Posted on 04/25/2018 6:03:20 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
I got back form Sydney Australia April 25, 1968. I just looked it up this morning.
From “The Band Played Waltzing Matilda”, an anti war song by Eric Bogle, the final verse:
Now every April I sit on my porch
and watch the parade pass before me,
I see my old comrades how proudly they march
renewing their days of past glory;
I see the old men, so tired, stiff and sore
the weary old heroes of a forgotten war
and the young people ask “What are they marchin’ for?”
And I ask myself the same question.
And the band plays Waltzing Matilda
as the old men still answer the call,
but year after year their numbers get fewer,
some day on one will march there at all.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
who’ll come a’ Waltzing Matilda with me?
Their ghosts can be heard as you pass beside the billabong,
who’ll come a’ Waltzing Matilda with me?
I have Waltzing Matilda on my rather huge playlist. I’ll queue it up today. Anzac was huge to Australians. The Australian Mint did a series of silver coins and medals for the centenary that was really quite beautiful.
Good Morning Kathy (((HUGS))) - Heading home via Denver (hope to catch an Alaska jump flight straight to Seattle) - then home for four day.
Howdy, beachie.
Hope you’re having a grand day and enjoying your freedom a bit. :-) Did you get out to enjoy the day since it isn’t raining?
No getting out here! My lil hiney is staying inside where it’s dry and warm. Wet, wet, wet and right nippy here today.
Easy to see and understand Anzac being huge to Australians.
They’ve gone all out to honor those who fought and died with monuments and memorials across the country. Just beautiful, large and small.
I just looked them up and VERY nice centenary coins and medals the Australian Mint created.
Indeed.
Wish we could break your boredom by sending some of this dratted rain to you!! LOL! I’m glad I don’t have to go anywhere today because it’s just ugly.
Wouldn’t be quite so bad if a thunderstorm would rumble through to break the monotony. LOL
Wow! What a voice she has! That was awesome.
And it made me cry too. :-)
It would be wonderful if you could. We’re [that is, hubby] watering again. More money poured into the ground so we can have a decent lawn.
Sorry you didn’t get a lightning show out of the rain. You could have gotten some cool pictures!
See ya later. Somehow I hurt my back, too....lord knows how...and I took some lortab which makes me groggy. Couldn’t sleep, though, so I rested flat on my back. It’s a bit better.
Dang if I don’t think a sandstorm just blew in from the south. The sky is all ugly tan right now. I hope I am wrong. Who needs the aggravation!
Yuck! I hope the dust storm didn’t last long! No fun!
No dust blowing around here for a while. There are puddles and rivulets all over the place this evening. It’s a swamp out there.
But the rain has finally moved on and we’re in the clear for the next week. YAY!!
It would be nice to know how you hurt your back so you don’t do it again. I hope it’s feeling better by now.
The wind is still blowing from the north, but at least it’s dark so I don’t have to SEE whether the dirt is still in the air. Blech!
I just took another 1/2 lortab, so if I disappear, it’s because I zonked out. LOL! I wish I knew what caused it. I woke up that way, so it might be that I slept hard in a bad position.
Glad your rain is gone! You’ve had to much and we’ve had none. Why can’t there be a balance! :) Did you get your housework all done?
I got my new tires today. Buy 3 and get 1 for $1 and they were still over $600!! Hard pill to swallow! Thank goodness when I bought the car I got oil changes for life because this car uses synthetic and I always keep my cars till the wheels fall off. LOL I DO get my money’s worth for that deal.
Just don’t step outside! LOL! If there’s still wind, there’s probably still dust in the air. gack!
Sometimes it just takes a tiny wrong move to throw things out of whack. Maybe you rolled over in your sleep in a way that made a muscle spasm or something. It can happen.
Get all the housework done? NEVER! LOL! But I got several things done so it’s good.
OUCH on the tires. That’s always a painful experience, isn’t it? At least you won’t have to bear that pain again for a while.
Oh, never fear...I shut the door when the sky turned brown. Well, I did go feed Ghost, but that only took a half a minute!
The funniest thing happened today. Peaches and I were trying to nap, and we heard a squabble close by. I thought it was outside underneath the bedroom window, but Peaches ran to the door and wanted out NOW! I opened the bedroom door and saw Ginger all puffed up and yowling, peeked out and saw the little black kitty running down the hall.
Seems my hubby went out of the garage to repair his tire and left the door up. Black kitty just couldn’t resist sneaking in, but Ginger caught her. LOL! Peaches was more upset, because he didn’t see her...he just smelled “other kitty” in the hall. So, I got up. Sleep was out of the question.
Glad you got some things done. I need to do that. Next week. I’m going to baby my back over the weekend. I think it feels better, but I haven’t moved much since turning on the laptop.
ROTFL!! Can’t leave the door open when there are kittehs wandering around outside. The little black kitteh might not try that again, though, after her confrontation with Ginger.
But darn the timing and ruining your nap.
Just did easy stuff today since I don’t want to chance cranking up the ol’ back again. It was a long week and a half of pain after hauling Dexter’s big butt to the vet. He’s a whole lotta cat!
Still doing a little .... laundry going at the moment.
Yes, taking it easy the next few days sounds like a good idea. I hope it works and your back feels good again and stays that way.
I’m glad it was her instead of Ghost...the fight might have really taken an ugly turn. He tried to come in once before and Peaches lashed out like I’ve never seen him do before or since!
I hope your back is better soon, too. Lugging that fat cat was tough! But worth it to get him all fixed up! Did my laundry yesterday...just wish it’d fold itself. LOL!
Is it still raining? I checked DH and It’s nice there. Ooooo....they got the IR cam installed at the GHO nest in Montana. Good job!
I thought about what might have happened if it had been Ghost who slipped in. Ooooooh my! LOL! I reckon he took the hint and won’t try that again, and maybe the little black kitty will do the same.
My back does feel better and that’s why I’ve done easy stuff today. It would be nice to KEEP it feeling better.
It stopped raining here around 6:00 or so and the sun even peeked out for a minute before clouds moved back in. We got a lot more rain down here today than they did up at DH. Ended up with 1.3 an inch.
I noticed the IR at Montana last night and meant to let you know, then got sidetracked and forgot. It’s nice to be able to see those lil cuties at night when they’re awake. I just wish they weren’t living in a magpie nest so they’d have room to move around a little.
aaaaaaand...there’s a baby at the Norway WTE nest! So darn cute!
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