Hello Ed I came home this afternoon and was surprised and a little worried  that you had not written to me. Now I know that you did and sent it to Diane. Easy to do. Re. mouse plagues. The mice, rats and rabbits came out here on the First Fleet. They are not native animals. As my dear cats are also not native animals. And re. the flag, this issue arises every now and again. People want to remove the British flag from the Australian one. I don't think that it will happen. I haven't actually heard about either issue recently. Most likely the removal of the British flag has come up due to the Royal Birthday Long weekend. Haha! I am sure that the people raising the issue will still enjoy the long weekend. My day started with walking to the Corner shop for Monday Morning Coffee Club. As usual it was a lovely social time and the weather was mild. Then I worked at the Oppie. Managed to shelve many books. Still trying to work out what to do with large amount of cooking books. Around 3:30 I looked outside and the rain was being driven in by a bay wind. We all rushed outside to rescue the stock under our verandah. The rain was torrential and has remained so. No sitting outside tonight as the rain is still being blown in. I hoope that you have a good day. I will soon be in bed with a book and no doubt 2 cats.

x

I am glad I am nosey and read yours to Dianne and hers to to so that I knew what and who you you were talking about--Wrong Diane you were writing to Dianne.

DUCK, TY

Sprinkle :-)

Good morning splash--The sun is up again and we are starting at 16 so maybe I can get around to sitting outside for a bit . But probably not as I forgot some bananas on the counter so have to make some banana loaf,I have to figure out what I want to eat,which lately seems to be a problem as by the end of the day not much appeals to me It seems you are getting better at reading Sandra's moods and then you can have good days(guess if she is talking about the other Ed you will find out what you did right all these years!!) Hopefully they can figure out something so the load does not fall on your shoulders alone. Have a good day.
Sagwa is now sound asleep in front of me!!

Hello Ed, TY for the Peace Dove. I run the dishwasher every 3 or 4 days except when I have family staying here, then it is usually everyday. Re. Debra Byrne. I still have the dress. I am thinking about donating it to the Melbourne Museum of Performing Arts. I lost contact with her over the years but have recently become friends with her on F/B. She was a big star here starting her singing career on a local TV show, 'Young Talent Time.' as a teenager. She went onto greater fame due to her amazing voice. In my opinion her greatest performances was in the musical 'Cats.' She played Grisabella and I think that her rendention of the song Memories is the best ever. We all loved her here in Australia. Sadly she has had a troubled life after all her fame and is now trying to rise above it. I think that I will now google her act in Cats. and then go to bed to continue reading my book. Wishing you a good day. HUGS

Hello Ed, TY for the Yellow Wagtail. It will be great to hear from Evelyn again. How do you contact her? Did Kevin send you his input into our English spelling chats? Bow, bough etc. It is just going 5 p.m. here and night is now falling. I had to rush to put the bins out. And it is too cold to sit outside listening to the surf. The only water noise I can hear is from the dishwasher. Wishing you a good day!

Hello Ed, I won't be seeing Mum this weekend as I have a lot to do to prepare the house for Arja's visit. Bt the way Arja's name sounds like 'Arsha.'  It is an unusual name and the only other one I know is the one that Arja was named after. When I was married to David we lived in Camberwell and one of our neighbours was Debra Byrne an Australian singer. Debra's oldest daughter was Arja. Sarah and Arja became great friends as did Debra and myself. Her other daughter was on the spectrum and would only allow me to brush her hair. Funny story... one morning I woke, opened my eyes and there was Debra standing next to my bed with a brush and Lauren. It seemed that they had an early appt. that morning and Shannon must have let them in. Debra and I often enjoyed a glass of wine together and one day when I was at her house she played a Tony Bennet record and we both started dancing. The Debra said, "Hold on a minute." Popped into her bedroom and came back wearing a beautiful gown / stage costume and holding another one out for me to put on. I did so immediately. Then she gifted it to me. I still have it! Now back to my house work. Enjoy your day.

💦 🐹 ty