Garden Lovers nursery visit

Saturday July 22nd . Yesterday as promised both my wife and I went to Flower Power wholesale nursery.http://www.flowerpower.com.au It was a most enjoyable day,to be shown around
their vast nursery, growing thousand of plants. I took a number of photos,and I will share some
of them with you. Lunch was provided for everyone , around 600 guests, all quite hungry, after a lengthy tour of the large nursery grounds. At every stage of the tour there were people,all
experts in their field, explaining and answering just about all the questions asked of them.
And we were all given various gifts and giveaways, which were very much appreciated, in the way of seeds, fertilisers, watering saving granules, leaflets, and even an emergency rain- coat, in case of rain. But it was not needed.




Long line of
parked cars,
and their occupants
making their way
to the main
entrance








Some of the guests
at the coffee/tea
station,before the
start of the tour.

Some of the cactus
on dispay.
I have a soft spot
for them!







Well done Flower Power!
I will try and be a guest next year also.
will try and publish more photos at a later date.

Today was Fishing Day, and I came away with the prize of "Biggest Fish" 1kg. snapper ! I caught 11 fish in all,a very nice day out Wishing you all a nice week ahead.......... with "BERALA PATCH"

The Gardener

No Raffle Winnings

I have to report that this evening, I had no winnings in the weekly Raffle but sometimes it is better not to win anything, as it happen last week, I ended up having to try out our win,
and it turned out that I had to do the floors in all the rooms. So much for winning a"Steam Floor Cleaner" But I must say it did a good job, it remains to be seen if I now have the job PERMANENTLY. Sometimes it pays not to do a very good job around the house! Tomorrow we'll be going on a tour of the Arborglen nursery. I'm hoping to take a good number of photos, and share them with you in future postings,I hope that it will be a nice day (weather wise)

See you all again soon

Lebanon

Lebanon is a beautiful country, but it seems destined to be always in the midst of WAR Just when it was beginning to be returning to a normal existence, after many years of strife,
it finds itself again in flames. Many Lebanese people that I know and have worked with, wish for no more than to be left alone, so that they could resolve any internal problems themselves.
I wish that all hostilities can come to an end, so that they can re-start restoring their shattered lives and country.
I wished that I could have found some more peaceful photos of Lebanon to post. Hope that PEACE
returns soon.



The Gardener

Lucky Last-Raffle Win

Tonight we went back to the DOOLEYS Club, for the
Friday night Raffle,we took 3 of our grandchildren
to the Club,hoping I would win a prize,whilst they
were present.
But we went very close
to winning a prize several
times,but not close enough,
but then right at the end
of the Raffle,the very
last number drawn,just
happened to be one of
our numbers, and to my
surprse,it was a very nice prize.

Here you can see part of the

winning team

Benjamin, NannaEileen.

Claudia,and Natasha.

I am nowhere to be seen,I took the photos.

By the way,the prize was a Steam Floor Cleaner.

Look like I'll have to try it out tomorrow

See you all again SOON

The Gardener

WELCOME BACK HOME

Welcome Back Home

Graziella,Natasha and Kirsten

We are all very happy to have you back home
after your long journey back from Malta

Get a well earned good night sleep and you
can tell us all about your exciting time in Malta
tomorrow







And was it fun feeding the Twins ?

Roussos Concert

Last Saturday night, my wife and I went to the Sydney Opera House to a concert by Demis Roussos, the Opera House is a great venue for any artist to perform at, the atmosphere was great, (even with some empty seats) but I felt that the best days of Roussos are over, he still has a strong voice,but at times it seemed to let him down. I guess age catches up with all us in the end, but nevertheless it still an enjoyable evening, some of his popular hits received a big response from the audience. Here is a picture of Eileen, just before going in for the concert!