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Welease Woderwick
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Yes indeed, have a great day.
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Lothlorien
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I was very nervous beforehand but the ex Mr L was quiet.
It was a good day but I left home just before 10:00 a d arrived back after 6:00. Hot is not the word. Stinking hot as Mum would have said and very humid as well. No rain.
Everyone is very happy for them, not just wedding good wishes but deep genuine happiness. The service was fine and the reception at old government house was good.
My side of the family had upsetting news halfway through the meal and my sister had to leave. Her daughter had a home polo game at Richmond this morning and was then to come on to reception.
She went over her polo pony's head. No bones broken but she is thoroughly shaken up and is in Nepean Hospital.
One of her top front teeth went through her bottom lip and is now broken off and is embedded in her chin. She will be having plastic surgery in a day or so.
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Worm in the Grass
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Glad everything went well for your son, Lothlorien and may it continue to do so. Prayers for your niece, sounds very unpleasant.
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Crikey, Loth, that sounds v. nasty for your niece. ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
Glad to hear the wedding went well though.
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Ouch. The pony accident sounds nasty - especially coming so soon after the recent death of the 17 yr old at a horse event. It must have shaken everyone up.
Drama here last night too when a massive gum tree broke in half and almost took out my new studio (with me in it). The council assessment team is on its way, but it looks like we got off lightly. 30 centimetres more to the right and we might have lost more than a washing line, a fence and some roof guttering. TP is rubbing his hands at the thought of all the eucalyptus mulch that might come out of it!
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Lothlorien
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Yes, the other accident was very much in our minds too.. The concensus of onlookers was that Bear Paw, her pony stumbled and did not unbidden lower her head. The same thing happened with that other horse, although they were not at polo.
It was made worse because my sister's phone was flat so message arrived in a roundabout way and she had to borrow a phone to get details.
She brought niece home last night, very stiff and sore and sorry for herself. Plastic surgery is scheduled for tomorrow at a private hospital. Ten dental work for snapped off tooth
As my sister says, it could have been much worse. She can't even write it but says K could have broken her N(eck).
An unfortunate habit of eucalypts. Very glad you and yours are Ok.
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Lothlorien
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We have been very fortunate. I. Would say blessed but other family members might not use that word. Niece is feeling a bit better but has a very sore spot on her head. My sister discovered it corresponds to a distinct mark of a hoofprint on the helmet. It also shows that she did a somersault at some stage of the fall.
I guess that means a new helmet will be needed.
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Glad to hear she's on the mend. Is it OK to ask if the horse is all right?
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Galloping Granny
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Christchurch twitching again this morning?
Always think of Huia and Macrina and Georg Porgy.
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Originally posted by Galloping Granny:
Christchurch twitching again this morning?
Always think of Huia and Macrina and Georg Porgy.
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Not again.
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Huia
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Georgie and I held onto each other.
Rude words from me to Chorus, telecommunications the lines company whose employee decided that because my phone wasn't working he would cut off the internet too ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif) It took me pleading a medical condition to be fast tracked into having everything fixed in a week (despite all the promises of coming back the next day).
The Vodafone supervisor who sorted it in the end was called Emmanuel ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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Welease Woderwick
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...The Vodafone supervisor who sorted it in the end was called Emmanuel
Huia
God was obviously with both you and him.
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I was tempted to comment on his name, but bit my tongue.
The phone has started making crackling noises, which was how it all started last time but I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed. Magical thinking is my default setting.
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Rowen is back in town for take two. Praying it's all straight forward this time!
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Better luck this time Rowan. BL that tree problem sounds dramatic
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Rowen
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Thank you
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Worm in the Grass:
Better luck this time Rowan. BL that tree problem sounds dramatic
I just saw a strong wind warning for Canberra and other parts as well as Sydney.
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And from us also.
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Banner Lady
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BL that tree problem sounds dramatic
Yes, yes it was. It is a BIG widow maker. Even the ACTEW AGL guys went a bit pale when they saw it. They had their truck parked underneath it last week when they were working in the laneway. It will be removed eventually, but there are still locals letting their toddlers play around it. I feel like hanging a big sign on it saying "I am a very dangerous tree. Please stay away." But then I guess every second kid in the neighbourhood would try to climb it!
Anyway I got neither cooked nor crushed. So the family will still have to fork out for a cremation one day. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Banner Lady
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I forgot to mention it brought down power lines that wrapped around the carport adjoining my studio. So we had the fire brigade, the electricity guys and Parks and Gardens workers swarming about in the wee small hours.
Sad news is that we don't get any of the wood chips. They have already taken away two truckloads, with at least as much more waiting to be processed just from the two branches that came down.
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Banner Lady
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Fortunately they were away last weekend.
TP is sad. No mulch for us, but the council will cover the cost of our replacement washing line and guttering. TP had rung them only a few weeks ago to notify them the branch was in the power lines. They came out to look and said it was fine. (!) However they did replace the leaning light pole (the one that had had a "condemned" cross on it for the last decade because it was lurching alarmingly that long ago). Had they not put in the concrete pilon ten days ago I reckon every light pole in the laneway would have gone down like dominoes falling.
Rowen has been safely delivered for slicing and dicing today. It is her right knee, so she will be unable to drive for a while.
She is, however allowed to invite people to have dinner with her while recuperating. There may well be a hospital shipmeet in the very near future.
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Lothlorien
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Hope all goes well for her, with a quick recovery.
I reported a power pole in back lane some years ago. It had long spongy strips coming off it and I could see the rot inside. It was fine, apparently, but one on road in front was replaced. Nowhere near as bad as the laneway pole.
Anniversary of my mum's death in 2009. Last week it was dad's anniversary from 1998.
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Banner Lady
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Extremely windy. Showers of acorns are bombarding our roofs and Rowen's patrol car.
The gum trees are so far still standing....but it's going to be a long afternoon. Hope the weather blows past quickly.
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It really was one of those days.
I hadn't alerted my immediate neighbours, at the turning place at the top of our cul-de-sac, of the big tree trimming job, because they'd all be at work.
The Arborists arrived and got to work on the trees across the front of our section, and D-next-door squeezed her car past their car and drove off.
So they moved their vehicle but there was still a problem with the fallen branches and when she got back D waited crossly while they moved them.
Then they went and the guys with a van and a big trailer came to load the mess – two loads. And D went out again.
Before they left, when they were tidying up the fallen scraps, a friend came to see me. Before I could guide her to a park, one of the young chaps noticed that she had a flat tyre, so she would have to stay on the one piece of level road while the wheel was changed.
I spoke gently to D (who managed to get past) but she made it clear she was 'still wound up'. I haven't seen her throw a wobbly for maybe ten or twelve years. But how was I to know she'd chosen to take today off work?
The AA came and changed the wheel. And an hour later D, who had promised me a pot of soup, turned up totally unwound, with soup and some Southland-style cheese rolls.
All is peace again in our little corner.
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If a mysterious post appears here in my name, you can blame our 1 year old grandson. Already he seems to know more than me about how the touch screen on a tablet operates.
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Heh. My 70 year old country mouse sister came to town for a visit two weeks ago and asked my grandsons to show her their favourite hobbies. Obligingly B1.2 put his favourite on-line creation game on the big screen and determined to show her all that he could build. Ten minutes later she lurched out of the room looking quite green. She simply couldn't cope with the speed at which he did things on-line and had motion sickness from watching.
Mind you she can skin a crocodile and he can't. It was not so much a generation gap as a generation chasm.
Anyway, in more recent news, Rowen's resurrection has not been as straight forward as hoped. But at least the operation is behind her, and she is in good hands. All prayers appreciated.
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Lothlorien
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Please let her know we are praying for her and offer our support. If she can't drive, how will she get that big beast of a van back again?
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Welease Woderwick
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Prayers and upholding from over here as well.
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And over here.
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Rowen – always in my prayers.
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Rowen
Last night we had a farewell party for the Minister who been at the church for 10 years. The last service he leads will be Easter Day. I know this is a big change in any church, but I think living through through the earthquakes and supporting each other individually over the last five years has formed special bonds between us.
In the process of congregational consultation we have been asked what we value about the way services are led, our links with the wider community and the ways the church functions. It's been a valuable exercise for me, though I see myself as an attender of the church, rather than a Presbyterian (this church is at the liberal end of Presbyterianism in NZ and I probably wouldn't cope in a more conservative one.)
Having given my input, all I can do now is wait and see who is called.
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Saint Banner Lady has been my hero these last few days, helping me so much. And I thank her.
Day one since op..... A combination of asthma, minor infection and pain control is keeping me in a high dependency unit, but things seem to be going ok.
Thanks for your prayerful support,folk!
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Prayers still ascending, Rowen.
Also for Huia's church, for wisdom in selecting your new minister.
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Rowen
In the process of congregational consultation we have been asked what we value about the way services are led, our links with the wider community and the ways the church functions. It's been a valuable exercise for me, though I see myself as an attender of the church, rather than a Presbyterian (this church is at the liberal end of Presbyterianism in NZ and I probably wouldn't cope in a more conservative one.)
Having given my input, all I can do now is wait and see who is called.
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Sounds a bit like us. I'm one of the determined progressives; I think we're a very cohesive family but what as individuals we
believe isn't as important as actually living as followers of Jesus.
On 3 April I'm leading worship at Whitianga where they've lapsed into a very conservative state. All of them? Well, the most pushy. I have to try to get a message across without frightening them or turning them off altogether, or maybe they won't ask me again.
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Prayers from us for healing for Rowen and of thanks for BL's support.
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Pity you're not available to be called GG.
Actually what gives me hope is that they have managed to call at least a couple of good ministers in the past (the one leaving and a retired one who is now part of the congregation). I don't know about the others, so I can't comment.
I know in the particular Anglican Church in which I grew up a Bishop commented that the congregation changed with the Vicars, which is a pity because continuity is lost.
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... the congregation changed with the Vicars ...
That does happen to a certain extent, especially if the new one is substantially further up/down the candle than the old one.
You hear of cases where new vicars will bring their own congregation with them and apparently scare off the one they've inherited, but in the end the real die-hards will probably stay, on the premise that they've lived through x different vicars already ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Piglet, hanging in there was my mother's attitude when we had a difference of opinion with one of the Vicars, fortunately we resolved it before he left.
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There are rallies today in each of Australia's main cities on the theme "Refugee Lives Matter". The Marama and I will be at the one in Canberra along with a substantial number of our fellow parishioners.
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And in other refugee news...Rowen is in good spirits and making a spirited recovery. She is no longer in the high dependency unit and now needs things to occupy her not inconsiderable grey matter while still attached to various tubes.
As she is musical, I thought perhaps one challenge to throw at her would be composition. A choral piece with harmonies? A light opera? Something Gilbert and Sullivanish? And the subject....truck driving? Manse living? Hotel staff antics and conversations? Help me out with suggestions please!
I know Rowen likes craft but with limited use of arms I have been trying to think up some mostly one handed crafting possibilities....crochet? Needlework bookmarks? William Morris style colouring books?
There will be several more days of hospital before travel arrangements back to the deep south need to be made. And no, Loth, she will not be driving the truck. Angels are hovering to do that for her. But I suspect her Holy Week will be an largely meditative one.
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Does she have access to a Kindle or ipad with Kindle app? While there is plenty of heavy stuff, there is also much light stuff to suit many tastes. Much free too. Even a laptop can use that app.
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((Rowen))
The weather has broken just in time for outdoor Easter drama activities. ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
Those in the North can see a preview of the Easter musical at Turramurra UC tonight at 8. Those more central can see a preview at Newtown Mission on Thursday at 8, then the real thing is on Friday at Martin Place at 1.30, followed by a procession up Pitt St.
Today is "negotiating" with the sound crew for Friday, issuing instructions to marshals, finding a drummer, writing some monologues for Friday service then getting ready for the show tonight.
Meanwhile. FOX are doing a big live event of "The Passion" in New Orleans on Palm Sunday, based on The Manchester Passion. Looking forward to seeing it sometime.
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This being Holy Week, two of us in the north shall be at St Sanity each evening for a 7.45 Eucharist. Stations of the Cross on Good Friday. Good luck with the production.
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