Judy Evans

@JudyEv (367089)

Rockingham, Australia

Joined myLot 10 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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Hot and getting hotter

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 6h

It’s been a scorcher here today and tomorrow is going to be worse. At 4.00pm, it’s 37C (100F) and tomorrow is supposed to be worse and with the risk of thunderstorms. This is our first week of such high temperatures. Yesterday...

western australia

Gifts for my father – part three

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Dec

I’ve written about two of the gifts I bought for my father way back when. Another one we bought was a magnetic sign which stuck to the door of his ute (pickup). It had the name of his Merino sheep stud on it. It was a decent size...

western australia

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Neighbours helping a bereft family

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Dec

Just a week ago, a farmer from West River was killed while fighting a fire. West River is near Ravensthorpe where we used to live and we knew the man’s father. In today’s news I read that over 25 harvesters have arrived on the...

western australia

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A punnet of pumpkin plants

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec

We pulled out some parsley plants yesterday. They were well past their best and it was time to get new ones. I also bought a punnet of butternut pumpkin seedlings, two of which you can see in the photo. Vince also bought a...

western australia

butternut pumpkin

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Social media bans and jigsaws

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec

I was going to write about the12 social media platforms that were supposed to cancel the accounts of those under 16 years of age. The ban was supposed to come into effect yesterday but today some teenagers are saying nothing has...

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Night-time dramas

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec

Our neighbour in the village was telling me about the ‘episodes’ she experiences at night. She apparently has very violent dreams and thrashes around in her sleep. I was especially interested as Vince’s elder brother experiences...

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Over a centenary of Girl Guiding

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Dec

Western Australia recently celebrated 110 years of Guiding. Previously known as The Girl Guides Association, it is now known as The Guide Association. Robert Baden-Powell started the Boy Scouts in England in 1908 and asked his...

robert baden powell

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'Poke the bear' at your peril

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Dec

Australians love their cricket and the Ashes series are played out between England and Australia. In 1882, Australia won a match at the Oval, their first Test win on English soil. A newspaper of the time stated that English...

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It's beginning to look like Christmas

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Dec

In the photo, you can see one of our retirement village residents helping at the cocktail bar at our recent Christmas dinner. The cocktails were not particularly fancy but there was a choice, and plenty of non-alcoholic offerings...

western australia

lifestyle village

christmas dinner

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Our welcome to a Christmas dinner

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Dec

It’s been quite a busy week here and last night was the Christmas dinner at the clubhouse. Our social committee did a marvellous job of feeding and entertaining over 100 residents. The photo shows Santa and his helper welcoming...

western australia

lifestyle village

christmas dinner

blow up costumes

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Hitting stores where it hurts

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Dec

Illegal sales of cigarettes and vapes has been steadily increasing in Australia and various criminal elements are making the most of the situation. More and more small stores are opening up under the guise of selling confectionery...

illegal selling

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My latest jigsaw

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Dec

The photo shows the latest jigsaw that I’ve done. It was much harder than I thought it would be. All the picket fencing, the lattice work and screen doors were quite tricky, then the brown trunk and the ground were another...

western australia

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Getting your money's worth

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Dec

I started decorating our Christmas tree today. In 2022, our ‘Irish’ son asked for suggestions for a gift and I suggested an ornament to hang on the tree. In due course, this little box arrived with its nice coloured band. Once...

western australia

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Catching a boat on time

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Dec

I wrote about my sister-in-law who is always late. There was one time when it was really important that she be on time and that was to board a catamaran for the reception for a niece’s wedding. The bride’s mother came up with a...

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Old habits die hard

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Dec

We recently had visitors from Bavaria stay with us for a few days. We stayed with them when we were overseas and her elderly mother gave us the most marvellous walking tour of her town. Her mother has been living alone for some...

aged care facility

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Thank goodness we allowed plenty of time

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Dec

A few days ago, we took Vince’s sister and her husband to the airport. They were to catch a 12.30am flight to eventually get to London to spend Christmas with their son and his family. My SIL seems programmed to be always late....

western australia

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A strange request

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Dec

Recently I wrote about smart cars and how they can be manipulated by people other than the driver. This allows coercive control in cases of domestic violence. I was reminded of an incident which happened back in the 1980s in a...

western australia

domestic violence

coercive control

distributor cap

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Humble beginnings for our prime minister, Anthony Albanese

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Dec

I wanted to say more about our prime minister, Anthony Albanese. While working overseas, his mother became pregnant to an Italian. Due to social pressures, she returned to Australia. Albanese was always told his father had died...

anthony albanese

humble beginnings

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Tracking smart cars - for all the wrong reasons

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Dec

There was an interesting news article a few days ago regarding smart cars which are connected to the internet. Domestic violence perpetrators are using the technology to not only track their victims, but also start the engine,...

coercive control

domestic violence

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My Dad's Wool Table

Judy Evans @JudyEv (367089) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Dec

While I know it’s not very interesting to many of you, I needed to get this off my chest, so to speak. I was going to put up a photo of the wool table my father made and which is still in use. However, there were too many terms...

western australia

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