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Blimey!!!...you mean its not Saturday.....:>(((...thats it.......no more V.B tablets for me...lol ( pours tablet down loo...>)) ) Sorry Joodle. I'le just ammend my last statement....cos i musta bin avin a senior moment.( thought it was Saturday ).....psml. Tony Oz.........Yes,coming Barb.......sorry..... gotta go have my CRAFT tablet...bye....:>)) Joodle. It was the Jamieson Valley mate. I painted it from a postcard quite a few years ago.

Hello again *Puts hand up in air, waving furiously* yes yes Tony - remember I am from Perth and all my rellies ended up over there too! Am about to look up the site. I too have seen the late Pro Hart's paintings and the Guth Studios (both great). What part of the Blue Mountains did you paint Tony?? Yes, tell Julie Cat to stop dancing - needs to be inland and further north. Is the Lotto drawn tonight (Good Friday) ????????? Yes, daughter is ok thanks, I mean she is sore and all that, but it was a scare just the same. Jood

Sue. Dont come over just yet.......lol Its pouring/bucketing down mate, and us Vic's dont want people talking about our bad weather...LOL........ I hope Julie cat isn't still rain dancing.....:>)) cos she is sending it to far South. O'k...... Julie you can stop rain dancing now,... you win...:>)) Joodle. Congrats on being a grandma ........again. Hope your daughter is o'k. SusyQ. No, i dont paint still life....Flowers,Portraits, Fruit, ect. Just Landscapes and a few Sea-scapes. Barb and i visited the 'Guth' studios in Alice Springs, and also the now late Pro Hart's studio in Broken Hill. Enjoyed both there paintings. Glad you liked me paintings....:>)) and thanks for your comments. Dont think i will ever get to be a Roberts, or a Heysen, but when the mood is right i enjoy my painting. The largest canvas i have painted on is at my mum's house. A painting of the Blue mountains in N.S.W...'6ft x 3ft. It took me 2 years......lol My favourite painter was Hans Heysen, and i have read his life story. Good luck with our Lotto, ( ON SATURDAY NIGHT...hee hee )and it will be interesting to see who is going to be the first to bring home the bacon...........even if its just a scrap of bacon....lol As there is no Footy on to-night...:>(( might do a bit of research. Dont know if anyone has ancestors in W.A but Beverley ( Macbeth ) added this site to 'Tips' and also entered in my Ozzie tips site. 'Reverse' WA Marriage lookup ( online ) 1905-1920 Courtesy Liz McLennan 1921-1933 Courtesy Adrian Norris http://www.openwindows(.)com/marriage/search.htm Wishing all a pleasant evening. Tony Oz....:>))

Evening all Tony yes I am still here just. Early to bed, Early to rise .......... Now what do they say ........... Well I feel healthy at the moment. Wealthy well if we win lotto, I will be on the way lol. As for wise well thats another story he he Saw the paintings very nice, you definately are a man of many talents. As for rain it has rained most the day here. We had a lovely day at my Nans, we was sneaking around trying to put in place some plans for Nans 90th birthday in July, she doesnt want anything special, and she wants to wait for her 100th to have a party, thing is as healthy as she seems you dont know what life is going to throw at you. Anyway hope everyone is having a great time, as Im sure we will over the next couple of days. Catch you all on Wednesday. Cheers Sue

Evening all - well its nearly that way ................ 5:37pm and although its light outside, I cant hardly see the keyboard in here ! Tony - you amaze me ............... you are sooo talented. I love your pics as they are of the outback - or of bushland, which I love. Wish I could see them all. Trifley - Jann had a worse time than I thought - she was in the critical section. It seems when the Anaethetist gave her the epidural, he told her she would be numb from the waist down - but it didnt happen, she went numb upwards, and could hardly talk to tell them about it - fortunately a nurse understood her. Thats when she went out to it. No wonder she had an epileptic fit. They didnt release her till this morning, where she is now enjoying her babe. He really is a pet, sooo beautiful. So compact and tiny - with long fingers, and a beautiful mouth. Better get down to earth again, hadnt I ,,,, lol ................. Actually I'm feeling a bit peckish at the moment, will go downstairs and see what I can find to eat. Jood

Hi Happy wattlers, We spent an hour in the garden this morning before the sun got too hot, but it has turned out to be a lovely afternoon with a fair bit of cloud about. Just enough to cool things down a bit. Late morning one of Neville's friends turned up to help him fix his organ, ( no rude replies please ). I am now being seranaded. I am pleased that his pal came as he is very down in the dumps. He does suffer with depression, and recently decided he wanted to come of the tablets. I think he should go back on them but he doesn't want to. He says that they dull his brain, if he wasn't already depressed I could come up with lots of replies, but if you have ever known some one who suffers, you do learn to keep your mouth tightly closed. Congratulations on the new grand children, such lovely names Ruby and Lucas. I know a girl who was going to call her baby Heide Claire but quickly changed her mind, after saying them togther quickly. Aren't kids great and so innocent. How did you managed to stop your self from laughing Laurie without having a Tena moment. Lara, your dial up couldn't possibly be slower than mine. I tried today to download a card from Laurie and it still hadn't appeared after 45 mins. I will save it for when I get broadband. Talking Broadband, about how much do you all use a month. I am told that I will use a lot more. At the moment I only use about 200BM and the deal I have for Broadband is 500BM.. Will this be enough. I only every use it in the afternoons and occasional evenings to chat with overseas family. Tony, the painting are lovely, do you do flowers. I love paintings of flowers. Mary, I hope your withdrawal is not too bad. At least when you go away in future you will have the luxury of some one else making the bed and the meals. Well, have a great holiday every one Love for now SuzyQ

Happy Easter to all the Wonderful Wattlers First off............NOT FAIR!.........I wanna grandchild!! (stamps foot). It is lovely to hear about the new born bubs but it makes me clucky for one. Ruby.......what a lovely name. Think of all the pressies you could give her.........pendants, ear rings, bracelets, rings .......ahhhh you can see I like bling! Lucas..........such a strong manly name. Thank god they didn't call him Moses like Gwynnth Paltrow did! The closest new bub I have is in Jericho central Qld. Too far to go for a quick cuddle. I went shopping for her the other day and could have gone crazy with all the lovely things there were to buy. Joodles....glad to hear about your new grandson but so sorry your daughter had a hard time. Happy and healing thoughts speading their way to her. Anna.......hope your son & family get a nice rental property. Are they looking in any particular suburb? Lara (she without a convict) we have a saying in my family.........'If you get good service....tell everybody. If you get bad service...... tell EVERYBODY!' I hope your daughter's house is fixed soon. Laurie....your descriptions of Botany Bay are so good I can almost see it. Have a safe drive tomorrow. Have you ever been to Mt. Victoria in the beewwdiful Blue Mountains? You could wave to Joodles on the way through. To all the rest of my cyber friends........a happy and safe Easter for you and your kin. I'm heading off to make a cup of coffee and settle in with a new book I found yesterday. What a hardship! Big <<<hugs>>> and ~~~~~a regal wave to you all. love Trifley Queen of the Nile.

Tony.. Just had a look at your paintings ..Bloody beooootiful...You certainly are a man of many talents.. Always wished I could paint. My son in law is a good artist but HE dosent think so and always poo poos me when I say he should do something with his talent.. Keep it up and you can do one for each of us.. just in case you havent got anything else to do.. dont want to see you sitting around doing nothing...LOL You should have a showing of your paintings at the meetup..soneone may like to buy one...I only want 10% for the idea...he.he.he Smug Maryxxx

Tony - a man of many talents. Love the paintings. from one who can't draw a straight line to save herself Gwenda

Afternoon Wattlers. Partially sunny day in Melb, and the skies are blue through scattered clouds Dont know if your left for Vic. yet Sue? but it aint raining...yet...:>)) I have put a thread up on Arts and crafts, and hope to get some responses from various peeps. Its something i am interested in as apart from just genealogy, and is my 2nd favorite past time. I have always been interested in Oil painting, and painted many ozzie outback and bush landscapes through the years, and at one time having over 50 paintings in my study. I had the pleasure of meeting one of our great painters....Leonard Long, brother of Sydney long and of the Heidleberg art school in Vic. Leonard Long lived in my area, and had an art studio in Nth Balwyn. I had the pleasure of working at his house some 20 years ago, and while there he showed me through his home studio. He was in the process of an oil painting 12ft x 6 ft of the Austrian Alps.....to which he showed me. After picking my jaw up off the ground, i felt very privledged to admire his work in progress, as i was dabbling in water colour's back then. He asked me to bring some of my paintings to him.......which i did. He looked at them, and advised me on the do's and dont's....and also that i was to heavy to paint water colours. After some constructive advice, i went home with a different attitude and proceeded to paint in Oil's, and never looked back. Over the next 20 years i sold many paintings in Oz and New Zealand to various people, and my paintings were also sold at a Tattslotto agency in Flinders street Melb. ( city ) to passing peeps. I have added a few of my first paintings to the ASL board if anyone wants a peek at them.....but dont be to harsh........lol as these were done some 20 years ago. Hope everyone is having a nice day. Tony Oz....:>))

Was going to say “morning all” but that’s gone – where??? Vonny – you are doing well – my second load went in a short while ago. Had a sleep in for once – turned radios off last night and didn’t get up till quarter to 8. Even the cat didn’t wake me – thankfully. Mary – yes I normally work weekends so can’t complain too much but up to a couple of years ago we also got Easter Sunday off – not now. Once you start something in retail customers expect it all the time. Shazz – I missed your responses to that thread but have often wanted to write “get a life” to some of those on the other side of the world. Instead I sit here, shake my head and move on. Just another snivel libertarian that would change their minds if they were in that same position. Laurie – loved your shopping story – maybe that mother will learn to shop when he is at school in future – pmsl At least everyone got a chuckle – don’t know that I could have held it in like you tho Lew – glad you’ve had some good news with your friends little daughter – have told daughter if she was born on a Tuesday we could have called her Ruby Tuesday – she’s always been glad she was born on a Thursday – pmsl Talking of daughter – she’s 23 today. Got a chuckle when she came in this morning from birthday drinks last night – opened her cards and one from Nanna has 90 in the rh corner – daughter missed seeing that – only concerned with the contents of course. Now I know f-i-l has dementia but maybe m-i-l is heading the same way or her eye surgery was not a success. Hope everyone is having a relaxing day. Catch y’all later. Gwenda

Good morning all from sunny Botany Bay, the only rain we got here yesterday consisted of about 10 spots - not even enough to wet the road. We ate on the balcony again last night - a very still night, and watched the endless stream of aeroplanes coming and going with holiday makers - for about three hours there was a line up on the side of the runway and another circling in the air. This morning we have watched as the numbers increase on the beach, there are several family groups there already - set for their Good Friday in the sun. Not a lot of boating activity, and the fishermen have gone home - hopefully with their menu of the day taken care of. Only two giraffes having Good Friday off, so not much room on the docks, and earlier we watched as the tanker from Kernell left and another block of flats (very heavy laden container ship) arrived. We are having a lazy at home day today, will go off for a drive tomorrow, wherever the car takes us and spend the night where we end up. Could be the mountains - could be the sea - will know when we get there! Shaz, what a laugh . . . I read some of those things on other threads for a laugh too . . . just dont get sucked in to replying - treat them as what they are . . . entertainment. I was tempted to come to your defence and tell them not to pick on a 95year old lady who lives in a mental asylum but thought you might hit me !!! Makes you wonder though doesn't it, how people survive in this world with a 'holier than thou' attitude. Mary, I suspect poor mum may have told him the word - as you do - trying to be up front and honest with the little treasures ! I guess we all could tell a few stories of our kids and 'Show & Tell' . . . I know mine certainly embarassed me more than once. Lew, I think Rebs just hangs around waiting for the numbers to come up - getting in practice for the Lotto !!! At least I have stopped singing 'Lou Lou' and am singing a different song this morning thanks to 'Ruby' - hope her dad buys her heaps of them !!! Do the right thing Aunty Lew, and train the wee thing the right way, I had great success with my neices little girl - I trained her from new born till at three she always asks Daddy to take her to the shops to buy diamonds and gold. When they hit the shops its straight to the jewlery store - even likes them better than Disney Shops . . . I am really proud of myself . . . its easy training because little eyes love the sparkles, just like bigger eyes. Well, lobster & prawns on the menu for lunch . . . and maybe a nice drop of cool white bubbles to wash it down . . . out on the balcony watching the world go by - lifes hard - but someone has to do it !!! Atlantic salmon on the BBQ for dinner . . . just phone for reservations !!! Hope you all have a good one . . . Stress free, and family friendly . . Hi Leah wherever you are . . . hope alll is well, and that you have a great relaxing Easter. Cheers luv Laurie

Lew Lew, What a lovely way to start Easter. :) Nice name they have chosen too! Laurie, the things you hear in supermarkets!! You should send it into Reader's Digest!!! Hi Shazz, I read the thread originally and thought yep - here goes another one. But I don't think Fred meant to offend, he was just so (rightly) angry. But the minute I read it I expected peeps to be upset. Hope you have a great time with the G-kids but rather you than me for the next week !!!!! Enjoy :0 Mary - I think, when anything finishes it's good to have a time of grieving - then you can move on looking forward to the next stage. I sometimes think the problems with our modern life is that we don't stop and process all that should be dealt with but just hurry on with the next thing. You can carry a lot of baggage that way! Today I have to catch up with 'you know what!' My sister and family are arriving at 2pm and I was so busy this week that the house is awful!! The kids have moved out -housesitting - so at least their end is clean and tidy. it's only just gone 9am and already I have two loads of washing done and the bed stripped!!! Wonders will never cease :) Vonny

Well good morning Wattlers and a good morning it is! My darling friends Rebecca & Sean have been blessed with the arrival of their first child Ruby Elizabeth at 9pm last night. After the tragedy of losing my beloved Chester during the week, this has certainly put a smile on my face, although I resisted the temption of asking them to name the baby Chester, lol. We've had about 40mm of rain (which I'm sure Chester had something to do with!) and Hubby is going to plant some trees. Pity we didn't have turf down, 'cause all we have now is a bog! Anyway, all in good time. Beautiful Autumn day here in Mudgee. I hope everyone is well, travels safely and has a wonderful day> Lew Lew xxx

Morning everyone.. Another fine day today.. We had a little rain yesterday afternoon but it didnt last long enough.. The garden is so dry..Back to my old self today and tomorrow we may go looking at cars. We now have to find a car we like and trade in the 4wd.. Been looking at the Honda Civic.. seems a nice car and not to big which is what we want.. Joodles, Congratulations on becomming a granny angain,, hope your daughter recovers soon and is home in the near future..Bet the highway going through the mountains is extremely busy today so a good time to stay home.. Sue.. Have a lovely time in the big town of Melb. and hope the weather stays fine for you..Relax and enjoy yourselves.. Gwenda Sorry to hear that you are having to work over the Easter time..hope it is not to busy and you dont get to tired..Do you get time off in liew or is that the normal days you work despite it being a holiday weekend.. Tony Enjoy your peaceful weekend and dont get into mischief.. do a Norm, sit back with a few tinnies and watch the footy and veg out.. do you and Barb a world of good..You can get some exercise jumping up and down on Sunday when you find out we have won lotto...LOL Laurie What a funny story,, wander where he found that word, I wander if he really new what it meant.. He did realise that it got a good reaction though from mum with chockies to keep him quiet.. Makes my shopping center seem very dull... Shazz. Sounds like you have a busy time ahead.. enjoy the kids and dont give them to much chocky.. Lara.. How are you mate.. Hope you are not going mad getting the house ready for the onslought..Wish I was comming down but sorry I cant make it this time..Still giving a little thought about the queensland one..will have to wait and see... Well I hope everyone has a very safe and happy Easter and anyone driving take care.. Love Mary xxx

Hi all - happy Easter to you on this cold morning. Shazz - I went to have a sticky beak at the thread you were talking about - couldnt find it. Back to bed I go - too cold here!! Love Jude

Hi Lew, Well ive just gone in and deleted my replies im sorry I added in the first place so I thought instead of wasting my time with it id just clear it off, the first time I had done it because it makes me sick the way some people go on about things, if they dont like whats been written then dont read it but I think sometimes thats all these people have to do in life, too much idle time on their hands. it was foxtrods thread about being burgled and one person complained about what he had written, anyway I took them off, she'll probably comback with a smart retort but who cares, I started to laugh about it in the end. Have a great night anyway Lew. Bye Shaz

Well that's it Shazz - off to the Naughty Corner for you! As I've said before, I don't get involved in any other thread, 'cause it's not worth the drama! Hope you have a great Easter. Chat soon, Lew Lew xxx

OH Bugger, I had just written a whole heap of typing hit the wrong button and lost the lot, not going to start again took me all of half an hour to write, will be having all the grandkids down for the next week so now will definitely be not on board, OMG 9yr old, 7yr old and 11mnth old, hehe Rob is already pulling his hair out, going to be a noisy household from now until 25th As I was saying Lew, sorry to read about dear Chester, they really do become part of the family like children dont they, been there about five times and its so sad when they go Have a great holiday Jude Congrats Nanny Jood, he he Frogs, Spiders, creepy critters, hope your not frightened of a few little extra things running around your house in the near future Anyway have a great easter and probably wont see you until we meet at Laras in a couple of weeks Best Luck all for Lotto, Hi to Vonny,Lara, Laurie Anna, Devily, Trifley Gwenda, Tony, Jude, Leah, and sorry to anyone Ive missed Toodles Shaz Whoops Ive been a naughty girl have been upsetting peeps on another thread, honestly some people are thin skinned

Hey that's not fair. You had it last time!! Naughty Rebs, stop hogging them all to yourself. Lew Lew (pouting!)