tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post1286256359039654739..comments2023-11-01T02:06:39.543+11:00Comments on Ella's child - family stories and other: Middle Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-37748846936575648632008-07-27T13:15:00.000+10:302008-07-27T13:15:00.000+10:30My parents met the night my father returned from W...My parents met the night my father returned from WW2 duty.<BR/>Her family Roman Catholics and his were active High Orange Protestants of Scottish origin.<BR/>Their marriage alienated them from both families.<BR/><B>At that time it was a heinous social crime.<BR/>Isn't it stupid.</B><BR/>No better than honour killings or any of that other muck cultists get up to.BwcaBrowniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500142856655553009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-37335747511933805822008-07-24T15:08:00.000+10:302008-07-24T15:08:00.000+10:30Cazzie - it didn't look like that when Mum lived t...Cazzie - it didn't look like that when Mum lived there - I have a photo of her and her parents at the front of that just before her mum died...I might post it to show the differenceMiddle Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-6540670834754528292008-07-21T21:36:00.000+10:302008-07-21T21:36:00.000+10:30Now THAT sounds like a marvellous story to write a...Now THAT sounds like a marvellous story to write about Therese. I also dream of having such a drive way, leading to such a house, and with paddocks to the left and right, and horses and chooks :)Cazzie!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13856029137337148466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-29276188922719060262008-07-20T20:21:00.000+10:302008-07-20T20:21:00.000+10:30Cs - they were smitten till the day dad was killed...Cs - they were smitten till the day dad was killed and now I understand my poor mum so much better - she was 42 with four of us still at home - and theirs was a love relationship - she grieved till the day God called her home - but she got us kids through and mum and I talked and talked till the cows came home about life the universe and everything...alomg with my own kids and Don my mum was always my best friend.Middle Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-87540906932969800052008-07-18T23:55:00.000+10:302008-07-18T23:55:00.000+10:30OH what a beautiful scenery....I can just picture ...OH what a beautiful scenery....I can just picture your folks smitten over each other, giving each other slight glances and hidden smiles. The heart sings love whilst others look on disapprovingly all over the same God...how silly! (Not much has changed)<BR/><BR/>It makes you want to walk along looking for telltale signs of their love for each other like tree carvings, hidden buried love letters....<BR/><BR/>My folks were depression kids too and were married in 1946 after the war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-63511011666579733982008-07-18T19:09:00.000+10:302008-07-18T19:09:00.000+10:30team gherkin thats okay - its nice to think about ...team gherkin thats okay - its nice to think about our relationship with the natural world - special trees, special places etc we are not that divorced from what our ancestors aspired to...no matter what Rudd and co with their "carbon taxes" try to imtimate...Middle Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-23437581827082704032008-07-18T13:07:00.000+10:302008-07-18T13:07:00.000+10:30That's truely glorious!!!My sister-in-law's mother...That's truely glorious!!!<BR/><BR/>My sister-in-law's mother had a tree planted when she was born... she was one of seven children... those seven tall pine trees in a long row still stand, down at Hartley, NSW. Yay!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great photos, and the lovely story too.<BR/><BR/>Cyalayta<BR/>Mal :)Mal Kiely [Lancelots Pram]https://www.blogger.com/profile/09550832509641597913noreply@blogger.com