Her name is Ellie ,thats my Son with her , im usually behind the Camera.
A Nice Walk ( with photos )
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That’s a precious photo.
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What a lovely compliment, thank you Patty. There is something of a story behind the bike. About eighteen months before the Covid lockdown I had a hip joint replacement on my left leg. My surgeon warned against any kind of impact exercise, like running or jogging. He did recommend swimming and cycling though.
At one of the vintage festivals we like going to was a pre-war bicycle that the vendor was asking a small fortune for. Lucky for me, my lady said that she had seen a bike being sold in one of those charity shops. Later, checking it out, it was about a fifth of the price of the one at the festival. I turned it over and stamped on the frame where the pedal spindle is was the word Phillips and the date. From memory it was June 1926. That's for me.
The frame is designed for the ladies but when you have had a hip replacement such a frame negates the need of trying to lift the rather sore, replacement hip, over the crossbar. It's absolutely ideal and I have since discovered that it is quite a sort after collectable. One trader asked if it had the original Phillips emblem. Oh yes.
He offered me about twice what I had paid, but I like the bike.
He gave me his business card, just in case I ever change my mind.
So now it is part of my ever growing vintage collection. What am I like?
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I looked up vintage Phillips bicycle and they ARE well made and worth quite a bit of money. Its sounds like you got quite a deal.
You were wise to purchase a bike after hip surgery and actually use it. It’s great physiotherapy. My dad had knee surgery in his late 80’s and expected to continue playing tennis where he left off. When he discovered he couldn’t, he did nothing. No walking! No swimming! No anything! Due to his decision he didn’t get the results from the surgery he expected.
Dancing and riding are great exercise. You’re a wise man. My husband doesn’t mind it being considered a girls bike. There’s obvious reasons why it’s much safer.
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Hi Kadee, wanted to make sure you saw these pics from our walk Sunday at the Santa Cruz Arboretum which has extensive collections of Aussie plants. I'll stick most of the plants in my garden thread but here are a couple of signs and scenes from there. No dog on this trip as of course they're not allowed.
And a couple of souvenirs from the visit.
Thank you so much @MarkD …interesting the plants in photo number 2 we always called them Black Boys due them growing in arid areas where horrific bush fires go through and blacken then to a mere stump ….but they survived year after year ……however now days with political correctness they are called Grass Trees.
Ill go take a photo soon and post it for you of Grass tree ( spikes ) flowers my hubs made hiking sticks from
they are very light yet as strong as steel ,it would be 20 years ago while hiking up /down / on top of Kings Canyon
in The Northern Territory , which is very steep / high to climb and more importantly to safely walk back down without slipping on marble like tiny rocks , so our G T carved sticks saved us slipping several times
Kings Canyon has 500 very steep steps to climb
Discovery Parks - Kings Canyon
Be back soon with photos of walking / hiking sticks
Ill go take a photo soon and post it for you of Grass tree ( spikes ) flowers my hubs made hiking sticks from
they are very light yet as strong as steel ,it would be 20 years ago while hiking up /down / on top of Kings Canyon
in The Northern Territory , which is very steep / high to climb and more importantly to safely walk back down without slipping on marble like tiny rocks , so our G T carved sticks saved us slipping several times
Kings Canyon has 500 very steep steps to climb
Discovery Parks - Kings Canyon
Be back soon with photos of walking / hiking sticks
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Photo of me ( way to fat back then ) in 2005 
with my grass tree hiking stick hubby made from the spikes / flowers he spent many many hours with a pocket knife smoothing it then treated it with linseed oil
We was travelling with friends at the time who we met at a camp spot in a national park .
Today the sticks sit in the corner in our lounge room …..19 years latter …..oh thats Kings Canyon in NT ….info .up here ^^^
with my grass tree hiking stick hubby made from the spikes / flowers he spent many many hours with a pocket knife smoothing it then treated it with linseed oilWe was travelling with friends at the time who we met at a camp spot in a national park .
Today the sticks sit in the corner in our lounge room …..19 years latter …..oh thats Kings Canyon in NT ….info .up here ^^^
Hey @PeppermintPatty. One of our hiking days way way back in 2005 at Kings Canyon
Im not that hefty now days ^^^^^ photo up,here
map gives you an idea how far it is from where I live
Im not that hefty now days ^^^^^ photo up,here
map gives you an idea how far it is from where I live
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Yes those grass trees are wonderful but this one is rather runty. In Ojai, midway between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, there is the Taft Botanical Garden which I've only visited once. It isn't focused only on Aussi plants but has many extraordinary plant from all over the world. I took these photos there.
I never knew how sturdy the flower stalks could be!
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That’s quite the hike Kadee.
16 hours is a lot of walking.
Today we walked in a subdivision not far from where we live. We know some people who live near there. We walked 4 kilometres.
We walked some vacant lots down near the water. I tried taking pictures of the islands within the water but wasn’t very successful. These lots are nice waterfront lots.
I was, however successful at taking this buck lying down in the grass. It’s not something you see often. It’s hard to tell the age of the buck since they all lose the antlers at the same time each year.
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Today we made cucumber relish. We used English cucumbers cause the seeds inside are smaller and the 5 peppers we just picked.
We made a double batch. We also made some fresh coleslaw
We made a double batch. We also made some fresh coleslaw
Didnt walk that far @PeppermintPatty …… thats how far it takes to drive ( 16 hours ) from Adelaide to Kings canyon
The climbing the canyon / hike was about 6 hours
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Sorry. I thought maybe you’d done some interior hiking in your younger days. You must have thought I was whacked. lol
A six hour hike uphill is plenty.
When did you do that?
Hubs would say ohh arrr ….those flowers spikes would make good hiking sticks @MarkDYes those grass trees are wonderful but this one is rather runty. In Ojai, midway between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, there is the Taft Botanical Garden which I've only visited once. It isn't focused only on Aussi plants but has many extraordinary plant from all over the world. I took these photos there.
I never knew how sturdy the flower stalks could be!
We have a few Grass trees in South Aust that grow in the hills that are all in the southern side of the city but they are
only thin spindly spikes where if you want decent size ones you’ve got to go to the northern Territory
where despite it being a very arid part of Aussie land , everything is BIG up there …. including big man eating crocodiles …. Visit the Northern Territory, Australia
We also visited what used to called Ayres rock …….now known as Uluru that’s spectacular in morning and at sunset
You will see it in link ( all the 2 year 2004 ~ 2006 photos are on a external hard drive so I’ll have to dig some out )
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That photo is on my iPad and it date stamps the photos itself ….May 2005 I was 61 then , ……(fibbed up here ^^^^said i was 68 )Sorry. I thought maybe you’d done some interior hiking in your younger days. You must have thought I was whacked. lol
A six hour hike uphill is plenty.
When did you do that?
when we returned to SA I was told I had diabetes ….shock horror sounding words for me ….i stacked on heaps of weight due to eating way way to many carbs while traveling … ( way to many sandwiches / ect for meals cause it was hard to carry allot of fresh foods ) ….and not enough Walking , so once we moved in our newly built home in July 2006 ….so we traveled from May 2004 when we sold our home in the city ( Adelaide suburbs )
And lived in the caravan till July 2006
I lost 26 kg in weight ….and no sign what so ever of diabetes thank goodness
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That is 19 years ago. Ive gained lots of weight also but most of it is from medication I HAVE to take otherwise I will go nuts. Not that I’m not already. Lol
Luckily you lost all the weight. I’ve lost some of it but I’ve got so far to go. I’ve given myself until Christmas to lose it but don’t think I will. The good news is that I am staying active. We bought e-bikes and are now biking
with a doggie trailer. Did you see it? 
I make our own tomato chutney from tomatoes we grow @peppermentpatty
Our fruit tress are full of blossom so hopefully we will get heaps of fruit to preserve ( bottle ) as well as drying outside on racks DH made out of screen doors 2 years ago we dried 40 kg ( fresh weight ) of apricots and preserved 30 kg of fresh apricots / plus preserving 30 kg of apples and dried about 25 kg ( apples ) that fresh Weight….. NOT dried weight
Our fruit tress are full of blossom so hopefully we will get heaps of fruit to preserve ( bottle ) as well as drying outside on racks DH made out of screen doors 2 years ago we dried 40 kg ( fresh weight ) of apricots and preserved 30 kg of fresh apricots / plus preserving 30 kg of apples and dried about 25 kg ( apples ) that fresh Weight….. NOT dried weight
Yep know why you mean ….my biggest enemy was carbs Patty …especially when traveling Way back then ..it was easy to have a piece of toast for breakfast ….sandwich for lunch ….bread with what ever we had for evening meal
way way to many carbs .,for me ….
Here is a photo taken In Queensland about 6 weeks ago @PeppermintPatty
way way to many carbs .,for me ….
Here is a photo taken In Queensland about 6 weeks ago @PeppermintPatty
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Chutney. Isn’t that like a chunkier salsa or type of relish? My husband and I went to a fancy restaurant just outside Algonquin and were served a chutney that was to die for.
You have apricots and apple trees ?
Sweet! We are thinking of buying some type of fruit tree. We live in a zone 6. Any ideas?
Your local nursery should be able to advise you …we grow chemical free apples / plums / apricots and peaches
and we only have a block of land that’s 43 x 20 mtrs equals about 800 sq metres
That’s about 141 foot x 65 foot ..but we Make the most of what room we have ..the house takes up most of the block ..it unusual for Aussies to live on acreages unless your a farmer
and we only have a block of land that’s 43 x 20 mtrs equals about 800 sq metres
That’s about 141 foot x 65 foot ..but we Make the most of what room we have ..the house takes up most of the block ..it unusual for Aussies to live on acreages unless your a farmer
Yeah it is …wait I’ll take a photo soon ..I make / made up my own recipe in addition to tomatoes / onions , I add grated apple / capsicums think you call sweet peppers / I add part malt vinegar part white vinegar
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I’d like to grow apples, pears and peaches.
I’ll ask my local nursery. Actually there’s old orchard that had over 400 fruit trees in it. They were apple and pear. Cherry
trees would be nice too. Plus fruit trees are nice to turn on a lathe or carve.
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We made up our own cucumber relish. It’s like chutney but more finely chopped. We used cucumbers, onions, red peppers, celery seeds, mustard seeds, tumeric and apple cider and sugar. We should exchange recipes.
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Even my “ recipe“ I’ve got for drying fruit outside ….is great ….and can’t be found anywhere on the internet ….I cut the recipe out of a newspaper in 1970 ..it was a short version of a Dutch authors book instructions , the only such book left in Australia is in the state library of SA where you can go read it ( with cotton gloves on ) but you can’t borrow it ot take it out of the library ,
I gave a copy of the recipe to our postie ( postman ) and he lost it after processing his previous years crop and was to embraced to ask me for it again ….so he went searching the net and could not find it ..he eventually asked me again and I printed out and laminated a copy for him so he wouldn’t loose it again
I gave a copy of the recipe to our postie ( postman ) and he lost it after processing his previous years crop and was to embraced to ask me for it again ….so he went searching the net and could not find it ..he eventually asked me again and I printed out and laminated a copy for him so he wouldn’t loose it again