Aussie Jingle Bells

I was given these words which are sung to the tune of JINGLE BELLS, so hence sharing with others that pass this way. It's one of Australias versions of this Christmas Carol.

AUSSIE JINGLE BELLS

Dashing through the bush

In a rusty Holden Ute

Kicking up the dust

Esky in the boot

Kelpie by my side

Singing Christmas songs

It' s summer time and I am in

My singlet shorts and thongs.

Chorus =

Oh, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

Jingle all the way

Christmas in Australia

On a scorching summer's day

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

Christmas time is beaut

Oh what fun it is to ride

In a rusty Holden Ute.

Chorus

Engine's getting hot

Dodge the kangaroos

Swaggy climbs aboard

He is welcome too

All the family's there

Sitting by the pool

Christmas day, the Aussie way

By the Barbecue!

Chorus.

Come the afternoon

Grandpa has a doze

The kids and Uncle Bruce

Are swimming in their clothes

The time comes round to go

We take a family snap

Then pack the car and all shoot through

Before the washing up.

Chorus.

Graphics

Have been fiddling with a photo and ended up with the 'art' below. It's amazing what comes out of fiddling. The photo was a yellow Polyanthus.

My husband has had 'Gout' for 3 weeks in both feet! Three visits to the Dr. and lots of medication. Has worn no shoes all this time. Today his feet are looking a little better so hopefully he is on the mend, however he does have arthritis as well.

Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears

I heard this song the other evening sung with much feeling so hence I share the words of this Irish song. It was sung by Tommy Fleming.

On the first day on January,
Eighteen ninety-two,
They opened Ellis Island and they let
The people through.
And the first to cross the treshold
Of that isle of hope and tears,
Was Annie Moore from Ireland
Who was all of fifteen years.

Chorus:

Isle of hope, isle of tears,
Isle of freedom, isle of fears,
But it's not the isle you left behind.
That isle of hunger, isle of pain,
Isle you'll never see again
But the isle of home is always on your mind.

In a little bag she carried
All her past and history,
And her dreams for the future
In the land of liberty.
And courage is the passport
When your old world disappears
But there's no future in the past
When you're fifteen years

Chorus

When they closed down Ellis Island
In nineteen fourty-three,
Seventeen million people
Had come there for sanctuary.
And in Springtime when I came here
And I stepped onto it's piers,
I thought of how it must have been
When you're fifteen years.

Chorus

Harley Davidson Bikes _ The Thunder Ride

Out of bed, showered then into breakfast then in the vehicle to drive to see a small portion of The Thunder Ride held in our State of Tasmania this year. Harley Davidson bikes and their riders converged in the North of the State for this Run. These people come from all over Australia.

This video was taken with my little Canon IXUS 110 IS. Resolution 1024 X 768.

Tartan Tile

Amazing how I made this Tartan Tile from one of my photos. I chose a small portion fiddled and that's the result. It never ceases to amaze me what colours appear in the end result from the original picture.

View from the Shore

On my way home I drove down by the sea stopped, took a few photos of Bass Strait looking west.

Little white flowers plus a few yellow ones near the light house at Devonport, Tasmania. Australia.

Yesterday I washed my father's car, & he helped, felt his way with the shammy.
Dad went to bed early and when I went to bed I must have disturbed him, for he turned his radio on came out into the hall and said,
"What are you doing up so early in the morning"?,
said I, "It's not time to get up dad",
he said, "Well it's 5am, time to get up".
Oh my I thought, he thinks he's been asleep all night and thinks it's 5am so time to rise. Well we did have to get up early and get on the road.
So I told him that the time was 12.05am, and that I was on my way to bed, he nearly had a fit and said,
"That's the trouble with being near blind, can't see the time".
Oh well, we both laughed - at least my dad has a good sense of humour at the age of 85.

Architecture

Recently I had an appointment in our small city, and after that I decided I would take a short walk to take few photos of some of our Architecture.

The above photo is the building of City Park Radio where FM Radio is broadcast from.
This cottage was once the caretakers for the City Park.

Looking at Offices from the Public Library in the city.

Decor of where my appointment was.

The outside entrance to enter to my meeting.

Top end of the main street in the city. The first building was once a Picture Theatre, called the Majestic Theatre.

A building opposite to where my appointment was.

Corner of two of the main streets in the city.

Town Hall

This Hotel has had several name changes over the years and it's not that old either.

This was once a bank in the city.