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Tony.. Just had a look at your paintings ..Bloody beooootiful...You certainly are a man of many talents.. Always wished I could paint. My son in law is a good artist but HE dosent think so and always poo poos me when I say he should do something with his talent.. Keep it up and you can do one for each of us.. just in case you havent got anything else to do.. dont want to see you sitting around doing nothing...LOL You should have a showing of your paintings at the meetup..soneone may like to buy one...I only want 10% for the idea...he.he.he Smug Maryxxx

Happy Easter to all the Wonderful Wattlers First off............NOT FAIR!.........I wanna grandchild!! (stamps foot). It is lovely to hear about the new born bubs but it makes me clucky for one. Ruby.......what a lovely name. Think of all the pressies you could give her.........pendants, ear rings, bracelets, rings .......ahhhh you can see I like bling! Lucas..........such a strong manly name. Thank god they didn't call him Moses like Gwynnth Paltrow did! The closest new bub I have is in Jericho central Qld. Too far to go for a quick cuddle. I went shopping for her the other day and could have gone crazy with all the lovely things there were to buy. Joodles....glad to hear about your new grandson but so sorry your daughter had a hard time. Happy and healing thoughts speading their way to her. Anna.......hope your son & family get a nice rental property. Are they looking in any particular suburb? Lara (she without a convict) we have a saying in my family.........'If you get good service....tell everybody. If you get bad service...... tell EVERYBODY!' I hope your daughter's house is fixed soon. Laurie....your descriptions of Botany Bay are so good I can almost see it. Have a safe drive tomorrow. Have you ever been to Mt. Victoria in the beewwdiful Blue Mountains? You could wave to Joodles on the way through. To all the rest of my cyber friends........a happy and safe Easter for you and your kin. I'm heading off to make a cup of coffee and settle in with a new book I found yesterday. What a hardship! Big <<<hugs>>> and ~~~~~a regal wave to you all. love Trifley Queen of the Nile.

Hi Happy wattlers, We spent an hour in the garden this morning before the sun got too hot, but it has turned out to be a lovely afternoon with a fair bit of cloud about. Just enough to cool things down a bit. Late morning one of Neville's friends turned up to help him fix his organ, ( no rude replies please ). I am now being seranaded. I am pleased that his pal came as he is very down in the dumps. He does suffer with depression, and recently decided he wanted to come of the tablets. I think he should go back on them but he doesn't want to. He says that they dull his brain, if he wasn't already depressed I could come up with lots of replies, but if you have ever known some one who suffers, you do learn to keep your mouth tightly closed. Congratulations on the new grand children, such lovely names Ruby and Lucas. I know a girl who was going to call her baby Heide Claire but quickly changed her mind, after saying them togther quickly. Aren't kids great and so innocent. How did you managed to stop your self from laughing Laurie without having a Tena moment. Lara, your dial up couldn't possibly be slower than mine. I tried today to download a card from Laurie and it still hadn't appeared after 45 mins. I will save it for when I get broadband. Talking Broadband, about how much do you all use a month. I am told that I will use a lot more. At the moment I only use about 200BM and the deal I have for Broadband is 500BM.. Will this be enough. I only every use it in the afternoons and occasional evenings to chat with overseas family. Tony, the painting are lovely, do you do flowers. I love paintings of flowers. Mary, I hope your withdrawal is not too bad. At least when you go away in future you will have the luxury of some one else making the bed and the meals. Well, have a great holiday every one Love for now SuzyQ

Evening all - well its nearly that way ................ 5:37pm and although its light outside, I cant hardly see the keyboard in here ! Tony - you amaze me ............... you are sooo talented. I love your pics as they are of the outback - or of bushland, which I love. Wish I could see them all. Trifley - Jann had a worse time than I thought - she was in the critical section. It seems when the Anaethetist gave her the epidural, he told her she would be numb from the waist down - but it didnt happen, she went numb upwards, and could hardly talk to tell them about it - fortunately a nurse understood her. Thats when she went out to it. No wonder she had an epileptic fit. They didnt release her till this morning, where she is now enjoying her babe. He really is a pet, sooo beautiful. So compact and tiny - with long fingers, and a beautiful mouth. Better get down to earth again, hadnt I ,,,, lol ................. Actually I'm feeling a bit peckish at the moment, will go downstairs and see what I can find to eat. Jood

Evening all Tony yes I am still here just. Early to bed, Early to rise .......... Now what do they say ........... Well I feel healthy at the moment. Wealthy well if we win lotto, I will be on the way lol. As for wise well thats another story he he Saw the paintings very nice, you definately are a man of many talents. As for rain it has rained most the day here. We had a lovely day at my Nans, we was sneaking around trying to put in place some plans for Nans 90th birthday in July, she doesnt want anything special, and she wants to wait for her 100th to have a party, thing is as healthy as she seems you dont know what life is going to throw at you. Anyway hope everyone is having a great time, as Im sure we will over the next couple of days. Catch you all on Wednesday. Cheers Sue

Sue. Dont come over just yet.......lol Its pouring/bucketing down mate, and us Vic's dont want people talking about our bad weather...LOL........ I hope Julie cat isn't still rain dancing.....:>)) cos she is sending it to far South. O'k...... Julie you can stop rain dancing now,... you win...:>)) Joodle. Congrats on being a grandma ........again. Hope your daughter is o'k. SusyQ. No, i dont paint still life....Flowers,Portraits, Fruit, ect. Just Landscapes and a few Sea-scapes. Barb and i visited the 'Guth' studios in Alice Springs, and also the now late Pro Hart's studio in Broken Hill. Enjoyed both there paintings. Glad you liked me paintings....:>)) and thanks for your comments. Dont think i will ever get to be a Roberts, or a Heysen, but when the mood is right i enjoy my painting. The largest canvas i have painted on is at my mum's house. A painting of the Blue mountains in N.S.W...'6ft x 3ft. It took me 2 years......lol My favourite painter was Hans Heysen, and i have read his life story. Good luck with our Lotto, ( ON SATURDAY NIGHT...hee hee )and it will be interesting to see who is going to be the first to bring home the bacon...........even if its just a scrap of bacon....lol As there is no Footy on to-night...:>(( might do a bit of research. Dont know if anyone has ancestors in W.A but Beverley ( Macbeth ) added this site to 'Tips' and also entered in my Ozzie tips site. 'Reverse' WA Marriage lookup ( online ) 1905-1920 Courtesy Liz McLennan 1921-1933 Courtesy Adrian Norris http://www.openwindows(.)com/marriage/search.htm Wishing all a pleasant evening. Tony Oz....:>))

Hello again *Puts hand up in air, waving furiously* yes yes Tony - remember I am from Perth and all my rellies ended up over there too! Am about to look up the site. I too have seen the late Pro Hart's paintings and the Guth Studios (both great). What part of the Blue Mountains did you paint Tony?? Yes, tell Julie Cat to stop dancing - needs to be inland and further north. Is the Lotto drawn tonight (Good Friday) ????????? Yes, daughter is ok thanks, I mean she is sore and all that, but it was a scare just the same. Jood

Blimey!!!...you mean its not Saturday.....:>(((...thats it.......no more V.B tablets for me...lol ( pours tablet down loo...>)) ) Sorry Joodle. I'le just ammend my last statement....cos i musta bin avin a senior moment.( thought it was Saturday ).....psml. Tony Oz.........Yes,coming Barb.......sorry..... gotta go have my CRAFT tablet...bye....:>)) Joodle. It was the Jamieson Valley mate. I painted it from a postcard quite a few years ago.

Nice Pics Tony :) (and I thought it was Sat evening too!!) Bit tired after having family around for tea - baked dinner! and have organised a BBQ for tomorrow. Nice to catch up with my sister though. nite nite all Vonny

Evening folks Hi Jood, reason you couldnt find the thread is that someone had it removed, Fred posted another saying OK who had me deleted and apparently that got a little heated also and it was removed, I only posted a reply because I get sick and tired of miss do gooders on line but after a while I went in and deleted my own replies couldnt be bother wasting any more time with them Ah Mary who said anything about giving the kids chockies, Im keeping them all for myself Darcy already calls me fat so I might as well hog the lot hehe Vonny, No I dont think Fred meant to annoy anybody either but some people are not happy unless they upset other peeps, surely must lead a very dull life if all they do is surf and whinge about what is written on here, anyway its been deleted now so she achieved what she set out to do, as for the g/kids, OH is already having a spiffy fit and has started on them already, dont do this,dont do that, no wonder they dont like being here, especially Darcy, when he knows hes coming down to stay he starts, Im not staying down there it sucks, cheeky little beggar haha Laurie that was really funny, poor mum though, seems to have taken it in her stride, she sounds as if she is used to it, as for that thread, I dont usually reply or take notice of them its just that Freds thread caught my eye while flicking thru and I actually only did post it for a laugh but it got out of hand, but I still finished reading some of the replys only because I thought how childish some of them became and I was sitting here laughing at them in the end, as for the 95yr old I wish you had of written in saying that, it would really have made for an interesting evening lol Gwenda you really didnt miss much, but I just couldnt help myself and had to add a few lines I get fed up with people whinging and whining but still go on to read what has been written, some people need to just get down off their soapboxes and actually get a life, ah to be 23 again, wish I knew then what I know now, well somethings anyway thats all for now folks, Im off to do do the bunny deed as I cant wait until easter night, Im worse than the kids Here comes Shazzy cotton tail hopping down the bunny trail hippety hoppety (in my case clompitty clompitty) happy easter day Night All Shaz I think somebody is trying to tell me something, since upgrading to word 2003 I keep getting ads for Viagra wish I could stop the blessed things coming through starting to annoy me, Viagra, Viagra, is that how you spell it Laurie lol

Tony - gotta tell you - that WA site was great. I found or rather confirmed some marriages, including Dad's but did find some newbies as well - so many thanks. Jood

Morning everyone, another nice day here,, no rain,,Sue should have come to Sydney for her holiday,, always sunshine here...Pity Davids family dont come from Sydney... Shazz, You are just as nutty as a couple of others on here.. Love it. I am so glad this thread isnt like some I have read lately,, nothing but peeps acting like little children.. I never add to them, just let them get on with it ,,,, Tony See we have another member of THE CRAFT CLUB... welcome..dont forget to take the tablets...LOL We have been to all the galleries in Broken Hill and thought they were fantastic, I even got my photo taken with Jack Absolem,, Joodles Glad you are finding things for your tree, I looked at my new Hot Matches yesterday and there were about 12 and most of them were for a part of my family way back in the 1699 era..but we only went back to a central father and then all branched off.no one yet on my line, Closest so far is a brother and sister.Still hopeing..Glad to hear daughter is ok,, now everyone can relax and enjoy the new bub.. Julie... Get the map out and stand on Sydney and do the rain dance there. Tony dosent want any more but we do... Laurie,, Lobster on the Balcony,,,,, how lovely.. If you sat at a restaurant on the seafront they would charge you a motza for that,, much cheaper on your own waterfront balcony.. Well better get away and do some brekky and see ya all later, Love Maryxxxx

Tony & Jood - did you know that Guth's was burnt last year - such a tragedy as the Panorama was just beautiful. Never did hear if they knew how or why it happened tho. Morning to everyone else - have a great day. I'm off to work soon so won't see much of the day. Had a bit of rain here last night so Julie might want to do a rain dance for us to have a bit more - not on Monday tho pls - I'm not working and need to get more washing done - lol Catch up with y'all this arvo Gwenda

Morning Wafflers! A beautiful day in glorious Mudgee, altough a little cool and breezy at the moment. Hubby is out planting another 25 olive trees, which brings our total to about 220, so should get a good crop next year. Your paintings are great, Tony. Wish we still had our art gallery! We used to have one in an old butcher shop and we called it 'The Butcher's Hook'. It was great fun and the Mudgee region is full of wonderful artists. We're into the contemporary stuff which is really only like by about 1% of the population, but that's us - different, lol ! Cleaned the new house yesterday - what a pleasure! I know, h***ew**k, but it's different when it's new. Having some dear friends popping over for dinner tonight. He's an architect, so can't wait to see what he thinks of our 'tin shed'. Although they live in Sydney, they also own a vineyard here in Mudgee and make some fantastic shiraz. Yummy Have visited Chester cat yesterday afternoon and Hubby has planted a beautiful Leylandii pine for him. It's a Caswellian Gold, but I'm going to call it a Chester Gold! For all those praying for rain, may you be drenched. For those you are drenched, may the sun shine upon you. Off to visit Miss Ruby this afternoon and you're right Trifely, I'm going to shower that bub with bling! Love to you all Lew Lew xxx

Good morning all. Lew Lew - My great grandfather was sponsored by the South Australian Govt. to come to Australia (he was a nurseryman). His last job before he died was as a Ranger in the Mt Brown Forest Reserve, out of Quorn, South Australia. He was instrumental in planting numerous Olive Trees in the late 1880's. I visited there about 115 years later, and the mighty trees are still standing.................... <Just a bit of trivia> ............To this day I dont know why I didnt take a picture of them :-(( That is sad about the Guth Studios, Gwenda. Would love to find out what happened. Shazz, your Darcy sounds like a lively scamp lol - How are you both bearing up with the onslaught of grandkids? Tony - tonight's the night ........ you can start getting excited all over again! Have a nice day all. Jood

Mornin' Waffling Wattlers Everyone else seems to be giving their weather reports so I thought I'd add mine: Ceiling fans......still on Wall fans.....still on Windows & doors.........all open Awnings on western side......all down Me.....still wearing shorts and sleeveless tops. WHEN will Qld cool down.......probably never! All this talk of art & craft on Tony's site has convinced me....I'm going up early for the Brissie meet. I think I might go up the day before so I can troll the gallery and museum. Then I could hit the town on the Friday night. It's gunna be a great weekend. Lew Lew give the new little Ruby a hug from cyber aunty Trifley and best wishes to the new mum. Joodles..how is Lucas and his mum? Hope both are fighting fit. A hug for them both. Both my men are working today so I'm having a nice quiet day at home. I hope all of you wonderful cyber friends have a safe, happy day tomorrow and the bunny brings you lots of eggs. Big ~~~~~wave and <<<<hug>>>> from me as I sit on my royal barge drinking coffee and reading. love Trifley, Queen of the Nile

Arvo Wattlers. Sun trying to shine in Melb. Copped heaps of rain overnight and a bit this morning. Rang eldest daughter, who is camping on the Murray at Tocumwal, and told me its nice up there also at the moment, but had a bit of rain earlier. Gwenda. Was sad to hear about Guth studio's, as the panorama of art was such a beautiful sight. I didn't realise they had a fire there. Such a shame.... We have a Guth painting hanging in our Lounge room that we purchased many years ago. Also love visiting Broken Hill and its many Art galleries and Silverton. Mary.....lol....thought it was Saturday, yesterday. So will say again......goodluck for to-night Lotto ( checks calender.....:>)) I'm allowed to be forgetful, cos....I'm over 50...:>)) plus, i dabble in ART & 'CRAFT'.......:>))) Yes....Jack Absalom, another great artist. I used to watch his painting and travelling program on tele a few years ago. Joodle. Glad i added the link then, for W.A if it helped to confirm a few things. Did the rounds this morning, and visited me mum and sisters hoping to score a few freebie chockies....:>))) Yes...i still beleive in the Easter Bunny, and while I'm still scoring ( Choc's ) i refuse to beleive he ain't real....:>)) It's my insurance.......Now all i have to do is find a good hidey spot to put them......and keep them safe and away from the Chocolate Queen Gremlin, Barbarosa....:>)) I have bought her a Chocolate Egg for Sunday.....and have tasted it to make sure its o'k....and also make sure its not Dark Chocolate ( my Favourite ). Hope everyone has a nice day to-morrow, and dont eat to much Chocolate.....or you will get pimples....lol ( you wish ) Av a good un. Tony Oz...:>))

Wot you talking about TERMORRA fer Easter Eggs, I've been practising for weeeeeks pmsl I'm sure I have one left, at least. ('ve had to buy quite a few replacements) Tony I liked Silverton too, and did the rounds of the artists in Broken Hill. I bought some coasters from that guy with the painted car - wotsisname? Bumsoddy 'Brown' ??? Trifley how far up are you in Qld??? I can't believe its so hot - I mean I can - but geez, it should be cooling down by now. I have to really stop and think what day it is here - I'm all confused (like a certain person I wont name) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, aghhhhhhhh its going to be a short week next week, and a busy one, then I'm off to the Nation's Capital for the weekend. brrrrrrrrrrr Jood

Lew. Was just checking the Office records, and saw your Query to a marriage 'FOSTER' Did you find it.??....... If so...no probs. Because i think i have found it as well, and pasted it to your query, but then realised you had maybe already found him by reading your heading again. So i deleted my reply, but have saved it. Tony Oz...:>)) http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/

No Tony, I though I had it sorted, but was mistaken. Janice has given me Dec quarter 1864 Wakefield 9c 95, but I can't find out who his wife was. Any clues? Lew Lew xxx