Judy Evans

@JudyEv (346592)

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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To keep or to throw?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 11h

I’ve been helping my sister-in-law empty out her junk room and, in the photo, you can see a corkscrew which she doesn’t want. It’s made of iron and fits very nicely in the hand. It would make quite a handy weapon if you were...

western australia

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A one-string 'banjo' of sorts

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 22h

I told @TheHorse I’d write about a rare, and probably unique, musical instrument that I saw in the Collie Museum. The main ‘body’ of this is a kerosene tin. These were very common in my parents’ day, and were often flattened out...

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Another quenda to admire

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Feb

We stayed with my brother-in-law the other day and had our morning coffee under the patio. He has a large block which has a lot of vegetation including many native species. This is the ideal environment for the Australian...

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western bandicoot

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Old-fashioned perambulators

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Feb

When we were first married, just about everything we had was second-hand or hand-me-downs. Even my maternity dresses were given to me by a friend. I think I made myself maybe one or two new ones. We were given a cane pram like...

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A very red post box

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Feb

The photo shows a pillar/post box which was in the Collie Museum. Unfortunately, I can’t read the sign so I don’t know how old it is but the town was gazetted in 1897. This is a handsome-looking post box with the details picked...

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Turn your pennies twice

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Feb

I wrote recently about a saying I hadn’t heard before. Our German friend used it. Translated from her native language, it was ‘making an elephant out of a mouse’. Tonight, she used another one she’d translated and that we hadn’t...

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Washboards on display

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Feb

The photo shows three old washboards which were on display in the Collie Museum. Below the washboards are an enamel wash basket and advertising for Velvet soap, a laundry soap which can still be purchased today. The washboard...

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When an old man dies ...

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Feb

We went to my BIL’s (brother-in-law’s) yesterday. My SIL was there too. Two older brothers died within a day of each other and we needed to put a death notice in the local newspaper. The SIL (we call her the matriarch) had an...

western australia

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Border collies and kelpies - which will make the better muster dogs

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Feb

Eva James (@wolfgirl569) has a border collie called Patch. She has lovely markings and I was reminded of the series we’re watching on TV called Muster Dogs. This is at least the second series and this time around six people have...

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Reading material for a night or two

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Feb

I spent a few hours helping my sister-in-law tidy up a room. I brought home a few things which I’ll look through then forward them on to the charity shop nearby. Among the items I brought home were these Cordon Bleu magazines. I...

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Horse-drawn bread cart

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Feb

The top photo shows a horse-drawn baker’s van which is on display in the Collie Museum. Isn’t it a lovely shape? Because I lived on a farm, we never had anything delivered by such conveyances but I know that the horses learnt the...

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And then there were four

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Feb

Some of you would know that Vince’s two elder brothers have been very sick; one for some years but the other just for a month or two. The oldest died on Friday and the younger died a day later. Their birthdays were on the same day...

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shared birthdays

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A work in progress

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Feb

I’ve just come back from my sister-in-law's where I was helping her declutter one room of her house. The photo shows the room before we started. We only spent about two hours on it and then she had a visitor and we had to leave...

western australia

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Old-time kitchen gadgets

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Feb

The photo shows a pastie cutter which was in the Collie Museum. The photograph doesn’t really show that the metal is concave. There are two identical pieces back to back. I gather you rolled it along big sheet of pastry and...

western australia

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I might have my work cut out tomorrow

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Feb

The photo is of one for the rooms of the dolls’ house I wrote about last discussion. Vince’s sister is the matriarch of the family. She has a heart of gold but can also be very abrupt. She has retired now but was a nurse and is...

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A doll's house to die for

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Feb

This exquisite dolls’ house was in the Collie Museum that we visited recently. Isn’t it lovely? The ‘doors’ that have been opened to reveal the inside have windows with lace curtains. Everything is so tiny. I have a friend who...

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Tending neglected graves far from anywhere

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Feb

Kununurra is an isolated town in Western Australia. It’s 3,000km (1,889 mi) north of Perth and approximately 45 kms (28 mi) from the Northern Territory border. It’s at the far north-eastern end of what’s known as the Kimberley...

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Safety cots - are they still around?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Feb

I don’t know anyone with a small baby. Are these safety cots still in use? Our boys had one. The closed-in cot meant they couldn’t fall out of bed and the flywire kept the mosquitoes at bay. I remember ours having teddies and...

western australia

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A phonograph with two horns

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Feb

Today’s photo from the Collie Museum is of a phonograph with two horns. The original phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877 and dual horn type began appearing in the late 1890s to early 1900s. One of the reasons for...

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What do you make of this?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346592) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Feb

Here is another of the items we saw in the Collie Museum. It’s a home-made wheelchair; at least, I think it is but there is really nowhere for a person’s legs to go. It looks like it should be propelled by moving the ‘arms’ back...

western australia

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