A backyard waterfall

@JudyEv (325929)
Rockingham, Australia
December 26, 2022 1:37am CST
Christmas is over in Australia. We had a very enjoyable day at our niece’s. I took this photo of the waterfall in her backyard. There is a lovely al fresco area where fourteen of us enjoyed a delicious dinner which included all sorts of barbecued meats and a variety of salads. Also on offer were barbecued mango halves. The weather was very pleasant, not really as hot as we expected. In the evening, we were able to Facetime with our son and his wife in Ireland. They also played a few tunes for us on concertina and violin. My BIL and niece played piano and flute and we sang a couple of songs for them. Then we Facetimed with another niece and her husband in England. I hope you all had/are having an enjoyable day too.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
26 Dec 22
I'm glad you had a nice time visiting with relatives and eating with your niece and her family. That is a very nice waterfall in her yard. I like it.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
It is very natural looking.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
26 Dec 22
@JudyEv I agree. They did a very good job with it.
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@jstory07 (134394)
• Roseburg, Oregon
26 Dec 22
I am glad you had a nice Christmas day. The waterfall is really nice looking.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
She has done a wonderful job landscaping her garden.
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@xFiacre (12604)
• Ireland
26 Dec 22
@JudyEv And now it’s all tidied away!
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@xFiacre (12604)
• Ireland
26 Dec 22
@JudyEv Same here.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
Yes, except for eating leftovers, you'd hardly know Christmas had been.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
26 Dec 22
That sounds lovely especially to be able to see & see your son. Who would have though this was possible many years ago. Hmm BBQ mango sounds interesting! I love mangoes. Happy Christmas.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
Thanks for the greetings and I hope your Christmas was enjoyable too. I remember worrying about how long we were spending on the phone and what it was going to cost. It was lovely to see and hear them in this way.
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@Adie04 (17360)
26 Dec 22
Oh, I always wondering what is Facetime anyway, since I don't use social media platform much. Is that one of the social media, or application as well? I love to view backyard waterfall. It's like, viewing the nature from up close.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
I don't know if it's social media or what you'd call it but you can ring someone and you can see each other on your phone or computer and you can talk to each other.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Dec 22
@Adie04 I'm sorry but I don't have any idea. I think it or something like it is on most phones. Maybe it's an app.
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@Adie04 (17360)
27 Dec 22
@JudyEv Oh I see.... So for your case, the app is built in when you buy the phone?
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@Beestring (13333)
• Hong Kong
26 Dec 22
I'm glad that you had a nice time with your relatives. The food sounds great too.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
We are still eating leftovers and will be for at least another day. lol
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@ptrikha_2 (45522)
• India
27 Dec 22
The picture above itself makes me feel warmer! Mornings are quite cold with chilly winds testing one's spirits! Cold winds test even during the afternoon, perhaps the kind of weather you have in June or July. Glad that you had a nice and active time!
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@ptrikha_2 (45522)
• India
27 Dec 22
@JudyEv Yes - when we are braving the hot and often Dry Desert like winds !!
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Dec 22
June and July are cold months for us.
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• China
27 Dec 22
Glad that you had a great time at your niece’s .Now Smart phone sets the stage for facetime,which brings a distant land near.
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• China
28 Dec 22
@JudyEv Oh,it has been four years since the last time you saw your sons !You and your son must have been really excited when you were facetiming.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Dec 22
It's nice to see each other's faces. If we couldn't do this, it would mean we wouldn't have 'seen' our sons for the four years of the pandemic. They would probably find we had aged a lot in four years if it weren't for Facetime.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Dec 22
@changjiangzhibin89 We hadn't seen them since Covid hit us but now we've visited the one in Melbourne and in April we'll visit the other one in Ireland.
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@rebelann (111222)
• El Paso, Texas
26 Dec 22
I had an enjoyable Christmas. Your's sounds really wonderful, I wish it were warm here too but that's life.
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@rebelann (111222)
• El Paso, Texas
26 Dec 22
So have I. Luckily I live in a desert so icy or snow conditions are very rare. So far there hasn't been any this season and I pray there won't be any in January or February.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
We've been hearing about the terrible weather even in places that don't normally have so much ice and snow.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Dec 22
@rebelann I think other parts of Texas have been affected though, haven't they?
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@wolfgirl569 (95350)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Dec 22
That is lovely. We had a relaxed Christmas day
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@wolfgirl569 (95350)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Dec 22
@JudyEv Getting together on Friday. Roads were still drifting shut Sunday
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Dec 22
@wolfgirl569 It will be worth waiting for to see Monster's reaction to her presents.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Dec 22
Relaxed is always good. Were your son and Monster able to get there on Christmas Day?
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@moffittjc (118487)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Dec 22
I hope you and Vince had a very wonderful and merry Christmas. I love the fact that technology has allowed us to be able to stay in touch with friends and loved ones all over the world, almost as if they were right there at our side.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
Thanks for the good wishes. I hope you had a fun time too and that the terrible weather we're hearing about didn't affect you too much.
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@moffittjc (118487)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Dec 22
@JudyEv The only thing terrible about the weather in my locale was that it was much colder than what we normally can tolerate, but at least we didn't have snow or blizzards or icy roads or any of that stuff they deal with in other parts of the country. Actually, this bad weather worked to our advantage, as tens of thousands of flights were cancelled, meaning all those people who were flying to Florida to visit Disney World couldn't make it. The theme park was noticeably less crowded than what it should have been.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Dec 22
@moffittjc It's an ill wind .... and all that jazz. We were in Luxor, Egypt, just after a tourist bus was machine-gunned. I think we were the only tourists there but we could spend as long as we wanted going through the tombs, etc.
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@just4him (306527)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Dec 22
I'm glad you had a lovely Christmas and could facetime with your son and niece. Today is a good after Christmas day.
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@just4him (306527)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Dec 22
@JudyEv I love to Skype, but my family does Facetime. I found out the only way I can Facetime would be through messenger on Facebook. I deleted my account over a year ago.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Dec 22
@just4him I don't really know how it's actually done as someone else always does the connecting, etc but I know they said it was Facetime. I'm sure Skype would be just as good.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
Being able to Facetime/Skype and actually see our family/friends is so much better than the old days when you had to ring and not spend too much time.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
27 Dec 22
Merry Christmas , what a lovely area to enjoy
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Dec 22
Thanks. we had an enjoyable Christmas and enjoyed sitting outside and chatting.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Dec 22
@JudyEv How nice
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@Kasjnak (4492)
• Romania
26 Dec 22
Oooooh, a waterfall in the backyard! I mean, come on! Who wouldn't love that? Well, it seems you had a lovely day. Being with people that you care about, chatting, laughing and eating together is always wonderful .
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
It's not a huge waterfall but it's still very pleasant to listen to the water tumbling down from further up the rocks.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Dec 22
@Kasjnak My niece and her father built most of this. It's always nice to make things yourself.
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@Kasjnak (4492)
• Romania
26 Dec 22
@JudyEv if I manage to change my apartment for a house, I'll get one myself. Maybe I'll build it with my own hands, that would be really nice.
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@snowy22315 (170107)
• United States
26 Dec 22
Nice backyard greenery, although I can not see the waterfall. I am glad you had a Merry Christmas.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
The waterfall is miniscule. The water runs down over the rocks in the middle of the photo.
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@snowy22315 (170107)
• United States
27 Dec 22
@JudyEv I see it now.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
26 Dec 22
Took me back to the time we got together as a family. That is not possible now. The party used to be always at our place.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
26 Dec 22
@JudyEv We sang too mostly the rounds but with no musical instruments though
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
The families we visited are all very musical and a singsong is always on the cards if we visit.
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@RebeccasFarm (86773)
• United States
26 Dec 22
I am sure you had a most lovely time and that backyard is gorgeously designed Judy.
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• United States
26 Dec 22
@JudyEv Yes it surely is lovely to have a place to relax.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
It was all rock and gravel for a while but it's greening up nicely now.
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@FourWalls (62215)
• United States
26 Dec 22
Ooh, that’s nice! Wish I had the money to do that. As it is, I’ll just go see the “real” ones.
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@FourWalls (62215)
• United States
27 Dec 22
@JudyEv — okay, I have a white noise app that does that for me.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
This is pretty much a waterfall in name only but the sound of running water is very soothing.
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@aninditasen (15744)
• Raurkela, India
26 Dec 22
Happy that you had a nice time. Your niece's backyard garden is beautiful. I am enjoying my time with my son.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Dec 22
The garden was all gravel once but there is a lot more greenery there now.
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@aninditasen (15744)
• Raurkela, India
27 Dec 22
@JudyEv Yet it looks beautiful.
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@sarik1 (6784)
26 Dec 22
Glad to know.
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@JudyEv (325929)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Dec 22
Thanks. Do you have a garden where you live?
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@sarik1 (6784)
31 Dec 22
@JudyEv Yes.
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