Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
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 (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Oct
We took photos of the horses and riders who were competing in a marathon event at the weekend. Most of the riders were entered just in the 16 km horse-ride but a few had already done an 11 km run, a 6 km paddle (canoe) and a 1 km...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
We called on friends on the weekend. We usually park the caravan there when we take photos at the Blackwood Marathon but this time we stayed in the town. I’ve written about them before. They lost twin girls at the ages of 7 and...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
We’ve been away for two nights taking photos at the Blackwood Marathon in Bridgetown, Western Australia. The marathon has five sections, one of which is riding a horse for 16 kilometres. We take photos of the horses and riders....
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Oct
I learnt something interesting today and thought you might it so too. Bees get drunk. Did you know that? I certainly didn’t. I’ve seen bees that certainly seem woozy but it never crossed my mind that they were drunk.
When...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Oct
Tomorrow we’re travelling several hours south to take photos of the horse-riding section of the Blackwood Marathon. In other years, we have taken the caravan and camped on a farming property at the end of the ridden section.
This...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Oct
I was reading through the news items on my computer and found that Geoff Capes had died. He was an English shot-put record holder and twice designated as the World’s Strongest Man in 1983 and 1985. His shot putt record has stood...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Oct
We have a caravan and, as you might expect, it is fitted out like a mini-house. We intend to sell it and our four-wheel drive and downsize to a motor-home which I’d be able to drive and which wouldn’t be such a big unit.
There is...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
I did a bit more decluttering the other day and gave my sister-in-law two boxes of items that I didn’t want to keep. I also made some chocolate slice (bar-type cookies) for her to sell.
After we had dropped the bits and pieces...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
We had the pleasure of listening to a steelband last Friday. The players, called pannists, were all originally from Trinidad and/or Tobago where the instrument was first created. It’s now officially recognised as the country's...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct
Last Friday, we went to the clubhouse for ‘Happy Hour’ as it is sometimes called, although it lasts much more than an hour. Most order fish and chips or pizza. These two shops are next to each other about ten minutes away. A...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Oct
A friend of Vince’s emailed to say someone with my name had won a car on Telethon. Unfortunately it wasn’t me which is a bit of a shame but good luck to the winner.
I’m always amazed when I search Facebook at how many others...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Oct
We went out to our caravan today and cleaned up the outside of it. Tomorrow we’ll do the inside. We are thinking of selling it and the four-wheel-drive and replacing them with a motor-home that we could both drive and which would...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Oct
I washed our mattress protector this morning along with a couple of other things, including a coloured tea-towel. The protector has loops that slip over the end of the mattress.
As you can see in the photo, the loops managed to...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct
The photo shows the right-hand side of my garden. Between the last photo I posted and this one is a section of brick wall.
Somehow, although it wasn’t intended, this side is all pinks and reds. From left to right are calendulas,...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct
MyLotter, Always Smiling, posted about her water hyacinths and I thought they might be a nice option for me to have in a basin or small pond. When I researched, I found that they are a declared weed in Western Australia. It must...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Oct
I’ve been working on the last few days and I thought you might to see some of the results. I took this photo with my back to the school carpark area, not from within the village where we live.
This is the left-hand side of the...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct
Between us, we’ve given this plant stand a coat of a product which inhibits rusting.
My brother made it. Although he was totally blind so couldn’t do the welding or painting, he measured and cut all the pieces. He passed away in...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Oct
I’ve been trying to get a bit more colour into what little garden we have and today I had a fun half-hour at a nursery. We now have two ficus in pots, one either side of the ‘back door’ or the door on the side which faces a...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Oct
The photo has nothing to do with the discussion.
My last discussion was about the family of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin wanting to change their name. This made me think about other names that are a bit unusual. Vince and I often say...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338393)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Oct
The photo has nothing to do with the discussion.
We watched part of a quiz show last night and the name of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814) came up. He was a French physician and politician whose name became forever...
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