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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

This grain silo was built by Jack Jones in 1949 when heavy lifting equipment was in its infancy. The heavy timber mainframe was made from bush timber and hoisted into position with two Fordson tractors. As the fledging silo was...

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Loretta @JudyEv Some times the old ways were smarter though harder. Just amazing.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

Our motor-home has a stone-guard which protects the bottom half of the windscreen. Hopefully you can get the idea from the top image. We’ve discovered that it also protects against flying insects, particularly grasshoppers. The...

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Loretta @JudyEv One of the best jobs too.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Oct

Kerosene tins were once very common in Western Australia. Once emptied, the tins, which I think held four gallons, would be used for all sorts of purposes other than holding kerosene. They would be cobbled together to make...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv When you have limited space there is only so much you can keep

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Oct

Near Westonia is an open-pit gold mine which is now in mothballs for about the third time in its life. The public can walk up to a viewing station which is what we did. The Edna May Gold Mine was named after the sister of the...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv I guess that is why they keep them running as long as possible and put off paying

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Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21039) • London, England 3 Oct

My little misfortunes continue. A little over a month ago, only 30 feet from my front door, I had a fall. At first, I thought no great damage was done. Then I found my brand new glasses were destroyed. My neighbours came over and...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Same here, once it is opened. Luckily I can avoid opening bars until really needed

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

Our motor-home has a stone-guard which protects the bottom half of the windscreen. Hopefully you can get the idea from the top image. We’ve discovered that it also protects against flying insects, particularly grasshoppers. The...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Yes, they soon learn the best places for an easy meal

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

@FourWalls commented on a recent discussion on how resourceful our ancestors needed to be way back when. We visited Mangowine Homestead while we were away and saw a home-made shelving unit. It had three shelves and would have...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Interesting how we fail to see everyday objects repurposed

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Oct

While we were travelling the native shrubs were out in all their glory. We weren’t in the right area to see the best of the smaller wildflowers but some of the trees and shrubs were magnificent. It’s hard to do them justice in a...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Especially when you let your mind wander

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Oct

Travelling on the back roads as we have been doing we haven’t seen a lot of traffic but twice now we’re seen these self-propelled crop sprayers. From a distance, it’s hard to know what they are as they look a bit eerie with so...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Works as long as the wheels don't wobble!

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MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (86569) • United States 15 Oct

Happy Wednesday Everyone! the sun is playing peek a boo this morning but overall it's supposed to be a nice sunny, fall day. Temperatures are chilly so I have long sleeves on but don't need a sweater quite yet. Sadly, it's too...

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MARILYN @JudyEv guess parking is an issue no matter where you live. Maybe they want to aggravate everyone before they have to deal with all the inside work

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

I really think I’m getting old. While we were away, we ran out of instant coffee which is really the only coffee we like. I buy the large tins of our favourite brand as it’s cheaper that way. So I bought a large tin in...

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Anna @JudyEv My husband never had a great memory, but now it's a disaster.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

I really think I’m getting old. While we were away, we ran out of instant coffee which is really the only coffee we like. I buy the large tins of our favourite brand as it’s cheaper that way. So I bought a large tin in...

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Fiacre Banks @Judyev I loved those old style stores. Everything in them was so special, or maybe that's just how I saw the world when I was little. I was always fascinated in large department stores by the suction pipe that sucked canisters of cash from the till desks up...

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

@FourWalls commented on a recent discussion on how resourceful our ancestors needed to be way back when. We visited Mangowine Homestead while we were away and saw a home-made shelving unit. It had three shelves and would have...

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BarBaraPrz @JudyEv Not the hearse, the finials (the decorative tops) on the etagere. I thought they might be some sort of tatting bobbins, but what tatter would give them up, unless they went blind?

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5840) • United Kingdom 22h

So last night I was aware that the neighbour opposite us had moved all the cars from the drive …..oohhh, what’s going to be happening I wondered ….. This morning I was woken up by vans arriving …. Turns out they are having...

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Traceyjayne @JudyEv that’s very true ….took 4 hours but everything was cleaned up and taken away.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

I really think I’m getting old. While we were away, we ran out of instant coffee which is really the only coffee we like. I buy the large tins of our favourite brand as it’s cheaper that way. So I bought a large tin in...

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Anna @JudyEv - I have to do everything myself now, it's not always easy.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

We went to a quiz once and one of the questions was: When did Australia engage in a war on its own land and who did we fight against? The answer makes interesting reading. In 1932, during a drought, an unusually large migration...

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Anna @JudyEv Poor guys, they were not totally guilty, those birds are fast.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

I really think I’m getting old. While we were away, we ran out of instant coffee which is really the only coffee we like. I buy the large tins of our favourite brand as it’s cheaper that way. So I bought a large tin in...

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Anna @JudyEv - The fact that my husband remembers nothing and he asks questions all the time is causing me to get confused.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

Two things fell into place for me when we visited Mangowine Homestead in the Central Wheatbelt area of Western Australia. For some years, I’ve been intrigued by a tree which grows with a twisted/fluted trunk. I assumed it was just...

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Anna @JudyEv - I am not very good in identifying local plants and trees.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

We went to a quiz once and one of the questions was: When did Australia engage in a war on its own land and who did we fight against? The answer makes interesting reading. In 1932, during a drought, an unusually large migration...

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Anna @JudyEv I agree, they surly won the war. Poor Emus.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364191) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

Two things fell into place for me when we visited Mangowine Homestead in the Central Wheatbelt area of Western Australia. For some years, I’ve been intrigued by a tree which grows with a twisted/fluted trunk. I assumed it was just...

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Baconstripsxxx @JudyEv Im the same with sunsets, I have a folder on my iphone and desktop of just sunsets

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