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Van Gogh would've given his right ear to paint like this!
I'm busily painting before the corrugated iron roof goes on. Remembering the old saying that a good painter is a carpenter's best friend, I'm smothering all those crooked trusses in good ol' Mission...
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Good Morning from "Riverbend"
Here's something to get the blood (and perhaps a few tears) flowing! If you listen really closely, you can also hear my little HOHNER button accordion in the background ☺
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The King is dead, long live the King!
If every American, and indeed everyone in the Western world, knows where they were at the moment they heard the news of President Kennedy's killing, the same is true of Sa'udis and their King Faisal....
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I've just solved all my problems
We used to take life with a grain of salt. Now it is with 5 milligrams of Valium. Here's something that's even better. It works for me! ☺
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Of isosceles triangles and other things
The roof trusses are up and painted and the roofing metal arrives tomorrow. At $15 a square metre it comes at a hefty price - and that's without the cutting! The suppliers only cut each sheets at right...
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I'm not religious but ...
For once, the Pope seems to make some sense to me. Well, it won't be long before the people have their say! Trouble is, as unelected ex-prime minister she will enjoy so many lifelong perks that we will...
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A Cyprussed state of the world
I was wondering how a small island-state of just over a million people can get itself in such a parlous financial state - and then it dawned on me: about 80% of its inhabitants are Greeks! Enough said?...
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Not quite finished but getting there
The "Nelligen Yacht Clubhouse" is getting close to completion but already it's a great place to sit on a hot summer's day. And the ducks think so, too!
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Wi-not?
We are at the end of Sproxton Lane which is a very quite cul-de-sac. Apart from the Friday-morning rubbish truck, we'd be unlucky - or lucky, depending on your point of view - to see more than a...
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The Angermeyers of the Galapagos
Sailing into Academy Bay we skirted a treacherous ledge, and anchored bow and stern off Angermeyer Point, parallel with the barranca. Facing shorewards to our right an unpainted house of pine sat on a...
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If it's Wednesday, we're one day late
Tuesday is our usual "Ulladulla Day" but we seem to have forgotten. Instead, we got there today to visit our favourite shops and to wish our German friends Heike and Siegfried all the best on their...
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It's been a cool and overcast day
Click on image to enlargeJust the sort of day to get physical and do some more work around the property. The treehouse high above the river needed to be rebuilt. Eight hours later it's done - bigger...
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It's been a late night at "Riverbend"
Four guitars, one ukulele, and two button accordions kicked up quite a noise when our guests Laurie and Carmel, their friends Laurie and Jenny, and the two of us (to say nothing of the dogs Malty &...
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T-shirts I have worn
Air Niugini, Port Moresby, 1974still with laundry mark "15" for my room in the Pilots' Mess at Six-Mile It seems that all I have to show for a life of exciting jobs and high adventure is an assortment...
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The view from the "Clubhouse"
You asked for pictures of the "clubhouse" by the pond. Well, work is still in progress but here's a preview:
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Daylight Saving ends today
After Daylight Savings Time ended today, I stopped by to visit my dyslexic friend. He was busy covering his penis with black shoe polish. I said to him, "You idiot ! You're supposed to turn your...
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If you were around in 1919 and came upon the following poster ...
I mean, seriously, wouldn't you just keep drinking?
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Thursday has gone swimmingly ...
Card reads, "HEY - YOU SUCK AT PARKING. Do you see this jackass?Even he parks better than you! Nice job. Douche. ... with a visit to the Ulladulla Swimming Pool, a big rump-steak-and-salad lunch at the...
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Turn off the evening news
Click on image All our guests do - see here - and feel much better for it. Here at Riverbend, we consider no (evening) news to be good news! However, if you're still hooked on it, here's some...
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Poor Fellow My Country
A dripping shower made me go shopping for a new washer. They come in all sizes - and they are all MADE IN CHINA! Wouldn't you think that a country governed by a bunch of drips could at least make...
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