tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68591076654790813542024-03-12T16:41:36.248-07:00Opportunity KnocksThis is for people looking for changes to their life. There will also be a piece of poetry, or story, pictures.Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-10477275220011583852018-09-29T18:22:00.002-07:002018-09-29T18:22:53.412-07:00Bernborough <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a statue of Bernborough a famous race horse. He stood in a park in Oakey, one of the towns we stayed in, during our trip to the Carnival of Flowers. The day was warm but the night cool. We needed an extra blanket on our beds. The chill seeped through the wall like a silent ghost.<br />
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This one stood at the top of Picnic Point.<br />
There was haze over the valley below, because of all the bush fires in the surrounding areas.<br />
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Will post more later. Need to go for a walk to exercise my aching muscles.Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-66364636084739798122018-09-11T18:08:00.001-07:002018-09-11T18:08:12.982-07:00Rest time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been sorting out items to pass on to my family. Never been taken out of the box. My mother and I won them at cent sales.<br />
"Put them away," said my Mother. "We might need them one day."<br />
One day is a long time coming. So out go the items I'll never use. I have stacked them in a room for family to take what they can use. The rest will be sent to a charity. I'll have some spare space. Less clutter to move when cleaning.<br />
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I found a spare crocheted rug in one bag. It had never been used. I took it to the aged care home for some of the oldies to use, when I went to visit my friends.<br />
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I had no online service for two days. I don't know what the company were doing. The timing was wrong for me. This time of the year, I have friends away touring the country. So go overseas. They let me know when they are returning so I can be waiting with their car. I drive the car around to keep the battery charged. Others. I have to forward all their mail. A few of us work together to look after each others house. Keep an eye out for those not well.<br />
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Rest time is over. I have to go do some more sorting.Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-25823098201223407682016-09-27T17:47:00.000-07:002016-09-27T17:47:13.492-07:00Shane's 50th Birthday.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our tour group helped Shane celebrate his 50th Birthday while we were away on the day trip. The cake was beautiful. And tasty.<br />
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We were also shown the tanks where the owner of the property breed fish to sell to the market. Fingerlings are placed in large dams until ready for sale. They are then placed in the tanks to clear the mud from their system before being sent to the market. There were Perch and Barramundi.<br />
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They also grow sugar cane and mangoes.Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-50081801840446932842016-09-04T17:47:00.002-07:002016-09-04T17:47:39.512-07:00Train trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This man was playing the harp at the RBH Hospital in Brisbane. I had been there for a specialist appointment. I was sitting waiting for my daughter to finish work to come to collect me. He came in carrying the harp to set up then began to play. He must do it a lot because some of the people knew him. Such soothing music to take your mind off of your worries. One gentleman said, 'He's getting in his practice for when he arrives at the Pearly Gate of Hevan.'<br />
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These two are art work on the wall at the book in your luggage department at the Roma Street railway station.<br />
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The rest are of the station. The trains and the people who travel on them. The day was overcast and chilly. I had a few people come up to talk to me while I sat waiting for my train. I returned home exhausted after three days away from home. I am trying to catch up on my work. I am slowly cleaning the winter weeds from my garden. About fifteen minutes at a time before the back and hip begins to ache. At least I am making progress but the rubbish bin is filling fast.Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-27813163032028219592016-08-01T17:32:00.002-07:002016-08-01T17:32:29.689-07:00Photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are a few of the photos I took last week when I went on a bus trip. The day was long and we traveled many kilometers. We left at seven in the morning and returned home about six.<br />
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We had a Christmas in July lunch at a hotel in one of the towns. I have another one coming up next week. Unless some of my doctor's appointment are moved forward. It is a mystery trip. We don't know where we will be going.Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-49054833031946255362016-07-24T17:43:00.002-07:002016-07-24T17:43:53.684-07:00Cleaning up.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since I have had to slow my pace in life, I have been editing all the novels I have finished. Some I have retrieved from a computer that died a few years back. I have been formatting them as well.<br />
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I sent a few to a publisher. I did receive a surprise. A contract arrived. But. Not the sort I had been expecting. I showed it to a friend and she told me to not sign it. I had been of the same mind before she had read it. She checked the name out and found it not to be a good place to be with. So I have been sending out other feelers.<br />
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I have about a dozen novels finished to be published. I just need to find a true publisher. Or an agent to handle the publishing side of my work.<br />
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I am also finishing off a novel that I found half written.<br />
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The cold weather has slowed me down some. Where I have the computer is very cold. You can say the whole house is like a freezer. So I work when not so cold. In the meantime, I write the story by hand while sitting all rugged up in a blanket.<br />
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We did have a few days where the days were warmer but the chill has returned. I am trying to catch up on things I had forgotten needed my attention.<br />
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I should be writing up my story to the computer but I am working on my blogs.<br />
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And the crocheting has been put on the back burner. I will do some later once I have finished my work. I crochet rugs for charity in my spare time.Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-5164188704275387032015-04-20T16:16:00.000-07:002015-04-20T16:16:56.146-07:00Art work and flowersThese were also found at the Wondai Flower Show.<br />
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<br />Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-43657565158267655262015-04-20T15:53:00.001-07:002015-04-20T15:53:30.544-07:00Wondai Flower ShowI went on a bus trip to the Wondai Flower Show a few days ago.<br />
The morning started with rain. I rose at 4.30 to be ready to catch the bus. Rain had been falling over the early hours. Didn't bode well for a good day.<br />
By time we reached our destination the sun did shine. Puddled and mud were left by the rain. Good weather for the farmers. A little shower came just as we were getting on the bus to go into the town for lunch.<br />
Someone found a novel way to deal with used tyres.<br />
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Then there were other art works made with metal.<br />
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<br />Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-50415799368112373892015-04-12T22:09:00.000-07:002015-04-12T22:09:27.840-07:00Shop of clocksI went away over Easter on a bus trip. We went to a lot of places I hadn't been. I had heard my aunt talk about the area. Her family owned a dairy farm there years ago. She complained the hill were hard on the knees. I know know what she meant. The old knees of some were feeling the strain after walking through the shops on the main street. The traffic was like an ant trail moving both ways along the streets.<br />
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Below are some photos I took in the House of Clocks at Montville.<br />
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<br />Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-44531212109659256222015-03-14T19:48:00.001-07:002015-03-14T19:48:59.879-07:00Nuts and GingerOn Sunday, we called in to Yandina to go to the Nut, and ginger, factories. We all lined up for our ginger ice cream even though we were cold. Not very often I have ice cream. But I treated myself to one. Probably won't have another one for awhile. Until the next time I visit the Ginger factory. We all brought some ginger products before walking across the street to go to the nut factory, where we spent more money. I'm happy. I came home under budget. Meaning I still had money left over to save for my next trip away.<br />
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<span id="goog_453010143"></span><span id="goog_453010144"></span><br />Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-64759755830957421972015-03-14T19:39:00.000-07:002015-03-14T19:39:12.818-07:00Birthday Fkowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of my daughters, and her family, sent me these flowers for my Birthday. The lilies hadn't yet opened. Looks much different with them open.<br />
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I was woken early this morning by the loud, annoyed barking of a dog. I don't own a dog. Who had recently bought a dog flashed through my clouded mind. The noise grew louder. I got out of bed to look out the windows. Couldn't see a dog out the back. I looked out another window and there stood a neighbor holding the leads of two bundles of fluff. Not sure what kind of dogs they were. Still in my nightdress. I ventured down the steps to open the back door. There sat a black, funny looking dog, bailed up in my back yard.<br />
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"Shut up," I shouted at the dog. "What are you doing in here?"<br />
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Another neighbor stuck his head over the side gate. "Sorry to wake you. The dog belongs to a lady up the road. The dog jumped her fence."<br />
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Out I went to help try to encourage it from behind my shed. It wasn't very happy in a strange place with people stopping his escape. The dog was only on loan from the dog shelter for the weekend. The lady went to ring the shelter to come help get it back.<br />
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Once everyone left to wait for the person to arrive I slipped inside to change clothes, make a coffee to drink while keeping an eye on the dog. I even had time to have some breakfast. I was taking a pot plant out to the back shed when the dog chase started. One person blocked the back of the side of the shed. The handler went in the front way to encourage the dog to come to her. She slipped the lead over its head. Dog problem solved. She took the dog back to the shelter.<br />
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I then watered the plants in the shed. Took some ripe bananas from the bunch over next door for the children to eat. No way can I eat a full bunch. I then watered the plants on the back veranda after I had swept the floor. While I still had some energy, I decided to mow. Silly me. I started with the biggest part. I called a halt because the sun was getting hot. My clothes were wet. I came in to do some computer work.Maybe I'll find a bit of energy to do the front yard in the late afternoon.<br />
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This isn't the first time I've found a strange dog in my yard. I had one once before that didn't want to let me into my own yard. He had another smaller dog with him. It was hiding beside the shed. After a lot of going and coming, the pair finally walked out the gateway without me chasing them. I ignored the dogs until I watched them leave then shut the gate.<br />
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I could do with a nap but I'm trying to fight against it because I have more writing to do..Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-65757462133676603892015-02-16T19:23:00.000-08:002015-02-16T19:23:06.465-08:00My Gold Coast Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These were all taken from the balcony of the unit where I stayed. I was on a bus trip to go see "The Outback" show. They covered the story of the horse riders of the high country. This was a very entertaining show. Frog rose from the ground. Fake snow fell. The horses, and other animals were well trained. I loved when the donkey played. Dead. The actors did their parts well. To be able to do what they did in a small space. I like the way they rode toward the picture on the wall to disappear. Too me a little time to notice a door had slid open to let them pass through. And the helicopter which came in through the same wall to the middle of the arena. Well worth the visit. I'm sorry I miss all the previous shows because they were of a different topic.</div>
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I was given this orchid well over twenty years ago by a friend. She died a long time ago.</div>
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I don't know how many times this plant nearly died but I seemed to save it.</div>
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I have begged, pleaded, and nursed this plant wanting to see what the flower was like.</div>
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Finally. I went out into the shed the other day to water my seedlings and found the flower.</div>
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After being sick with a virus for over a month, this was a lovely surprise to find such a pretty bloom.</div>
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I always thought the flower was suppose be be a purple.</div>
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The plant must like where I have placed it.</div>
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I praying it keeps blooming, and growing.</div>
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We took a few country roads on the way home. For afternoon tea, we stopped at an old wooden bridge at Miva. First, we went across in the bus, had our cup of tea, then some of us decided to walk across the bridge.<br />
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Once, a long time back, trains, and cars, crossed the same bridge. At some stage the railway line was moved, cutting out country towns. So all the branch lines were no longer in use. Which was sad. The country people, the backbone of the nation, were forgotten in the eyes of the hungry, city controllers, of the money. Profits were put before those who had built the country. The bridge is still used by the farmers, and adventurous visitors.<br />
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I had not long stepped from the bus with all my luggage, when the Magpies landed at my feet wanting to be given some mince. Their singing alerted the rest of the birds. I had birds at the front, and back, calling for food, like I'd been away more than a week. I'd only been away for two days. And I'd left some out for them. Not my fault if they ate the lot in one sitting.Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-20214813154733808942014-07-19T17:29:00.001-07:002015-03-14T19:42:14.130-07:00Maroochydore We stayed at units in Maroochydore on Saturday night. I had three other women sharing the unit. There was three rooms, two bathrooms, kitchen and lounge combined. A great place to spend a holiday because there was everything available to cook your own meals. A home away from home. The beach not far away. We had a great view from the sixth floor.<br />
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We went out to dinner at night to Alex's Bar and Grill. A great time was had by all. The food, and service was excellent. The food cooked to everyone's satisfaction.<br />
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<br />Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-3021337498818904152014-07-18T17:25:00.001-07:002014-07-18T17:25:18.579-07:00Nambor Garden and Flower Show.The alarm went off at 4a.m. on Saturday morning. I put my arm from beneath the covers to nearly freeze. I was a little cunning preempting the cold weather. After my shower, Friday night, I put on underwear ready to put on the top layers when I climbed out from beneath the covers.<br />
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"Just call me onion," I told my friends on the bus. I had on so many<b> layers</b> of clothes, gloves, feather cap. I was pleased to find the heater, not the air-conditioning, was turned on.<br />
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We stopped at Gympie to have morning tea. The chill of the wind went through all out clothes, even in the shade.<br />
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This is where we had our morning tea.<br />
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Most of the passengers were aged between 70 up to 93 years. I felt sympathy for those who felt the cold.<br />
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We arrived at the garden show at around 10 a.m. After such a cold start to the day, we had to peel a couple of layers of coats, and jumpers, off, when we arrived at the grounds. The day had turned out to be a warm, sunny day.<br />
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The lady who came to the bus to tell us where the bus had to be parked, and what activities were on during the day. She handed out books with information with a bag to carry some of the thing she hoped we'd buy. We spent over four hours walking around the big area looking at what was on offer. We all meet up to have our lunch.<br />
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I brought a few plants but mostly I took photos of what I couldn't buy, or couldn't take home on the bus. Less trouble to carry a camera, and cheaper, when working to a budget for the weekend.<br />
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Here are some of the photos.<br />
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The fingers are getting too cold to work. And time is running out. I have to go collect my uncle's washing to do, and some shopping. Will continue when I have time to spare.Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-73734988570043636752014-06-16T21:29:00.003-07:002014-06-16T21:29:51.411-07:00George - Goodbye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Letter to a
missing friend.<br />
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Dear George.<br />
We hang our heads in sorrow.<br />
Tears flow freely at the news of your passing. Followed by
disbelief.<br />
There will be an empty space in our lives where you once stood
with the rest of our group.<br />
Though we hadn't been acquainted for more than a couple of years,
I though of you as a friend.<br />
I look back over the bus trips you were able to take when you were
able to travel. Days when you didn't have to be at the hospital on
Dialysis for hours.<br />
I will remember the time when everyone asked, “George. Have you
got your leg on,” at the end of a trip. The way you laughed not
taking offence of the suggestion. Or thought we made fun of you when
we did mention your prosthesis.<br />
Remember our last big trip to the Sunshine Coast over Easter. The
way those were able helped those not so agile of foot. Slowed by
illness. Pain. Impediments which were taken into consideration of
those not so fit. Luckily. There was a lift at the units where we all
spent the nights.<br />
The first full day of the trip spent at the Big Pineapple markets,
and touring the zoo. Our trip on the small train to take us down to
see all the animals.<br />
Driving through the countryside on our way back to the units. We
travelled up steep hills. Travelled along the coastal strip to look
at the beaches.<br />
The two boat cruises where we had been shown all the expensive
houses, and yachts, along the water ways. Told of who lived in some
of the mansions. Travelled along many canals while eating the seafood
lunch. Snapping photos of places you'll never get to visit again.<br />
Remember the morning we woke to solve the puzzled you'd caused
during the night with the loss of your walking stick. How were we to
retrieve it from behind a four foot high glass partition. You having
dropped it from the balcony during your sleepless hours. No one
occupied the unit. The office staff were unavailable to open the door
to give us access. None of us were capable of throwing our aging,
damaged bodies, over the partition without breaking our bones. No
teenagers were around to climb the wall.<br />
Oh. Wow. I walked out the unit door and there he came out of the
lift. Just what we needed. A muscular, fit, young guy. Without
stopping to think I accosted him. With foot-in-mouth, I explained our
predicament. The very helpful gentleman scaled the wall to retrieve
the walking stick. He handed it up to George standing on the balcony
above. We all thanked him for his assistance before he took off for
the swimming pool.<br />
People stared staring when the bus drew up to the hospital
entrance to drop you off for your treatment.<br />
We say our good-bye to a dear friend who now rests at peace.<br />
Farewell to thee. George.<br />
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This is George at tea in one of the units on our Easter trip. A few weeks later, George died. He wasn't too well at times while we were away. We dropped him at the hospital on the afternoon we arrived home to have his dialysis done. Another seven hours would pass before he went home to his flat. At least, he enjoyed the time he had left.</div>
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Following are a few photos taken on the day. One of out group, George, passed away a couple of weeks later from a heart attack. We will miss him.<br />
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We remember them.Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-49632256679434079252014-04-26T21:47:00.000-07:002014-04-26T21:47:16.438-07:00Anzac Day 2014 BundabergI'm amazed. Each year. How many ignorant people cut off the people on the Anzac Day march. I'm not a person who believes in sending people to war to be killed. But. I do believe in showing respect for those who have been to war. And returned home safely. Who have seen the horror. And honor those who didn't return to their family. That is why I get mad at those who cut off those taking the time to march in remembrance.<br />
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<br />Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859107665479081354.post-61668518220383206072014-04-07T20:54:00.002-07:002014-04-07T20:57:16.655-07:00Three Memories <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My Rainbow.<br />
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Work. Work. Work.<br />
I had to learn many jobs.<br />
Once I took to walking. Learned to hold objects. My training
started.<br />
Had to fetch. And lug around different types, and sized, tools.
From spanners to heavy hammers;crowbars; axes; chainsaw.<br />
I chopped wood to feed into the firebox.<br />
Take bark off of lengths of trees to be sent to the mill to be cut
into sleepers.<br />
Had to cut my mother's hair while I did a home perm. I hated the
strong smell.<br />
Baby say at the age of nine for parents going to a wedding.<br />
When my first child was born. I had to boil the nappies in a four
gallon tin over an open fire. Carry buckets of water for the tube in
which to rinse the clothes.<br />
Then came the pain. Pain at the loss of my childhood.<br />
Pain of lost love which turned to mental, and physical abuse.
Liked my life with complete stress. Hunger. I ate little to provide
for my children.<br />
Pain from the loss of a baby through illness.<br />
One marriage was a disaster. A volcano ready to explode. The
second ended with a disaster. The death of my husband.<br />
Pain again. With the death of my daughter; father; years of
suffering for my mother before she succumbed to her illness.<br />
I have worked hard for the past seven years to take my life in a
different direction.<br />
My writing is what has kept me going for the past thirty years. I
love putting words together to complete the puzzle.<br />
I'm learning to spread my wings. Meeting new people.<br />
I feel the stress leaving my body each day to be replaced with
happiness; joy; laughter; exploring the world. Taking photos to show
where I've been.<br />
I have begun to go to exercise class. This helps retrain my
muscles. Meet different people.<br />
Attend writing clubs. And workshops. More new friends. My circle
is expanding.<br />
I was urged. Or arm twisted by word of mouth to join a bus group.
We go to out of way places where I've never been. They are a jovial
bunch. Happy to be still alive to enjoy life. A couple need walking
aids. But we all hobble around to enjoy our outings. We load the bus
with out purchases.<br />
When we step aboard. It's like a magical tour. We never know what
to expect.<br />
This year. My life is taking different turns. My writing is headed
in different directions.<br />
I'm using photos on my blogs along with a short story on any
topic.<br />
Learning to do work on the computer. Completely by mistake. Others
by daring to adventure forth. Keep the name of my computer repairman
handy in the event I stuff up.<br />
Now. I'm trialling a miracle liquid for my muscle pain. Hopefully.
I will become free of pain.<br />
The end of my rainbow is drawing near.<br />
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Toward the end. Dad's health went down fast.<br />
He wasn't able to take care of the gardens. Or the lawn.<br />
Sugar Diabetes. And mini strokes. His sight failing.<br />
I tried to help where ever possible.<br />
Had to put aside my own health problems. Hide all my pain to carry
on.<br />
One day. Dad sat on a chair on the front porch watching me mow the
lawn. I thought I'd done a reasonable job.<br />
“Hey. You misses a patch,” I heard over the roar of the
engine. I looked up to see dad with a hand shading his eyes. The
other pointed to the few strands of grass. I cut them on my return
journey.<br />
Then came the final spate of mini strokes. I found dad out in the
garden. Staggering around. Determined to dig the crop of potatoes.<br />
Sending him inside to rest. I struggled to dig up the potatoes.
And putting the rubbish in the bin.<br />
Near the end. We had to hire a wheelchair. Dad no longer had the
strength to walk.<br />
There are some words you never want to hear your father speak. He
looked me in the eye. Away from my mother's hearing. “I'm going to
die.” What do you say? I stood dumbfounded. Why pick me.? Did
everyone in my family believe I was the rock.<br />
The massive stroke came a few days later. Dad had gone to rest.
His speech affected when he woke.<br />
My mother called up the steps for me.<br />
“You had better call the ambulance. Dad had a stroke.”<br />
I made the call. Made ready to let them in to save time. Dad was
checked over.<br />
“We need to take you to the hospital.”<br />
The stubborn streak came to the surface. He wanted to die at home.
No way did he want to leave the bedroom. He fought against the
paramedics trying to help him.<br />
A patient can't be removed from his home against his will.<br />
No persuasion from anyone could make him change his mind.<br />
The police had to be called. Mum had to give her permission for
them to strong arm dad to take him from the house.<br />
The rock had to stand strong.<br />
Calling all the families fell on my shoulders. I had to notify
both sides of the family. Had to keep updating them.<br />
Cook. Make beds. I had to cook for nineteen adults. I had a little
help with the peeling of vegetables.<br />
Then came the funeral.<br />
Thank God someone thought of me. One uncle decided I shouldn't
have to drive the car to my father's funeral service.<br />
I made through the service. And the burial without breaking down.
I held all my loss in until the last family member left.<br />
Then the cleaning. Washing. And restoring the house.<br />
Exhausted. I sat down at my desk to work on a story. Crying
inside. I wrote away my loss. And hurt. Holding together to be sure
my mother had her time to grieve.<br />
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Fear of water<br />
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To some. My memory is classed as”Iffy”.<br />
The scene has stayed with me as far back as I can remember.<br />
I've been told. “It's not possible. You can't remember something
from babyhood. It didn't happen.”<br />
So. Why do I feel like I was there at the time. The one the action
happened to.<br />
My family haven't said anything to me about being Baptised.
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Or said anything within my hearing. So did it happen to me in this
time. Or may it have been a past life.<br />
Or is if a figment of my imagination? To me. The actions seem so
real.<br />
This story dates back to the 1950's.<br />
I was a babe in arms.<br />
The day this happened I was being Baptised.<br />
I wore a long white dress. Bonnet. Bootees. I was wrapped in a
shawl.<br />
My father drove us to this high blocked Queenslander home with
wooden steps at the front. There were railings on either side. But.
We didn't go up the steps.<br />
We got out of the car. My parents walked beneath the house to meet
a man dressed like a priest.<br />
He led them to a tall drum of water. Everyone took up their
positions. I was held in my mothers arms.<br />
A few words were spoken by the priest.<br />
I was handed over to him.<br />
He held my head over the edge of the drum after my bonnet had been
removed.<br />
I had a feeling of having my head dunked beneath the surface of
the water.<br />
Did he do this? Or had my imagination been working overtime.<br />
Or did her sprinkle too much water over my head giving me a
drowning feeling.<br />
Was my head dunked beneath the surface. The scene in my mind has
me being dipped head first into the water. Then being dried before
being handed back to my mother.<br />
I have never asked. Not that my parents are here to answer such
questions. I have left it too late to ask such questions.<br />
Is the story true?<br />
Believable. Or did my imagination play tricks with me.<br />
In the scene. I had these feelings of spluttering. I have never
liked water splashed on my face.<br />
Or is that when my fear of water started? A fear of deep water.
Once my feet leave the ground a feeling of drowning takes over.<br />
Each time I have fallen. Accidental. Head first into a body of
deep water I come up spluttering.<br />
The day I fell into the lagoon. I came up with slime. And water
weed clinging to me.<br />
On a fishing trip. The reel slipped off the bank when I threw out
the line. I reached over. The bank crumbled. In I went.<br />
Being a water sign. I shouldn't have this fear of water.<br />
So the debate goes on.<br />
Was this a true memory.<br />
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Many. Many years ago. Jack shared the house with his mother.<br />
They live out in the country. Jack raise beef cattle.<br />
His mother cared for the home. She may have worked the cattle in
her youthful days.<br />
To me. At a young age. She looked old.<br />
At that time. We lived in a caravan in the railway yards. The old
highway had to be cross to reach Jack's house.<br />
Each time, my mother, and I, visited. We found his mother in the
fernery taking care of all her plants. On hot days, she'd sit in with
the plants to read. The fernery was the coolest place to be when the
weather turned hot.<br />
The old Queens-lander home was always. Spotless. No dust. Or dirt
to be found. The cattle dogs were never allowed to go up the stairs.
Or into the kitchen.<br />
We moved on with the work a few months later.<br />
Driving past. Sometimes calling in to visit. Once the mother had
died. We watched the steady deterioration of the place. The area
around the house became cluttered by non-workable cars. Farm
machinery. The long grass invaded the dumped machinery. Rush munched
away at the metal. Decay from years of standing out in the weather.
The machinery crying out for loving care to be restored to working
condition. Their calls were never answered.<br />
The highway changed to a new position by-passing the railway
siding. Roads no longer followed the railway lines.<br />
Work took away from the region.<br />
We all grew older.<br />
About eighteen years ago. We went for a days drive to visit Jack.
Food packed. We set out early for the three hour drive.<br />
What a shock awaited us. I don't think surprise fitted. Shock.
Well. That didn't really fit our feelings, either. More like
disgusted. <b>Crying shame.</b><br />
The collection of rusted junk had grown. What we could see above
the tall, brown grass.<br />
The beautiful fernery had disappeared. No potted plants that once
produced a cooling oasis. A place of peace. Serenity. High clumps of
brown, crackling grass covered the dry ground. Faded gnomes peeked
out from behind the clumps creating suspense. Crying out for a time
long past when they were loved.<br />
A tumbling down house stood there where once there stood a loved
home. The building had become a place where man, and dogs, slept.
Ate.<br />
The kitchen was a<b> germ infested</b> place. Dirty dishes fought
for space on the table. And the sink. Dust lay thick on every
surface. Grit crunched beneath our shoes.<br />
We spent ages cleaning the dirty dishes. And the table. Before we
produced our food to the kitchen. The dog used to being allowed full
reign of the kitchen. And the rest of the house. Tried to reach the
kitchen to gain tit-bits of great smelling food. They were <b>banned</b>.<br />
The rest of the rooms were
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It's a wonder.<br />
How hasn't the house crumbled to dust.<br />
Blown to pieces by the strong, cyclonic winds.<br />
To my way of reasoning. The building should have been condemned
years ago.<br />
Declared a <b>pest infestation</b> area.<br />
A miracle the frame stood in tact.<br />
I'd be worried if I owned a new home within cooee of the house.<br />
The outer walls have been eaten away by white ants. House stumps
have shrunk with age leaving a space between the stump top, and the
foundation for the floor. Some of them were still in contact. Wooden
chocks have been shoved into the empty space to balance the floor.<br />
The front steps are dangerous. Some are missing. You walk up them
at your own peril. Back steps looked safe. Enough. But I didn't <b>tempt
the fates</b>. I stayed at ground level.<br />
Certain parts of the lawn were mown. The rest covered with parts
of no longer working lawn mowers. Beneath the high house were bits,
and pieces, of different machinery. Don't think anything has been
thrown away for the past forty years.<br />
The junk is probably holding the house in place. Or the tall
shrubs are cutting out the force of the winds.<br />
I wouldn't park my car beneath the house. I don't know how the
owner fitted his car in the small space.<br />
I stood close to the edge to make a quick retreat at the first
cracking noise.<br />
How he lives there is a mystery. He's nearing the age of ninety.
His memory isn't what it should be.<br />
He doesn't do much. Did the mowing. His washing. I believe he
cooked. Or he may buy food ready to eat.
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Watches television. And listens to the radio. Don't know how much
house work because I didn't enter the house. What I heard he didn't
do much.<br />
Not one piece of the house would be worth saving. Even the
furniture in the house is probably <b>riddled with white ants</b>.
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If he doesn't die of natural causes. The house might take its
first victim. Murdered by house. Or would it be. White ants. Bed fell
through the floor while he slept. Watching television. The walls
collapsed around him. Then. There might be a fire caused by old wires
bared. Pulled away from switches when the wood has been eaten away. I
hope none of these thing happen to him. Let death be natural.<br />
If he'd had the house treated before the house was infested. The
building may have been saved for many years.<br />
When he finally passes. The house will have to be <b>bulldozed to
the ground</b>. Every part taken to the dump. Or used for fire
practice so not to spread the the infestation to other parts of the
town.<br />
Long may it stand until the final closing of his eyes.<br />
Moving from their would shorten his life. Home life wouldn't be
his forte. He'd chuck in his bundle. Die.<br />
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Recent.<br />
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Don't Like Heights<br />
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Where did my stomach go?<br />
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I had to fight for control to keep the contents of my stomach from
erupting like a volcano.<br />
I only had an apple. And coffee. For my breakfast. While everyone
else ate hearty before we set out on our adventure.<br />
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Driving through the Gold Coast, we stopped to view the sand
sculptures. We strolled along the promenade to look at each beautiful
work of sand art.<br />
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We continued on to our next part of our day of touring.<br />
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“See the building,” announced the bus driver pointing in the
direction of the building. “After our lunch cruise of the
Broad water, we're going to visit it. There are over seventy floors.
About twenty steps between each one. We'll be climbing all those
steps.”<br />
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Right. No way did I intend walking up all those – steps.<br />
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I knew there had to be – some – catch.<br />
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Bad idea. This had to be a joke. Most of the group were over
seventy. Or eighty. Some with walkers. Walking sticks. Me. I didn't
see my legs taking me past – twenty steps – up. And hopefully.
Down.<br />
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I intended to take strike action.<br />
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One lady had a moment of panic on finding we were to take a fast
ride by lift up seventy-seven floors. But she did make the trip.<br />
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My stomach stayed on ground level. The contents were close to
eruption the moment I stood close to the glassed in viewing area to
look – down. The stomach churned. Head felt strange. I had a
feeling of falling. Closing my eyes. I stepped back from the edge.
When I felt secure. I walked around to take in the view of the
horizon. Then I sat on the lounge chair to wait to return to. Earth.
To feel the ground beneath my feet.<br />
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The ride down caused much worry. The floor of the life vibrated on
the way down. I placed my arms around the frightened lady to support
her on the down journey to escape from the experience. The moment the
doors opened. We rushed out of the lift.<br />
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We were free. Safe.<br />
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Lucky the lady took our photos before rising high above our
comfort space. At least. They had evidence of who went up if the lift
failed to stop.<br />
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I cringed. Felt like a failure. Heights were not entered into my
genes.<br />
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Can't believe sane people put on special suits with harnesses to
step out of the building to climb up nearly three hundred steps to
the spire with the breeze tearing at their suit.
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An eighty-four year young lady made the climb to the top.<br />
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Not me. My courage floated away in a soap bubble the moment I
looked. DOWN.<br />
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Past Memories.<br />
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We left home at dusk.</div>
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This trip to visit friends took
longer than we thought. Dad had to work later than usual.</div>
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The car had been packed ready to
leave once dad had showered. And changed into clean clothes. Getting
into the car just as the sun descended below the horizon.</div>
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At a safe, steady pace. We drove
on the loose gravel road. The narrow road with a raised section in
the middle making the way dangerous. Excessive speed had cars fish
tailing. Heavy vehicles were hazardous. Too wide with their loads of
cattle. Or timber.</div>
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The road consisted of sharp
curves. And deep gullies. These flooded quick when rain fell. Dad had
to watch for kangaroos. Or escaped cows. And horses. But finally. We
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An hour into our journey. We came
upon an accident scene. Police. Ambulance. And fire truck lights
flashed lighting up the darkness. The road blocked both north, and
south, cutting the highway. Car. And trucks were backing up.</div>
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In the middle of the highway
stood a mangled mess. A low sports car had gone under the front
wheels of a gravel truck. The roof of the sports had been peeled back
like a can of sardines. The body jammed hard between the front
wheels. The truck have to be lifted at the front to remove the
crumpled mess which once was a sports car.</div>
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Dad got out of the car. Shock hit
him the moment he had a proper look at the truck. He knew the owners
of both the truck. And the sports car.</div>
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Walking up to the barricade
across the road, Dad explained to the policeman he knew both men. He
was taken to where the body lay beside the crumpled mess to identify
his friend.</div>
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We had to make a detour.</div>
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No one knew where his parents
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Dad knew. So we had to back track
to show the police where to find them. We had to drive through bush
tracks to reach the work camp site. The parents had to be woken to be
told of the death of their son. Duty done. We were allowed to
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I lay on the back seat trying to
go to sleep. I usually slept from the beginning to the finish. But
tonight. Maybe watching the action at the accident scene had
unsettled me.</div>
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I wish I had slept. Cold shivers
ran through every part of my body. I didn't need to hear the details.</div>
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Details of the accident. Or what
had happened to the driver of the sports car.
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The only way dad had been able to
identify his friend. The man had a special birthmark. His body wasn't
complete. His head had been sliced off during the accident.</div>
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I couldn't imagine how such a
thing was possible. My young mind couldn't calculate such a horror.
Things like that were to frighten people when telling ghost stories.
Or a horror one.</div>
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Forever fishing</div>
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Sundays. I didn't like. Sundays.<br />
We couldn't go any where to do family exploring.<br />
Bob did the raffles at the local hotel.<br />
Bad place to hold them. Alcohol runs freely.<br />
Talk is cheap.<br />
Ideas brewed with befuddled minds.<br />
Just one for the road.<br />
Bob finally arrived home.<br />
“We're going fishing,” I was told, when he entered the
kitchen.<br />
“Fishing. This time of night.” He shouldn't have driven the
car home. Why add water to the equation?<br />
The fishing net found then shoved in the boot of the car.<br />
He kissed me on his way to leave by the kitchen door.<br />
My muscles froze. This wasn't a good sign. Maybe a warning.<br />
I sat to play reading the cards from directions in an ESP booklet.
A couple of the girls wanted theirs read. I hadn't tried this before.<br />
Every reading had water involved. And the Queen of Spades kept
coming to the fore. I had to be doing the reading wrong.<br />
The ringing of the phone sounded the death knell. Now. I'm
beginning to imagine things.<br />
“Has Bob gone fishing,” were the panicked words shouted at me.<br />
“Yes. Why?”<br />
“He's missing.” A chill ran down my spine. “His friend came
here to tell me. Couldn't make sense of what he mumbled.”<br />
“What?”<br />
“Do you know where he went?”<br />
“Down the road to the dump. The creek which runs behind it.”<br />
I piled the children into the car to go to my parents home. I left
them with my mother. Dad had the boat hooked to the back of his Ute.
I showed them where to to then returned back along the road to wait
for the ambulance to show them the way. We were half way back to the
creek when dad drove toward us. I stopped.<br />
The ambulance continued past me to where dad had stopped.<br />
The ambulance man came back to tell me to go home. To wait for the
police to arrive.<br />
I went home. Not much later the police arrived to confirm the
death of my husband.<br />
The hardest job. I had to go tell the children their father had
died.<br />
Michelle took the news the hardest. I had to rush her to the
doctor.<br />
I had no time to myself to grieve. Had to hold it together until I
had notified his family. Make the arrangements.<br />
Family, and friends, packed the church for his service.<br />
Shops closed when the funeral possession made its way through the
town to the cemetery.<br />
A fishing trip which went terribly wrong.<br />
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May have been worse. The crocodile
known to frequent the creek was absent that night.</div>
On his headstone are the words “Forever Fishing”.<br />
A life cut short. Never to see his children grow from teenagers to
adults. He hadn't been there for the arrival of his grandchildren.
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Everything over.<br />
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Now is my time to grieve for what
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Kangaroo feet.</div>
Puzzled. Always puzzled.<br />
Winter. Summer. Every day of the year. From the moment he rose of
a morning. Until he showered to go to be. Danny wore his boots.<br />
He never wore open shoes. The ones her wore were up above his
ankles.<br />
When walking. He didn't have a smooth rhythm. They way he walked
didn't seem to slow him down. Didn't hinder his ability to work.<br />
Danny owned cattle.<br />
He rode a horse.
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Milked cows.<br />
Made sure the fences were in shipshape condition.<br />
He drove a car.<br />
When my father did some timber work for him. Danny followed him
around the paddocks without a stumble.<br />
After a few rums he didn't stumble.<br />
I nicknamed him. Without him knowing, Half-a-nip.<br />
He had a friend of the same name. This was because they each drank
their port in half nips.<br />
One day we called to see him. We were told he had visited his
friend.<br />
Of the top of my head I said. “You mean one half-a-nip has gone
to see the other half-a-nip to see if the other half-a-nip has had a
half-a-nip more.” The story flashes through my head each time I
think back over those days.<br />
The friend lived on a property down the road from his place. Being
in the country in those days there was many police around to catch
them for drink driving. The pair of them bought their port in big
jars. When the jars were empty, that meant time to go into town to
shop. The nearest town was a couple of hours drive.<br />
So back to the story.<br />
We called in to see Danny very late one night. The clock in the
lounge room chimes twelve while we sat at the kitchen table drinking
tea, and eating cakes, and biscuits.<br />
I couldn't believe my eyes. Danny had walked from his bedroom to
the kitchen.<br />
Without shoes. Or slippers. His feet bare for the first time since
I knew him.<br />
Being young. My imagination ran wild. But I kept my mouth shut.<br />
I didn't want to embarrass myself. Or my father's friend.
Especially in his own home.<br />
I stared. Blinked my sleep filled eyes. The brain didn't want to
compute what the eyes did see.<br />
His feet weren't feet. Like I knew feet. With five toes.<br />
I'm not making fun of the way they were formed.<br />
Didn't pass judgement of how his body had formed during being
born.<br />
What I saw didn't change my way of thinking of him.<br />
Or classing him to be a cripple. Name calling didn't enter my
mind.<br />
I accepted him the way I always did.<br />
I likened the shape of his foot to that of a kangaroo foot.<br />
His feet were sort of shaped with three. Toes.<br />
I never asked how. Or why.<br />
Never mentioned to anyone what I had discovered why Danny never
went any where without boots.<br />
Boots which came up past his ankles.<br />
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I admired him. He marched forward
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Hope you enjoy these stories. I have put photos between to break up the different stories. If going to abc open you will find different photos on some stories. They are sourced from different places so I can't use them here.</div>
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Have to go. I have to get dressed to go out to lunch. My friend is taking me out. Or should I put this a different way. I'm collecting my 92 year old friend. She is buying me lunch for my birthday I had recently. Present are out. This time of life there's not much we need. But she has about thirty years on me. I take her places and don't look, or ask, for payment for my kindness. Just the way I was brought up. Especially, when I'm attending the same place. </div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Happening In Life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Happening. My life has been full. Too numerous to pick one such incident which really stands out more than the other.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Fixing the foot valve on the windmill was a saga. But the words are hard to find to express my father's feelings at the time would be unprintable. Suffice to say the air turned blue. Tiny. The guy helping us to do the work let the pipe slip from the chain to fall to the bottom of the borehole.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">We sat beneath the windmill for hours to try to lasso the pipe then winch it out of the mud. Then out of the ground piece by piece until all the pipe had been removed. The foot valve was replaced. The pipe then had to be lowered down the bore hole. Tiny wasn't allowed any where near the windmill workings until all was secured in place.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Or I could have explained the horror week after family members were injured in a car accident. My husband, His friend. Daughter. And son. They all went for a Saturday afternoon drive to return a guy to his place of work on the other side of the Sarina Range.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Worry began to set in when the sun fell beyond the horizon. Next came a phone call from the police asking a lot of questions. They had received a radio message from a truckie. He had reported an accident scene he'd come across on the top of the range.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The accident could have been worse than it was if my son didn't have the foresight to climb from the upturned car. He found a torch. He flagged down the semi which was the first vehicle to come along. Luckily, for everyone. Philip was the only one functioning to think. All he had received was a blood nose.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I took off to the accident scene after leaving a note for the rest of the family. The trip up. And down the range. I don't remember much about. I arrived a few seconds after the police. There were no people at the accident scene. The truckie, and Philip, had removed the other three from the car. Loaded them into the semi. Then he drove them to the ambulance station.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I finally, tracked them down at the local hospital. My husband suffered a fractured cheek bone. His friend had a couple of fractures of the neck. Nicole didn't look like her usual self. Her face was badly bruised, and swollen. Nicole was found to have her jaw broken in three places. A vein has ruptured in her head. She had to be flown to Brisbane for a few operations to stop the bleed. And repair her jaw. It was broken in three places. Everyone fully recovered over time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Then I could have explained about my animals. I had moved to a small acreage to be able to have a couple of horses. That is all the animals I had intended to have. Within a matter of weeks, I had a lot of different animals. Fowls. Geese. Dog. Cats. And pigs. Between my father, and his friends, I seemed to end up with all the strays everyone wanted to give away.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">But I decided to tell about the time my daughter, Leanne, was pregnant. Leanne, and her sister-in-law, were due to have their baby in the same week. They both wanted to name their baby, Mitchell. If either of them had a son. So the race was on to be the one to deliver their baby first.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">On the eighteenth of October, Leanne, went into the hospital with pains. Didn't happen. She came home later in the day. I had been kept busy at work, and home, all day. The whole week had been busy. The pigs began to deliver their litter. Chickens, and ducklings, were hatched. The cat had her kittens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Thursday night. Even though I went to be at a reasonable hour. I didn't have more than a few minutes sleep. I could hear Leanne, and BJ, discussing what they should do while she paced the floor. I lay in bed listening. Waiting to hear who would win the discussion.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can't have your mother drive you to the hospital You'll have the baby along the road.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">No. I won't. Mum will have me there faster than the ambulance. We won't have to fill all the paperwork out. Again.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">But. They will be there to deliver the baby. Your mother can't deliver the baby.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">But she'll have me at the hospital for the doctor to deliver my baby.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fine. Be it on your head if something goes wrong.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">A few seconds later Leanne was at the bedroom doorway.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mum. Are you awake?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yeah.” I threw back the bed covers to get out of bed.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">I need to go to the hospital. I want you to take me.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Okay. Give me a moment to dress.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Moments later. We were headed down the driveway on the forty-four kilometre drive to the hospital. Leanne rode with me. BJ followed behind in his hotted up, sporty car, thinking this would be a slow, long trip. But the trip was fast. And uneventful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">I didn't know your mother could drive so fast,” were the words I heard when the passenger door was opened.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">I told you so.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I waited at the hospital until the sun began to rise. I left to drive home to wake Nicole to go to work.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where's Leanne?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">What do you mean. Didn't you hear all the noise?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">No. What happened?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had to drive her to the hospital. Didn't you hear the car start?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Didn't hear, anything. Has she had the baby?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I drove Nicole to work. I returned home to feed the animals. Tiredness began to set in. I worked at a slow pace. I took longer than usual to feed, and clean, the animals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I trudged slowly up the hill to the house. I headed to the bathroom to have a shower to wash away the smell from cleaning the pig”s sty.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Sleep was calling me. I made myself comfortable on the bed to catch up on many hours of lost sleep. I began to drift off when the phone rang. I prayed the ringing would stop. Hoped I was not being called in to work. On my way to the phone, I cursed the person who had invented the phone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Moment after answering the call. I was on my way. Once again. To Mackay. “You are wanted in here,” I was told by the caller.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">On arriving at the hospital. Again. I went to the desk to tell them who I wanted to see.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">So. You are the missing mother.” I nodded. “Come with me.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I didn't know what to expect. I followed the nurse down the passage way. Where I ended my journey I didn't expect to be. I had been escorted to the delivery room. Leanne was holding back delivering until I arrived. A washer was placed in my hand to bathe Leanne's face. No one had asked me if I wanted to be in the room when my grandchild was born. Everyone seemed to take this for granted I would help. Not asking if I'd pass out on the floor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Leanne had become a little stressed. The father was having his hand squeezed. Hard. He was being cursed. The doctor sat at the bottom of the bed waiting for the delivery of the baby. Summing up the tension in the room while doing my sponge job. I set out to cheer everyone with strange stories for encouragement.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don't want to do this,” came from Leanne, when another contraction came. “It hurts too much.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">Did you hear the pigs complain while they delivered their litter? You have to deliver one, baby. The first sow had nine pigs. The second one had thirteen. They beat you on the baby stakes. So did the hens, and ducks. Even the cat has beaten you. She has her kittens. There's only you and Tammy left. You don't want to be the last one to deliver this week. Do you?” The doctor, and nurse, smiled while I told my stories. They looked at me like I was making up everything I said. “Come. You can do this. Concentrate hard. The pain will soon be over.” I soothed the fevered brow while she settled to finish the job.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I kept talking a lot of rubbish until my grandson was born. Leanne was pleased when it was all over. She had her son to be called Mitchell. I watched the proceedings. A bundle of new born baby was placed in my arms. When I could escape from the hospital, I had to travel home to collect Nicole from work.</span></span></div>
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This year. I'm taking time to stop to smell the flowers. Last year, I became mentally exhausted because I had my finger in too many pies. Projects. I travelled along fine, until too many competitions landed in my e-mail from past places I had entered. One competition, I wrote 40,000 words in just over a month, plus my work for writers class; 500 word stories for ABC Open; short stories and poetry. Then family problems, and other problems came my way, so this meant I didn't get my proper rest.<br />
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I have been on a couple of daily bus trips since the start of the year. I'm booked on a 3 day one soon. Then a 5 day over Easter. Where I can mingle with friends to visit new places, and take many photographs along the way.<br />
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In between, I have my writing class; exercise class; and resting when I don't have housework to do. Or I have to rest due to pains in my muscles. My ABC workshops begin this week, so we'll be given more topics on which to write our memory story. I'm also trying my hand at writing some horror stories. Just finished a piece I have to take to class on Friday.<br />
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Because the weather has been miserable, today, I have taken time to make some changes to my blogs. Nothing worthwhile on television so finishing them before going to bed.Ruth Macklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14688192705248992796noreply@blogger.com0