"YABBER-LINER" - ALL ABOARD

Oh man...why did I listen.....should of stopped at .....
Saturday. Packing six hours of sleep under belt, eventhough it was a late one yesterday.
Gathering at our house today. Wife is making lasagna, and I'm making the appetizers. I'm doing a shrimp cassalinga. Smoked white fish dip, a liver pate, a seven layer bean dip.(with jalapenos or as we call them: hallowchinos or jalapanos..) Maybe that is funny just to me. A canelli bean salad with onion and parsley, and last but certainly not least, my famous hungarian roasted peppers. I don't want to do it, but, I'll have to drive forty minutes to get the fresh baked bread.
...and if anybody would like a mojito, be around here at eight or nine o clock. The fresh garden mint, pure cane sugar, key lime emulsion has been getting happy since yesterday. Fireworks in town at the boardwalk at ten. Bombfire to follow.
That is all for now. Izzie, Dutchy ,mismi, Rockhead, ehbeth, djjd62, setanta, devriesj, tulip, tulips new dog, and everyone else, have a nice day.

Ooh Alex, that sounds really good! If my pool party this afternoon is a bust I'm heading cross state for your shindig!
Hey, where is everybody (else)!?
Got the yard planted with grass and put the straw over so the birdies don't get it, and hopefully in a week to ten days we'll see little grass sprouts! Right now the hose is going full force to water the stuffins out of it. Oy, the water bill!
Hey, has anyone been watching any of the Olympic trials? I was a swimmer in high school and I am completely in awe of the times they post in their swims. Phenomenal! Plus, one woman (Dara Torres) is 41! Go girl!!
Gotta go get ready for my day. Yabber to ya later - or tomorrow!
Have a great one all. I'm thinkin' of ya!

Hey Yabber Cew - Sorry its a bit late in the day to say a happy July 4th to all our friends in the US of A - but Happy Independence Day albeit slightly belated.

Hi Dutchy - hope you arenot too chilly down under - Captain - you must be crazy having a fire - I even got sunburnt today - I have been at scool for the end of year Prizegiving and Speech day - Hubby got real bored and we had to sneak off before the big Church service as he was getting fidgety and bored - the kids were fine!!!

Hope you are all doing fine - Tulip - so sad to hear about Samson - Izzy told me - keep strong hun.

Mismi - glad you had a happy day yesterday and that you partied well.

Hope to catch up soon - you guys are all often in my thoughts and I talk to the Cpatain offline about you guys - life is just manic with the ole job!

Evening All

Hope you have all had a good Saturday and recovered from your celebrations yesterday.

Little fella has been monopolising the laptop so haven't been able to get on thisavo.

However, I do have a new experience at Chez Izzie. My Babbling Brook is no longer a Babbling Brook - but a blooming torrent of water. It has rained all day here - (sis, I should be up with you a?) and looky here…









It's quite loud too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


So, the fire was nice - it got so hot we had to open the doors…. But the little fella liked it…. and he took pics….








Anyhoooooooooooo - you all sound as tho you have been busy - Alex have a great "gathering" - sounds wonderful, and QueenDev - great pool party….. well done on the grass sowing

And love to one and all… wishing you a restful and happy Sunday

Morning crew. That's seems like a cosy fire Captain, with the temperature down to 5 degrees right now, wouldn't mind cuddling up in front of it.

Hi F/Q and Dev, missed you two as usual, but happy to read you're both doing fine. Well Izzie did you find your sofa?

You all have a great Sunday, mine has already started, seems weird writing this as most of you are still living in Saturday.

Good morning all - lovely Sunday morning here. It is going to be a beautiful day. Been busy over last couple of days but will catch up on post reading some time today. Hope everyone is well. Will be heading out in an hour or so.

Hi ddxx, great to see you despite yesterdays drubbing, will catch up with you sometime today.

Hey Sunday Morning Ozy Crew....

ima into Sunday too - hope you guys are faring well (and you are whipping .... stroking Dutchy softly Indeedee with the Jinky! )

How is it your side of the world?

Hi Captain, saw you busily playing music, so didn't want to interrupt your line of thought. All well down here and slowly thawing out, young ddxx is really in fine form, I can't get a word (read letter in ), beats me every time.

Oh hey love, pop up above and come sit in front of the fire. Will let you use the laptop so you can still get beaten by our Ozy gal a? Love you both.... heaps much xx

Hey that sounds wonderful, are you by any chance into lap-dancing?

We hopped off the ship briefly to go down to the old Brickworks. One of the little dogs managed to get 4 dip and swishes into various streams and ponds. She's a bather, not a swimmer.

It's great to be back on board. I've got dibs on the second deck chair. I've got some mysteries I want to get caught up on.

Good morning Dutchy - looking forward to matching wits later. Good morning Izzieliz - I am very gentle with him don't worry. :wink: Everything fine here just been busy doing massssssive clean outs. We were finding stuff we have had for thirty years -ooops. Several tip runs later looking much better. Also having extra shelving put up in the pantry so I can empty out my old fashioned side-board and replace with a more modern one. It is a big old beast but holds sooo much. I have quite a few dinner sets that have been handed down from great, great grandma etc. So have to find new space and I know the more modern side-boards will not have the same holding space. I am a hoarder I know, but a lot of the stuff has sentimental value.

Oh yeah hunni - understand that - Granny's Dresser is in the garage and I can't get rid of it.... and boxes with wedding crockery in which is beautiful.....

oh and looky here...







this in one of my Granny's Wedgewood Plates of Tall Ships.... good a? It just found the perfect place to live on one of the walls so I see it every time I come in the door...or make a brew... plenty times throughout the day - talking of which - cuppa tea and Rich Tea biccie for anyone?

Hey Hey EBgirl.... didn't see you there - hugs to you and HIM and the pooches

Good morning EhBe. Love mystery novels. Oooh Izzieliz that plate is lovely. I just love looking at the old things and imagining what it was like when they used them. Good idea to put it up on the wall. I also believe in photos, photos, photos on the wall rather than in albums.


By deedeexx

This is my photo wall in the family room. I have been banned from using any more walls.

Oh Indeedee - how alike we are.......... i have little walls now but ....

here is the wee study





said I wouldn't do photo walls (had 6 at Links Tor).... but can't stop myself

The first photo there is Beachcomber Island where I met the Vancouver C'nuck in Fiji - we have the same canvas print on our walls

Lovely Izzieliz. We must have been separated at birth.

aha - here's another special plate of Grannys -

This was made my Wedgwood for the Queens Conronation. It's kept in a draw - don't know where to put it, but it was very special to her... so... it stays

Just heading out to go for a drive to Daylesford for lunch. Very cold this time of year but great restaurants and great second hand book shops which I love to browse through. Probably come back with the car laden.

Have a great afternoon/evening yabbers. Catch you all later.