"YABBER-LINER" - ALL ABOARD

Hi Tai Chi, great seeing you call by, safe journey back, look forward to some more photos in a month time. Have found your other thread and admired your renovations.

Just heard a look bang, was that mismi falling out of her hammock?

HA - that's hilarious. I stayed in it thank you. I did start to feel a little sea sick however....so I abandoned it. Anyway - I was getting dirty looks from the Prof. who was mowing the yard while I was kicked back in it...started feeling a bit guilty!

Nitey nite sweet folks.

Nite, nite mismi, sleep well.

hey sunshine..all the best wit ur new employer..shell be sweeter when she sees ur sunshine smile
FQ..great to see u stop by..yeah my cold is a lot better now probably will vanish by the weekend!
MM - good to hear abt the boy..praying for a speedy recovery!
DjjD - Im spellbound seing the place u visited..u made me envious! but im confused..Tai Chi & u are related? staying nearby?
eeeeoowwwwww Izzie u held the chameleons in ur hands??? im damn scared to touch them!!!i really left out a giggle (im sorry) to hear G's daughter locked herself 1 &1/2 hrs in the restroom! its plain insecurity I guess..and i feel u both can win teh situation..if she really loves her dad..deep in hear she would want h is happiness..so dnt u guys be affected by these tantrums..with patience & with love..u can overcome!!
TAI chi..dnt tell me..didge has just posted pics of place where u stay!! u eople are truly blessed!!!
hey thanks a lot for the lemon wedge tip..i like lemon a lot..gotto give it a try..ginger im nt fond of ..so dnt try!
Beagle!!! uve already started trying to topple girls out of hammocks its just morning isnt it

verbivore you are getting cheekier by the day, does pregnancy does that to you, if so I'm going into hiding for the next nine months.

Good morning crew,Harbour Master here.Bosun,your Captain was worried about a spare ticket I had for Hyde Park on Sunday.Please inform her that I offered it to a VERY special person and she accepted it.So that means 2 blondes and 1 brunette (I need an extra arm!)
Thank you for your attention.
Carry on with your duties.

My dear Harbour Master, this Bosun is very envious of your uncanny luck, nevertheless I wish you a great time with the Captain, F/Q and your very special friend. No doubt a wordy report and photographs will be forthcoming from our dear Izzie.

Ooooooooooooh.... how coco is that Harbour Master!!!! Happy Days.

FQ and I are so excited - we are gonna dance til we drop... <OMGAWD... panic - really - panic> 45000 folk <oh oh oh>


ok.

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - I'm at work

NUMBER 4

all our big children are off on school trip with another school - 50+ of them on coach to a music festival in the city. On the motorway .... coach tyre blew out All kids are fine and think was a great adventure. Oh my. Scary scary. We all took a deep breath at school.

Gotta go.... should be working... WAY TOO MUCH TO DO! Too much. I just need to sit for a while and stop. Ha, no chance.

love y'all

really - love ya x


(oh.... ordered the acrylic paints today for each kid to come and paint a flower on my office walls. How happy is that? I am having a rainbow and fleury office. HA!)

oh................ferrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sureeeeeeeeeee.


I gotta go. Love ya D x

Laterzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz x

Oh dearest sweet Izzie (and crew) I'm confident you'll learn everything you need to know about me by reading my posts. If you're too tired to read my posts, you and I have a lot in common…..

Now what’s all this about incentives?

No seriously - Where have you people been living during the past year, like Venus perhaps? You surprise me that you are so; yesterday. I mean; keep up with the schedule; sway with the beat of the drum….. Do you know what I’m saying; show me a picture of Brooke; with her pants ON, and you have caught my attention!

On more than one occasion recently, someone has commented on how big Puppy looks. It’s usually said in a cutesy way, like “Well you’re a big one, aren’t you?” but I’m pretty certain that unlike this dog, puppy hasn’t been buffing up lately, so the implication is clear: They’re calling me fat! I need to comfort eat…Pass the blueberry muffins!

OMG!!!
First we had a Special Agent on board " Now we have a G-Man (short for Government Man) which from where I hail from is slang for a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent.

In FBI mythology, the nickname is held to have originated during the arrest of gangster George "Machine Gun" Kelly by agents of the Division of Investigation (DOI), a forerunner of the FBI, in September 1933. Finding himself unarmed, Kelly supposedly shouted "Don't shoot, G-Men! Don't shoot, G-Men!" Heck they killed anyway.

Well the last G-Man I met was Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who led the hunt for Dillinger. ... So welcome aboard dude…but stay the heck away from me, and leave Bonnie alone.

Talking about a bonny lass; Missy wrote, “I'm about to go, Try to sleep again. Wish me luck”

Sorry babe, were you keeping me up again!!! No seriously, I did have a copy of your beach photo but I had to part with it when I sent it into The Birmingham News, when they were running the ‘Best Mom in the World’ competition; congratulations on your win.
(Sorry about the mix-up when it appeared in ‘Play Dude’ monthly.)

Gawd! When I think of that photo, I have to go into the bathroom and procrastinate.

BTW that is the nearest I could get to the word I was really thinking about… OMG do you think I’m beginning to sound like that baby in The Family Guy " talking about whacking off a couple of balls…down at the driving range.
Any ways, it is always better to tell the truth than live a lie; so the word I was thinking of is…

Driving Range " so there! Now back to the US Open…And a little more practice!

Bethy; I hope you saved me a little slice of your birthday cake, and that HE fulfilled your every wish. I for one hope you are satisfied with what you are doing or that you have realized your expectations or ambitions and are satisfied in the goals you are achieving; therefore to comply with your request…

Please be gentle with me!





Hey! Not that gentile, I’m over here.

I am quite sure that if Brooke were standing here next to me; with tiny droplets of water shining like diamonds on her nakid body fresh from the pond, I would also congratulate her on her exam results " however, as I can’t draw for shoot… my mind is set on a little body panting…did I say ‘panting’? I meant painting; woops, slip of the tongue!

What with all the pretty pictures of flowers; I took the Eastman Kodak Brownie into the back yard to add to the collection… But it seems: I don’t got none!




Wishing y’all well, and iffin ya don’t got no well and have fancy plumbing, well; happy Jacuzzi!

Later dudes…

Ps " Thanks Dutchy for not pinning the blame on me, help yourself to a coldie!

BTW Dutchy I got me a copy of one of (I think it was Bazza’s photographs) when Brooke, Izzie and Missy were splashing about on a London beach; can you help me out with who is who?

Sorry Tryagain but the girls swore me to secrecy not to reveal any personal details or I would never get another look or was that feel?

oh man... I'm so not here right now - but I had to jump aboard and say -

BLUE - hey hey hey hey hey - I love your Blueness.

I wish I could stay... I can't ... oh oh and big oh!

<smiles huge - love ya Blue - I missed you sooooooooooo much - don't go away - be back soon. sooner. soonest>

dashing out the door.......................................



late!



(there's a thing!)

btw Blue.... quit procrastinating...that's Missy's job ! (oh no, she's gonna shout at the screen now - bruhahahhahahahahhahaha!)

Fair dinkum,cobber, I’ll go procrastinate some more. I can spot a donkey at a mile; but those asses all look the same; iffin ya know what I mean

Woe is me Izzie that we pass again like ships in the night; do take it easy and have a nice day.

both, TC is my sister, they have a one room schoolhouse on the manitoulin island they are renovating

i stay at a friends cottage about 30 minutes away

Ha! JACK!



(oh dear, I oughta be quiet)

You have a great day too Blue - hoping you will be back soon and all is well in your world.


My ship is in and Ima home - waiting on little men to crawl into the loft space and put the insulation down Bless them - poor fellas - gonna be HOT up there!

I have heaps to do thisavo and need to find some energy. ahhhhhhhhhh.... the little kids went swimming again today - they are such fortunate kids having their own pool and in this weather - get to go swimming everyday. Little M has never swum a stroke in his life... he's 6! Yesterday, he did. He was SO happy - "I did it I did it"... then today, he said "I can't believe I never swimmed before" and went from one side of the pool to the other - love those little kidlets - they do make me smile.



DjjD - hoping you've got over your tiredness now and back into the swing of things at home. You got any plans for the summer now?

euwk... cat is hairballing........ running..........................


edit.... ohhhhhhhh little men are here.... putting on the kettle and get some glasses of water - they have to wear those white all over suits - ack - sooo hoooooot up there

The common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is a snake indigenous to North America. Most garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a brown background and their average length is about 1 metre (3.3 ft) to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft).

The common garter snake is a diurnal snake. In summer, it is most active in the morning and late afternoon; in cooler seasons or climates, it restricts its activity to the warm afternoons.

In warmer southern areas, the snake is active year-round; otherwise, it sleeps in common dens, sometimes in great numbers. On warm winter afternoons, some snakes have been observed emerging from their hibernacula to bask in the sun.

Garter snakes generally mate in March or April, after hibernation. The species is ovoviviparous; females give birth to a litter of 12-40 live young anytime from February through december.

The saliva of a garter snake may be toxic to amphibians and other small animals. For humans, a bite is not dangerous. Most garter snakes also secrete a foul-smelling fluid from postanal glands when handled or harmed.

Oh look at that slithery little sucker. He looks FAB.

Me being me would have to go grab him by the tail (despite the stinky smell) and pick him up and then take a million or three pics... mind you I don't think I would be so big and brave in a den of them Izziana Jones I'm not... mind you, Indy doesn't like snakes... so... maybe Izziana Jones I am.

Great great pics Dj - really good. Would love to have seen that. Thanku for sharing them.

Oh those poor wee men up in the loft They have been darlings - and moved all the boxes and stuff which they aren't supposed to do - but have kindly done so. How verra kind. I keep hearing them coughing and spluttering - nasty loft insulation, nasty nasty bits floating around up there.

Lots of orange and pineapple juice for them.... drinking plenty. It's stifling up there. Feel dreadful for them that they are doing this all for my benefit. I wish it were cooler for them. Bless their cotton white suits and boots.

They should have come over EARLY in the morning. Too hot during the day. I feel for them as well. I went up to get something the other day - I think I lost 5lbs in water weight - I was soaked when I came down. Yuck.

So the Blueberry muffins worked didn't they?

more pics from the north

looking down into the village of Kagawong, the cottage we stay at is down a road to the left, above the town


a visit to Kagawong wouldn't be complete with out a trip to Bridal Veil Falls


the lane into the cottage


wildflowers in the woods beside the lane


the front door of the catholic church in M'Chineeng


there is only one large sand beach in the town of Providence Bay, here's a selection of dune plants







a little ways down the beach it becomes a more typical rock shelf


a tree holds on for dear life


off island to the north, a rock cut on the highway


the falls at Esponala, on the mainland north of the island


Whitefish Falls, on the mainland north of the island


a Manitoulin farm


the farms are almost all surrounded with split rail fences