Last Day of September 2016, Uta’s Diary

30 Sep

So, today is already the last day of the month. It was a pretty hectic month for this 82 year old.  Two years ago we celebrated my 80th birthday.

These are some of the flowers that I received for my 80th Birthday in Sept.2014

These are some of the flowers that I received for my 80th Birthday in Sept.2014

This morning Peter discovered a flower on our ‘butterfly’ bush in front of the window. We call this little tree ‘butterfly’ tree because its leaves look like butterflies.

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It was still early morning when we were ready for some green tea.

It was still early morning when we were ready for some green tea.

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When we were in Sydney two weeks ago we wanted to visit this museum but found out it opens only on Sundays. We were there on a Tuesday. So we have to go back there some other time. During this month we were in Sydney three times. Once we stayed overnight there for two nights. We stayed in a loft apartment, that meant to the bedroom and bathroom we had to climb oup these stairs. It was good exercise for us, indeed!

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27 Sep

 

Picking at the blue icing!

Picking at the blue icing!

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To our amusement the blue colour soon did stick to them!

Alexander’s second Birthday

26 Sep

Alexander’s second birthday is coming up this week.It is often convenient to celebrate birthdays on a Sunday.  So the birthday of Alex was celebrated already  yesterday.  This time we all met at The Shellharbour Club. It seems that more and more  clubs provide playgrounds for the children these days. The Shellharbour Club too has a playground.

 

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There was a Birthday Cake for Alexander

There was a Birthday Cake for Alexander

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A piece of Birthday Cake


A piece of Birthday Cake

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Both Alex and his four year old brother Lucas loved to play with all the toys that Alex had been given for his birthday.

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This is Peter's Hamburger and my sweet potato chips

This is Peter’s Hamburger and my sweet potato chips

The sweet potato chips were excellent and we shared a fruit salad that was a very good choice too. Everyone ordered their own food at the club.

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Frolicking around Sydney

23 Sep

Peter and I stayed in an apartment at Darling Harbour. To frolic around Sydney’s Darling Harbour was quite exciting. It was my 82nd birthday. At nighttime we strolled to an Italian restaurant and had a three course meal there with a glass of red wine. There was also some beautiful music to entertain us. We liked that very much. The food and the wine were very much to our liking as well. So we had a lovely evening. After the meal it was only a short walk back to our apartment.

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Eat Natural to Stay Healthy

19 Sep

How do you like this rule: Plenty of of exercise and eating no processed or junk food. Wouldn’t this be worth a try?

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Processed and junk food is the root cause of all inflammation this in turn is the gateway for many life threatening diseases. Most  of us know that the toxins realeased by the junk and processed food, stress and sleeplessness and lack of exercise can lead to chronic inflammation which triggers autoimmune diseases, even then we never change our lifestyle once the disease Knocks at the door we give it a thought. For a person who has encountered this, any information to counter this is a boon. This video tells that at any age and at any stage one can reverse the disease by following the three rules. Sharing with you in the hope that it helps to think before you EAT.

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Decadence: The Meaninglessness of Modern Life

19 Sep

This is an excellent series. I had it on my blog in February 2015, but did not get many comments.

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Decadence: The Meaninglessness of Modern Life

Pria Viswalingam

Review

Decadence is a 2006 Australian TV series examining the plummeting quality of Australian life, which director and narrator Pria Viswalingam blames on a global economic system based on frenetic consumption, fueled by debt and ridiculously long hours of work. The cinematography choreographs to perfection the self-indulgent moral degradation of a culture that has been subsumed by US political and cultural norms that reward narcissism and the vacuous idolization of celebrity.

The only critique I would have is the absence class perspective. I have a problem with Viswalingam’s blanket assertion that all Australians are working ridiculously long hours because they value the accumulation of luxuries more than family time or friendships. I think this criticism applies chiefly to the shrinking Australian middle class – which I estimate at around 20-30% of the population. From my experience, the majority of Aussies – like…

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Uta’s Diary, September 2016

13 Sep

Yesterday we bought a few things for our backyard.

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We  already planted somef things in these boxes. We  may also use some pots for more planting.  At the moment Peter is still struggling to remove  some spread out roots of the camphor laurel tree. The main roots we had taken out by the people who removed our three obnoxious trees from our backyard. The far away roots of the camphor laurel tree are very, very thick. They lifted up some of the earth in the backyard. So Peter took it upon himself to try and get rid of some of them. They are so very hard. Peter thought maybe a chain-saw would do the job better than his little axe. So he bought one yesterday. Sadly, he found out, it does not work very well. He still has a hard time cutting through these roots.

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There is one little bush left that stood near the camphor Laurel tree. It is cut back a lot, but perhaps may come back again.

There is one little bush left that stood near the camphor Laurel tree. It is cut back a lot, but perhaps may come back again.

Once we have levelled the area sufficiently, we may try out some of that grass.

Once we have levelled the area sufficiently, we may try out some of that synthetic grass.

Whenever we do some gardening,we do only a bit at a time. We cannot do too much in one day, otherwise we get too sore. After a couple of hours, we usually feel, that we have to stop.

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