31 December 2010

Last day 2010

TZATZIKI
for Paul
This is for anyone who loves food but, especially Paul.  I use Tzatziki as a dip, on fish occasionally I shower in it.  The main tip I can give anyone is really squeeze every but of fluid out of the cucumber.  I also replace dill with corriander sometimes.  (Hey I'm not Greek)
Enjoy everyone. 





Promised Robyn, Cornish Pasties or Cabbage Rolls for tea tonight.  Yes in Aus most of us call dinner, tea.  Don't worry we know when to eat.  I should get further instructions from the Minister for Food and Recreation soon.  (Robyn).

She is at the Salvation Army packing food parcels for the needy and flood victims.  Still amazes me not one volunteer belongs to the Salvation Army.  Another thing that makes wonder is the fact that most volunteers are usually quite needy themselves.  Maybe because they can see the need, or maybe it helps them to cope with their own predicaments.  ( thank goodness for spellcheck)

My latest potato crop was a failure, I think all the rain had a lot to do with that.  It's hard to know what to plant with the weather we have been getting.
I might try planting seaweed.

Ok it's Cornish Pasties with a twist, could I use bacon please.  Why not!
( I'm not Cornish either).

Oops slight hiccup with the pasty pastry,  turned into a pie lol. (Not a pastry chef either)
Two and a half hours and that's another year shot to pieces.  According to the weather bureau the rain starts again tomorrow, at least we got the grass mowed before it came back. 



My favorite Desert rose I have to do some grafts off  of it.  I have quite a collection now.









Just Jack looking pretty. 




Ivy Hawkins:  Ivy was 95 when she passed away.  She still had all the marbles in the right place.  She had an incredible memory and loved telling Jack and I stories of London.






Ummm..... Jack please a small modicum of modesty would be appreciated 



This is Kane sleeping, this is one hell of a great dog.  He is blind now and he has selective hearing which comes good at feed time  


My Great Grand Daughter "Savanah".  Haven't seen her for a few years and will most likely never see her again. 


This Is Jess, she came from the pound, she was on her last day before being euthanized.  She has mental problems, she never learned to socialise as a puppy. 












Left pic   ^
Left to right myself, son Christopher and my oldest friend Sam.  I taught music to Sam and we have been friends for a very long time.  Sam and Yvonne in the right hand pic  --------> 






Really Jack this is too much!!!!






Anyone would think that we like animals.  Another year starts in a few hours, if I didn't have a few wines I would be letting my friends down.




30 December 2010

End of 2010 TERRIBLE FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND

Well it's Thursday 28th December 2010, second last day of this year.  Robyn is helping to pack food parcels with the Salvation Army.  There is a half a dozen helpers up there freely giving their time to help those that are less fortunate than some.  Strange thing is not 1 of these helpers is a Salvation Army member, I find that strange to say the least.  Robyn has been helping a few days a week for 3 weeks now and I just can't help wondering why no Sally members are there helping?

Our local TV channel below.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8189957/no-end-in-sight-for-qld-flood-residents

At least the rain has stoped if just for a few days, we are having terrible floods all over the Eastern half of Australia.  Poor farmers have lost their crops, business's have lost their stock, must be a horrible feeling of helplessness for them and their family's.  Most are saying it's the worst they have seen in their living memory, what a tragedy.

Had a look at our local Animal Management Center (The pound)  I counted 72 dogs.
Now they can only keep these dogs for 3 days, they do there best to find owners.
People have to understand that when you get a dog, cat or any animal it should be for the life of the pet not, for six weeks over Xmas.


The other point I have been reading about today is "puppy farming".  How inhumane, humanes can be I just shake my head in disbelief. Maybe we should start culling humanes.


Another one I shake my head at is the wonderful teenagers who, on a jetski ran down a black swan down on the Gold Coast.  They missed it the first and second times and hit it the third time.  Luckily a resident filmed this moronic behavour.  These 2 arseholes will be appearing in court very soon. I can only hope that they recieve A hefty fine or jail would be better.  Hope he loses his jetski too, what mongrels.  Hope the parents are proud of their offspring.

Have a look a cruelty at it's lowest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96WLXBiEZkU

If your read this parents you did a great job not raising your kids, same mentality as terrorists

WAIT THERE'S MORE


This was in Toowoomba Queensland folks

Another SUB-HUMAN was  seen towing a Shetland pony behind a car AT SPEED.  His excuse was, "I was drunk".  Need I say more.  How about we all get drunk and beat his sorry arse black and blue.  Same excuse we all have a
skinfull of booze first and  that will make it OK.  Do you believe this crap?

Hey I have had my share of incahole through my life sometimes been legless.  Done a few silly things too, BUT there is no way I could do that sort of  crap.

AGAIN parents are you pleased

Then I came upon this video to make me think
how lucky I am


When the mind says goodbye
See I am lucky

TIGGER

TIGGER
I had to put the cat on. I was threatened

JACK

JACK
So I'm allowed to sit on this table

ANIMALS are our life

Both Robyn and I love our animals, Robyn is more of a cat person me, dogs.



Tigger our little fluffy grey cat, we rescued. We had a phone call from another carer asking us to to pick up a kitten before they threw it on the road.



So we went and picked her up, she sat in the palm of my hand. She is 12yrs now, a very shy cat but the dogs don't worry here, she walks up and gives them a head butt, just like Robyn does to me.



I sometimes wonder where our time goes?