Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
Rockingham, Australia
Joined myLot 9 years ago
Hi there. My husband, Vince, and I live in a gated lifestyle village in Western Australia. One adult son lives in Melbourne, Victoria and the other in Ireland.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
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Vince went to an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist this morning and it seems his hearing is just the same as before. It’s the hearing aid that is at fault although Vince tested it when the problem first arose. So that’s good news....
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
9h
About a week ago, my husband, Vince, quite suddenly lost almost all hearing in one ear. He cleaned out his ears then went to see a doctor. The only doctor we were able to see prescribed antibiotics and steroids in case there was...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Apr
We went to visit my sister a few days ago. I took back some jigsaws and books that I’d borrowed and was pleased to have the space back but I’ve come home with four more jigsaws and another four books. You can see some of them in...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Apr
At the opening of the shopping centre, the children were treated to face-painting, balloon animals and a petting zoo. Vince had instructions to take photos of the creatures in the petting zoo so I’m able to show you a collage of...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Apr
I wrote recently about food vans that came to the oval near us. One couple there had some parrots on a lead and I wrote about them too. I thought the parrots were sun conures but it seems I was wrong.
The couple and their birds...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Apr
A small shopping centre has started up near our village. There is an IGA, a pharmacy, a medical centre, a beauty salon and soon we’ll have a Mexican takeaway/café there too.
At the fashion parade held this week in our clubhouse,...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Apr
Yesterday, our lifestyle village held a fashion parade. I thought you might like to see some of the outfits which were modelled by some of our residents. The clothes were from several different labels and available in a large...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Apr
Well, I’m home from the fashion parade and had a very enjoyable time although I didn’t buy any clothing. However, I did win not one, but two, prizes.
Before the parade started, we were told to look on the bottom of our small...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Apr
I live in a retirement village and the membership of the social committee has recently changed. There has been a lot more events happening and today there will be a fashion parade at the clubhouse. It’s not really my scene but I...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Apr
In 1935 cane toads were introduced into Queensland from South America, in the hope of controlling cane beetles that were damaging sugar cane crops. However, they multiplied rapidly and have now spread across the whole top end of...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr
A few days ago, a man with mental health issues ran amok with a knife in a shopping centre, killing six people and injuring others. The guy came from Queensland, had mental health issues and wasn’t in touch very often with his...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr
We went to a nearby suburb on Saturday and participated in a lamb-tasting afternoon. We had to rate seven small pieces of lamb for tenderness, juiciness and flavour. Sixty people in three groups of twenty participated and, for our...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Apr
Who among my friends here is old enough to remember Sister Janet Mead and her inspirational singing of the ‘Our Father’?
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Sister Mead (1937-2022) joined the Sisters of Mercy Catholic order of...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr
This morning, I went to a morning tea at the clubhouse which was a fund-raiser for research into pancreatic cancer. There were several raffles and a yummy morning tea. There will be a walk held in a few weeks which is also a...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr
In 2000, the West Australian Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards Regulations decreed that home-owners could no longer do their own basic plumbing tasks. This included maintenance, repair and replacement of taps and...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr
There is a saying ‘Boys will be boys’ and my friend’s son and three of his friends made a grave error of judgement once and ‘did a runner’. That is, they left a local restaurant without paying. They thought it would be funny and...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Apr
We had lunch yesterday with three other couples. We’ve all been friends for years. One is English but has been in Australia for many years. However, he came out with an expression we’d never heard before when he said ‘I’ll go to...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Apr
MyLotter @xFiacre wrote about sharing a plane with some cowboy-hatted girls. As part of a ‘bachelorette’ party, they were flying from Ireland to Manchester.
I was thinking about this and how different it was in my day. An...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Apr
Very occasionally, when the right conditions occur, fish fall from the sky in our most northern parts. Residents at Lajamanu, a remote outback community in Australia's Northern Territory, were very surprised when, during heavy...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325654)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Apr
We’ve been meaning to take a trip to look at the giant trolls which have been created by Thomas Dambo, a world-renowned Danish artist. There are five of these in Mandurah, Western Australia and one in Subiaco, a suburb of Perth....
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