General Chat

Hi All,

Long time since i added here too, i drop in for a read occassionally, but like Sir Tines, run out of time, too many sites too little time. Nice to see all the lovely things written about our much missed Lew.
Have a great Sunday

Morning....:>))

And a very beautiful sunny morning it is to in Melbin.
Expecting a top of 30c plus for the next 4 days, so will be spending it in the vege garden, which is thriveing wth the warmer weather.

Had planted out my summer seedlings earlier this year, as i well remember last summer 2008 with 48c plus and hot winds, that burnt everything to a crisp.....including our beautiful Camelia trees ( sob ) So this weekend will cover my Vegie garden with shade cloth.
Normally.......we who live further down south ( Melban and surrounding suburbs ), get a bit cooler weather in summer than our Country Victorian neighbours in central and northern Victoria.....but last summer was a warning that things are changeing, and we are told to expect the same Temps again this summer.
The pool is getting a good thourough cleaning in preperation too.....lol


Shazza. Like you said mate, i also had been spending to much time on other sites, and my F.H was suffering.
Ancestry AU & U.K , Face book , My space , MSN, SGR , GR , F.Re-united , Tribal Pages ,....i found i was coming home from work, sitting down in my study on the puter, and then discovering it was 2:00am in the morning, and nearly time to get up for work......LOL.....soooo something had to give way...... as i was forgetting my better halves first name........hee hee
We were like ships in the night, and only gave each other a wave when we passed each other in the kitchen to get a coffee.....:>))


All three daughter's coming over this evening with grandies for a B.B.Q tea, so best get off the puter and go give it a clean.


Carole. My Richardson ( my mothers side ) came from Leeds.
My Copley family were also from York ( my dads mother )
My 2x great grandad Richardson came to Melbourne in the 1850s and set up a bootmakers shop in Fitzroy ( Melb Suburb )
Barb and myself stayed in Leeds & York ( among others )a few years ago when we did an ancestor search........ and we loved Yorkshire in general.....but then again, i should love Yorkshire.......my last name is HULL......:>))) ( My Lot were from Essex, Yorkshire, Durham, Lancashire, Wiltshire,.....and a couple of stragglers in and around London greater.

Have a great day/night to all.


Tony....:>))

Hello Wattlers
Long time since I replied on here, seem to spend so much time on other sites when I do come on, that I never find time to enter her

Hi Jood, nice to see you

Sir Tones, youve been very quiet of late, all AOK down your way

Had the lovely Lara, DIY and Ken stay last week for Lews funeral, good to catch up, but sad it had to be such a sad occasion for a get together

Loz, have fun up home, and have a good time with the little Mason

Shaz

Hi all, Welcome Carolee . . I'm in Sydney . . but home is Brisvegas :)

I am off in the morning to resume Grammy duties . . snuggle up big time to my new little grandson Mason.

Going to be up home just over a week . . so twill be grand.
Got to get my house ready for the Christmas holidays . . brush away the cobwebs and suck up the dust . . as well as catch up on some Wattler hugz

Hope all are well . . and giving the grin gear a good nudge

Laurie xo

Hi Tony

Thanks for the welcome, also for sharing your wonderful memories of your lovely friend Lewella, she sounds like a lovely lady..so sorry for your loss.

I grew up in Melbourne, but know live in the outer suburbs, between Ballarat and Melbourne, so we kind of neighbors:-))
I am an ex pommie born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. My family migrated in 1966, just before my fifth birthday..so my memories of the old country are nil.

Take care ;-))

Carole

Arvo...:>))

Hi Carole. Welcome to the Wattlers thread.
I'm a Victorian too....Melbournian.

Nice to see a few faces on the thread, and many i have seen around the various boards on GR. since 2003 - 2004

This is the 4th Wattler thread since 2004 and still going strong.
Many people since it began ( Aussies and our U.K cousins ) have come and gone from this thread, or now left GR

Our Lew was a good friend and fellow Geno of the Wattle group and will be sadly missed by all who knew her.
Born in my home town of Melbourne, and as a kid grew up in the same suburb as myself until her family moved away. I had once said to Lew that we had probably passed each other in the street in the late 60s. ..although i wouldnt have known her back then, as she would have only been a kid, and myself in my late teens,or early 20s.
Jokeingly....I had said to Lew she was probably the kid that threw stones at my car, or gave cheek hanging off the front gate as we teenagers walked by.
We had discovered that her elder sister, and my younger brother had gone to the same primary school.
Now living in central N.S.W....Lew had asked me if i would kindly take a Photo of the house she grew up in, as i stil live in the same area.
Which i did, and posted it to her, much to her delight, as she was not sure if the house was stil there.
Then we found we shared the same parental surname of Richardson, and would have a joke occasionally about her lot from Scotland and mine from Yorkshire Eng....and how my Richardson's were better than hers....lol

The second group all up Wattler Aussie meet, was held at her home in country N.S.W..... and she welcomed us with open arms,( about 25 Wattlers and spouses ) and even provided the entertainment to which she sang songs ( Karaoke style ) and then provided us with her own exhibition on how to Pole dance one handed while holding a glass of bubbly in the other...lol
Later on that evening came an exhibition of water Ballet ( fully dressed but stiil holding onto her glass of bubbly ) in her lap pool, much to the delight and applause, laughter, from Wattler onlookers.
I remember well the next morning, when we all gathered for lunch at one of her favourite restaurant ( Deebs Kitchen ) and Lew sat there with dark sunglasses on....lol...... Probably to hide bloodshot eyes from the night before, me thinks..??????
Lew was a character, and a more fun loving person would be hard to find. She called a spade a spade,and gave as good as she got.

Lew also desighned a Wattle calender 2009 and added birthday dates of the Wattlers, then sent a copy of it to all she knew in the group.
Down the bottom of the front cover it says..." A Pritheth Lew Lew Production!".....I have a copy pinned to my study wall.

A great love for F.History..... and a greater love for her friends.

To quote a saying: Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Tony

G'day Wattlers and others:-))

I'm Carole from Victoria in Aus, I hope you are all well:-))

I was so sorry to read about your friend Lewella even though I didn't know her, I send my condolences to you all and her family.

RIP, Lewella...Sleep peacefully.

Best wishes and lots of purple flags flying!!

Carole xx

TAKE A PEEK AT MY DRAWING LOL

I DID CHANGE IT TO SUPERGLUE XX

How often I have received a msg from Lew with PMSL in the text . . .

And to think only a few short years ago she sent Digicat Julie a msg asking her what PMS meant (she left off the L . . )

:) :) :) :)))))))

L xo

That cracked me up Diz . . .

the thought of Lew with a sewing machine . . . .

PMSLing . . . .

L xo

HEY MARY
PURPLE ANGEL WINGS

GIVE HER A WEEK AND A SEWING MACHINE ERRR NO MAKE THAT
SUPERGLUE
AND ALL THE ANGELS WILL BE RECOVERED LOL

Sure she did Dizzy,,, and she would now say take 2 purple pills. and have a good nanna nap....

Love Mary xx

Wattlers all say thank you for coming in to talk about our lovely Lew, always full of fun and lip but always there in any way she could be. A person like Lew comes our way only once, intensely private but always there with care concern and a big funny quip if we needed one :)
Blessings all
Joy missed you but another time x
JA

WE PLACED PURPLE FLOWERS BY A TREE IN SUSSEX
AND IT POURED DOWN
I WAS SOAKED AND ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS
PURPLE RAIN

BET LEW WAS LAUGHING

BET SHE DID IT ON PERPOSE

Hello all, I am very sorry to hear of Lewella's Passing my condolences to Lew's family,and to the Wattler's family .
Although I have only been with you for a short time I had a number of giggles when reading Lew's posts. She will be missed.
Marie.

Feeling very empty with the loss of our lovely Lewella..Spent time with her in her last week, and she was Lewella to the end with little bits of humour popping out at the time least expected.
She was a boooootiful lady and I will miss her greatly..

Wander if she is making up a new batch of purple pills to dish out to the Angels..wouldnt put it past her....luv ya Lew..xxxxx

Mary xx

Thought are with Lews family and also the Wattlers. Remebering the laughs on the Wattlers thread when I was going through a rough time and she held out her hand to me..A lovely person who will be so missed..


RIP

xx

Just popped in to give my condolences to Lews family and friends she was such a nice funny person with her humour and purple pills ,

Rest in peace my dear friend now out of pain, and thanks for the many laughs you have given me and others over the years as well as help ;;

Babs x x x

I can only reiterate the sentiments that have gone before me and add that I am sorry I did not know her, she sounds a lovely lady and I can see she will be sorely missed to be taken from us at such a young age.

Aroha Nui

Norma (NZ)

My condolences to you all on the loss of your dear Lew - I know she meant a great deal to you all. My condolences also to Lew's family.

Sue xxxx