Judy Evans

@JudyEv (349046)

Rockingham, Australia

Joined myLot 10 years ago

Hi there. My husband, Vince, and I live in a gated lifestyle village in Western Australia. One adult son lives in Melbourne, Victoria and the other in Ireland.

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We're house-sitting insect houses at our house-sit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 10h

Well, we don't really have to do anything to them but it's interesting to see them. At several places on the verandah at this house-sit, the lady of the house has set up these little houses for insects. These are designed to...

western australia

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Safe in a new country

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 23h

Most people love their home countries but are forced through circumstances to leave it. I met a lovely South African woman at the horse endurance ride that we attended recently. Her 12-year-old daughter was doing her first 20...

western australia

endurance riding

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One hundred and ten in the water-bag

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Mar

We have had a run of really hot weather again and it’s set to continue for the week. It brought to mind another saying which I’d like to assume was best known in Australia. But we all know what happens when we assume stuff so I’ll...

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A gerbera in the garden

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Mar

The photo shows a beautiful gerbera or African daisy which is growing in the garden at our house-sit. The gerbera originated in South Africa and was named in honour of Traugott Gerber (1710-1743), a German botanist and medical...

western australia

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An empty cubby house

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Mar

Every second or third day at our house-sit, we have to water the gardens. Most of it is reticulated so it’s a matter of switching valves on and off every 10 to 15 minutes. The whole process takes a bit over an hour. To one side...

western australia

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A new category for the clock - predawn

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Mar

The photo shows the clock in our bedroom at the house-sit. I wrote about trying to work out when it switches from afternoon to evening to night. Now I have a new challenge. We were awake early – just before 6am – and I put on my...

western australia

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A new word for me - recuse

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Mar

The photo has nothing to do with the post. It’s Vince sitting on a lot up the hill from our house-sit and trying to get a phone signal. I learnt a new word today. The chief of Australia’s National Anti-Corruption Commission has...

national anti corruption commission

conflict of interest

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Which came first? The tree or the rake?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Mar

We stayed a night at an endurance ride at Cardiff near Collie in Western Australia. The whole area around Cardiff and Collie has been ‘undermined’ for many years for coal. Now farmers in the area are finding occasional collapses...

western australia

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A red-eared firetail finch came to visit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Mar

Vince was able to get a photo of a red-eared firetail finch (Stagonopleura oculataince) that came to the birdbath at our house-sit. This one decided to drink at the bowl underneath the birdbath. These tiny birds are only found in...

western australia

fire tail finch

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A video clip of our pregnant quenda. It won't be long now!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Mar

The little pregnant quenda was out on the lawn yesterday and I was taking photos of her. I accidentally hit the record button. The first half was of the camera swinging around but then I focussed on the quenda and there are a few...

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western bandicoot

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Reliving old memories

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Mar

My husband, Vince, and I used to take photos at horse endurance rides. We gave it up two years ago but tomorrow there is a ride being held only about an hour from here. Luckily, Vince has his big camera so will be able to take...

western australia

horse endurance ride

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Pretty figurines at our house-sit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Mar

The photo shows three ornaments that are sitting on top of a treadle sewing machine at our house-sit. I had no idea what brand they were but a little card next to them says they are DEMDACO products. This company started off as...

western australia

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When something catches your eye

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Mar

Above the TV in our house-sit is this lovely painting of an Australian bush scene. In the foreground are grass trees with flowering melaleucas (paperbarks) behind plus others-whose-names-I-don’t-know. I would love a similar...

western australia

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Two days' growth

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Mar

Can you see the small stone in the lower part of the photo? Two days ago, Vince put that stone at the end of the growing tip of the pumpkin. We are waiting to see how much it grows over the time we’re here. There are other...

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butternut pumpkin

butternut squash

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At what time does afternoon become night?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Mar

The photo shows the clock that is in the bedroom at our house-sit. The figures are large and it’s easily read at night and without my glasses. As you can see, it gives the day, date and year as well as the time. You might also...

western australia

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A place to sit quietly

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Mar

The photo is of the deck that the owners of this house have had constructed. It’s a lovely place to sit and look out over the valley. If you sit quietly, you see lots of birds on the lawn and in the trees. The quendas also come...

western australia

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Taking a stand

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Mar

Binalong is a small town in rural New South Wales. It has a population of around 500. A café owner there has imposed ‘tariffs’ on American drinks such as Coca-Cola and Jim Beam. The income from the tariffs will be matched by the...

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I'm baaaack!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Mar

It’s three days since I posted a discussion. We’re at a house-sit and there is always some sort of drama at some point during our stay. This time it only took about 24 hours before the power went out for a very short time and we...

western australia

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Where can that light switch be?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Mar

Another interesting feature about house-sitting is working out eg how the stove/washing machine/vacuum cleaner works. Where do they keep the tea-towels? Where are the light switches? Power points? In this house there is a remote...

western australia

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I think this might be quite old

Judy Evans @JudyEv (349046) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Mar

One of the things I like about house-sitting is viewing the different décor in the houses. If it is an old family home, there might be antique pieces from a generation or two earlier. This house is not particularly old but the...

western australia

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