AT LAST, My Mosaic Christmas Bollard is Finished THE TIME CAPSULE for our ANNIVERSARY

If you have been following my Blog, you will have noticed I have made 3 or 4 blogs updating the progress of my 6 foot Mosaic Christmas Bollard. Then later the blog of the the Bobcat Tractor finally lifting, and placing it in its final resting place

AFTER OVER 226 HOURS WORK

This is a truly exciting moment for me.

OUR TIME CAPSULE for our 50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

 

Our grandchildren, Sarah and Jakob, Isaac and Kye

 Decorating the pole with our Grandchildrens photos (and nieces and nephews )

The Iittle people -- This, was the fun bit !

Nate and Paige

My 92 Year old Mother, with her Time Capsule  Letter that
 she will be opening in 10 Years Time
In the year 2022
My sister Cheree has her letter in her hand, ready to place in the Bollard

Our little Grandson Nate, with Mummy Tania. Nate will be 13 when he opens his letter

 Our grandson Floyd  He will be a handsome young man of 21 in 10 years time

Our friends Jenny and Bob, and and below my relies Lou and Ros

Over 320 friends and relatives joined us for our Anniversay

THONGS, --A WAVE of THONGS

Strolling through Melbourne with my 3 girlfriends was a great adventure to us 4 Country Girls

We were in our glory in the Big City, everything in the shop windows was exciting

I think these 2 following photos, appealed to my sense of humour

2  Pair of Shoes with a Difference

For instance, this shoe shop with this wave of thongs

Does everyone know what " THONGS ".are ?

As you can see, its just a rubber flat sole, with 2 rubber strips, that fit between your toes

We wear them a lot in Aussie Land (Australia )

Isn't she beautiful, love her shoes

MORE CHRISTMAS TRIVIA

I don't know about you guys out there, but here in Australia to help participate in saving our Planet, we are given 3 bins by our Local Council (actually we have to pay for them in our rates )

One for recycling, Papers etc.

One for rubbish and
One for garden waste, to be mulched

 

Our garbage collectors do a great job.

We usually give them stubbies (beers) 

But this year we decided to give them a bottle of red. 

This red wine is great, and I think the name is very appropriate

A HOFNER GUTTAR

YES, A GENUINE 1956  HOFNER GUITAR

JOHN LENNON played this model ( and year ) guitar in his band "THE BEATLES "

I love the original lined guitar case, feeling like very soft velvet, and in excellent condition

This Hofner guitar is No. 924

We think this guitar and case is a work of Art, and my husband is very proud to own it

A little bit of trivia !! Did you know this Guitar was sitting on top of rubbish, on a trailer, ready to go to the tip?
An old man in his 80's gave this treasured guitar  to his son, later he seen in on the rubbish pile and rescued it back again

He was telling our friend Neil about it, and asked if he wanted it
Neil said " No, but I know a friend of mine who would love it for his Music Room."
He made the right choice, my hubby was honoured to own such a classic guitar
With a little bit of T. L. C .it now stands proudly in the Music Room
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christmas trivia

Just a little Christmas Trivia !

Driving along (,in what seemed like in the middle of no-where ) Santa suddenly appeared

Sitting in a made up Hot Rod Car. in the middle of a  Farmers paddock

Can you see the old car in the paddock behind Santa 

My Boys love these old cars as you can tell  by the many my car blogs I have made

( You will notice on the right hand side of the screen, all the pictured boxes.

Press the box that says cars underneath, and you will be in car heaven, mainly old cars of course )

Garden Art

Our son Kyle came with this great bike he had put together with bits and pieces ( nothing goes to waste )

I just love it, all I had to do was add dirt and a flower into the hessian in the old basket

Kyle lent it against an old tree stump we meant to have removed and -- voila -- my bike had found its home

My Beachy Makeover for our 50th Wedding Anniversary

This was our old B. B. Q. that we have now filled in.

It is quite Large so can hold heaps on top.

When our family gets together, we need space, so we can fit allwe need for tea coffee etc. including an urn for heating water All cutlery, bread, salads etc.

I love Seahorses, they were a must. I painted the molds  at ceramics Hubby painted the lovely blue on the B. B. Q. and the planter and of course flowers always make a statement

I had already painted the surfer people planters on either side

Another thing finished, what next ?

A New Invention --Strange but Clever

This was in our Herald Sun Newspaper last week ( November 2012 )

I had my laugh for the day

Building a Boat Table --- for our Anniversary Party

FIRST OF ALL I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE  ------ I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH SINCE I HAVE SHOWN A BLOG  !!!!

I have been so busy, finishing my Christmas Mosaic Bollard, turning a 13 foot boat into a table, to seat 10

(This was my husbands mission )

Finishing our Rock'n'Roll Music Room

THE GARDEN -- Where do I start, not only our Anniversary (that was on the 27 th of October, ) but my son is to be married in 1 week -the 24th of November. and of course the photos will be in the garden

   I think we will start with the BOAT, yes the BOAT !

My hubby came in smiling and said I have bought you a present. !
Jody ( our son,) will be bringing it any minute
Next minute he came sailing past in his ute (he looked like he was sailing ) Filling his ute and hanging out the back, was a 15 foot boat.
Hubby said " I said I thought it would look great in the garden. We will never be able to go to Italy, so I thought we could have a Gondolier  in the boat  I just have to find some oars "

So our boys and Vince started looking on the Internet for some life size Gondoliers.
I must admit some of them where quite handsome, and cost around 300 dollars

Next he he found this great old anchor, and we where donated this shell

What was I to do.?  Dismayed I said to Hubby," I'm going to have to wash his clothes every week !"
He replied " We'll put an umbrella up ?"

About 50 hours went into this boat !

I went to Ceramics Class and said "HELP " I need some ideas.
A friend Phil told me her son had turned a boat into a table, although his was smaller of course
They had filled it with antiques, put glass on top, and it was a real talking point

Well the idea clicked, he thought it was a great idea. I was so relieved. I didn't have to wreck my garden, be startled by a handsome Gondolier in my garden, or wash his clothes every week
Besides that, I just love, love, love the beach and we could fill our boat with beach magic

Happily filling our boat with sand ! 

A shipwrecked boat, plus donations of shells, turtle,driftwood, coral and Sonia gave us the great boat 

My little mermaid with her pearl, the sky reflecting through the glass

The large sheet of glass being placed on the boat .
The 3 clever young men, used 3 suction  pads to maneuver it into position
They used just 1 sheet of glass

"What shall we name our boat ?"
That was a Competition on our Anniversary.
I think will be another blog, as our son Kyle, the artist, has do his magic

My Wattle Tree Walking Path

This is the path I walk every morning, very early in the morning

 

 

At this moment it is glorious, the brilliant yellow of the wattle flowers takes your breath away

OOOPS ------- THATS NOT A WATTLE !

AUSTRALIA'S  BEAUTIFUL  WATTLE

I have previously written a blog and history of our wattle

On the left hand side of your screen you will see some pictured boxes, if you press the one that says gardens you will find it there