Babies say love

They say it with tears

when they want to be held

and cuddled, and nice things

like that……..

Let Go

© Shelby T. Parsons

Published: December 2015

What do I do,
When I’m still in love with you?
You walked away,
‘Cause you didn’t want to stay.
You broke my heart, you tore me apart.
Every day I wait for you,
Telling myself our love was true.
But when you don’t show, more tears start to flow.
That’s when I know
I have to let go.

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/let-go-11

Well here we are at the last of the doggy on the box post……

In 1981 on the night of the 22nd-23^rd of October students from the Canberra College of Advanced Education stole the dog and this aroused nationwide attention.

The dog was recovered on the college campus unharmed. It had apparently been stolen as part of a “stone day” scavenger hunt, a yearly pranksters day to mark the laying of the College foundation stone.

The dog is now more securely bolted to his base.

The fiftieth anniversary of The Dog was celebrated on the 28^th November 1982, with the unveiling of a plague by Sir James Rowland the then Governor of New South Wales. Also a record by the Howie Brothers featuring their new song “He’s been there for fifty years”.

That concludes this series……………

Good morning, how are we all doing? Me, well I am still suffering with arthritic pain in both my knees. The pain is so bad I just want to cry.

Anyway here are this weeks facts…………….

During the 1760’s many parents would plunge their children into ice-cold water each morning, they thought this would help ward off colds and other diseases.

In Australia there was a mistakenly named East Alligator River up in the Northern Territory, it doesn’t have alligators in it, it has crocodiles.

Hawaii is home to the world’s largest active volcano, Maura Loa, which is 120km long and 4,170 metres high. Most of it underwater.

An elephant trunk has no bones but 40,000 muscles.

The average raindrop falls at seven miles per hour.

Had a decent nights sleep, was awake and up at 5.30am.

Tim & Leo went over to Kathy’s and picked up the desk for Leo’s room and outdoor set for out the front.

Ed’s birthday sent him a text.

Leo is happy with his room.

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August has arrived, I woke up in a mood couldn’t get the front screen door open because I thought it was locked but it wasn’t. I got Tim out of bed for nothing.

Saw Kelli and kids when she brought Blain home. She helped Tasha do the medications.

Tasha called the after hours Dr to Jess as she was really sick, turns out she has tonsillitis. Leo slept here last night and has been here all day.

1-8-21

A new day, has started yet again as it does each day, when I wake each morning I am thankful that I have woken.

Another warm day, Tim back at work after his week off.

2-8-21

I woke at 4.45 needing to pee, after that I couldn’t settle so been up since 5am.

The Census information arrived for me to do it online between now and the 10^th. Tim has a problem with the census, always had and I don’t understand what his problem is.

He also has a problem with QR codes which I don’t get.

Just walked to the bathroom without my walker which meant I was walking/shuffling fast when I got to the bathroom something happened, it felt like a foot got stuck and didn’t move causing me to stumble forward hitting the bathroom sink hurting my left arm somehow. I also broke a glass that was sitting on the table under the sink.

I was distressed crying mostly from fright more then pain.

3-8-21

Awake and up at 5am, after yesterday’s stumble both Tasha & I forgot about applying cream to my knees for the arthritis, this resulted in knee pain this morning.

I decided to refill my body lotiion jar but even though I checked thr bottle, I poured body wash into the jar. So I had to transfer it to a different container as pouring back into the bottle it came out of would be too hard.

I then had to wash out the body lotion jar, before I could use it.

4-8-21

Another early start up at 5.40am, Kathy rang at 7am to let me know she had been contacted by Hunter Health as she was shopping a store that is now a Covid 19 spot. They have to all be tested and self isolate for 7 days or till they get 2 negative tests.

Newcastle and Lake Macquarie are now in lockdows well from 5pm we will be.

Leo & Blain’s schools are going to online learning.

Someone came to fix the screen doors locks, the front one was easy, the back not. In fact he had to get someone else to come as he couldn’t get the old lock out. The new guy will arrive after I go lay down, so Tasha will deal with him.

5-8-21

Awake and up at 5.50am, had a hot shower before getting dressed.

Both screen doors are now fixed.

Leo slept till midday, so no school work for him today, same for Blain. Although Blain needs a laptop from the school if he is to do work online, as they do not have a computer at this stage. Leo also brought a laptop home from school so he can log in each day. Although Leo doesn’t do work online he will have paperwork that Jess will pick up on Monday.

Neither boy handles online working, they get confused and frustrated easy.

Tasha went to get my scrips and our chemist was closed for deep cleaning. They had an infected person in the store during the week. She had to ring and pay for the scripts and arrange for them to be delivered.

6-8-21

Awake and up at 5.15 took me ages to get dressed and ready for the day.

Kathy rang just to check in, while on the phone to Kathy, Sandra rang to let me know ,that at last GE has wiped Mum’s debt to them.

Leo here all day while Jess goes for her white card.

7-8-21

Hi everyone, as of 5pm yesterday my local council is in lockdown so is Newcastle council, I live in Lake Macquarie Council area.

Anyway here is this Friday’s baby say post……….

Babies say love

when they reach for you face

and give it a warm

gooey pat

The Swing

By Robert Louis Stevenson More Robert Louis Stevenson

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!

Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside–

Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown–
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/the-swing-by-robert-louis-stevenson

Hi all, here we are at another Tuesday and here is the second last post about a dogie on a tucker box……..

Here is the “original poem”……………..

As I was coming down Conroy’s Gap

I heard a maiden cry

There goes Bill the bullocky,

He’s bound for Gundagai

A better poor old…………

Never earnt an honest crust,

A better poor old…………

Never drug a whip through dust.

His team got bogged at the Five Mile Creek,

Bill lashed and swore and cried.

If Nobby don’t get me out of this,

I’ll tattoo his………hide.

But Nobby strained and broke the yoke,

And poked out the leader’s eye,

Then the dog sat on the tucker box,

Five Miles from Gundagai