problem I have myself !!), <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6 inches or so off the bottom because they
were too long and that material fashioned into frills around the neckline or
belts to go around the waistline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dad was never safe from her mending either and I
remember the laughs we had when we saw his rear view as he went off to bed in
pyjama pants with a large v shape piece of material added to the backside to
give him a bit more room !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">6.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mum
was always <b>busy </b>and never sat down without something in her hands to
work on. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">- She <b>crocheted</b> rugs and each grandchild was
gifted one of these. I know Sally for one, still has hers today. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">– She learnt to work with <b>beads </b>while she lived
at Fraser shores and I have a range of necklaces and bracelets which she
churned out at a great rate using all sorts of intricate patterns and colours.
Then she moved on to making tiny bells for Christmas decorations which she then
gave away so there are lots of them amongst the family both here and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">overseas.
I have half a dozen of them to go on my tree every year along with the little
angel she made and decorated out of cardboard and tinsel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">- When Mum was in her late 30 to 40s she took up <b>painting</b>
which she really enjoyed and which she shared with my cousin Judy Hall who was then
only a youngster with lots of talent. They used to set up out the back and
paint together every week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">- and if she wasn’t making something, she loved to do <b>word
puzzles</b> and finished every puzzle in her weekly copy of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s Life magazine until she was about 93.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">7.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Another
of Mum’s interests was <b>horse racing.</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mum
had a good dose of the Hall’s love of gambling ! She loved the horse races and
Saturday mornings were taken up getting the scratchings from the radio. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was no good trying to hold a conversation with her
on a Saturday, her mind was elsewhere : ringing through to put her $1 bets on with
the TAB, working out her quinellas, trifectors and eachway bets. She had her
favourite horses<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Tullock was one I
remember) and jockeys. Her bets were never large and on the whole neither were
her wins but every now and then we would celebrate one with dinner from the
take away Chinese at Auchenflower that we would collect in a saucepan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She also loved the <b>Pokies</b> and would happily set
off for a day playing the machines as well as Keno at least once a week at the
Casino at the Gold Coast or the RSL in Hervey Bay, often accompanied by Phil and
sometimes Carmie too but happily on her own. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dad would often pick her up, sometimes having
a meal there with her before they came home. She was well known to the bus
drivers from the RSL who looked after her and saw she got home safely in her
later years<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">8. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Finally, Mum loved <b>pretty
colours.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She dressed in them <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- and everything always matched. Purple was a
particular favourite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She decorated her house in them – who could forget the
bright aqua posts at the front of their house at Fraser shores ! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She loved pretty flowers and though she was never a
gardener she always had a vase of flowers from Dad’s garden on her dining table.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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She looked terrific in her new outfit and with her hair done by the hairdresser
who came in to The Waterford specially to do it and she loved all the
attention.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She received a birthday greeting
from the Queen, Governor-General and the Premier as well as a lovely letter
from the Dept of Veteran Affairs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After such a long life Mum leaves behind lots
of memories for all of us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Helsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-21471804590998070732023-03-24T20:58:00.003-07:002023-03-24T20:58:49.564-07:00MUM 1922 - 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjo8lmxHBKUTCSgMjvL3woVRJC3CExZ1g09XAlz_8N2EWmGC4M0RxoO161hMxXLkcOWykaBla5a9imDEysToRchEb0PFWGQ4u1zC1uXNH1bXNtzowJInoXXMdE3mMdz8IKRGKLo5tjSP517B-2dwZLb4VOe9QOi5NKErB2HCt7ERN2XkhhbCfm1T9F" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="518" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjo8lmxHBKUTCSgMjvL3woVRJC3CExZ1g09XAlz_8N2EWmGC4M0RxoO161hMxXLkcOWykaBla5a9imDEysToRchEb0PFWGQ4u1zC1uXNH1bXNtzowJInoXXMdE3mMdz8IKRGKLo5tjSP517B-2dwZLb4VOe9QOi5NKErB2HCt7ERN2XkhhbCfm1T9F=w212-h377" width="212" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Eileen Frances Bardon was born in Milman , about 30k
out of Rockhampton, on the 19<sup>th</sup> July 1922, the fourth child and
second daughter of Albert and Sarah Hall. They went on to have nine more
children in the coming years. ( Isabel, Joseph, Albert, Eileen, Noel, Hazel,
Cyril, Len, Bill, Marie, Phil, John and Marg <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She was always tiny – the shortest in the family – and
was affectionately known as “Bub” or occasionally “Bubby” her whole life. Right
to the end her mother often called her “Bubba” and she was known throughout the
family as Aunty Bub.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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in most big families Bub was actively involved in caring for her younger
siblings and generally helped her mother around the home taking an active role
in washing and cleaning both the home and the children – often chasing up the
boys who had run bare foot all day and making them wash their feet before they
went to bed ! She also lined up the boys to cut their hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz7S0SvQF6DIVszTPMmaCowe8ihbKZrKCVxxVv9Um2YaA8IoLouGAPwWB5LGRmiKEhj29wpB8E-Qqek1H2UV5z0uBmK-wmwS3Vv9otAcUvB6RFU-kQh5bdFjP8okK7hFjiao00sXwsIXqpyeeGFPMs-5jI6rowPKwKNZOkcEGNXx5g76TVyJDVBzUz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="707" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz7S0SvQF6DIVszTPMmaCowe8ihbKZrKCVxxVv9Um2YaA8IoLouGAPwWB5LGRmiKEhj29wpB8E-Qqek1H2UV5z0uBmK-wmwS3Vv9otAcUvB6RFU-kQh5bdFjP8okK7hFjiao00sXwsIXqpyeeGFPMs-5jI6rowPKwKNZOkcEGNXx5g76TVyJDVBzUz=w453-h303" width="453" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Over the years the family moved around the Rockhampton
area living in Glenmore, then in a leanto hut with dirt floors built by her
father during the hard years of the depression. By the end of 1934 there were
eleven children in the family and though times were very tough, the children
formed strong family ties and were happy and healthy. Eventually their fortunes
improved and the family moved to a house in North Rockhampton.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Bub left school during Year 8 without completing the
Scholarship year in order to get a job and contribute to the family coffers. As
was done in those times almost her whole wage was handed over to her father to
help with family finances. Albert generously purchased a bicycle for her to
ride the several miles to and from her work. Eventually she moved away from
home to work but continued to help out financially as best she could for
several years.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Marriage</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When World War II broke out Eileen and Hazel joined
the WAAF, working in munition factories and then clerical work throughout the
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Brisbane a handsome, returning Airman called George Bardon sighted her at a
dance. She and Hazel were having a cup of tea and always the charmer, he
approached them and bought them another cup of tea. The girls were fiercely
protective of eachother and George soon found if he wanted to take one out he
had to take the other along too, so he took them both out to dinner ! Obviously
he passed the first test and the next date was just with Eileen.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">The next test was to meet the family and this one was crucial…and the Halls – numbering 14 children by now- would have been a confronting bunch, but the introduction went well and they were married in Rockhampton three months later on 9/2/1946. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOJnbAPiegCas56IOQi6tdVJVcb4w_gIgorPgynEEOL43As4LL0s8F9h_yJTpsBnQ1KHkgHTIngyDWdUKsbA1aY2DayQFYuJ-GjZ9fbA9MNXHV5xawZ1Q_4RKs1ipayeJK4mvpPs2CUE5MQhDz3qRy6fZHtYwszeSxkp86KmkcHyj1C4YM8cMbdTBT" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="521" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOJnbAPiegCas56IOQi6tdVJVcb4w_gIgorPgynEEOL43As4LL0s8F9h_yJTpsBnQ1KHkgHTIngyDWdUKsbA1aY2DayQFYuJ-GjZ9fbA9MNXHV5xawZ1Q_4RKs1ipayeJK4mvpPs2CUE5MQhDz3qRy6fZHtYwszeSxkp86KmkcHyj1C4YM8cMbdTBT=w393-h295" width="393" /></a></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Life<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Not long after George and Eileen were married, as was
the way in those times, George’s Uncle Lionel offered the newlyweds jobs in his
hotel in Mareeba. George became the Licencee of Dunlop’s Hotel and Eileen
helped Aunty Ray with the daily running of the hotel where she learned the fine
points of table setting, catering and refined her considerable cooking skills
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Helen was born they moved from Mareeba to the Metrapole Hotel in Ipswich once
again running the hotel for Lionel and Ray until Bruce was born and they
decided that a hotel was no place to bring up children. Another uncle, (Harry
who was married to George’s Aunty Marj) saved the day by offering him a job in
his fruit shop in Taringa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Before long George had moved on from living behind and
working in the fruitshop to joining his uncle as a buyer for the chain of shops
known as Suburban Wholesale Fruiterers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Eileen and George moved to a house in Taringa then later to Figtree Pocket and both of these homes were always
filled with family gatherings of the Hall clan. The strong connections of the adult
siblings were passed on to the children and still remain today.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In their later years George and Eileen moved to the
Gold Coast. The grandchildren spent many happy holidays with them there. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Their final move was to Hervey Bay -first to their own
home, then to Fraser Shores Retirement village where they enjoyed many new
friendships and activities for 10 years, before moving into The Waterford Aged
Care Facility for their final 5 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">George remained her rock throughout the 75 years of
their marriage. They had two children – Helen and Bruce, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">five
grandchildren –</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">and nine great-grandchildren – </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Eileen was always a devoted wife, mother, grandmother
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birthday. Hair specially set and wearing a new outfit she looked a million
dollars and had a great celebration.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Eileen lived a long, happy life, always gathering the
people she loved around her and supporting them all throughout their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> She was an active,
vibrant person. A little pocket dynamo !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">She
will be missed by many.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">R
I P</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p></div>Helsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-48652632176015031682021-07-21T17:01:00.004-07:002021-07-21T17:28:57.039-07:00OLYMPIC GAMES 2032 - BRISBANE <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtQNG34fsxJDR3FZ1a1tdOqi1k0JeViHOWox1m5BZrsgXFceedAWD94Te1Jdf1_PBBvrrRmG4vHTcSLYkjBxzq2eNJRtEgt3V2p5M4ZjaQOzSKBlSpKdNIfMJFptrMDcVD7XP-sIPoEs/s1560/212750859_3976547252444000_736202203727593383_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1560" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtQNG34fsxJDR3FZ1a1tdOqi1k0JeViHOWox1m5BZrsgXFceedAWD94Te1Jdf1_PBBvrrRmG4vHTcSLYkjBxzq2eNJRtEgt3V2p5M4ZjaQOzSKBlSpKdNIfMJFptrMDcVD7XP-sIPoEs/w640-h426/212750859_3976547252444000_736202203727593383_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, It's <b><span style="font-size: large;">BRISBANE !</span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtG3gTkGYCeH0Uj8JEsHFMS_PXXTduGsAWzKV4eS-yjled35438ix8j2MsfsC6WdLyET6Xq1nRCjsohUunoS6eIt5cLkIrR07mrr97yXvzgSekGCIOrfg7mT0U4DTB7v-CDwJ29Lmdmw/s2048/215812174_3976547212444004_4622917393480256654_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbtG3gTkGYCeH0Uj8JEsHFMS_PXXTduGsAWzKV4eS-yjled35438ix8j2MsfsC6WdLyET6Xq1nRCjsohUunoS6eIt5cLkIrR07mrr97yXvzgSekGCIOrfg7mT0U4DTB7v-CDwJ29Lmdmw/w426-h640/215812174_3976547212444004_4622917393480256654_n.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The decision was announced last night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjI7VDNOHEgRK5EWrVzEUjOSvVBiPyqXvYy0vJ7pmRgABqWLhqhwnlqORCMU2Wkp6qQXShOxWpCWBXj5lB-_2eJJ-Ej8YgYV47at1Q3rRzXwgI3CF-oZnm9yn09UX4lWv5D2DiOXtZgAk/s959/0a28d980-ea73-11eb-bedf-b7bd06c03a64.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="959" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjI7VDNOHEgRK5EWrVzEUjOSvVBiPyqXvYy0vJ7pmRgABqWLhqhwnlqORCMU2Wkp6qQXShOxWpCWBXj5lB-_2eJJ-Ej8YgYV47at1Q3rRzXwgI3CF-oZnm9yn09UX4lWv5D2DiOXtZgAk/w640-h336/0a28d980-ea73-11eb-bedf-b7bd06c03a64.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crowds of people had gathered at Southbank Parklands by the Brisbane river to await the decision.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1FA3DyoH_fADgwNkrrUNq4JcSjTHny6uzbqksL7pD9q31QeWIlHG7urnheuIvK0XFFpyaGu-qeUJoLjnduMWPKOhq-PMg3y0W2oMuYdqLLJS1C_cHtkS96llRZ0OgJPLAacS8YlkRmg/s862/7e79f7510105d09aad96cb1dd300c3c1.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="862" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1FA3DyoH_fADgwNkrrUNq4JcSjTHny6uzbqksL7pD9q31QeWIlHG7urnheuIvK0XFFpyaGu-qeUJoLjnduMWPKOhq-PMg3y0W2oMuYdqLLJS1C_cHtkS96llRZ0OgJPLAacS8YlkRmg/w640-h426/7e79f7510105d09aad96cb1dd300c3c1.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and cheers and fireworks erupted when the decision was announced.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iKtFHeOeEbcS8emCP6OqElByXo8tiK9kmGJwqSzEVYUiU3lPU-6-pppqqZZVhbPbokV4JF4K9HL2fxNExYm0a8eqaFWjzm-72-XDh5ZN43w695xJ69rM2LobXBE14hBLCidSAQ_U_QY/s862/bd68afdfc545c62bbefcd960d5158630.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="862" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iKtFHeOeEbcS8emCP6OqElByXo8tiK9kmGJwqSzEVYUiU3lPU-6-pppqqZZVhbPbokV4JF4K9HL2fxNExYm0a8eqaFWjzm-72-XDh5ZN43w695xJ69rM2LobXBE14hBLCidSAQ_U_QY/w640-h426/bd68afdfc545c62bbefcd960d5158630.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of money will be spent to provide the facilities needed for the Olympics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's hope that we can showcase our beautiful city to the world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Cheers,</i></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Helsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-88964149584957041392021-07-21T16:43:00.004-07:002021-07-21T17:58:09.156-07:00DAD 1922 - 2021<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbmUp3XoFOFWx1fhXTcpvJhkUuhxYK9TdhhrOk3eztJ4CAkqB8wRjzNMfzhHhqxmPoWblmejhZykVT98yURFh_qTneVAVQYG4bmxuOi8Sqj6_lyV5_Yy8TLfmXO5RZGMCPW8Ds6ZQcIA/s960/194120239_1086652175192325_5671577109210226810_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="528" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbmUp3XoFOFWx1fhXTcpvJhkUuhxYK9TdhhrOk3eztJ4CAkqB8wRjzNMfzhHhqxmPoWblmejhZykVT98yURFh_qTneVAVQYG4bmxuOi8Sqj6_lyV5_Yy8TLfmXO5RZGMCPW8Ds6ZQcIA/w266-h484/194120239_1086652175192325_5671577109210226810_n.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk74476430"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">George Bardon was born on
the 21<sup>st</sup> January 1922, the first child of Alice and Jim Bardon. They
went on to have three more children – Betty who will be 98 this year, Val who
is 94 and still driving her car in
Melbourne and Billy who is 90 and a half. </span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">George
grew up on the Atherton Tableland with a
short stint as a boarder at all Souls’ school in Charters Towers when he was
about 8 and finally leaving school after Grade 8 to get a job in a timber mill.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He
had various jobs on the tableland until he joined the Air Force and went off to
fight in WW2. During the war he was moved around the islands of the Pacific. At the end of the
war he and his fellow
airmen were told to make their own way home and report for duty in three month’s
time. No transport was provided for them and an American officer took pity on
them and flew them back to Cairns where they arrived late at night. The officer
contacted his wife telling her he had a group of hungry men with him whereupon
she got to work and provided them all with a meal. Shame on the Australian
Government. What a way to treat your troops !! </span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk74476466"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Marriage</span></b></a></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It
was when George (Dad ) reported back in
Brisbane for Demobilization that he met a couple of good looking Air Force
girls- Eileen (Mum ) and her sister
Hazel who were also in the process of demobilization. They were at a
dance. The girls were having a cup of tea and he approached them and, always
the charmer, bought them both another cup of tea ! He soon found out that if he wanted to take
one of them out he had to take the other one too, as they were fiercely
protective of each other, so he took both girls out to dinner. Obviously he
passed the test and the next date was just with Eileen (Mum)….. and they were
married in Rockhampton three months later. Amazingly he weathered the shock of
the first meeting with the Hall family of 13 children despite Marie swinging
out of the mango tree on a rope to greet him. Eileen (Mum) said he passed the final test with
flying colours !</span></p></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0TAIrW3xF-UQQO3wnZ_Z6a7a5tZzUq40yyyHaoW8Yqf2J3H-zFA5A3c85nGM_-rJtAWrnFI7JEK01B9nj225p2lFResbbV2l93BrzWnuRFPkwn3bYgf62LusvonkZtWq0vHPTKFPfnE/s1440/66606502_2934899603190800_4139440830790238208_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="800" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0TAIrW3xF-UQQO3wnZ_Z6a7a5tZzUq40yyyHaoW8Yqf2J3H-zFA5A3c85nGM_-rJtAWrnFI7JEK01B9nj225p2lFResbbV2l93BrzWnuRFPkwn3bYgf62LusvonkZtWq0vHPTKFPfnE/w290-h521/66606502_2934899603190800_4139440830790238208_n.jpg" width="290" /></a> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Eileen
and George (Mum and Dad ) remained devoted to each other for 75 years. He was
her rock and he was determined to look after her in her later years as Eileen’s
(Mum’s ) mind began to fail. They had two children, Helen and Bruce, five
grandchildren and eight great- grandchildren. George was a devoted family man,
a wonderful husband, father and grandfather.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk74476501"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Working Life</span></u></b></a></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Work</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> – Not long after George and Eileen
were married, as was the way in those times, Dad’s Uncle Lionel offered the
newlyweds jobs in his hotel in Mareeba. Dad became the Licencee of Dunlop’s
Hotel and Mum helped Aunty Ray with the daily running of the hotel where she
learned the fine points of table setting, catering and refined her cooking
skills in the hotel kitchen. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">After
Helen was born they moved from Mareeba to the Metropole Hotel in Ipswich once
again running the hotel for Lionel and Ray until Bruce was born and they
decided that a hotel was no place to bring up children. Another uncle, (Harry
who was married to Dad’s Aunty Marj) saved the day by offering Dad a job in his
fruit shop in Taringa.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Before
long George had moved on from living behind and working in the fruitshop to joining his uncle as a buyer for
the chain of shops known as Suburban Wholesale Fruiterers. When Harry died
suddenly he shouldered the load of running the business. He worked in this job
till he retired around 1975.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-U62JAdmNXAZvzzaemW4kKp0c7eEkPyKrqOl8SzOniYW6vRvajsV1WHsxi9GzoMr_pW8_Mrntd1RTTSJpcmhKrngUP7G1-B42lYjg-YOCW-A525tY98MOIKWhybUXziB5y3Um0l_my3I/s960/194615585_4758248264189249_5928904213342051637_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="850" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-U62JAdmNXAZvzzaemW4kKp0c7eEkPyKrqOl8SzOniYW6vRvajsV1WHsxi9GzoMr_pW8_Mrntd1RTTSJpcmhKrngUP7G1-B42lYjg-YOCW-A525tY98MOIKWhybUXziB5y3Um0l_my3I/w429-h485/194615585_4758248264189249_5928904213342051637_n.jpg" width="429" /></a></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk74476538"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Family </span></b></a></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Just
as he had been helped on by family, George found jobs for many of the family
over the years including his father, brother Bill, Eileen’s sisters Marie and
Phil (who also lived with them for a time), Eileen’s brother Noel and nephew
Keith, as well as eventually Bruce and Tony .</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">George
was a great fisherman, especially catching Black Bream using a long pole and a
special type of seaweed he would gather from the rocks and as children Helen
and Bruce spent many exciting times learning to master this style of fishing.
In their later years George and Eileen moved to the Gold Coast. The grand
children spent many happy holidays with them there. Fishing featured highly as
well as time at the beach and in the spa. </span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLBSdrK4507rx1yw3BbGoJhBdF3skYf9pZdclP91e3-JKkDQoLRcMtYHYKYjXKSZZyveocwSorOhUnO86jMESXVpM5rr3SVRdmT0fMYUZeQwewCZ778QG6VDSMANTDy6YH3eJclpobTI/s1600/P1040599.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLBSdrK4507rx1yw3BbGoJhBdF3skYf9pZdclP91e3-JKkDQoLRcMtYHYKYjXKSZZyveocwSorOhUnO86jMESXVpM5rr3SVRdmT0fMYUZeQwewCZ778QG6VDSMANTDy6YH3eJclpobTI/w431-h323/P1040599.JPG" width="431" /></a></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">George's other great love was lawn bowls which he played from quite a young age. He was a
very social man who loved company and a beer with his friends after the game.
Eventually Eileen (Mum ) joined him on the greens, firstly at Jindalee then at Currumbin.
They had many enjoyable times and made many friends at these clubs.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Their
last move was to Hervey Bay and eventually Fraser Shores Retirement village
where they slotted into the friendly atmosphere and enjoyed life in “the Resort”. </span></p></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As their health deteriorated Eileen and George took up residence in The Waterford Aged Care Facility in Hervey Bay where the devoted staff took great care of them.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffbH_V0WtD8-BSHWepAh_XrBkZ_7-zwRVtBgWT5_i6Y-YQJtBx1hkawA1qlCm03_MKGNzyiSjcKDRzuHJyEcjniAEXocKdo_syzXFG8I-wqpoZDL4gNUdFFHYZO4TnTN9eDWzoHrTRPc/s960/11146564_822132507835639_962292632601419218_n.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffbH_V0WtD8-BSHWepAh_XrBkZ_7-zwRVtBgWT5_i6Y-YQJtBx1hkawA1qlCm03_MKGNzyiSjcKDRzuHJyEcjniAEXocKdo_syzXFG8I-wqpoZDL4gNUdFFHYZO4TnTN9eDWzoHrTRPc/w479-h319/11146564_822132507835639_962292632601419218_n.jpg" width="479" /></a></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">George
lived a long and happy life amongst the people he loved. </span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We will miss him.</span></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>R I P</b> </div></blockquote>Helsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-62830592925163496672021-02-24T16:16:00.002-08:002021-02-25T15:11:27.164-08:00BRUMBIES OF THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS<p>In Australia we call wild horses <b>Brumbies.</b></p><p><b>Brumbies </b>have featured in poems and stories about the settlement of our country and of course there's the wonderful poem<b><span style="color: red;"> "The Man from Snowy River"</span></b> which was made into a movie about 30 years ago.</p><p>The Brumbies of the Snowy river area still roam the National Park today and are the object of fierce debate about the damage that they do to the National Park.</p><p>I recently stumbled onto a Facebook page written by a couple who follow and photograph these lovely wild horses and these are their photos, not mine.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieni4qAhGPMWf0LN8v0X_mJmssLu8YPDa6vIsD5qWsF0vSx5OS_FN-rhI0l34jIhChRvtYdQLq_CvX7liLDgp5gUcY18IHfkaMK1M7xArKv0PMDgSpieqcyJWM8lapiLlP2CoX2Wz-rWg/s1757/132827291_1927176510773933_4088969999572649552_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1757" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieni4qAhGPMWf0LN8v0X_mJmssLu8YPDa6vIsD5qWsF0vSx5OS_FN-rhI0l34jIhChRvtYdQLq_CvX7liLDgp5gUcY18IHfkaMK1M7xArKv0PMDgSpieqcyJWM8lapiLlP2CoX2Wz-rWg/w563-h285/132827291_1927176510773933_4088969999572649552_o.jpg" width="563" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I understand that there are many different groups of brumbies. Families collected by a stallion which move and live and breed under his protection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65dfeO9hYyPWZgs84LjOnk429gJsr84EIMT8LtJKipqyCQQyAt_FNij83xwPG6adTV1z3XT_wt5nhXoe9GZBHqnwiRiv8tG1yOyBk5e2t3IkDX1kUH-RXxO0b5DRAGLwFA_v_5MdnGoU/s1737/132859335_1927176307440620_6973546469730719979_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1737" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65dfeO9hYyPWZgs84LjOnk429gJsr84EIMT8LtJKipqyCQQyAt_FNij83xwPG6adTV1z3XT_wt5nhXoe9GZBHqnwiRiv8tG1yOyBk5e2t3IkDX1kUH-RXxO0b5DRAGLwFA_v_5MdnGoU/w597-h310/132859335_1927176307440620_6973546469730719979_o.jpg" width="597" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some groups are large and some only number about six or seven.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FFf8s2nAihRF8OnGS8DmUSev5AWMZRSfM47LTM_Ts_KUShXsst9zpK3x4TRiqlvHTAXHndBzAVAhv0pvLI3pSVe-vsuCsfUh053C5gknl_pRG5DkcaPaldI6bnPYsD84NTxcGliQNmY/s1606/132651032_1926563057501945_7982758787759741860_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1606" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FFf8s2nAihRF8OnGS8DmUSev5AWMZRSfM47LTM_Ts_KUShXsst9zpK3x4TRiqlvHTAXHndBzAVAhv0pvLI3pSVe-vsuCsfUh053C5gknl_pRG5DkcaPaldI6bnPYsD84NTxcGliQNmY/w581-h352/132651032_1926563057501945_7982758787759741860_o.jpg" width="581" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reproduction seems to be going well</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNqp2NtGhhyTChkwQq3NrswRKfOTVgGU1MLDg5A-aysUMRR6BpnVejgzKMRxa0jIHxOJ5-2UjaVHz8yXQoap8K17Hi6VIEoLgP4Wj3dtoFYuh1L6AMKyjBmhl7H7iZHo_kyAlyXXNJx4/s2048/132417524_1927176714107246_8665878928677703871_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="2048" height="433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNqp2NtGhhyTChkwQq3NrswRKfOTVgGU1MLDg5A-aysUMRR6BpnVejgzKMRxa0jIHxOJ5-2UjaVHz8yXQoap8K17Hi6VIEoLgP4Wj3dtoFYuh1L6AMKyjBmhl7H7iZHo_kyAlyXXNJx4/w571-h433/132417524_1927176714107246_8665878928677703871_o.jpg" width="571" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with most groups containing foals of different ages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvo0Rvr-sM1by0YG5yDtLPWKb47z9j7p4yTYDHvyTNOLL3ySPH2v4jmO8Z-yqvaXsSUm2JpdJYoQDLGlbgEQI_LbqTD0hsdL0ML6VxR-n8W1REa0YPGTxHa4qLIvOe2RyWpUTgT_ifTdg/s1693/stallion+-+Thor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1693" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvo0Rvr-sM1by0YG5yDtLPWKb47z9j7p4yTYDHvyTNOLL3ySPH2v4jmO8Z-yqvaXsSUm2JpdJYoQDLGlbgEQI_LbqTD0hsdL0ML6VxR-n8W1REa0YPGTxHa4qLIvOe2RyWpUTgT_ifTdg/w564-h308/stallion+-+Thor.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is one of the stallions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Isn't he magnificent ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some herds are full of bays and blacks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_KsAdtaHQWsipJ0ILaP6dFW4ZJBsEc3o4jEOnYc_L9_uXTvti2BZFaRvSpqQp5ZBHC6NJSZiLL6SAS5ATLZFx0xDL-fgWJ7WUU56uaJXxZcKYBqIhVeh-Ggda6QHXTy0boR_D5cryPc/s2048/84213400_1641276672697253_4227786955154259968_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_KsAdtaHQWsipJ0ILaP6dFW4ZJBsEc3o4jEOnYc_L9_uXTvti2BZFaRvSpqQp5ZBHC6NJSZiLL6SAS5ATLZFx0xDL-fgWJ7WUU56uaJXxZcKYBqIhVeh-Ggda6QHXTy0boR_D5cryPc/w531-h354/84213400_1641276672697253_4227786955154259968_o.jpg" width="531" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and some are mostly greys</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSOsr4C0cOZSRv_RbOAACXfvtrGHsu7q7JgMHwAGSzWfRdq2DY0KLQgNyfxBoKhfUEVDQOE36M7WbxQ36OsEmflq4lxlfXDU-W7IsgVJryR_ko7MYFuT5V4LxylNEf0APVRxSh0Usx_8/s2048/84623315_1641277686030485_80181979944845312_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="2048" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSOsr4C0cOZSRv_RbOAACXfvtrGHsu7q7JgMHwAGSzWfRdq2DY0KLQgNyfxBoKhfUEVDQOE36M7WbxQ36OsEmflq4lxlfXDU-W7IsgVJryR_ko7MYFuT5V4LxylNEf0APVRxSh0Usx_8/w548-h333/84623315_1641277686030485_80181979944845312_o.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like this herd.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQr6ELpy-2cm9jOZg5eyMS9GFRzrYFX45RUokIkRCXLtj9I-5bhAPlx4Xn-Ua0FciaWkB_vfsOB112RYRM6QbbwQMERXWPPtbt-IcwXGhalRZ0k_SBNTP7FQxsgZ8dRdMwtqbF86Dxc2E/w530-h354/86234895_1641277346030519_2047506490205405184_o.jpg" width="530" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These photos were taken in an area where the bushfires of last year have left their mark but thankfully the horses have survived the fires and are thriving.</div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Cn3YPdwpYdEQyvWi5jzJRotvbtLHs5hI69gJZKK2Odndam1Q096mRG-E0mOuRWR6dc3xaWq0qqBC93x3JUQ8Vwxx_zTCCAiNZbuJ8bOV9a5B4HibjM7pHr4H2QvwE_8WTysZzMLcdvs/s2048/86269678_1641277562697164_3047335753857105920_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>I love to see them looking so fit and healthy, magnificent specimens all of them !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Cheers.</i></b></div><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">*</span><b style="font-size: small;"> Snowy Brumby Photography Adventures with Michelle and Ian</b></span></p><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/snowybrumbyadventures" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/snowybrumbyadventures</a></p><p><br /></p>Helsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-74868155583484988392020-10-01T04:15:00.002-07:002020-10-01T04:15:11.340-07:00A DAY OUT AT THE LAVENDER FARM<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spring , in Queensland, is very short.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are lucky if it happens at all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The temperature goes from low twenties to low thirties in around four weeks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So if you want to see some flowers you have to be quick !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Monday we set off on a photography mission - to capture the lavender while it was still in bloom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIosSu5ukHKPA9DAhc-hhBd2SV9oEHpXFFKK2gb6nZbP9yAqziSqUoGilm3cIA8y8xs4120VfRT_Qe3haVAoc7W-7lwfTKO9NpQeltp_P2r1Ht9vhLZnPiqlDY2zuUfKxGu-DuaYjN8wM/s1200/12a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIosSu5ukHKPA9DAhc-hhBd2SV9oEHpXFFKK2gb6nZbP9yAqziSqUoGilm3cIA8y8xs4120VfRT_Qe3haVAoc7W-7lwfTKO9NpQeltp_P2r1Ht9vhLZnPiqlDY2zuUfKxGu-DuaYjN8wM/w645-h430/12a.jpeg" width="645" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is a "Lavender Farm" on the outskirts of Brisbane.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Actually it is part of a "winery" operation where wine is produced ( not very good), tastings offered at the Cellar Door, a very nice expensive restaurant caters to diners and weddings can be performed and celebrated in delightful surroundings.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A commercial operation and tourist destination in other words</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfneMPyX62CzF1q6zzu2QLWkI2XPqkuktXjscVNaNkiSk0Ya9YlI4NUQBvEgcIuHgS7csXNp9OsFML6HlNlZYIjTnkFllrmuygoreW2RXh8aYvGV2jTxS4vLsXZUs6OJukLaoJmKYq94/s831/PXL_20200928_030251951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="623" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfneMPyX62CzF1q6zzu2QLWkI2XPqkuktXjscVNaNkiSk0Ya9YlI4NUQBvEgcIuHgS7csXNp9OsFML6HlNlZYIjTnkFllrmuygoreW2RXh8aYvGV2jTxS4vLsXZUs6OJukLaoJmKYq94/w480-h640/PXL_20200928_030251951.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The lavender fields are not large but certainly well tended and we had arrived at precisely the right time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoN-VE_aig2Xtl24Gg6fmgkLwgGNU9fU07JfoPMsczaCUs6ktem3QCoIVKov1ld8svP06eLiUfqaDT11Z_lStA4iuiQL90fV4sJcezgB34QEBoqjrjPuAHOyk9_MydZZN8sb61K-10og/s2048/PXL_20200928_030633533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoN-VE_aig2Xtl24Gg6fmgkLwgGNU9fU07JfoPMsczaCUs6ktem3QCoIVKov1ld8svP06eLiUfqaDT11Z_lStA4iuiQL90fV4sJcezgB34QEBoqjrjPuAHOyk9_MydZZN8sb61K-10og/w480-h640/PXL_20200928_030633533.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhietpFeLp2Ciur-mpa-vhimh3zdrEsNDi5QMq9jmFE2JdsgVnUWst8Y6cvBTBEBQfPSekCOiseCy6ExG6_Pl21bhpy8Sq8UH6qmDnDk67j03XqLpH2cX4GYSHUwcVCf1zMHO2jIvIQHrc/s831/PXL_20200928_030251951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="623" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhietpFeLp2Ciur-mpa-vhimh3zdrEsNDi5QMq9jmFE2JdsgVnUWst8Y6cvBTBEBQfPSekCOiseCy6ExG6_Pl21bhpy8Sq8UH6qmDnDk67j03XqLpH2cX4GYSHUwcVCf1zMHO2jIvIQHrc/w480-h640/PXL_20200928_030251951.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see the vines on the hill in the distance though I think they are more for effect than actually producing wine.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3ZMdgqQqkbYMT-05-ArZvP1ktbz6hVYwG1tVPtQY5TdsO6SwdMxEJp3GvVg3DrbnS0jLrzZWKer_mfZ7o0H4Mtpp04vQkeh8kxHw-pvlW3Sm8DJb4xjJvBU69V81C0Ih6-4p5K5QNVk/s831/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple for the family album too !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApoYVnDVrANwuTZKYS9XThoeehfeXVit7QzWao_LLu-NeuC_Yq_MLyxSkqjHVt78NX2jXc-VrgPuvipL9SUt8d-hZmqlp1fBr-Yvf3v9GCQQ6rWGkfUoc1bL84aTdh0IFovvA6RHl31E/s831/3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="554" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApoYVnDVrANwuTZKYS9XThoeehfeXVit7QzWao_LLu-NeuC_Yq_MLyxSkqjHVt78NX2jXc-VrgPuvipL9SUt8d-hZmqlp1fBr-Yvf3v9GCQQ6rWGkfUoc1bL84aTdh0IFovvA6RHl31E/s320/3.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEamrXjJ2EwZiwKQtA1S09MXhuWO2oOEmFZxu9FCZ1-Hv8XouBY6vE1nQVb65cR-zO_Ay8VSUkX3ahG29fV6dBOmMa5lbBG-LDbrrKqRUCn2LkTvX8KjKrK3VcA6Yww7-rWFjjqdyac4/s831/PXL_20200928_030147880.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="623" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEamrXjJ2EwZiwKQtA1S09MXhuWO2oOEmFZxu9FCZ1-Hv8XouBY6vE1nQVb65cR-zO_Ay8VSUkX3ahG29fV6dBOmMa5lbBG-LDbrrKqRUCn2LkTvX8KjKrK3VcA6Yww7-rWFjjqdyac4/w480-h640/PXL_20200928_030147880.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Never-the-less it was all quite pretty though not exactly Provence !!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2VNgVL_P5AWCvYl9U5VYcdseE-jxCKJzcMrZuVCrMoaTzvvHwGnhzDQebCfWt23HTCNMbo1nbvw3ZIMAIQFsUMMxTtA0QAR1-uNf7ZwipROHaPuRM97k0g__UVkI-906gUpgZcIsBcE/s892/8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And luckily for the photographer there was a perfectly dressed subject wandering amongst the lavender.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8N-amo8Xq9F9YmGsbbAsQ2L1VMnu4ehWVLkL3fMujXtBU3KCaA3wmpZl00EeJqBaUp_Q7GodURM6yCRlYX3h8hfC_l0YQsLFgCqZswCulhjRwqsL0gPzhhHOvwKj7RGFKGCLOsVT0Faw/s831/2b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="664" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8N-amo8Xq9F9YmGsbbAsQ2L1VMnu4ehWVLkL3fMujXtBU3KCaA3wmpZl00EeJqBaUp_Q7GodURM6yCRlYX3h8hfC_l0YQsLFgCqZswCulhjRwqsL0gPzhhHOvwKj7RGFKGCLOsVT0Faw/w512-h640/2b.jpeg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Straw hat, floaty dress blowing in the breeze....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSk_SRr2IMzbCPv_sjumpV14c-gbaBvu3wQx4XgZX1ZwNbI3jIgjctVVueyJJDhj7ydlxxh_BT4lzElWaQvAKh6GR-Nhx1jV_Z87ax5Aewu2Ob3e0g85Y50EG-AThF_sTU4kRmfiVAbE/s831/1a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="665" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSk_SRr2IMzbCPv_sjumpV14c-gbaBvu3wQx4XgZX1ZwNbI3jIgjctVVueyJJDhj7ydlxxh_BT4lzElWaQvAKh6GR-Nhx1jV_Z87ax5Aewu2Ob3e0g85Y50EG-AThF_sTU4kRmfiVAbE/w512-h640/1a.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anonymous.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photos taken we wandered to the "Tuscan Terrace" for a light lunch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mGLtS5SAD_onoJL49anehbVDdbVIFZCdzQMSjCJkrrG5y2J-iRM1Ekk9OcFpNpfkk7X6RiM_86GjsPMw90yot2CVDVcjmbuh6LDNJ9fo78xY5Y6-FoiLkrA9FcMzFVCogKkoNjQJY3E/s1108/PXL_20200928_045049660.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1108" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mGLtS5SAD_onoJL49anehbVDdbVIFZCdzQMSjCJkrrG5y2J-iRM1Ekk9OcFpNpfkk7X6RiM_86GjsPMw90yot2CVDVcjmbuh6LDNJ9fo78xY5Y6-FoiLkrA9FcMzFVCogKkoNjQJY3E/w640-h480/PXL_20200928_045049660.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It certainly felt just like a leafy square in the South of France if not Tuscany</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnRwHuEbsb3IfO-JtepLWEwoiM1ltuPdsoyJ0_ahWGTk97IYDjt_WivGBQJ_OOqPs-gjPpA77-kEMFU_dS21lD37_UUOyMJXRaPHkFzm6PkwqdvvhA8FfuDsI9BZ6rM0v4eOFWLqnpQM/s1108/PXL_20200928_045043931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1108" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnRwHuEbsb3IfO-JtepLWEwoiM1ltuPdsoyJ0_ahWGTk97IYDjt_WivGBQJ_OOqPs-gjPpA77-kEMFU_dS21lD37_UUOyMJXRaPHkFzm6PkwqdvvhA8FfuDsI9BZ6rM0v4eOFWLqnpQM/w640-h480/PXL_20200928_045043931.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #5f6368; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">rosé</span> because of the hour long rive home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfbVZZuHBM0jwcVPUbiz20b5Bj2OGUAS-vLXm8HkC8r9PTFReWgePsntnkzuLS1d-CPGeGaY5jl_97dFuMLdeylJDbpGgPvzKc_DSRZDUG8lPmAXzs0rS8afx1FQ4mWJyzHuPD-VvbKc/s330/PXL_20200928_041633181.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="330" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfbVZZuHBM0jwcVPUbiz20b5Bj2OGUAS-vLXm8HkC8r9PTFReWgePsntnkzuLS1d-CPGeGaY5jl_97dFuMLdeylJDbpGgPvzKc_DSRZDUG8lPmAXzs0rS8afx1FQ4mWJyzHuPD-VvbKc/w640-h480/PXL_20200928_041633181.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However the view was purely Australian</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWVE9xzeNbBWwj29NWtsjK77taWLKUG64c7rUwJdq4K-Z-ZUPcN81bavPGNyXauCVmaPYN7IRDDGt3KBeCmM4jnz9HNoK1Fhe3VEdikvuAwiP5mShkFlUddRxHyVZy_zERFl6QqE4ETw/s1108/PXL_20200928_045124856.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1108" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWVE9xzeNbBWwj29NWtsjK77taWLKUG64c7rUwJdq4K-Z-ZUPcN81bavPGNyXauCVmaPYN7IRDDGt3KBeCmM4jnz9HNoK1Fhe3VEdikvuAwiP5mShkFlUddRxHyVZy_zERFl6QqE4ETw/w640-h480/PXL_20200928_045124856.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzs6VLjNtaLkBtNi3wrgaALYhe7t5xkgaosktOjEpSOkToDPCVS3_EWgLe7LCfE27OiRjLMleRRwkhnviMyaWe2JgqnADRY79B1qvv0VewAquJA3cDANYTOCueG11wJmjS5ihDrcDZ9E/s1108/PXL_20200928_045132299.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1108" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzs6VLjNtaLkBtNi3wrgaALYhe7t5xkgaosktOjEpSOkToDPCVS3_EWgLe7LCfE27OiRjLMleRRwkhnviMyaWe2JgqnADRY79B1qvv0VewAquJA3cDANYTOCueG11wJmjS5ihDrcDZ9E/w640-h480/PXL_20200928_045132299.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and so was the wildlife !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECuNPtM91UxkcHpIpGDtq2SuZoRR2JkVzwzaauboeoiq5xFv9QeZs_2MVeq6jzm5pY1jpPz2iLP3VwAJaY52ieMJEq8sEmtqIXVaD1bJ8tPsYBF2SEBrlA26VN56NXK9p2l5DjTGW-UA/s831/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="665" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECuNPtM91UxkcHpIpGDtq2SuZoRR2JkVzwzaauboeoiq5xFv9QeZs_2MVeq6jzm5pY1jpPz2iLP3VwAJaY52ieMJEq8sEmtqIXVaD1bJ8tPsYBF2SEBrlA26VN56NXK9p2l5DjTGW-UA/w320-h400/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">This awful Covid Pandemic has meant that we have been unable to visit family for six months even when they live only an hour's drive away, so we were happy to load ourselves into the car and travel up to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to Mt Tamborine to visit Tony's sister recently on a lovely Spring day..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tony's sister is very artistic ( she makes those wonderful tea cosies which I showed you<a href="https://helsieshappenings.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-co-insidence.html" target="_blank"> here</a> ) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and mosiacs like this .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtPJ1r338VlG3cIovZyxkLkgbEfDDg6abGad8j1FBQhlhBYcRHg0rpLzV3y-amTMYmaUkBMfVeVniuLYfcVL1_dUHvXb58YIGik-xPFDZDc-gdsh9Agqzg6LFdMNGrUwf9Wj5XjHTMnQ/s2048/IMG_20200925_145748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtPJ1r338VlG3cIovZyxkLkgbEfDDg6abGad8j1FBQhlhBYcRHg0rpLzV3y-amTMYmaUkBMfVeVniuLYfcVL1_dUHvXb58YIGik-xPFDZDc-gdsh9Agqzg6LFdMNGrUwf9Wj5XjHTMnQ/w480-h640/IMG_20200925_145748.jpg" width="480" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She has been keeping herself busy while in lockdown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> doing lots of work in her tiny garden and it is ablaze with flowers in containers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCB-N1V83lbdmCrlne8QS2ROBdWVgrMlfFO0s9Qh7m8KF6OeaVQrSROTlfc8VmpuH3O7yVYwFQza4hCsn1HqsMiqHtlCgN531zEOJrliuZNnhY72TsdEUFFdm6_NhV2hQ_cB8XxWyjCUw/s831/17.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCB-N1V83lbdmCrlne8QS2ROBdWVgrMlfFO0s9Qh7m8KF6OeaVQrSROTlfc8VmpuH3O7yVYwFQza4hCsn1HqsMiqHtlCgN531zEOJrliuZNnhY72TsdEUFFdm6_NhV2hQ_cB8XxWyjCUw/s16000/17.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not just the usual pots of flowers I have to tell you......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfXGXY7_nv6itHKhj4a8ZQxwcC-bmTCk-LUfPVYgAwryt-UDKPH0vhM7wxe9dAZuQpd4CeWd2xQtl-a3rlAZOIhPTz1NyIl6SFaa9zoU0uLwm3oF6Nw_SRYG_jTq_gwpFRhv1UidzXsg/s831/14.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfXGXY7_nv6itHKhj4a8ZQxwcC-bmTCk-LUfPVYgAwryt-UDKPH0vhM7wxe9dAZuQpd4CeWd2xQtl-a3rlAZOIhPTz1NyIl6SFaa9zoU0uLwm3oF6Nw_SRYG_jTq_gwpFRhv1UidzXsg/s16000/14.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but quirky chairs painted pretty colours with pots set into the seat part </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAGyuC8fjeJhODuekL0LNDhZ1t3HWkeR5urlwCAW8-vpvv_VVBhII-TpeYsHA7gzM_P2MN2iCaoFY7BpAkWdesEl7mFnWvtCRwT1-jtTOpsuOHEGC3iiBHzwn08P-Rpxi7MmyOOYzwM8/s831/15.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAGyuC8fjeJhODuekL0LNDhZ1t3HWkeR5urlwCAW8-vpvv_VVBhII-TpeYsHA7gzM_P2MN2iCaoFY7BpAkWdesEl7mFnWvtCRwT1-jtTOpsuOHEGC3iiBHzwn08P-Rpxi7MmyOOYzwM8/s16000/15.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and filled with colour - coordinating flowers</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DKj16XVPIOTk1cSCPjaY8fCbiUIVBPgxwkKiqOB-_nR9sWggvbtZ_coZ5Gn85x7_F_H2RpBEw_7K0r_oT7bX-YqhquTiTNjitVURWBcpEKVPhV5rDO9K_6JvwkHnBCNhETM7HNwtDaw/s831/19.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DKj16XVPIOTk1cSCPjaY8fCbiUIVBPgxwkKiqOB-_nR9sWggvbtZ_coZ5Gn85x7_F_H2RpBEw_7K0r_oT7bX-YqhquTiTNjitVURWBcpEKVPhV5rDO9K_6JvwkHnBCNhETM7HNwtDaw/s16000/19.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like these !</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQuf-djv4AXR7MgFPqnpOiLrQg_DYzvMzTGCVJ6He5pw4i9fuRxSoSoEEtE_VYDR0nCWKn5jksJO3-IPisWv-YJ7ktDqHlGnCZxyvKPmLS9qkYaepiS_6myt_lXeZ5ipTgqO9T2f8c3U/s831/20.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQuf-djv4AXR7MgFPqnpOiLrQg_DYzvMzTGCVJ6He5pw4i9fuRxSoSoEEtE_VYDR0nCWKn5jksJO3-IPisWv-YJ7ktDqHlGnCZxyvKPmLS9qkYaepiS_6myt_lXeZ5ipTgqO9T2f8c3U/s16000/20.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She also decorates the chairs with small flowers, butterflies and hearts which she makes from pottery.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsbIUSNyn1cNxQiDmhEK04tgz7UrfymlP4vmFqo0JJp6y7IyL-aPAHN1DvRhqHHvb_-6L7xpmni9kW00GjVuZTysoE8dZU1c40cpA9aD_Vn1f8g_vmRFXYV1-u-ij-kiCZ3YJs0tV9nU/s831/21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsbIUSNyn1cNxQiDmhEK04tgz7UrfymlP4vmFqo0JJp6y7IyL-aPAHN1DvRhqHHvb_-6L7xpmni9kW00GjVuZTysoE8dZU1c40cpA9aD_Vn1f8g_vmRFXYV1-u-ij-kiCZ3YJs0tV9nU/s16000/21.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aren't they pretty ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But her creative energy doesn't stop there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She has been creating tiny gardens in large shallow containers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">planted with succulents and using pebbles</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzD7Sohl1mJG6lSPqlEOHJwge6VtUkmV4dG9jSVYHHfIIEt_DC8P8yJCMdVPiHgAMnFB8vNBZ0LrG5sKEO7yWWHU7hkUp9zo5AarSEL13c76MZS2FfCNyN7lRSDv0ps1PO4D6f2Bd0P9E/s1200/10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzD7Sohl1mJG6lSPqlEOHJwge6VtUkmV4dG9jSVYHHfIIEt_DC8P8yJCMdVPiHgAMnFB8vNBZ0LrG5sKEO7yWWHU7hkUp9zo5AarSEL13c76MZS2FfCNyN7lRSDv0ps1PO4D6f2Bd0P9E/w640-h426/10.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">tiny minature houses, toadstools</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoDVjC0zrk8qpCuQ2l0yFBRvZj2YQdrbrjOjdQLV5RNv8QpEjDzOWJ05BzG9wOEJ_sz2ukOET1pr3iZhIYhC5__ZE7IfXM8S0qJ67gMSzrK-D0rZis_xnogn2HBGP3DrL_2DXSdHuGjA/s1200/11.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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My Covid yarny projects have concentrated on using up what bits and pieces I have managed to gather together from previous projects completed over the years.</div>
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The first one was all the bright colours.</div>
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This final one was to group together all the softer colours and included some quite small bits to use </div>
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so a different design was formulating in my head.</div>
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First I made some solid, 4 round squares - three of each colour where possible but totaling approximately 30 squares in all. </div>
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With the first ten I then crocheted a fifth round in cream, </div>
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sewed them together, then crocheted around the whole thing in cream then added a few stripes of pink on each side.</div>
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Then I moved on to the mossy green for a few rows making the bottom of the blanket <b>pink</b>.</div>
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The next row was made up of multi-coloured, 4 round squares using the small quantities of <i><b>four colours</b></i> for each square.</div>
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I then crocheted a final row on each square with <b>green,</b> then sewed them together and added a few rows of green and cream on either side.</div>
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before adding another row of solid squares surrounded by <b>blue</b> this time.</div>
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There were now some very <i><b>tiny </b></i>bits of lots of colours left and lots of<b> white </b>scraps so they made up the next major row of squares , </div>
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An item from Facebook in May 2020</div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">Covid Virus Pandemic 2020</b></div>
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* Prime Minister Scott Morrison started lockdown on the evening of 22nd of March, 2020 with non-essential services including pubs, clubs and restaurants closed<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* Later that week, states shut their borders to non-essential travellers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* By end of March more severe restrictions were put in place, including the two-person rule and a law banning people from being outside their homes except for four essential reasons (work, groceries, exercise and medical reasons).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Queen addressed her nation at 8pm on 5th April </span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👑" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t41/1.5/16/1f451.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Community support groups established, to support the vulnerable, elderly, immunocompromised and people in enforced isolation due to exposure, in their community <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🧓🏻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t74/1.5/16/1f9d3_1f3fb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👴🏻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tfd/1.5/16/1f474_1f3fb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Schools in NSW and Victoria closed as education departments implement new procedures to deal with the spread of coronavirus. <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏫" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t81/1.5/16/1f3eb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span>Remote learning in place <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎓" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7e/1.5/16/1f393.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Self-distancing measures required <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="☹️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5a/1.5/16/2639.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Limited shopping hours, therefore, lineups outside the store doors <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏬" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2/1.5/16/1f3ec.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🚫" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc8/1.5/16/1f6ab.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> People who can work <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👩🏻💻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta4/1.5/16/1f469_1f3fb_200d_1f4bb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👨🏻💻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5/1.5/16/1f468_1f3fb_200d_1f4bb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> from home <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏡" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1.5/16/1f3e1.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Olympics postponed to 2021. <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🔵" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t48/1.5/16/1f535.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🟡" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td4/1.5/16/1f7e1.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="⚫" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t95/1.5/16/26ab.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🟢" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t55/1.5/16/1f7e2.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🔴" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc7/1.5/16/1f534.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Concerts <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎫" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5/1.5/16/1f3ab.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> tours <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🚌" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td2/1.5/16/1f68c.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> festivals <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤹🏻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tcb/1.5/16/1f939_1f3fb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> entertainment events <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎭" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7/1.5/16/1f3ad.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> cancelled <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🚫" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc8/1.5/16/1f6ab.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Family celebrations </span><img alt="👰🏼" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7a/1.5/16/1f470_1f3fc.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /><img alt="🤵🏻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc7/1.5/16/1f935_1f3fb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥳" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc6/1.5/16/1f973.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> holiday gatherings </span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👨👩👦👦" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t83/1.5/16/1f468_200d_1f469_200d_1f466_200d_1f466.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> cancelled </span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🚫" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc8/1.5/16/1f6ab.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>No masses, churches <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="⛪️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t90/1.5/16/26ea.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> are closed <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🚫" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc8/1.5/16/1f6ab.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span><i><b>No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, then 10 or more. Now, Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home bubble <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="⚗️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t12/1.5/16/2697.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span></b></i><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and all other TV networks are on in every home daily now <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎬" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t86/1.5/16/1f3ac.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Weekly tradition in UK, every Thursday 8pm <span style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl oo9gr5id gpro0wi8 lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/clapforkeyworkers?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXtM0T2xTMH71AAiTDmxZD3nwz2fFVXdkpj_X2b1Fh2uUI5dCMqutP1K3R1LyrXF10OvgLauOo-dv32Cujuj6MOAB8tyCujJ4zb50VPs0d1Lo3zntOpoQ7jT2xt7Wj6Z_0&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0">#ClapForKeyWorkers</a></span> campaign, to recognise the efforts of the NHS workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic every day <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🌈" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1.5/16/1f308.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🌈" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1.5/16/1f308.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👏🏻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t92/1.5/16/1f44f_1f3fb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👏🏻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t92/1.5/16/1f44f_1f3fb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Children's outdoor play parks are closed <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎡" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t54/1.5/16/1f3a1.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Manufacturers <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏭" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t83/1.5/16/1f3ed.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> and other businesses <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏢" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t51/1.5/16/1f3e2.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> switch their lines to help make visors, masks <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="😷" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8b/1.5/16/1f637.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> hand sanitizer <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🧴" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t78/1.5/16/1f9f4.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> and PPE <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🧤" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td9/1.5/16/1f9e4.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Fines are established for breaking lockdown rules <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤑" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta/1.5/16/1f911.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Press conferences daily from the PM <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👱♂️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tef/1.5/16/1f471_200d_2642.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> and other government <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏛" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te2/1.5/16/1f3db.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> officials. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="⚰️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2/1.5/16/26b0.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>People wearing masks <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="😷" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8b/1.5/16/1f637.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> and gloves outside <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🧤" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td9/1.5/16/1f9e4.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Essential service workers are terrified to go to work <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👮🏻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tff/1.5/16/1f46e_1f3fb_200d_2642.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👩🏻⚕️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t71/1.5/16/1f469_1f3fb_200d_2695.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👲🏻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t7b/1.5/16/1f472_1f3fb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>In England 99 year old WWII veteran Captain Tom Moore raised £29 million for NHS charities walking 100 lengths of his garden before he turned 100. His target was £1000. People from all over the world donated to his cause. <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="💂🏻♂️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8a/1.5/16/1f482_1f3fb_200d_2642.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎖" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1/1.5/16/1f396.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏅" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t96/1.5/16/1f3c5.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="💷" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3a/1.5/16/1f4b7.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>We celebrated Anzac Day at dawn on our driveways <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">6th April Beaches around Australia have started to close.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Petrol <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="⛽️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tb2/1.5/16/26fd.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> price close to home <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏡" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1.5/16/1f3e1.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> was $1.02.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Tape on the floors at grocery stores <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="❌" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t64/1.5/16/274c.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> and others to help distance shoppers <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🛒" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t75/1.5/16/1f6d2.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> (1.5mtrs) from each other.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Parks <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏕" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t35/1.5/16/1f3d5.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> trails, entire cities <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏢" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t51/1.5/16/1f3e2.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> closed or restricted to locals only in their bubble.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Entire sports <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="⚽️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t36/1.5/16/26bd.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏉" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t9a/1.5/16/1f3c9.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎾" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t27/1.5/16/1f3be.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> seasons cancelled.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Weddings & funerals <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="⚰️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2/1.5/16/26b0.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> limited to less than 10 attendants, </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>We are to distance from each other. Shortage of masks <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="😷" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8b/1.5/16/1f637.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> gowns <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥼" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf6/1.5/16/1f97c.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> gloves <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🧤" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td9/1.5/16/1f9e4.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> for our front-line workers.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤒" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8b/1.5/16/1f912.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> in many parts of the world.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Refrigerated trucks for the dead outside hospitals in the USA <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🇺🇸" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2c/1.5/16/1f1fa_1f1f8.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> Italy <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🇮🇹" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t52/1.5/16/1f1ee_1f1f9.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> Spain <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🇪🇸" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tcd/1.5/16/1f1ea_1f1f8.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> China <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🇨🇳" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5f/1.5/16/1f1e8_1f1f3.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> and more.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Panic buying <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🛒" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t75/1.5/16/1f6d2.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> sets in and we have limits on toilet paper <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🧻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta6/1.5/16/1f9fb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> disinfecting supplies, paper towels, staple foods <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥗" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8c/1.5/16/1f957.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> hand sanitizer <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🧴" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t78/1.5/16/1f9f4.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span>then alcohol <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍷" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t44/1.5/16/1f377.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍸" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc5/1.5/16/1f378.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍺" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6e/1.5/16/1f37a.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Stadiums <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏟" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te6/1.5/16/1f3df.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> and recreation facilities overseas open up for the overflow of Covid-19 <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🦠" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t59/1.5/16/1f9a0.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> patients.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Rescued stranded tourists to self isolate <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🚐" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tbe/1.5/16/1f690.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> in city hotels. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Government <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏛" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te2/1.5/16/1f3db.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> incentives to stay home. Barely anyone on the roads <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🛣" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t95/1.5/16/1f6e3.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> Rescue in the form of $$ for those made redundant, or business to stay afloat and renters to remain in their homes. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span>Medical field workers <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👩🏻⚕️" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t71/1.5/16/1f469_1f3fb_200d_2695.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> are afraid to go home to their families <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="👨👧👦" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta6/1.5/16/1f468_200d_1f467_200d_1f466.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> or evicted by housemates. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*</span><b>206,725 deaths globally so far and rising. </b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">* </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, WHO declared March 11th, 2020.</b></div>
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Why, you ask, do I write <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="📝" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t25/1.5/16/1f4dd.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> this status?</div>
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One day it will show up in my memory <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="💭" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t48/1.5/16/1f4ad.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span> feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="💕" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc1/1.5/16/1f495.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span></div>
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We have so much! <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙌🏻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t51/1.5/16/1f64c_1f3fb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="💪🏻" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t80/1.5/16/1f4aa_1f3fb.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span></div>
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Be thankful. Be grateful <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="😌" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tda/1.5/16/1f60c.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤩" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tb1/1.5/16/1f929.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="😍" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5b/1.5/16/1f60d.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span></div>
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Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥰" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t43/1.5/16/1f970.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥰" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t43/1.5/16/1f970.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span></div>
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We are all one! <span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🧡" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t56/1.5/16/1f9e1.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="💛" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6e/1.5/16/1f49b.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="💚" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ted/1.5/16/1f49a.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="💙" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc5/1.5/16/1f499.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="💜" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tef/1.5/16/1f49c.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤎" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t9f/1.5/16/1f90e.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🖤" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t59/1.5/16/1f5a4.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span><span class="q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤍" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1e/1.5/16/1f90d.png" style="animation-name: none !important; border: 0px; transition-property: none !important;" width="16" /></span></div>
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Like the rest of the world we have been locked down at home during this world wide pandemic caused by the Covid19 virus.</div>
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In the meantime during the last 8 weeks of lockdown we have cleaned and cleaned and cleaned this house.</div>
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The back of cupboards that have not seen the light of day for more than ten years has been exposed and washed down, linen cupboards have been tidied, old blankets cleared out to new homes where they will be needed in the coming colder months and the floor in these cupboards - oh my did they need a clean up!</div>
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This is what I have come up with so far.</div>
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During the day it's HOT in Brisbane in late November</div>
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in the afternoon a breeze comes up and turns the evening into a balmy summer night.</div>
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Just right for a stroll through the gardens in the city centre,</div>
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These gardens were once our Botanic Gardens and so are planted with a host of lovely old trees </div>
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Of course no visit to NYC would be complete without a pilgrimage to the 9/11 Memorial.</div>
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But we gave it a pretty good try !</div>
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What a wonderful city.</div>
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We ❤️ NYC</div>
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Big cities are usually not our favoured place for a holiday </div>
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We arrived late in the afternoon and it was dark by the time we checked into our accommodation after more than 36 hours transit so it was an easy meal and off to bed for us.</div>
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Next morning we set out to get our bearings so headed north a couple of blocks to Central Park and a leisurely stroll to wipe away the cobwebs. </div>
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One morning about six weeks ago I was woken by a very jubilant husband.</div>
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He had just received an email with the news that he had been awarded </div>
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called <b>The Lucie Awards.</b></div>
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He had entered three photos in the Amateur section of these awards.</div>
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These are the two honourable Mention photos</div>
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which is held at<b> Carnegie Hall in New York City.</b></div>
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We arrived in Oslo with no preconceived ideas of what this city was like.....</div>
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in fact no idea what this city was like !!</div>
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Lots of interesting, modern buildings clustered around its own fjord.</div>
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This beautiful new Opera House is their jewel in the crown and they are very proud of its futuristic design</div>
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Unlike Copenhagen the streets were decorated with flowers in large planters</div>
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They are stained black, have few windows and are quite bare and very dark inside.</div>
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Just a small snapshot of Oslo, a really wonderful place to visit.</div>
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<b>Number two </b>on my list of <b><i>Favourite Cities of the World</i></b> second only to Paris !!</div>
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Lovely wooden houses lined the cobbled streets</div>
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It started early with cannons going off at 7 o'clock as many hurried along the chilly streets decked out in their National costume.</div>
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It's very hard to put in words how wonderful this country is.</div>
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Spectacular scenery at every turn.</div>
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We recently spent a little over four weeks exploring the southern part of Norway, zigzagging our way backwards and forwards through some of the most spectacular scenery you could hope to see.</div>
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Holiday apartments</div>
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Since 2007 when I retired from teaching we have been lucky enough to do quite a bit of travelling overseas.</div>
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In fact we have been every year since then except once after the Global Financial disaster impacted on our retirement funds and once when a medical problem meant cancellation of plans and surgery.</div>
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Luckily for us both problems have been righted and we are back on track.</div>
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Prior to this we had a trip to New Zealand and a trip to visit Sally while she lived in Edinburgh. Both involved touring around and staying in places for a night, usually at B&Bs. Trips that we enjoyed but found very taxing, unloading and loading the car EVERY NIGHT ! ....and living out of a suitcase , washing undies in the shower .......</div>
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This was enough for us to decide that there had to be a better way.</div>
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In 2007 we flew to Canada and travelled in British Columbia for six weeks with my cousin and her husband, renting a car. We stayed in holiday cabins and apartments for a few days or a week where we could spread out, wash and cook the many of our meals.</div>
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That set the tone for all our further trips.</div>
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2008 saw us embark on our greatest trip ever - 14 weeks in England. I was new to booking on the internet and put in hundreds of hours working out where to go and researching, researching, researching till I found a little cottage in a village in our area of choice. In those days these were mostly cottages advertised on the Internet by their owners and keys were handed over in person when you found your target - not always an easy task .</div>
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We stayed in Polruan, Willersey, Winster, Askrig, Morecombe, Royal Tunbridge Wells, usually for one or two weeks and once , in Willersey in the Cotswolds for 3 weeks. From then on we were sold on staying in cottages and apartments wherever we go.</div>
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Further trips to France , Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Ireland have continued on this way with continued success often using accommodation from a worldwide site called Home Away. Luckily for us we have had very few problems with these bookings and have been met with friendly hospitality wherever we went.</div>
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Lately I have been dealing quite a bit with AirB&B and I am very impressed . For the first time we have the backup of a world wide company- and very good backup it is. Your money is paid to them and passed on to the owners after you leave so there is a mediator if there is a problem. The feeling of security , knowing you have someone to turn to if a problem arises is a great comfort when you are travelling and though our problems have been few, their instant response and backup has been faultless.</div>
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We are about to set off again - to Copenhagen and Southern Norway - and for this trip I have booked everything through AirB&B.</div>
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For some time Tony has been interested in photography but recently this interest has grown and, with the purchase of a new mirror-less camera and his participation in a photography course at a TAFE College, his photos are really going up a notch or two.</div>
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He has been experimenting with low light photography so his outings have been largely just on dusk.</div>
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Recently he drove down to Cleveland Point late in the afternoon to take some sunset photos.</div>
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When he arrived he found that he was not the only one with this idea !!</div>
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The resulting photos are lovely. </div>
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I really love the colours in this one</div>
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On another expedition he set off for Southbank in the heart of Brisbane</div>
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travelling into the city on our beloved CityCat ferry.</div>
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Southbank Parkland occupies the former site of World Expo 88 which was held in Brisbane in 1988.</div>
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It is a delightful area and greatly loved by the citizens of Brisbane who make great use of its cafes, picnic areas, free BBQs and playgrounds.</div>
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One of the major attractions is the free public "beach" - a huge free swimming area with a sandy bottom and beach </div>
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Just the place to cool off on a hot Summer night.</div>
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Finally I'll finish with this photo taken just on nightfall while we were recently in Hervey Bay</div>
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He is showing considerable talent don't you think ?</div>
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The hot weather we have been having makes me just want to stay inside in the cool of the air-conditioning but today we decided to get out and take a drive ( in the cool air-conditioned car !!) to see the sunflowers.</div>
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They are growing in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane and about 2 hours later we came upon this field.</div>
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As you can see it is very dry and the poor flowers on the edge of the field were showing the lack of water.</div>
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You can see how withered the leaves are and the background is pure country Australia - grey-green and brown.<br />
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set high off the ground to guard against floods but mainly to catch any breezes that may be around.</div>
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You may remember I posted about <b><i>"Old Queenslanders"</i></b> <a href="https://helsieshappenings.blogspot.com/2010/01/on-my-way-home-from-visiting-mum-and.html">here<span style="color: #b00000;"> </span></a> way back in 2010. </div>
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We were home by 4:30 and it is finally cooler than the 32 degrees it has been all day so I'm off for a cool Aperol Spritz which is our drink of choice in the heat.</div>
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Once upon a time I did the crossword in the daily paper "The Courier Mail" religiously every morning.</div>
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However these days we no longer have a daily delivery of newspapers. Tony happily reads many online and I read none! I am very disillusioned with the written media and find reporting inaccurate and often untrue so I'm content to get the news delivered via the television several times a day accompanied by visuals.</div>
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So now I solve puzzles on my phone and ipad.</div>
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I used to play a version of Scrabble against several friends and relatives all over the world. It was called "Words with Friends" but the time waiting for the other person to move and the ability for them ( and me ) to use an ap to help them with moves soon made it lose it's appeal especially when lots of very strange words began to appear from obscure languages.</div>
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This one is my newest favourite called "Word Brain" and I love it because it is just me progressing through the levels . No opportunity to cheat and no way of progressing until I get the puzzle out.</div>
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I chose this one of one of my all time most favourite paintings by Van Gogh.</div>
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We searched and searched and finally it was located !!</div>
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Since then Sally and I have spent many hours on it.</div>
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My back aches and I'm seeing spots before my eyes .</div>
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We're not making very much progress.</div>
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<b><i>So frustrating.</i></b></div>
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Not one of my better ideas.</div>
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<b><i>Cheers.</i></b></div>
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