Judy Evans

@JudyEv (364826)

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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Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Oct

I am at the stage of my life where I’m trying to get rid of things rather than accumulate more. However, when we’re travelling, it’s nice to support the local communities that we pass through. When we went to Wongan Hills, I...

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I have tomatoes!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Oct

I have one tomato plant growing in my garden and now it has three little tomatoes on it and more flowers. We’re going away tomorrow for about a week but my friend will keep an eye on it for me. I wonder if they'll ripen before we...

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I finished my challenging jigsaw

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Oct

In the lower part of the collage you can see the jigsaw that I finished today. It’s a bit unusual as what you see on the box isn’t the picture that you’re trying to recreate. You need to imagine the same street but in much more...

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We climbed Baladjie Rock

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Oct

I haven’t written much about Baladjie Rock as I don’t really know what to say about it and yet in some ways there is a lot I could tell you about it. Whether it is of interest or not is a whole other question! Baladjie is another...

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A very neat ant nest

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Oct

All sorts of things in the natural world interest me and I spotted this ant nest while we were camping at Baladjie Rock. It seems the leaves are brought to the nest by the ants as the trees that have these types of leaves are not...

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Mystery Tour of Life program

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Oct

An interesting news article I read this morning tells of a program called Mystery Tour of Life being run in Bridgetown, Western Australia. Year 10 students who would be aged 15-16 are bussed to a street teeming with emergency...

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mystery tour of life

simulated road crash

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Helping others help themselves through Kiva

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Oct

Back in September 2019, long-term member @DeborahDiane wrote about Kiva and how she donates to this charity. Because of her post I donated $25 to a lady in Nicaragua. Others loaned to the same lady and that loan has now been paid...

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Male dolphins have taken to wearing wigs

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Oct

An interesting news story tells of male humpback dolphins off the coast of Western Australia using sea-sponges as wigs to attract mates. This behaviour has only been seen in a small number of areas off our northern coasts....

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humpback dolphins

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A stone floor, butter mould, tobacco cutter and shower - all from Mangowine Homestead

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Oct

Here is another collage from Mangowine Homestead. In the top right-hand corner on the left is an improvised shower. You can buy these now in canvas if you want a shower when you’re out camping. You put your hot/warm water in the...

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mangowine homestead

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A recipe for bread-making

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Oct

The collage shows more of the interesting items we saw at Mangowine Homestead in Western Australia. Jane Adams ran an inn at Mangowine and prospectors making their way to the goldfields would have been glad to find somewhere where...

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mangowine homestead

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West Australian rowers have a win at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Oct

Perhaps our American friends know of the Head of the Charles Regatta, touted as the world’s biggest and most famous rowing event. This prestigious event was held on the Charles River which separates Boston from Cambridge. The...

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Hotchpotch or hotchpot

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Oct

We are trying to assist our elder son to purchase a unit/apartment in Melbourne. We have helped both boys in the past with financial gifts. My father helped us from time to time. He always said that, rather than make us wait till...

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financial gifts

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We had hail yesterday

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Oct

It’s supposed to be spring here but we have quite wild weather yesterday including some hail which you can see in Vin’s photo. Over a 24-hour period we also had an inch of rain. There is still a lot of cloud around but it seems...

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Burning space junk found in Western Australia's Pilbara region

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Oct

Hitting the news headlines here last night was information that a large piece of space junk had landed on a mining road in the Pilbara region of Western Australia’s outback. It was still burning when found. The item is believed...

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Have you heard of 'sad' irons?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Oct

I first came across the term ‘sad irons’ in Westonia Museum. Researching a bit further, I found that ‘sad’ is believed to come from ‘sadd’, the Old English word meaning solid or heavy. They were also called ‘flat irons’. On the...

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People are flocking to see the giant tractor

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Oct

I’ve written about the gigantic tractor that graces the small town of Carnamah in Western Australia. A news article today says that, since the installation of the Chamberlain tractor, tourism has increased a great deal. The...

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A botanist's paradise - Mangowine Homestead

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Oct

I’ve been writing about Jane Adams of Mangowine Homestead in Western Australia. One of her daughters was Mary Annie Adams (1874-1931). Annie, as she was known, collected plants for the renowned botanist, Baron von Mueller, and...

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mangowine homestead

baron von mueller

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One mother's story - looking for her son

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Oct

I wrote a bit about Jane Adams in my last post. By the time her husband died in 1895, Jane had had twelve children. The oldest drowned in a well at 2 ½ years old, the next died at birth, a son died aged 13 from a riding accident,...

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mangowine homestead

killed in action

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Mangowine Inn, built in 1875

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Oct

I haven’t written much about our visit to Mangowine Homestead mainly because there is such a lot to say about it. When Jane Swain Adams and her husband, Charles, first established a farm at Mangowine near Nungarin in 1875, she...

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Metal-working talent on display

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364826) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Oct

While at the Nungarin markets, we spoke to several of the stall-holders. We were impressed with the work of this guy. His ‘real job’ is as a train driver but his hobby is welding and creating unusual objects. The female figures...

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