Cairns

Sunday 

16th February, 2020 

Sam is flying to Cairns tonight. 

Dec flew from Sydney to Cairns this morning. 

Sam is on Virgin Australia VA799

departing Brisbane Airport at 8.05 pm. 

Some photos below of Dec enjoying Cairns. 

Flooding now

Thursday

13 February, 2020

Drought

then bush fires

and now floods .... 

Weather here is a bit out of whack, methinks. 

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And Fukushima also had an earthquake, yet again. 
My poor Michinoku ! 

Japan was rattled by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fukushima province today. 

The quake struck just over 50 miles from the city of Fukushima where the nuclear disaster occurred in 2011. 

Witnesses said they had felt a 10-second long shake during the tremor at around 7.30 pm local time. 

No tsunami warning has been put in place by Japan's meteorological agency. 

February

February

February 3

Monday

03 February, 2020 

So hot. 

So humid. 

So terrible. 

February

Saturday

01 February, 2020

It is the first day of the second month of the new decade. 

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My Cancerian Horoscope
courtesy of 
Oscar Cainer: 

Even if you can't exactly put your finger on when the feelings started, recent weeks have brought a sensation to your emotional life that is not straightforward. And, if you're hoping for a bit more 'normality', that's not on the cosmos's itinerary this week. Something much better is coming your way. As long as you can be genuinely open-minded; and stay relaxed and open to new developments, your new version of 'normal' will leave you happier than you've been in quite some time. 

I totally concur with Oscar's first two sentences and wish that the final sentence, i.e., his prediction for the coming week, becomes my reality.  Fingers crossed, indeed. 

My late Great Aunt ...

The Brisbane Courier

Later to become known as:

The Brisbane Courier Mail  ( daily newspaper )

Dated:  Tuesday,  01 February, 1910

Located on Page 4.

FUNERAL NOTICE    -     The Friends of Mr and Mrs  Richard Smith YATES and Family are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their deceased DAUGHTER and SISTER ( Beatrice Florence ), to move from their residence, Guthrie Street, Paddington, TOMORROW ( Wednesday ) FORENOON, 2^nd February, 1910 at 10 o’clock to the Toowong Cemetery.

CANNON & CRIPPS, Undertakers

Above is the front page of The Brisbane Courier newspaper from 01 / 02 / 1910. 



She was known as FLORENCE  BEATRICE YATES, contrary to the newspaper's funeral notice stating her name sequence as Beatrice Florence YATES. 

What's so special about this photo ?  .... blow it up and see for yourself. 

Thursday

Thursday

30th January, 2020 

Stav's 21 x 3 birthday today. 

Tuesday

Tuesday

28 January, 2020 

Tonight is an auspicious occasion.

Firstly, tonight's dinner is Camel .... 

Whilst the chick pea broth tasted just fine, the camel meat 
itself was tough .... even after slow-cooking for 4 hours. 
Not something I'd bother trying again. 


Below is a CROTON which I bought for my long-time friend, Leanne. 
She has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. 
Crotons are her favourite plant and I bought this to nurture
as she endures chemo. 

I transplanted it into a larger pot than the one it was in from the garden centre. 
Already it seems to be flourishing. 

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Below are a couple of other photos of my "jungle" garden. 
The high humidity here makes everything explode into growth. 

And I even grew a couple of cherry tomatoes .... I'm a farmer at heart. 

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