a pic of the old old house i grew up in

this photo was taken by a friend recently and I am grateful for it.
the fence was not there in my time but rather a huge hedge.
the roses look great and i am sure my parents would have loved them as we only had a few that i recall.
the house must be the best part of 80-90 years old now...which is old in aussie terms.
it is made of huge concrete blocks. the roof is vast but i dont recall ever seeing inside of it.
the block is subdivided now which is sort of sad but more manageable i guess.
wide cement verandahs go around 3 sides of it.....which isnt shown on this pic

and just because i could do it

i emailed my sister to ask her to ask her private study student if she would write something in Chinese for me this afternoon.
so she did .
it is on the side of the page under my web page link and says
"worlds greatest soapmaker "

世界上最好

肥皂

制造商

i thought that was so untrue as to be a giggle .
and most people reading this blog wont understand it anyway so i can lie as much as i like. :-)

i hope it has been correctly understood and translated LOL

sister is in China for a year and this is her apartment front door,
which looks very important and safe

it rained and it was cold

so we went up the street anyway for a short walk to the nice neat gardens


and saw the happy flowers on the way that were all wet and lying flat


came back to find the driveway full of these galahs who wouldnt stay still near us for a photo........so this is the best shot possible

someone then went back to bed

steam trains that my son helped to prepare for a steam train fest

trains at the door of the LES



what makes the wheels go around


side view of the trains ...one doing its smoke blowing thing

Doors of the LES before the trains came out

well...long time no soap

i truly stuffed up my back two months ago.
fortunately i dont remember most of the time that has since passed........age has its compensations and so do pain killers

yesterday i finally made a few bits of soap. the logs didnt turn out as i had planned but never the less i do have soap and it feels great.
great that i managed to do it and great as in great soap again

bits of left over soap that i usually throw into some round containers

we finally got some new train line

macquarie station

epping station

pics courtesy of the son.
thanks son !!

the worlds best and most loving dog

my son went to the airshow at Avalon...yet another air show !!

dump and burn
A view out the window on the dawn flight to Melbourne


the Constellation.....i took it back to non colour just because i could



the back ends of two some kind of jets..........i forget all their names