A & H Show

The first Monday in October has always been set aside for the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Show. It's very popular and usually everyone on Island calls in at one time or another to view the arts, crafts and produce that Norfolk is so capable of.  There are a number of photos and some may double up but I'm just going to upload the lot.  Please enjoy.

 Cass outside the National Parks section

 Rachel McConnell's Best Exhibit. Very talented lass

 Colleen's hibiscus collection from Bob Crane's trees

 Alma's prize for cooking

 The Ciantor family's very clever dolls house

 Beautiful pies by Colleen Crane

 Cut flowers. A beautiful display as usual

 President Hon David Buffett AM MLA and the very hard working secretary Jaque Marges

 Iced cakes for Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Year

Ellen Buffett's beautiful doll completely redressed in its original outfit by Jackie Ryan for Miss Rylee

 Emily Bay by the incredibly talented Sarah Jenkins

 Floral Art with new entrant Coral McGrath winning many prizes

 Indoor plants

 ...and again

 More floral art

 Sarah's gorgeous cupcakes

 Alma's cookies

 ...and her collection of small cakes

 ...and her collection of rock cakes

 Jeremy Hall outside the sustainable tent

BE GREEN ~ BE HEALTHY~ BUY LOCAL

 Kay Taylor with her display from the gym ~ Norfolk Island Fitness and Health

 Colleen's passionfruit and condense milk pies ~ not too sure what the correlation is between

these and the Fitness and Health display

 Lena and Lydia admiring the work. Lena is a many times prizewinner herself

 A couple of loiterers

 More indoor plants

 Colleen's Rainbow Cake ~ which she gave to Dids ~ who wolfed it down

 Robyn near her beautiful quilt ~ well Sterling's actually ~ lucky son

 Sarah's prizes

 Emily Bay cake ~ note Salt House and Raft

 Detail, detail. A turtle swimming up the corner

  Shazza beside the Sustainable Norfolk stand

 Vegetables

 ...and more

 Sarah Quintal's Yoga stand ~ note her in photos

Matt Nola admiring the bananas

A fantastic day with much effort being outlaid by many. Who knows. Maybe next year I'll have something to show. No breath holding now.

Griffith University Bachelor of Arts (GUBA)

Received an email from Chelsea with a couple of photos of her GUBA day at Griffith. Chelsea is coming to the end of her final year, and most of her assignments have been done on the Norfolk Island Culture. The final assignment was no exception.  Her father and I, nay, her family, are very very proud of her. Wael dan Chels.

Oh Cubby House

Oh Cubby House you are to me

what mine own home could never be

a simple sanctuary for my soul

in fact,

the veritable sugar bowl of my existence

 Whilst sitting in my little room

with carpet, what a magic boon

I am the dominant, supreme

being of my Cubby House

with paper packs in tidy lots

and sweet sophistic flower pots

what more could I

a mere Clerk want

than this, my Cubby House!

 

A short, sweet rhyme, written by me in 1973 about my office in the Nelson Law Firm, Fletcher & Moore, but which ~ as you can see ~ can be beautifully adapted to my charming office at the Old Military Barracks in Kingston, Norfolk Island.  Please note the beautiful paintings in the background, done by yours truly.

Memphis comes to visit

Who walked in the door but Nicola and Memphis. Bret couldn't call in because he's at work of course. But would you just take a look at this little girl. Isn't she just gorgeous.

 Not too sure what's going on but we need to see it all! Whatever it is.

If Mum's happy and relaxed, then so am I. 

What a little honey. Tzarn walked in and she thought he was the most fascinating creature she'd seen in quite a while. Hmm. Not too sure what that means.

Naomi's Special Day (or more truthfully ~ Night!)

Naomi had her birthday at about the time that I ran out of space on Google. Thus and therefore, these picks are now quite old (just like.....yeah, tacky) but I'm sure you'll enjoy looking at them anyway.


It's birthday time and Naomi does so much for this little community, that when her birthday came around, it was definitely payback time. A number ~ a LARGE number ~ of ladies gathered at The Rock to help Nomes celebrate this most auspicious occasion. What a fabulous night. As usual, Gaye was click happy at the beginning, but didn't take any towards the end. On reflection  ~  that could be a very good thing! Happy daze Nomes. We luvs ya honey.

 Megan, Susie, Naomi and Nadine

 Tania and

 You guess! I love this pic!

 and Tania

 These two again! Oh dear oh dearie me!

 Cheryl and Paul

 Nomes and Yours truly

 Susan and Suzanne...

 ...and Susan and Suzie and Suzanne and Susan and Susie

  Kay and Terry

 Vanessa and Kylie

 Mike at the bar thinking "Ye Gods and Little Fishies"

Susan

...and that was just the sort of night it was. Great time was had by all and it was just fabulous being there for Naomi because usually she arranges everything for everyone else.