tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27046572095591707132024-03-09T17:02:49.100+08:00A geriatric grandmotherMimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger1545125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-92180990219022608852019-12-09T12:05:00.001+08:002019-12-09T12:05:46.728+08:00A BIG CELEBRATIONIt is almost a year since I blogged so it's a fair chance nobody will see this but just in case:<br />
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On Monday 2nd December Phil celebrated his 90th birthday. He was a little wary leading up to the big day but once it arrived he lifted his spirits and all was well again.<br />
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The family gave him a lovely day at granddaughter Aimee's new home with lots of food and good cheer. Christie took this picture of the two of us with 3 of our great-granddaughters...Caitlyn who is now 23, Imogen who is 11 and Ava who is 7.<br />
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Karen collected us and Aimee drove us home which enabled Phil to have a couple of drinks. Actually he and I shared 2 cans of Kilkenny ale which is the only beer type drink I like. I think Phil would have been OK to drive but it was nice for him not to have to drive the distance. All 3 families live at least a 45 minute drive from us. There are so many new suburbs opening south of the Swan River that what were once quick journeys are now quite slow with lots more traffic and, of course, traffic lights.<br />
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Not sure I have any news as we seldom do anything apart from family birthdays etc and lots of medical appointments of one type or another. Our doctor of many years closed his one man practice last December as he said under the Medicare scheme it was no longer viable for him to operate on his own. He has joined a practice some 30 or more minutes drive from our place so yours truly set about finding a new doctor on the internet. It took me a while but I finally found a gentleman that sounded just right for us. My choice was excellent and one of his interested is geriatrics and he certainly does his best to look after us. It is only about 10-15 minutes to drive to the surgery which suits us fine.<br />
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Those that know about these things have forecast Perth to have a long and hot summer this year and so far they have been very right. We've already had a couple of centuries and more heat is forecast for this coming week culminating in 41C (105F) next Saturday. I am not a lover of summer but I guess we have to grin and bear it while not baring too much. I often wonder how we managed prior to having air-conditioning in our cars and homes. Maybe we were made of sterner stuff back in the day!<br />
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I hope all my blogging mates are doing OK and I guess are busy making plans for the coming festive season.<br />
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Will I be back? Not sure but just had to tell you about Phil and his big day. Bye for now.Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-53198159010097780442019-01-01T04:00:00.000+08:002019-01-01T18:51:20.744+08:00HAPPY NEW YEARTo anyone who happens to wander into my blog I would like to wish them a very, very happy new year.<br />
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If last year was not so good I hope 2019 will treat you kindly. If 2018 was good then may 2019 be even better.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"> HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE </span><br />
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Tomorrow is my 87th birthday and after that I just may say bye-bye to blogland as I am not sure I have the ability to keep it going any longer. I enjoyed it so much over the past years but as I do so little now I never have any news (other than medical these days) and as I don't go out I can't show new pics etc. To my steadfast followers I say many thanks for being there. You will never know how much I have appreciated your friendship.Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-7763298889294123192018-12-25T04:30:00.000+08:002018-12-25T04:30:30.549+08:00MERRY CHRISTMASAs Christmas Day falls on a Tuesday I am combining season's greetings with Tuneful Tuesday. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas with friends and loved ones. We will miss our #1 granddaughter CB, her hubby and their two little girls on Christmas Day but will be thinking of them enjoying a snowy Christmas in New Jersey with C's sister (our #3 granddaughter) and family.<br />
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Phil and I will be spending Christmas with our daughter and son-in-law at #2 granddaughter's home with her daughter and our #1 grandson. It is going to be a hot 35C (95F) so a cold meal with all the trimmings and hopefully an airconditioner that will keep us all cool while we enjoy being together.<br />
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Thinking of a good old Christmas favourite and came up with Bing Crosby's version sung in 1942. I doubt any Christmas goes by when people are not playing this one. I was 10 when this record was made.<br />
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My daughter and I always say we would love to have a white Christmas, which is of course impossible in Perth, but at least Karen spent an early Christmas in the snow when they were with their daughter in New Jersey in November.<br />
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<br />Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-75193931565323847192018-12-18T05:00:00.000+08:002018-12-18T05:00:06.223+08:00TUNEFUL TUESDAYThis is a song I've always really enjoyed and after celebrating Phil's birthday earlier this month we seem to have been thinking back over the years.....so many wonderful memories for us. <br />
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We began all those drops I mentioned 3 days before the op and have to continue with one of them for another week and the other 2 until Phil sees his surgeon on 17th January. <br />
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Phil had been told to have the right lens of his multi-focal glasses removed and he did that today and is seeing remarkably well with just the lens on the left. Makes us wonder if the first cataract op was perhaps not as good as it could have been although his left eye has always been worse than the right one. He may even be fortunate not to have to wear glasses all the time although I think his driver's licence shows him having to wear glasses when driving.<br />
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What with these drops 4 times a day plus a drop in each eye once a day for his glaucoma and 3 meals a day and trying to just be up and about I haven't really had time to give to blogging and must apologise for not visiting the blogs I really enjoy. Just not feeling mentally strong enough to take everything in as I should and give them justice.<br />
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Leaves are finally growing well on my frangipanis and there are buds aplenty too but they are so slow compared to Karen's who are already flowering. Maybe it's cos we are only a couple of miles from the coast whereas Karen lives about 20 miles or more inland. My lovely chameleon roses are still flowering and the one I thought had died does have leaves but not sure if they would off the root stock. Time alone will tell and with all the business going on of late I've not had the heart to ask Phil to pop out and buy me a couple more roses. <br />
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It is only 14 days till Christmas and for some reason I can't feel at all Christmassy. Of course C and M and the two little girls will be in America for Christmas and I think it is the children that make Christmas more exciting. We have decided to still do Secret Santa and Phil and I both are putting on our thinking caps as Karen needs our lists by tonight. Phil I know wants a book voucher so that will take care of half his list and I may ask for a Bunnings voucher and a few little things to complete the list. When one gets to our age one doesn't really need anything new and yet it's great having a couple of little parcels to open on the day itself.<br />
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Our summer has arrived and although today is only forecast to be about 25C (77F) Friday is heading up to 38C (100.4F) with several days in the low 30s to follow. None of this is yours truly looking forward to one little bit but when you reach my age one should not be wishing one's life away longing for winter.<br />
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Hopefully when Christmas and New Year are long gone and the drops are back to one in each eye at night for Phil I will come back down to earth and be able to think more clearly. Cheers for now and will try and think up more pretty tunes for Tuesdays just to keep in the loop.Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-1050375318457452452018-12-04T05:00:00.000+08:002018-12-04T05:00:02.011+08:00TUNEFUL TUESDAYNow for another golden oldies dating back to 1957. Pat Boone was not always one of my favourites but I do like his rendition of "Love Letters in the Sand". I hope you do too. Enjoy.<br />
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Today we begin putting a series of eye drops in Phil's eyes 4 times a day that plus those he has every night for his glaucoma. Then after his cataract op on 7th December we continue with multiple drops for another 3 weeks. Phew!! Thank goodness I didn't have to do this when I had my cataracts done a few years back.<br />
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I think I've told you, apart from immediate small family, we only have each other and yet are content. I know he would do many more things if it wasn't for me holding him back. I am finding it difficult to walk any distance and am nor able to stand for more than a few minutes and I feel bad but he never complains and is always there for me. He just now brought in a basket of clean washing off the line and he was the one who hung it out as well.<br />
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All I can say is I hope he has a very happy birthday. We are going to our eldest granddaughter's for afternoon tea and it will be lovely to see her, her hubby and the two little girls again. It seems so long since we last saw them as they have been busy and we were ill and then they also had illnesses as well. Once families all seemed to live in the same suburb, within walking distance almost. but now all of us seem to live at least 25 miles apart which makes it difficult to just pop in for a cuppa.<br />
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There were times years ago when we were able to do what the couple in the picture are doing. Now we just love to sit and watch others enjoying themselves and remember.Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-51506671108745232662018-11-28T05:00:00.000+08:002018-11-28T05:00:08.911+08:00YOU HAVE TO LAUGH DON'T YOU?Sometimes something happens and you find, when thinking of it again, you find yourself laughing. This is something that happened last Friday.<br />
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First I need to explain. For many years we have had a front driveway gate consisting of a large gate and a smaller one. Phil had installed the larger one many, many years ago swinging it on a steel post. Previous even to that we had a ranch style fence built at the front of the property so the smaller of the two gates was swung on the large fence post.<br />
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All this worked wonderfully well until white ants (termites) decided to devour the 4 x 4 main post. We had the termites sprayed and any that were left deep inside the post were probably devoured by black ants over time. Haven't seen a black ant there for a couple of years so obviously no white ants either. As you can imagine the post began to lean somewhat and over the years got worse and worse and the little gate wouldn't meet up with the larger gate and as everything by now was on a lean it even became difficult to move the small gate.<br />
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Why am I telling you this? I needed to explain as it is all connected with what happened on Friday. Our lovely English lass, Jenny, that comes into clean each fortnight (our local council provides these workers and they are subsidised by our state government so cost very little to we elderly folk) has an 18 year old son who is a real handy man. She asked should she bring him round to check out what needed doing and I thought that a good idea. I wanted the big post and the entire section of fence removed, a steel pole to be installed and the small gate swung on that post. <br />
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He said he could do that and came on Friday morning to remove the wooden fence and said he would return on Saturday morning to install the new post, give the instant concrete time to dry and return at 3pm swing the gate. That was beautifully done and a tradesmen couldn't have done a better job and probably would have charged a small fortune. He didn't want to take any money but I decided that 4 hours of his time plus travelling was worth a lot and when he receives the payment in his bank account I think he will be pleasantly surprised.<br />
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Over the years I have planted trees and shrubs on both sides of the ranch fence so we don't really need to replace the large section that was removed as even a small dog would have difficulty in getting through. Yay!!! Money saved!!!!<br />
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So why am I still laughing you ask......after Corey had left on Friday afternoon I suggested to Phil that he should bring the letterbox in which had been left outside with the demolished old fence. Phil realised that the small gate was probably out there too and should bring it in for safety's sake. This is probably only about 30 minutes after Corey had left. Phil came in and said the small gate had disappeared. I can still see his face as he told me this and I can imagine what mine was like when I heard what he said. I know these days people go around checking out items at times of council verge collections but for a gate to disappear so quickly....surely not, and definitely no verge collections taking place right now. Phil even went and checked again but no gate either inside or outside.<br />
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I suggested he ring Jenny and ask her where Corey had put the gate in case Phil had missed it. She was out so he left a message and she rang back soon after. I asked her about the gate and her answer was "right now your gate is in my garage. Corey brought it home with him to make sure the hinges etc fitted OK." He had forgotten to mention he'd taken the gate and here were Phil and I thinking dreadful thoughts about rotten thieves etc. It may not seem funny to others but to me it really hit the spot and, after all, it's always good to have something to make one laugh, no matter what.<br />
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<br />Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-44291732762805862832018-11-27T12:00:00.000+08:002018-11-27T12:00:05.990+08:00TUNEFUL TUESDAYI can remember my eldest granddaughter being part of the cast of Fiddler on the Roof many, many years ago. They all did a really great job on presenting this classic. Here we have Topol with his wonderful rendition of "If I were A Rich Man".<br />
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Last month I set about them with secateurs. Two of the plants looked healthy but the third not so muc and finally it went to rose heaven. The other two immediately began to show a lot of life and the larger of the two flowered a week or so back and it is beautiful.<br />
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I think I may be asking Phil to pop up to Dawsons and buy me a couple more. What do you think?Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-28490885044676309422018-11-24T05:00:00.000+08:002018-11-24T05:00:04.622+08:00CANDYMany of you will recall we adopted Candy who was a rescue cat. Not only had I chosen her from a photograph but when we went to the animal rescue place she chose us so it was obviously meant to be.<br />
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She has now been with us for over 3 years and has become so much part of the family that there are very few days that she's not with us for about 22 hours. She either sleeps on my lap, or on Phil's lap if mine is not available, and she sleeps on one of our beds all night. She comes when she is called 9 times out of 10 and understands lots of words and obeys them too.<br />
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A few months ago she was very ill with a urinary tract infection It was strange to begin with as we discovered her doing 'squirties' in the house and for an extremely clean cat we knew something was wrong. Several trips to the vet and various tests and medicines finally restored her to her usual happy self but it took several weeks for that to happen. Veterinary treatment is not cheap, especially when it involves various tests but we love that cat so....you pay to have her well again.<br />
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One strange thing that eventuated after her illness was she began to sleep on Phil's lap. She had never done that in 3 years even though he had often picked her up and sat down with her on his lap. She would immediately jump off. Did she realise he had been helping her get better by taking her to the vet? We will never know how a cat's mind works but all I know is she and he are better friends now.<br />
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In my work/store room where I have my computer there are two chairs with cushions on them. One is for Candy and the other for Phil if he decides he wants to come out and have a chat. This is Candy in her chair<br />
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and the other for Phil but you can be sure if Phil has been sitting out here, as soon as he leaves she has to have his chair.<br />
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She will also steal Phil's armchair in the living room but never mine for some reason. You could say she has become boss of the house but do we mind...no, not really.Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-47169514572320941782018-11-20T05:00:00.000+08:002018-11-20T05:00:18.564+08:00TUNEFUL TUESDAYThis is a song from way back and I wonder does anyone remember it? Connie Francis did a wonderful job singing "Tennessee Waltz". I can feel myself swaying to the music already.<br />
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<br />Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-43939536405697777212018-11-13T10:30:00.000+08:002018-11-13T10:30:05.079+08:00HOW ABOUT SOME MORE MUSIC? TUNEFUL TUESDAY??In the past I posted selections of music that I had found on YouTube and when I am using my computer I often listen to music at the same time. I have a very wide taste in music from rock and roll to classical so you are likely to find some surprises among my selections in the future.<br />
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Do any of you ever watch the English edition of Pointless? I really enjoy it but have to admit the cheaper edition they have now playing on Oz TV is really dreadful. Anyway, getting back to the English programme, the presenter is Alexander Armstrong and the brainy fellow is Richard Osman. I had put Pointless in YouTube to watch an episode and discovered that Alexander Armstrong has a great singing voice. "Without a Song" is a favourite of mine and I think Alexander sings it very beautifully. I wonder what you think. Perry Como also does a pretty fair rendition of this song as do so many other artists.<br />
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Here now is Alexander Armstrong and his rendition of one of my favourite songs: Enjoy.<br />
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I remember mum telling me about it and the cheering, dancing. hugging and even kissing that went on between the people of London on that historic day. I think she said celebrations went on long into the night and I can well believe it.<br />
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At that time mum and dad were both working at the Sugar Commission which had been established as sugar was essential to the war effort. Mum was secretary to the Chief and dad was chief clerk but he must have had other assignments as he was awarded the MBE by King George V for work he had done during the war. I asked mum about the medal and it seems dad kept very quiet about it and the only thing she could tell me is that she remembered he used to meet trains at various times but for what reason she had no idea. All very strange and I guess it is nice to have a mystery in the family.<br />
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My thoughts today are for the soldiers who lost their lives fighting in what was known at the time as the war to end all wars. What a great pity that wasn't the case.<br />
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<br />Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-67853011078906217632018-11-09T19:31:00.001+08:002018-11-09T19:31:47.527+08:00HELP TO ANSWER A SERIOUS QUESTIONHi and I wonder who is out there today? I have absented myself from my blog for 10 months or more and I feel no guilt about it one little bit. I had blogged myself to a complete and utter standstill, so much so that I have not been following blogs that my blogging friends write, some so prolifically. <br />
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How is everyone? Phil and I are still making an effort to hold our heads above water having recovered a couple of months back from an extremely bad chest/head cold. Yes a cold, not flu as no aches and pains or temperature but just blocked heads and so much coughing. Took us about 4 weeks to get over the cold itself and several weeks before we began to feel ourselves again. I had two trips to the doctor and had steroids and antibiotics the first time and different antibiotics the second time with an additive of some type of acid. Fortunately that seemed to do the trick. Phil is on a low dose antibiotic every winter and that seemed to help him without having to see the doctor.<br />
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We are currently feeling a little isolated as FOUR members of our family are paying a visit to the U S of A, New Jersey to be precise or Pitman in NJ to be even more precise. K and B and A and C flew out together last Friday to pay a visit to B and her partner K. From what I've seen on Facebook A is particularly intrigued with the squirrels that inhabit the neighbourhood they are in and has taken videos of them. K, like me, loves the autumn coloured leaves on the trees which we have so few of here in Perth. She posted on Facebook a photo of the trees in the street where B and live and the colours are glorious.<br />
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I mentioned a serious question I have to answer. I have made 2 very serious decisions in my life and they both involved marriage and as most of you know I have been married twice. I know I have had to make other quite difficult decisions but the one I have to make now is this: my driver's licence is due in January and as most people know after you turn 80 you need to visit your GP where he tests your eyesight, your blood pressure and blood glucose (if you happen, like Phil and me) to be diabetics.<br />
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My paperwork has just arrived and although I've not driven for several years now I have always liked to have a current driver's licence in case of a real disaster when I would perhaps have to drive but it's also good to have identification with one's photo on it. My GP has always signed me up as being capable of driving even though I tell him I've not driven much for some time.<br />
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Phil suggested I let my licence lapse as he has been our driver for some time and hopefully will continue to be so for some time to come. I first drove a car when I was about 17 or 18 and then drove several times in the following 2 or 3 years. When I married in 1953 I drove quite a lot and in 1954 I thought it time to get my driving licence. Got it without a problem and have had it ever since without one demerit point which I am very proud of considering the amount of driving I used to do in heavy traffic to and from work for many years.<br />
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I had a few parking fines but they were only when I loaned my car to Phil or Karen. Just hated the fines being in my name but that is in the long distant past and all forgotten by the three of us. They by the way, paid the fines.<br />
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Your advice please. Now approaching 87 is it time to be honest and say because my arthritis has gotten so bad I'd probably have trouble driving very far, except perhaps in a real emergency, and not renew said licence. Please tell me what you would do in similar circumstances. Yes or No.<br />
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It has been quite a wet winter in Perth and it has not been until this week that our weather has begun to warm up. We have only just today begun to pop the sprinkler on in the garden and will probably have to do again next Tuesday and Friday as no rain in sight. They are our 2 watering days although we can use hand held hoses to water pots and various spots in the garden.<br />
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The cooler weather has kept my frangipani very quiet and they are only just now beginning to get leaves. I am hoping this warmer weather will spur them on and in a few months we will be enjoying some beautiful flowers again, similar to this one from last year:<br />
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<br />Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-58568845381598761552018-01-02T03:30:00.000+08:002018-01-02T03:30:32.263+08:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEYep...that's me...86 today and not really feeling it (until I get up when it's a different story). It's going to be 33C (91F) which is one reason I've always wished I was born in winter. Well, I wasn't so have to make the best of it heat or no heat.<br />
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<br />Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-50568718175813575602018-01-01T03:30:00.000+08:002018-01-01T03:30:08.763+08:00HAPPY NEW YEARAs we say farewell to 2017 we look towards the new year of 2018 and hope it will be good to all of us. I particularly want to wish my faithful viewers all the best for the coming year.<br />
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I am saddened that I've not been able to keep up with blogging this past year and not been doing a lot of visiting other blogs. I truly have no excuse apart from the fact it has been a very medical year for both of us and it sort of messes with your mind. We both have made it through the year and hope to do the same next year. Phil turned 88 on 2nd December and in a very short time I will be 86 so we have an excuse for being tardy.Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-15890341764677799902017-12-25T03:30:00.000+08:002017-12-25T03:30:23.710+08:00MERRY CHRISTMASI know I've been very spasmodic this past year with blogging but I've done my best and to anyone who may still be checking out my blog (and I know who some of the faithful are) I would like to send you best wishes from Phil and myself (and Candy too of course) for a safe and happy Christmas.<br />
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When the new year of 2018 arrives I hope it will treat you all kindly for its whole 365 days. I will endeavour to stay in touch but I'm making no unbreakable promises. I am getting a tad old and that is the truth of the matter.<br />
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P.S. My thanks to the lady who telephoned me today to thank me for my blog. I am sorry I don't know your name but believe you said you live in Pemberton (a beautiful place in WA). Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-53013266053655534502017-12-19T03:30:00.000+08:002017-12-12T20:21:07.553+08:00TUNEFUL TUESDAYWhoops running late with this one so a quick decision as to which I shall choose. How about Tennessee Ernie Ford with "Shenandoah"? A beautiful deep voice singing a delightful song and of course it is from YouTube.<br />
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<br />Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-22696858742357443602017-12-14T03:30:00.000+08:002017-12-14T03:30:57.856+08:00THURSDAY THOUGHTSFirstly, Phil has asked me to say thank you to those of you who wished him a happy birthday. I think he is still amazed that he has made it this far and says the important thing about his age is that he can still enjoy life and that he is actually here. I am hoping he will make it to 90 but perhaps one shouldn't look too far ahead. They do say to be careful of what you wish for.<br />
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CANDY CAT: Candy has now been with us for over 3 years and she has taken charge and rules the roost. <br />
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I will never understand the vagaries of cats and their habits. For the first year she slept in different places and then took over Phil's bed, sleeping high up the bed in cold weather and at the foot of the bed in summer. Suddenly, early November this year, she jumped up and went to sleep on my bed and has done so ever since. Some nights she will wander up to where Phil's head is, look him in the eye as though to say "goodnight" and she is back on my bed. We are now wondering how long she will keep that up.<br />
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She is a cat that always wants to be where we are and in that way seems more like a dog. I'd always wanted a cat that would jump up and lay on my lap for a while. I got more than I'd bargained for with Candy. She will jump on my lap when I sit in my armchair in the lounge but it's not just for a short time; if she had the chance she would stay there for hours. I don't mind if I'm watching TV but even then one does have to move occasionally and it's playing havoc with my crocheting as she likes to play with the yarn, given half a chance.<br />
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Out here in my workroom there is a comfy chair with a cushion on it where Phil while we have a chat about what we have to do, what we'll eat etc. Some time ago Candy would steal that chair so I decided on another chair and so now Candy has one of her own, complete with cushion. Not to be satisfied with that I've found her a couple of times recently sleeping in my office chairs which also has a cushion. I can assure she is told what's what in no uncertain manner. After all there have to be limited to her power!!!<br />
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Again about my frangipani. Karen gave me a small one for Mother's Day called Heidi. It was single stem about 25cms/9ins high but after I'd had it for some weeks the top began to look not quite right. Eventually it did rot and I spoke to our gardening chap about it and said it needed to be cut off until it began to 'bleed'. Out came his secateurs and off came the top in a very clean cut. On 7th December I took this photo of 3 shoots than had begun to form:<br />
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Today when inspecting the plants I found those shoots had grown so much longer and this was the pic I took of them today:<br />
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This is I think why so many of us are frangpani fans as you can never be sure just what they will do and I was really astonished at the size of these vey new leaves. Of course I don't expect it to flower this year but just to have had it survive is what amazes me.<br />
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Karen also gave me a Madison White (probably for my birthday). It was only a small plant but this year has decided to flower. I have a traditional white but this Madison White has a much smaller, more delicate flower with a really delightful light perfume. I have lots of other frangipani with flower buds and you can be sure I will show them to you as they flower....so you have been warned.<br />
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It would seem the most important things in my life (apart from my children and grandies) are Phil, Candy and my frangipani and definitely in that order.Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-39155753004888347582017-12-12T03:30:00.000+08:002017-12-12T20:20:10.615+08:00TUNEFUL TUESDAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Listening to Akker Bilk playing "Stronger on the Shore" always gives me goose bumps. I know there are other gifted clarinet players but he is right up there with them. I hope you will enjoy this rendition. (From YouTube).Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-76976224923442362452017-12-11T03:30:00.000+08:002017-12-11T03:30:19.093+08:00MUSICAL MONDAYPhil and I have always enjoyed the music of Andy Williams (I remember years ago watching the Andy Williams Show on TV) and here he is singing (from Romeo and Juliet) "A Time for Us".<br />
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<br />Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-42920755716811635722017-12-07T03:30:00.000+08:002017-12-07T03:30:18.025+08:00THOUGHTS ON THURSDAYSomething that has had Phil and me pondering about of late is all this confusion in Federal Parliament about whether members of parliament are dual citizens or not. It is to do with a section of our Constitution that says member of Federal Parliament must be Australian citizens.<br />
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Two members of the Green Party resigned after they realised they had both been born overseas one in New Zealand and the other in Canada. Fair enough as legally neither were Australian citizens. This began a landslide of people quickly checking if they were indeed Aussie citizens as many had parents born overseas which automatically makes them citizens of their father's country of birth.<br />
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No my birth mother was born in Australia to Australian born parents although my birth father was born in London. My adopted parents (my legal parents) were both born in London so I am a dual citizen both ways. I would never consider revoking my English citizenship as I was always in my mind, and proud to be, a British citizen until, in the 1970s, the Labor government decided that was no longer the case and we then needed an Australian passport to travel overseas. I believe I could have acquired a British passport had I desired to do so as could Phil of course as he was born in England athough he became an Australian citizen back in the 1970s.<br />
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Today was the deadline when parliamentarians were supposed to supply proof that they were 100% Aussie citizens by, I thought, presenting their birth certificates and those of their parents and grandparents. It seems some supplied documents showing they had received confirmation of revoking citizenship of other countries but one side of politics had said this was not sufficient evidence when the other side did it but now their members have done just that...it is all right.<br />
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Honestly, don't politicians make you laugh? Talk about confusion. Actually Phil and I both feel if their dual citizenship is of a Commonwealth nation then what's the problem. One can perhaps understand it if the other country involved is not a member of the Commonwealth but......not so.<br />
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That's enough of that for now. Hopefully the same-sex marriage bill will be passed before the end of the year and all this business about citizenship will be too. The former will delight so many people whereas the latter I am certain will concern very few outside parliament.<br />
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By the way I think the injection in my finger has worked to a certain degree. There is still some swelling and I can't bend it completely but it is much less painful (or are my morphine patches beginning to work?) Speaking of the patches...I think there is some effect but my stupid back seems to be stopping me walking properly. I am not complaining.....just mentioning it.<br />
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My dear old Phil is now 88 (last Saturday). No big celebration as part of the family was tied up all weekend but Aimee and Caitlyn came to afternoon tea on Saturday and Karen and her hubby on Sunday afternoon. Also B was kind enough to replace our 2 smoke alarms which Phil had not been able to do and also changed a kitchen curtain that needed doing. Phil is OK up a ladder to do ordinary things but not having to look up with his arms above his head. He reckons it's something to do with getting old. <br />
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I found a birthday card that made Phil laugh...it said AGE is MIND over MATTER and inside it said "If you don't mind then it doesn't matter". Phil said he is just so thankful that he is still here to enjoy getting older.<br />
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This has been a muddled up post but I'm feeling a bit muddled up right now. Not sure why but this weather is not helping. We get 3 or 4 days about 30C (86F) and then a couple in the high 20s and so on. It is warming up as the next seven days are all forecast to be above 30C with warm nights. I watch how our eastern state cousins are getting more rain than they want in many places and much cooler weather. Never mind you can be sure some of our heat will make its way across in a week or so, particularly to South Australia if not beyond.Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-91116269250266385082017-12-05T03:30:00.000+08:002017-12-05T03:30:03.198+08:00TUNEFUL TUESDAYNow for a real blast from the past. There were some wonderful songs sung during WW2 and this is one I remember very well. I remember singing them around the piano at home. Here is the great Vera Lynn singing "The White Cliffs of Dover". Once again from YouTube.<br />
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