Happy Christmas 2013
It will soon be
two years since I moved to Point Cook. It’s taking time to get used to the
weather change although I have to admit I have enjoyed the summers because it’s
not humid. I do miss the hills as it’s very flat where I live now .
Thankfully I
am still in touch with very nice people who bought our place out at Fernbank
Creek near Port Macquarie. I’m grateful for the many photos they have sent of
them and the kids on their horses in the house and looking very happy to be
living there as we were. Thankfully also I am still in touch with Winifred the
lady that Don and I bought the place at Fernbank Creek off and have just
received her Christmas card. It’s nice to be able to let her know that the
place she loved and lived with her husband so long, is being now enjoyed by one
of the nicest families I have met.
Earlier this year
our father’s sister Aunty Ruth passed away. I have to thank our Aunty Betty for
her care for her in the last years. Up to this point all of our family appear
to have had a reasonable year health wise and am looking forward hopefully to
the same in the next year.
Not a lot of
events to record this year really. I did get taken to the Cirque d Soleil by
Alison and Andrew for my birthday and that was something special. If you can get
to it I wouldn’t miss it.
In March my
sister Veronica and I went to the Port Fairy Folk Festival three or four days
and we had the best time ever just about. There were so many singers and bands
from here and overseas that we were able to soak in the atmosphere there was
something special. Average age about 60 so we fitted in pretty well. We are
going again next March and looking forward to it I urge anyone who is able to
get to the Festival just to do it once in a life you won’t be disappointed. I
got down to see Melissa and Chris a couple
of times this year and always have a wonderful time when I do. I am fortunate in living close to Alison and
Andrew and we all keep in touch - it may be a small family but ours is a very
close family.
I am so much
looking forward to having Christmas with Melissa and Alison and family.
Christmas time is always very special for our family as for others. Christmases
past were always made very special by Don’s being who he was and making things
very special for all of us. We try to remember his sense of fun and of the
importance of the family when we all came together and this is what Christmas
means to the girls and I.
I hope you will
have had a good year family wise, health wise and in every other way. I’d like
to wish you a happy Christmas and happy New Year and the best wishes for the
future.
