Regular checking

Yesterday I had a colonoscopy and gastroscopy 

The gastroscopy isn’t an issue. Usually you fast for 12 hours before hand go in and 

Bobs your uncle out again before you realised you have been asleep. 

The colonoscopy is a whole different animal 

You fast the whole day before. Having only clear liquids, broth 

And black tea or coffee. 

These things do not fill the tummy at all!

Then you have to start drinking a powerful laxative drink. One every two hours starting at a specific 

Time depending on what time your appointment is 

THIS IS THE WORST

You live in the toilet, or your running to the toilet 

Which if you can’t run is always a game of chicken 

And you end up having a bottom like one of those baboon’s 

I just telling myself bowel cancer is way worse. So suck it up and just get on with it. 

Happy to say all clear. 

The barretts hasn’t come back 

And I’ve got the cleanest bowel ever! 

So I need to go back for a gastroscopy every three years. And I don’t need another 

Colonoscopy for about ten years. 

Unless of course I have symptoms 

So to end this horrid post. Here’s something to make you laugh 

https://youtu.be/nvrzUngEQRw?si=768oyqIZGGr7M_e9

Don’t forget to get yours checked 

Blessed

Today all three girls were here 

They all play well together and keep each other amused. 

The weather was lovely so we went outside to check the livestock 

Sitting on a Log watching the sheep and alpacas while the chickens were clucking behind us 

Grandpa and his girls 



Trying to get the alpacas to come and say hi



Back instead relaxing watching bluey 



A pic out of order lol 



The two younger girls are especially close 

They’re doing puzzles together here 




The older and more mature granddaughter was knitting on the couch with grandma 



It was a wild day full of fun and laughter 

Ana has gone home with her parents and the older girls are in Bed 

Grandma and grandpa are resting. Ready to start again tomorrow 

How lucky are we to have quality time with our girls 

ANZAC Day 2024

The Ode

The Ode of Remembrance is a poem that is commonly recited at Anzac Day services to commemorate wartime sacrifice.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: 
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. 
At the going down of the sun and in the morning 
We will remember them.

The Ode comes from For the Fallen, a poem by English poet and writer Laurence Binyon. The poem was first published in The Times on 21 September 1914. It was later published in the Winnowing Fan - Poems of the Great War.

By mid-September 1914, less than seven weeks after the outbreak of war, the British Expeditionary Force in France had already suffered severe casualties. Long lists of the dead and wounded appeared in British newspapers. It was against this background that Binyon wrote For the Fallen.

The Ode is the fourth stanza of the poem. The verse, which became the League Ode, was already used in association with Anzac Day commemoration services in Australia in 1921.

For the Fallen

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children 
England mourns for her dead across the sea, 
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, 
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal 
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, 
There is music in the midst of desolation 
And glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young, 
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow, 
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, 
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: 
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn 
At the going down of the sun and in the morning 
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again, 
They sit no more at familiar tables of home, 
They have no lot in our labour of the daytime, 
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires and hopes profound, 
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, 
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known 
As the stars are known to the night.

As the stars shall be bright when we are dust, 
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain, 
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, 
To the end, to the end, they remain.

- Written by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)

LEST WE FORGET 

A tale of three lounges

My friend who has back and hip issues like me was visiting her son’s home in Perth. 

She said that while sitting on  his lounge she never got any pain. 

Once she got home she purchased the exact same lounge 

Hubby and I were talking about replacing our lounge as it had no support left and was causing us both lots of pain. 

When my friend told me about her new lounge we visited to check it out. 

It was so nice to sit in, was higher than ours  and so very  supportive 

So off the three of us went to buy one for our home 

It arrived today and it’s all set up 

I now need to work out how to get rid of the indents in the carpet 

It even has the seal of approval from the princess 



Word of mouth. Is the best advertising 

And we all hope we have much less pain now 

Gorilla gardening

The sun came out in the afternoon and I was sick of being inside so I went out to water the veggies and check on their progress. 

The fig tree was damaged in the big winds a few months ago and I had been waiting for it to drop its leaves so we could transplant it into the ground 

Unfortunately it was very very heavy. 

So hubby got his machine to help do the job. As luck would have it. Wonderson was at the workshop servicing his lovely wife’s car. So he helped 

First the sling had to be placed around the pot 

And then slowly it was lifted into the air 





A final bit of help getting all branches over the fence and the job was done 



Hubby then trimmed it back and planted it into the ground. 

If it lives great. If not. I’ve got a few cuttings that have taken to plant out. 

A much  better way to move heavy pots don’t you think?

It’s washing day today so I’m off to hang out the bedding. 

Enjoy your day 

Weekend

Friday as usual was ana day and she arrived looking a little tired.  

We had cuddles on the couch and when she wokenu0 proper we had breakfast. 

Toast, with peanut butter and some apple. 

But by eleven she wanted a sleep. So by the time she woke up her grandfather was here and she was a happy little Lady 

Grandpa is the favourite. Grandma is second best lol 

I finished off my hexi cardigan and it’s very warm indeed. 

I might add to the band around it. It’s curling so I think a couple of more rows should fix that. I have plenty of yarn left 

Yesterday was art day and we started a new paining.  Its always exciting and a little daunting when we start something new 

And we never make it easy on ourselves. We’ve picked a picture, from the internet, of the giants causeway 

I’ve got a few pics of my visit. But as the day was grey and misty we decided to use a picture that has a beautiful sunset sky. 

I’ve started a top down jumper for hubby. I’m kinda winging it. 

I started using a pattern. But it got complicated. I’m a see and do person.  Not a read and follow   

So I found a YouTube and I’m using that as a guide. 

I’ll definitely show you how it progressing in a few days. 

Out to dinner last night for a friends birthday. A lovely little Italian restaurant In Montrose 

It reminded me of one my sister in law and I went to in Rome   The food was fabulous 

We had a set menu for $50 a head and I got to say I was so full that by the time the endless pizza part arrived I just couldn’t eat another bite

So today is a rest day for both hubby and me. 

He’s lit the fire, it’s looking very grey out there. 

I’ll continue working on his jumper while he watches sports and car racing on the television 

Yes we are a boring old couple now. 

And that’s how we like it. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

Getting stuff done

Yesterday I planted some of the bulbs in these two pots. They already have some growing and others just pushing through. My aim is to try and have something flowering all throughout the year 

The rest of the bulbs went into the garden in front of the window I can see while sitting inside. 

After the sun started to go down. But before dark. I planted out the vegetables 

There’s rainbow chard, I call it silver beet. Kale broccolini and mini cabbages. 



And in here we have sugar beets   I think they’ll make a nice change to toasted potatoes 

This morning I pined the quilt so it’s now ready for sewing. 

Won’t be today. It’s hard work with a very bad back so I’ll give it a few days before I start. Unless I feel ok 




And now it’s back to this. I had put aside my hexi cardigan as I was waiting on yarn from Denmark. 

That’s when I started the blanket. It kind of took over for a while. 




So apart of going to the doctors today. To get my scripts. I’ll be working in this. 

Oh and I need to work out what we will be doing for dinner. 

Any suggestions?