Sunday, November 12, 2006

LATEST NEWS FROM IONE PLACE........





















  • HELLO EVERYONE....BEEN A QUIET WEEKEND....WE HAD LEANNE AND ROCCO CALL IN....ALSO BOB AND SUE ARE DOWN FROM WONGAN,SO WE GOT TO SEE THEM....AND BEST OF ALL..THEY BROUGHT THE LOVELY ALISHA,TO VISIT US.WE ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE ALISHA.....




I'VE GOT THIS OLD PHOTO...IT WAS PROBABLY TAKEN,OVER 70 YEARS AGO.MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE FITZPATRICKS.THE CHAP WITH THE WAISTCOAT AND WHITE SHIRT,IS MY GRANDFATHER...BILL FITZ...THE LADY ON HISLEFT IS MY GRANDMOTHER JANE.THAT BUILDING BEHIND THEM,WAS THEIR HOUSE.WHEN YOU WALKED THROUGH THAT FRONT DOOR,YOU WERE IN A FAIRLY LARGE ROOM...AT LEAST IT WAS LARGE,IN THOSE DAYS..NEXT ROOM WAS LIKE A BEDROOM AND THEN A KITCHEN.......OUTSIDE WAS A PRETTY ROUGH LAUNDRY,WITH A COPPER...WHICH WAS FOR BOILING THE CLOTHES AND TO SUPPLY HOT WATER,FOR WASHING THE BODIES.THIS HOUSE WAS OVER A MILE FROM ALBANY,ITSELF....YOU WALKED TO TOWN...YOU WALKED TO THE SHPS...YOU WALKED TO SCHOOL...SHANKSES PONY...THAT WAS OUR LEGS...NO RUNNING WATER..NO ELECTRICITY...THINK ABOUT IT.....I TELL YOU WHAT..THEY WERE A GREAT FAMILY.THOSE WERE THE DAYS.....




NEXT PIC IS OF OUR FAMIL...I'M REALLY PROUD OF THESE PEOPLEL...TO R...CAROLPAUL..TONY..RON..BOB...ROS/LIAM AND OF COURSE MARGARET AND MYSELF.......WE HAVE DONE WELL..DON'T YOU THINK?


THIS LOVELY LADY IS SELINA O'NIEL...MARGARETS' GRANDMOTHER.SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON....SHE LOVED HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND THEY ALL LOVED HER. I USED TO GO TO SEE MARGARET,DURING THE WEEK AND GRANMA WOULD SAY...ARE YOU GOING OUT TONIGHT...AND I WOULD SAY..NO BROKE UNTIL FRIDAY...SHE WOULD PUT HER HAND,INTO THE POCKET OF HER PINNY AND GIVE ME TEN BOB...SHE WOULD SAY..GO OUT AND ENJOY YOURSELF.SHE WOULD WALK FROM RIVERVALE,TO VIC PARK,TO SEE EACH PART OF THE FAMILY AND THE KIDS WOULD WALK,HALF TO TAKE HER,OR HALF WAY TO PICK HER UP.......A TRULY GREAT LADY.


WELL,I THINK,THAT'S ENOUGH FOR TODAY...I WANT TO GET ON TO ALBANY,SO I CAN TELL SOME LIES...MAYBE NEXT TIME ONE MORE PIC...THIS CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY ONE OF MY FAMILY..LONG TIME AGO...HE WAS VERY LUCKY....SO BE CAREFUL...TELL YOUR KIDS TO BE CAREFUL...WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO...BYE FOR NOW..LOVE TO ALL FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.



NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT PIC........L..TO..R..CAROL,TONY,PAUL,ROS...IN FRONT BOB AND RON.THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ABOUT SEVENTEEN YEARS EARLIER



WHAT A DIFFERENCE,A DAY MAKES...GOD I LOVE THIS.

I SEE BLOGGER,HAS CHANGED THINGS AROUND ON ME,BUT YOU'LL WORK IT OUT








Friday, November 10, 2006

A FEW MORE FAMILY PHOTOS.........
























    A NICE PHOTO OF SOME OF THE FAMILY...NOT SURE,IF I GET THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER...BLOGGER CHANGES THEM AROUND SOMETIMES
    ANYWAY,I CAN SEEMARG,PETER,ROSS SHELLY,SUE BOB AND KRISTY...THIS WAS WHEN WE HAD MONEY...ONE CRUISE EVERY YEAR...I THINK KRISTY MET IAN,ON THIS CRUISE...SO SOMETHING GOOD CAME OUT OF IT.
    • THE ONE OF THE KIDS ON THE BUNK,WAS OF BOB AND SUE ON THE LEFT...THEN THERE WAS PETER LEANNE,SHELLY AND SARA...I CAN'T SEE,WHO THE OTHER PERSON WAS...I NEED GLASSES......
    • NEXT ...KAY,PAT,MUM O'HEHIR SHIRLEY,MARGARET AND BETTY..LEO'S WIFE...THEY ALL CLASSED BETTY AS A SISTER...VERY CLOSE FAMILY.
    • NEXT IS THE P38,THAT I WILL BE FLYING AROUND THE SWAN RIVER,NEXT WEEKEND...THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN,WHEN WE HAD A TRIAL FLIGHT OVER NEW YORK,BEFORE WE FLEW THE PLANE TO PERTH.
    • NEXT ONE IS CHADDY BOY AND IAN..KRISTYS' HUSBAND........I THINK THEY WERE HAVING A CHAT ABOUT THE WEATHER...MAYBE CHAD WAS GOING FISHING...ANYWAY,THEY WERE ENJOYING A DRINK AND EACH OTHERS COMPANY...NICE BOYS.
    • LAST,BUT NOT LEAST IS ALICE ON THE BACK OF PAULS HARLEY....I DON'T THINK,THEY REALLY WENT FOR A RIDE...THEY WERE JUST JOKING...BUT PAUL DOES GET OUT ON THE BIKE,WHEN HE HAS TIME.
    • WELL..IVE JUST REALISED,THAT THE PHOTOS ARE COMPLETELY BACK THE FRONT,TO THE WAY,THAT I'VE TITLED THEM....BUT NEVER MIND...I'M GETTING OLD...CAN'T HELP MAKING MISTAKES.
    • MARG'S OUT AND ABOUT,WITH HER FRIEND SCOTTY,FROM NEW ZEALAND....SHE GOES BACK,TOMORROW,SO LAST OPPORTUNITY,TO GET TOGETHER. SCOTTY IS 92 AND GOING STRONG....GOOD ON YOU SCOTTY...AND GOOD ON MARG,FOR LOOKING AFTER SCOTTY...THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR.
    • NO OTHER NEWS TODAY...BUT LOOK OUT,TOMORROW...I'LL PUT SOME OLD PICS ON,AND THEN I CAN TELL A FEW LIES,NO ONE LEFT TO CHECK ON ME
    • SO YOU KNOW THE DEAL....LOOK AFTER ONE ANOTHER...STICK WITH THE FAMILY....HELP IF YOU CAN AND IF YOU CAN'T......JUST THINK ABOUT,WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO...IF YOU COULD.......BYE..LOVE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

    Thursday, November 09, 2006

    NO MONEY...NO FUNNY...CAN'T PICK WINNERS










    • WELL...I LET THE TEAM DOWN AGAIN...DIDN'T PICK THE CUP WINNER,BUT I'VE KEPT UP MY AVERAGE...I DON'T THINK I EVER PICKED ONE..NEVER MIND,WE CAN TRY AGAIN,NEXT NOVEMBER



    • WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT NORM AND BRIAN AND ALAN...JUST AS I FORECAST...WE ONLY HAVE TO GET RID OF ONE MORE AND POOR ALAN,MIGHT BE ABLE TO HANG ON,UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION,WHEN HE WILL SURELY GET CHUCKED OUT.



    • IN SIMILAR VEIN..ARE YOU KEEPING UP,WITH ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL AND WHAT GOING ON.....40 DOCTORS ARE SAYING EVERYTHING IS WRONG,BUT MCGINTY AND FONG ARE SAYING,THEY DON'T KNOW WHATS GOING ON..ONLY MC.AND NIEL DO...



    • JUST SAW MISS FINLAND WIN THE OAKS...WISH I OWNED A HORSE LIKE THAT....WHEN WE HAD HORSES,I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY,TO WIN A RACE AT PINGRUP.WE NEVER EVEN MANAGED THAT...BUT WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.
    • PHOTOS ARE OF..MY GRANDMOTHER FITZ...SHE WAS A GREAT LADY OF THE OLD DAYS...THEY LIVED IN ALBANY...A LARGE FAMILY,WHO ALWAYS PULLED TOGETHER...HELPING ONE ANOTHER,ALWAYS....WE ATE PLENTY OF FISH AND KANGAROO ,BECAUSE BOTH WERE FREE...JUST CATCH AND EAT....I'LL PUT SOME PICS OF THEM LATER.
    • THE PHOTO OF THE DUNNY,I GOT FROM SOMEWHERE,BUT IT WAS EXACTLY LIKE THE ONE,WE HAD IN CORNWALL ST....HOW THOSE GUYS...WE USED TO CALL THEM THE NIGHTMAN....LIFTED THOSE PANS,ONTO THEIR SHOULDER AND THEN ONTO THE CART....DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY GOT PAID...THEY SHOULD HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN A MEDAL.
    • LAST BUT NOT LEAST,ARE OUR TWO YOUNGEST GREAT GRANDCHILDREN...JORDAN...KELLEES' BOY,ON THE LEFT AND LIAM...ROSLYNS' YOUNGEST.....THE PHOTO IS ABOUT 12 MONTHS OLD,BUT I LIKE IT. SO LIAM IS JORDANS' UNCLE,AND EVERYWHERE THEY GO,THEY WILL TELL EVERYONE,THAT I AM THE UNCLE...OR I AM THE NEPHEW...GREAT LITTLE KIDS,BUT A REAL PAIR OF DEVLS,WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER...BE INTERESTING,WHEN THEY GROW UP
    • FOR MY OVERSEA FRIENDS,WHO DON'T KNOW,WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CUP.....FIRST WAS DELTA BLUES,FROM JAPAN....RIDDEN BY A JAPANESE JOCKEY....SECOND WAS POPROCK,FROM JAPAN...RIDDEN BY OUR DAMIEN OLIVER...THIRD WAS MAYBE BETTER FROM AUSTRALIA...THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE OF MY 4 PICKS TO RUN A PLACE.........
    • WELL...I HAVE TO GO....HARRY SENT ME,THE BOOK OF LIFE.......I'M TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND IT...NOT MUCH OF IT SEEMS TO BE THE WAY THINGS PANNED OUT FOR ME...BUT STILL A BIT TO GO.
    • SO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER...LOOK AFTER YOUR KIDS...HELP THEM IN EVERY WAY THAT YOU CAN...LOVE FROM MARG AND ROSS.

    Monday, November 06, 2006

    HERE WE ARE AGAIN HAPPY AS CAN BE...



    • HELLO TO EVERYONE...BEEN OFF THE AIR...BUT BACK ON FOR THE CUP

    • I KNOW YOU WOULD ALL BE WAITING,FOR MY SELECTIONS,FOR THE MELBOURNE CUP...........MIND YOU...I'M NOT SURE,WHEN I EVER BACKED A WINNER,OF THE RACE..BUT WE HAVE TO TRY.....

    • I SPOKE TO A GOOD OLD FRIEND OF MINE,FROM DOWN SOUTH,TODAY....SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MY HEALTH...SO I WILL JUST PUT THIS ON,MY POST...MY PROBLEM WON'T GO AWAY....BUT I AM TRAVELLING,NOT TOO BAD.LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE MUCH WORSE OFF,THAN I AM...PLUS,I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF KNOWING,THAT WHEN I LEAVE HERE...I AM A CERTAINTY FOR A PLACE CALLED ...I FORGET THE NAME,BUT IT'S IN THE PICTURE CALLED BIG FISH.....THAT MOVIE IS ALL ABOUT ME...SO THERE YOU ARE.

    • CANT WAIT TO SEE HOW THE GUTLESS POLLIES,IN THE UPPER HOUSE VOTE,RE DAYLIGHT SAVING..LIKE I SAID,I DON'T CARE...I JUST GET WILD THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN STAND UP AND SAY,THEY HAVE A MANDATE...WHAT ABOUT WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEM,IN THERE,THINK...ANYWAY......
    • PICTURE IS RON,AGAIN...I RECKON,HE WILL PAY ME,FOR PUTTING,THESE ON,BUT HE DOES LOVE HIS FISHING...AND GETS WONDERFUL SUPPORT FROM ROBYN...I SEE TONY SHOWING RON A NEW ROD AND REEL,LAST NIGHT...ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS....I JUST FEEL THAT ROBYN,WILL BUY ONE FOR RON...GREAT GIRL...LOVELY WIFE.
    • NOW TO THE CUP....IT WILL BE A GREAT RACE...CAN'T WAIT....MARG WANTED ME TO GO OVER,FOR IT,BUT I SAID,IT WILL COST FIVE GRAND,WITHOUT HAVING A BET OR A DRINK...BUT YOU KNOW ME....WASTE NOT...WANT NOT.....SO I'LL WATCH ON TELLY.
    • MY SELECTIONS...FOUR HOURSE TRIFECTA...COST TWELVE DOLLARS......
    • NUMBER 4 TAWQEET...NUMBER 11 ON A JUENE NUMBER 18 ART SUCCESS AND NUMBER 23 .MAYBE BETTER....THAT'S MY BET...4 WAY TRIFECTA....GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE,IF YOU ARE HAVING A BET
    • BEEN A BIG DAY...LOVE TO EVERYONE...PATRICK AND CAROL ARRIVED BACK,IN PHNOM PENH,AT 3PM TODAY....SO TAKE CARE...DON'T FORGET TO LOOK AFTER ONE ANOTHER......HELP THE KIDS....BYE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

    Sunday, October 29, 2006

    BEEN A BIT OFF COLOUR BACK ON TRACK.....






    • HELLO...HOPE YOU ARE ALL WELL.....................


    • SPOKE TO BOB,TODAY...THEY SEEM TO BE GOOD,BUT IT'S TURNING OUT VERY HARD,TO GET A BLOCK OF LAND...AND THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED...ANYWAY,WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED


    • WENT TO A NICE HOUSEWARMING BARBIE,TODAY...IT WAS AT PETERS' NEW HOUSE...MARGS' BROTHER.VERY NICE KAY AND BRIAN,PAT AND LIN,BETTY AND LEO,PETERS' OWN FAMILY,PATRICK AND CAROL JENNY,PETER AND MARK...LYNETTE,ROSS AND THEIR FAMILY AND SUSAN..POOR PHIL HAD TO WORK AND MARIE AND STEVE AND THEIR FAMILY,WERE OVER FROM SYDNEY...EXCELLENT DAY...WE ALL ENJOYED...THANKS PETER


    • IN DIFFERENT VEIN....WHEN WE WERE KIDS,WE LIVED ACROSS THE ROAD,FROM THE RIVERVALE PUB...IN THE SUMMER EVENINGS,WE USED TO WALK DOWN TO THE CORNER,OF GRIFFITHS STREET...THERE WAS A PAPER SHOP ON THE CORNER,AND A LONG ROW,OF VACANT BLOCKS,UP TO ORRONG ROAD.


    • WELL,THERE WERE THREE OLDER GENTLEMEN,USED TO SIT ON THE FENCE,UNTIL IT WAS NEARLY DARK,THEN THEY WOULD WALK DOWN TO THE RIVER.THERE USED TO BE A SLIPWAY,THERE,TO PULL THE SHELL BARGES UP,SO THEY COULD CLEAN THE BOTTOM OF THE BARGE.


    • NOW ONE OF THESE MEN HAD ABOUT SIX FEET OF FISHING NET,SET, JUST NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE SLIPWAY.SO EVERY NIGHT,THEY WALKED DOWN,PULLED THE NET AND CAUGHT,ALWAYS A FEWW,MULLET,COBBLER AND BREAM.


    • WELL,ONE NIGHT WE SAW IT ALL HAPPEN.....SO FROM THEN ON,WE WENT DOWN AN HOUR OR SO EARLIER,PULLED THE NET...ALWAYS LEAVING ONE OR TWO,IN THE NET.WE COULD SELL ALL THE FISH,FOR A PENNY EACH.


    • THOSE POOR MEN...WE USED TO LISTEN TO THEM,DISCUSSING,WHY THE FISH WERE LEAVING THE AREA...LIKE NO EARLY RAIN...TOO MANY SHARKS AND PORPOISE AND SO ON...WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THRASHED PROPERLY,IF CAUGHT...WE EVEN USED TO SIT WITH THEM AND SYMPATHISE ABOUT THE LACK OF FISH....BUT THOSE PENNIES,KEPT US IN PLENTY OF GOODIES.


    • CAROL AND PATRICK ARE STILL IN PERTH,UNTIL NEXT SUNDAY...I'M NOT GETTING MANY OFFERS TOWARDS SENDING THEM BACK WITH A FEW BOB.....THEY DESEVE A HAND WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING...DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF MONEY,TO DO A BIT OF GOOD,UP THERE.
    • FIRST PHOTO...L TO R.AT BACK...LEN,VAL,KATH AND MERVYN...FRONT..L TO R. OLLIE,HAZEL AND MUM..NICE PEOPLE.
    • NEXT PHOTO,IS PERTH CITY FROM KINGS PARK...1948........THIS WAS OUR TOWN.WAR OVER..EVERYONE HAD A JOB...I WOULD HAVE JUST MET MARGARET....DANCING THREE OR FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK,AND AN OCCASIONAL MOVIE. THEY WERE THE DAYS...BOY PAID FOR THE GIRL,TO GO IN...NO DUTCH..YOU WOULDN'T BE MUCH THOUGHT OF,IF YOU WANTED TO MEET THE GIRL,INSIDE....VIC PARK TOWN HALL MONDAY NIGHT....CITY BALLROOM WEDNESDAY AN SATURDAY AND SOUTH PERTH,SUNDAY NIGHT....BOY,DID OUR LEGS DO SOME DANCING...AND DID MY LEGS DO SOME MILES,WALKING HOME FROM MARGARETS' HOUSE TO MINE...LAST BUS 11.30...LAST TRAM FROM MARGS'11.10...DIDN'T WORK...IF YOU LOVED THEM..YOU WALKED...I LOVED IT
    • ANYWAY...HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A GOOD WEEKEND...NO GOOD COMPLAINING..NO ONE LISTENS TO YOU.........TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER...LOVE TO EVERYONE,FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

    Thursday, October 26, 2006

    VERY NICE OF YOU ALL TO DROP IN..LOVELY










    • HELLO EVERYONE.........DO YOU THINK WE WILL HAVE DAYLIGHT SAVING?



    • I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING...EVIDENTLY,THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR IT,HAD DECIDED,THAT IT WAS AFOREGONE CONCLUSION.......BUT THE PEOPLE,THAT DON'T WANT IT ARE ON THE PHONE,TO THEIR POLLIES,TELLING THEM,WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN,TO THEM,AT NEXT ELECTION TIME..INTERESTING.



    • NOT MUCH TO REPORT,TODAY...I THINK BOB AND SUE,MAY HAVE GOT A BIT OF ENCOURAGING NEWS...HOPE IT WORKS OUT FOR THEM.THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
    • PHOTO ONE IS OF MARGARETS' MOTHER NORA....THIS WAS TAKEN,ABOUT THE TIME WE GOT MARRIED....A LOVELY LADY...SHE WAS ALWAYS KIND AND HELPFUL TO US.........WHEN NORA PASSED AWAY,AT NINETY TWO,SHE WAS REALLY ACTIVE,UNTIL SHE HAD A FALL,WHICH SEEMED TO SET HER BACK,AND UNFORTUNATELY FINISHED HER DAYS,IN A RETIREMENT HOME....A LOVELY,KIND LADY
    • NEXT PHOTO,OF A GROUP,WAS TAKEN AT OUR WEDDING,IN 1950. LEFT TO RIGHT....IVY..MERVS' WIFE...ALBY..KATHS' HUSBAND......GRANNY...HARRYS' WIFE....MERVYN,THEN KATH..THEN DAD....GOOD LOT OF PEOPLE...KATH IS THE ONLY ONE STILL HERE,AND GOING STRONG
    • THE OTHER PHOTO,IS MUM AND DAD,WITH ELAINE AND LENS' CHILDREN..MICHELLE BRAD AND VICKI...I'VE DECIDED,IT WAS TAKEN ABOUT 1959,BECAUSE DAD WAS SICK THEN....ANYWAY,GOOD OLD PHOTOS...MEMORIES OF LOVEL PEOPLE.
    • LEN WANTS ME TO DO A BIT OF REMENICING,WHEN WE WERE KIDS...I WILL...DON'T KNOW IF THE STORIES,WILL BE AS GOOD IN PRINT,AS THEY HAVE BEEN,IN THE TELLING...ANYWAY,LEN HAS BEEN BOSSING ME AND TELLING ME,WHAT TO DO,EVER SINCE,HE COULD WALK AND TALK...SO TOMORROW,I WILL TRY.
    • TAKE CARE...THE WEATHERS' FINE AND THE TRACK IS GOOD...HAVE SOMETHING ON GREY SWALLOW,IN THE COX PLATE...LOVE TO YOU ALL,FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

    Wednesday, October 25, 2006

    HERE WE ARE AGAIN...HAPPY AS CAN BE....



    • HELLO EVERYONE........WON'T KEEP YOU LONG.................

    • DAYLIGHT SAVING...WHAT DOES IT MEAN...WHAT DAYLIGHT,ARE WE ACTUALLY SAVING....

    • I DON'T CARE,ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.....BUT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO.

    • PEOPLE ON FARMS AND SO ON....GETTING UP IN THE DARK AND KIDS TRAVELLING HOME,IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY

    • CHRIS JUDD SAID IT WOULD BE NICE FOR THE FOOTBALLERS...THEY COULD TRAIN EARLY,INSTEAD OF LATER IN THE DAY...WHAT ABOUT THE EARLY GAMES......WILL THEY START THEM AT 8 AM SO THE BOYS DON'T GET SO HOT...WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH...WHO CARES ABOUT THEM

    • IT'S ALL ABOUT BIG BUSINESS,BANKS AND WHAT THEY WANT.THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ORDINARY PEOPLE.....WHEN DID BOTH SIDES OF OUR STATE PARLIAMENT EVER AGREE ABOUT ANYTHING.......THE OPPOSITION ALWAYS DIS AGREE.ANYWAY,WE CAN'T CHANGE THE WORLD...I JUST GET CRANKY,THAT WE VOTE,THESE GUYS,IN,TO REPRESENT AND ALL THEY DO,IS PEPRESENT,ANYONE WHO PUTS A POT OF MONEY,INTO THEIR SLUDGE FUND.
    • I JUST PUT A PHOTO OF AN OLD FRIEND OF OURS...WILMA...SHE USED TO LIVE OPPOSITE MARGARET,AND BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED,WILMA,HER BOY BOB,MARG AND MYSELF,ALL KNOCKED AROUND,TOGETHER...WE HAD GREAT TIMES AND ALWAYS KEPT,IN TOUCH...BOB PASSED AWAY,SOME YEARS AGO,BUT WILMA,WHO LIVES DOWN SOUTH,ALWAYS POPS UP,WITH AN EMAIL,OR ON THE PHONE...A REALLY GREAT FRIEND.
    • I'VE JUST SPOKEN TO BROTHER LEN...HE AND ELAINE ARE BACK FROM THEIR TRIP AND THEY HAD A GREAT TIME,SO THAT'S GOOD
    • CAROL AND PATRICK ARRIVED IN PERTH,UNEXPECTED,ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THEY ARE HERE FOR MEETINGS AND A BIT OF REST,SO WE WILL SEE A BIT OF THEM,BEFORE THEY GO BACK,TO CAMBODIA...I'M TRYING TO WIN LOTTO,BEFORE THEY GO,SO I CAN FILL THEIR PURSE AND HELP THEM TO KEEP ON WITH THE GREAT WORK,THEY ARE DOING,FOR THE CHILDREN AND PEOPLE OF PHNOM PENH...SEND A FEW BOB TO ME(FAMILY) AND I WILL PASS IT ON
    • WELL THATS ALL FOR TODAT...YOU ALL TAKE CARE......WHEN IT'S SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES...I;LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU...LITTLE SWEETHEART OF THE MOUNTAIN,WITH YOUR BONNIE EYES OF BLUE......LOVE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.