Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342042)

Rockingham, Australia

Joined myLot 9 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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More about our Apple AirTags

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 11h

Following my last discussion about Apple tags, several people didn’t really understand what I was talking about. I didn’t know how to explain them properly so I asked ChatGPT for a simple 100-word explanation. I’ll add the whole...

western australia

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A poinsettia for Christmas

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 19h

We know quite a few people in the village but we often get together with two other couples. We take it in turns to go to each other’s house most Tuesdays after the movie night and enjoy socialising together. It’s so easy just to...

western australia

garden ornaments

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We pick up a Christmas gift from an Apple store

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Dec

The photo has nothing to do with the post. It’s another example of street art that I really love. When Vince needed a new phone which would record various health statistics, he passed his old one on to me. They are Apple phones...

western australia

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A lifetime of gardening

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Dec

My mother loved her garden and spent hours in it every day. Because of our climate, our potted plants need shelter from the sun so rather than hot-houses we have shade houses. She had two ‘shade-houses’. If a frost was predicted...

western australia

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Are you 'sailing in the same boat' as someone?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Dec

I’ve often written about some of the more unusual sayings in the English language and how it must be difficult for non-native speakers to understand some of them. In a comment a few days back, myLotter and friend Trebor Ika...

western australia

english language

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Movies in the good old days

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Dec

I wrote about having the chance to attend a film festival and it took me back to when we used to go to the movies as a child. It was held in a theatre. There might have been some ads first. I can’t remember that bit but then the...

western australia

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To go or not to go

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Dec

We received a pamphlet in the mail from Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre. After a break of several years, they are running an international film festival. We’d like to attend but we’d have to make some decisions. If we take...

western australia

international film festival

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The first flowering of my frangipani

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Dec

We have friends who introduced us to the village and were really responsible for us moving here. They now live nine houses away from us. We have been friends for over 30 years. When we lived several hours’ drive away, we would...

western australia

lifestyle village

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A last gathering before Christmas

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Dec

We have a barbecue area opposite our house in the lifestyle village and yesterday we had a gathering there in the afternoon. People started arriving at around 2pm and some stayed on for a barbecue dinner but most went home before...

western australia

lifestyle village

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A broken coffee mug

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Dec

I thought I had a photo of the mug I'm going to write about but can't find it. The photo shows the cocktails we received at the clubhouse Christmas party. We had a visitor the other day and she managed to break Vince’s favourite...

western australia

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Do you know the phrase 'losing your marbles'?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Dec

The photo has nothing to do with the discussion. These were decorations at our clubhouse Christmas dinner. To lose your marbles means to lose your wits or sanity. A response by @xFiacre prompted this discussion. A lovely lady...

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health assessment

losing ones marbles

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Duping the public

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Dec

The photo has nothing to do with the post. It’s of two chocolate unicorns a friend gave me. A couple have been charged in South Australia for pretending their son had cancer and receiving $60,000 through government and GoFundMe...

south australia

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They must think we're really stupid

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Dec

Vince went for a health care assessment the other day. These are recommended for seniors and involve the use of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). This test is used to gauge an individual’s cognitive level. Questions...

western australia

mini mental test

cognitive impairment

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A new addition to my baking skills

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Dec

Vince cooks almost all our meals but I have a few things that I make/bake. A couple of weeks ago, I remembered that I used to make a loaf cake that my father liked. You soak bran flakes/cereal in milk and add sultanas and some...

western australia

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Another brass band story

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec

It seems few remembered my story about conducting the brass band so perhaps you’ve forgotten or haven’t heard this one either. I hadn’t been in the band long when we had to play for Anzac Day. This involved marching. I had...

western australia

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Swan No 1 at one of our hospitals

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec

We went to visit Vince’s elder brother in hospital. There is a lot of construction work going on there and on the first visit we had a bit of trouble finding a parking are, a bit more trouble finding the right room and even more...

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Not knowing when to stop

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Dec

I was responding to Marie Coyle about carolling and was reminded of my time in the brass band in Esperance, Western Australia. We were both in the band and, for a short time, I conducted the small group. I really had no...

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good king wenceslas

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My latest plant purchase

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Dec

Several years ago, we bought an Albany woolly bush (Adenanthos sericeus) to use as a Christmas tree. It survived for a while but died later when we transferred it outside. We’ve now bought another one and planted it in a big pot...

western australia

albany woolly bush

adenanthos sericeus

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Our first Christmas gifts

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Dec

We had our annual Christmas dinner at the clubhouse last night. The Social Committee did a wonderful job of catering for around 150 people. There was a choice of ham, turkey or pork with all the trimmings and a choice of Christmas...

western australia

christmas dinner

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A man with a unique birthday - or maybe not

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342042) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Dec

I’m sure that, to most of you, the name Normie Rowe, means nothing. In the mid-60s, Rowe was an Australian pop star and teen idol. In late 1967, he was drafted into the army and served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. This...

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