Judy Evans

@JudyEv (376230)

Rockingham, Australia

Joined myLot 11 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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Walking the dog

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 14h

When we left the movies on Tuesday, most of those there picked up their mail from the mail room. We all had a small flyer advertising a dog-walker service by a young girl. (I wrote ‘girl’ but why would I assume it’s a girl, rather...

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Horse hairs, not feathers, in your cap

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 15h

Time for a post that is horse related. In an Antiques Roadshow programme, someone had a collection of Red Rum memorabilia. Red Rum was an Irish steeplechaser. His name comes from the last three letters of the names of his dam...

antiques roadshow

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The White Temple of Chiang Rai

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Apr

This photo of Vince’s shows the Wat Rong Khun or White Temple. This Buddhist temple is in Chiang Rai province, Thailand. The original temple was in a bad state of repair by the end of the 20th century but there were no funds for...

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I wouldn't really hit him

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Apr

I wrote about Vince making pasties for dinner one night. He used four sheets of pastry for four pasties then I rolled out the scraps and was able to get another two circles which gave us six pasties altogether. I then rolled out...

western australia

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A mirror helps a lonely penguin

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 31 Mar

We used to live in Esperance on Western Australia’s south coast. The French word Esperance means 'hope'. A few days ago, a king penguin was seen on nearby Quagi Beach, more than 4,000 kms from its normal habitat. King penguins...

western australia

catastrophic moult

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A cute baby hedgehog

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 31 Mar

When we were in France and staying in a caravan park in Availles-Limousine in our motor-home, a little girl found a baby hedgehog that seemed to be lost. The little girl was very intrigued with it and her expressions changed by...

availles limousine

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A face in the flames

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 31 Mar

Here is another of Vince’s photos from a boxing competition he attended in Thailand. Can you see the face in the flames? Not in the top flare-up but the next one down. The face is side on and looking to the right. We had...

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Look what the rain brought

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 31 Mar

A few days ago, we had three inches of rain over the course of a night and the following day. This was a consequence of cyclone Narelle travelling down the west coast and bringing a lot of destruction as it went. Thankfully, we...

western australia

lifestyle village

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How high can you go?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Mar

This is Vince’s photo. It was taken in Thailand when he was lucky enough to go to a Thai boxing competition. Around 3,000 boxers marched onto a huge arena and, after a lot of ceremony, the competitions started. It wasn’t...

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Dressing a chicken

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Mar

I hope I haven’t written about this before but if I did it was a long time ago. Searching for words I might have used didn’t help so here goes. Have you ever thought that it’s a funny saying to ‘dress a chicken’? After it’s...

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Housing for the birds

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Mar

Recently I wrote about nesting boxes being supplied for glossy black cockatoos on Kangaroo Island. Another good news story on a similar theme is happening on Cape York Peninsula in the far north of Queensland, where...

artificial nesting boxes

first fledgling

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A surprise for Poppa - or maybe not

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Mar

Shortly before my mother was married in 1937, she had all her teeth removed. This was quite common in those days as most people didn’t look after their teeth and having them removed before the wedding saved the husband the expense...

western australia

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It's what's inside that matters

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Mar

Several myLotters have been talking recently about pork pies and Scotch pies then a lady in the village said she was making pasties for lunch so I asked Vince very nicely if he’d like to try his hand at making some pasties/pies...

western australia

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I wonder who these ladies are

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Mar

I’ve been going through some old photos and came across this one. It’s obviously very old and has seen better days. There is nothing on the back and nothing to indicate who these ladies might have been. There is also no-one old...

western australia

unknown figures

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Age doesn't weary everyone

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Mar

One of the feel-good stories in the news yesterday was that of a 104-year-old gentleman, George Frankln, who is still conducting a brass band in Perth, Western Australia. The Guinness World Record Holder for world's oldest band...

western australia

guinness record

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I found someone with 'Pink' as a surname

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Mar

While trying to ensure that I wasn’t doubling up on my discussions, I came across a post from 2016 talking about a botanist named Olive Pink. Recently the topic of ‘surnames of colour’ came up but I think Pink was one of those...

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They made them tough in the olden days

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Mar

I came across this postcard when I was sorting through some photos. It shows Marie Ottile (Tilly) Johannsen (nee Hoffmann) with her daughter, Elsa, on a camel (obviously) and en route to Hermannsburg, an aboriginal mission, in...

south australia

gerhardt johannsen

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A sinkhole unlike some, methinks

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Mar

I’ve heard of sinkholes but Umpherston Sinkhole near Mount Gambier in South Australia doesn’t fit the usual description of this geological process. The sinkhole was once a cave but the top of the limestone chamber collapsed. In...

south australia

umpherston sinkhole

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An excellent use of drones

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Mar

Browse Island is approximately 14-hectare (35-acre) in area and is uninhabited. It lies about180 km (110 mi) north-west of the coast of north-western Australia and about 450 kms off the coast of Broome. It is considered WA’s most...

western australia

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Did we really go here in 2015?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (376230) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Mar

The photo shows the view from the Hohensalzburg Fortress in Salzburg, Austria. It overlooks the city and sits at an altitude of 506 metres. At 250 m (820 ft) long and 150 m (490 ft) wide, it is one of the largest medieval castles...

hohensalzburg fortress

funicular railway

medieval castle

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