I do, I do, I do, I do, I do

I do, I do, I do, I do, I do need to pay homage to ABBA.  Australia is where ABBA really began on the charts. Having the vinyl records, scrapbooks and all manner of things, I would love to see if the ABBA Museum is on par with my collection.

My soul grieves for our humanity when dollars are put over wholesale cruelty.

This is one they didn't publish.

Are Australian politicians, the livestock industry and The Australian all deaf? Front page article on Rudd envoy to Indonesia.

Despite repeated abuses of a horrific nature it is all business s usual with the live animal export industry.

Nothing has been learnt. More empty promises. See Steve Geoganas response below.

At least this is a response, as opposed to silence.

My soul grieves for our humanity when dollars are put over wholesale cruelty.

The blog is working again!

The blog is working again!
It was misbehaving, but have found a way back.

Now in its 12th year? Willunga Christmas Tree Festival 2013- November 30th - December 5th.

Willunga Christmas Tree Festival 2013, now in its 12^th year

Christmas Around the World:  November 30^th – December 5^th

You are invited to submit a tree for display to promote your business, group or community organisation. Plus in the process create a unique tree for your Christmas celebrations.

Entry is free, and open to all. Your tree will also be included in our popular vote. The theme this year can encompass Christmas as your identified cultural homeland(s) and traditions or your new found traditions or heartlands. The sky is the limit!

I will share my theme of an Australian Bush Christmas.

An Australian Christmas is usually set among a hot and dry climate. We gather for carols and the obligatory hot roast and pudding with family. We fall asleep on a lazy afternoon in a haze of champagne, and an indulgence of yummy food, chocolate and cherries.

Our home is set among the gum trees of national trust property; we hear the kookaburras calling…. My tree shows a kookaburra named Kenny and other Australian bush animals on a eucalypt. With the words to a favourite Australian hymn ‘The North Wind is Tossing the Leaves’ which instantly takes me back to my childhood and Christmas’ past.

I do not have a monopoly on the Australian theme! There will however be plenty of eucalyptus as part of our displays. The more the merrier. Several groups are well underway with their creations. Looking further ahead, our festival will be part of the finale in 2014 of the Willunga 175 Celebrations.

WILLUNGA CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2013 ENTRIES SOUGHT

   

   To enter a tree please send back this completed invite – by October 31st  email: enquires@willunga.unitingchurchsa.org.au 

We look forward to hearing from you. Jenny Esots & the festival committee.

Name: .............................................................................................................................................. 

Contact details: ........................................................................................................................ 

Title of Tree: ..........................................................................................................................

Resolutions for book club

Book club has some new resolutions…………..

Don’t get so totally absorbed in a book that you forget to get on your plane!

Don’t organise ‘anything’ for the following morning, as you will be either absorbed in the directions of the following night, or a little bit hungover……………..

The grass is always browner

Thanks Nikki once again for 'Touch the Silence'. (Aug 3rd)

While sitting reading this in a deliciously quiet medical library, I felt how much I valued things I once fought long and hard against.

Example?

The sound of silence.

Being a devotee of rock, pop and soul I have always cranked up the volume.

But now find speakers cause too much 'fold-back' on my system.

I crave the quieter life.

It is probably a case of the grass is always greener.

But in Australia, the grass is always browner.

Dadism

Dadism.

This dad volunteers his time at Hackham West kindy and primary school.

He is a throw back to the seventies as he still thinks moustaches are 'in'!!

He is known by the kids as 'Grandpa', which he adores.