31/07/2016   Photo a Day  Five

Five of my cousins with their father my favourite Uncle George , standing at the back is Anne and Tony the eldest Grandchildren and on the left seated is Peter who is also older than me (by eight months) , then Uncle George (RIP) ,Therese and Susan.Between them they have eleven children and many grandchildren of their own.

30/07/2016   Photo a Day  Four

These four patches are for a quilt that I have changed the design to a more simple one, mind you there is still plenty more piecing to do and these squares are one inch.

Originally I was taking part in a challenge but life got in the way as usual and I haven't been to Sydney since February.

29/07/2016   Photo a Day  Three

Until one month ago I had three dogs and this photo shows them snuggling together on a cold night to watch television with me.Macy the black and white dog died a month ago ,Millie has got on with life but Murphy is still very sad and missing her.

28/07/2016   Photo a Day   Two

Two sisters Sheila Maura (my mother)  on the left and Kathleen Mary

6th May 1946

27/07/2016   Photo a Day  One

One view, one tree , one type of weather ; these two photos are taken from the same position but two years apart.The photo above was taken in 2014 and below is the photo I have just taken this morning.

26/07/2016   Photo a Day   Z is for.......

Zeus is a Chihuahua who lives in Townsville

25/07/2016    Photo a Day   Y is for......

Yoyo biscuits as made by my Mother were the best biscuits in the world

24/07/2016   Photo a Day  X is for......

This is a school in Gawler South Australia and Tom and Jayne's son Michael was in the first graduating year a few years ago.

23/07/2016   Photo a Day  W is for....

Winter weather in Bathurst has not been very,very cold this year but it has been wet! The Macquarie River has broken it's banks and the Chifley Dam is overflowing. I hope we have an early spring because I am over Winter (have been since June)

22/07/2016   Photo a Day   V is for....

21/07/2016   Photo a Day  U is for......

Uncles

In this photo there are my four uncles back row left to right Jim,George,Ernie and Brian

20/07/2016   Photo a Day  T is for......

Timothy John Colley

18/07/2016   Photo a Day   S is for..........

Sheila Maura Doyle aged two years

This is my mother and doesn't she look  cheeky in this photo taken in 1925

18/07/2016    Photo a Day   R is for

Rose

I have cut this rose back severely this winter and I am hoping its beautiful single roses will be even more prolific in the spring and summer

17/07/2016   Photo a Day   Q is for

16/07/2016   Photo a Day  P is for.......

Paducah Kentucky USA 

Shopping at Hancock's was amazing but the Quilt Museum was worth the side trip from Dallas to Memphis

15/07/2016   Photo a Day   O is for.....

Ousbys

My sister Louise and her husband Joe who have been in Bathurst this week and are heading to Cowra today before returning to Brisbane and warm weather

Bastille Day

Yes today is Bastille Day 14th July but in time gone it was also the birthday of my nephew David Edward Ousby, sadly however he decided to leave us last year so we celebrate his short life without him.

You are so missed by many - Parents,Siblings,Aunts and Uncles,Children,Nieces ,Nephews and Cousins

14/07/2016   Photo a Day  N is for......

Needles for my sewing machines

13/07/2016   Photo a Day  M is for.....

Murphy and Millie

12/07/2016   Photo a Day  L is for........

My Grandson Luke 

11/07/2016   Photo a Day  K is for ......

Kitchen nice and tidy this morning

10/07/2016   Photo a Day  J is for ..........

My nephew Joe and his girlfriend Carla , Joe is a twin to Isaac (yesterday's photo)

9/07/2016   Photo a Day  I is for ........

My nephew Isaac

8/07/2016   Photo a Day  H is for.......

Home

7/07/2016   Photo a Day  G is for.....

Garden

This beautiful garden is at Castle Howard in Yorkshire (UK)

6/07/2016   Photo a Day  F is for......

Flemish Architecture in Bruges Belgium 

Storm

As I did not take any photos of Storm when I was in Alligator Creek recently Steven and Kayla have sent me this picture of Storm.

5/07/2016  Photo a Day  E is for.....

A very old laneway in Edinburgh , this photo taken in July 2006 I can't believe my once in a lifetime trip was ten years ago

4/07/2016   Photo a Day   D is for ...

My new desk second hand from Trish

3/07/2016   Photo a Day   C is for

Christine in about 1968

2/07/2016    Photo a Day   B is for

I have been in possession of this Bible for most of my life and it tells two stories of my family.My father was in Egypt from almost the beginning of WW 2 and was badly injured in 1941 and sent home but he had bought this Bible for his sister Joan.

On the side front cover he has written To Joan a present from the East 1941

On the inside back cover he has written 19th January 1942 4.15PM

Died St Vincent's Hospital around Midnight.Buried Northern Suburbs Cemetery 31/1/42

Joan was the oldest of the three children  and although she was married did not have any children of her own.She had been hit by a tram in Sydney that day in January so long ago and this is one of three things I have of hers.

1/07/2016   Photo a Day   A is for

Autumn leaves

Now that winter has set in I am finally almost clear of Autumn leaves, this one is from the London Plane Tree growing on the footpath three houses away.This particular leaf is twelve inches across and when you multiply that by the number of leaves and the number of trees it takes months to finish cleaning up the leaves.