I received a voucher for Koorong Bookstore for Christmas and spent it today.
I bought Chuck Girard’s album “A Heart On Fire” from the Legacy Series. I listened to a lot of Chuck Girard growing up and have several of his albums. I need to ask my friend Cliff very nicely if he’ll tranfer them to cd for me 🙂
Love Can Turn The World music DVD from Bill and Gloria Gaither
and the DVD movie Faith Like Potatoes
I’m looking forward to listening to and watching them all!!!
I went to the World Tennis Challenge last night (Tuesday 12 Jan) here in Adelaide. It was terrific! I had a wonderful time. The gates weren’t even open yet and I saw Mark Woodforde. Saw Paul McNamee a couple of times later in the night too. Had a nice tea there and then went to find my seat.
The first match was Bernard Tomic (Australia) versus Robby Ginepri (USA) It was a close game and Bernard won.
Next Mansour Bahrami (International) played Henri Leconte (Europe) one of my favourite tennis players! They put on a wonderful show for the audience hitting balls whilst talking to the audience, serving 2 balls at once, pretending to fight with the umpire and with John McEnroe (playing on the other court) and other antics and trick shots. Henri won this match.
The doubles match was Australia versus USA. Pat Cash and Bernard Tomic against John McEnroe and Robby Ginepri. It was a great game. USA was leading for quite some time and then Australia came back and won it. The McEnroe serve didn’t have quite its old fire but it was still a sight to see! I was amazed at how really skinny he is. Pat Cash is still in good shape but he looked big compared to John.
If you look closely at this shot you can see the ball sailing through the air towards John McEnroe.
All the scores and a write up about the evening are here on the World Tennis Challenge website. BTW I thought the grammar in this article was terrible. I know my grammar isn’t great but in an article for the world, to publicise and promote an event which you want people to attend……not good.
There are more tennis and sunset photos in my facebook photo album here. Please stop by and leave me some comments.
I’ve been practically living at the Tea Tree Gully library the last few days and I’ll be going back there again today! It’s a lovely place with great air conditioning!!!, free wireless Internet (they’ve put WAPs throughout the building so there is great coverage), a cafe in the library itself, and a very good family and local history section! 43C forecast for today and tommorrow.
I took Jessica shopping last night for some foods she didn’t have to cook as she doesn’t have air con either and her little flat is very hot. I picked up a few simple things too – more salad veggies, cold meat, and a few apricots yummy!
As the library doesn’t open until 1pm today I thought I might go and see the movie Avatar first. I haven’t seen a movie in 3D before so this will be interesting. I wonder if the funny glasses will fit over my glasses?
Ezri and the cats are surviving the heat. Ezri doesn’t like me to sponge her down or wet her outside but I noticed she did roll in the wet grass when I was watering this morning which is good!
I’ve also frozen some small bottles of water and have been using them as ‘cold water bottles’ to help keep me cool. Because I got heat stroke last year I’m being extra careful and drinking heaps of water too.
Wow what a day! I’ve found two properties which used to be owned by members of my family. The first one was known as Willison Stud and was owned by my cousin Bruce Willison. Lot 50 Golden Grove Rd, Modbury Heights (Adelaide). This property is now owned by the Tea Tree Gully council and it’s possible it will be demolished. The Tea Tree Gully Historical Society have written to the council asking that it be preserved as a community space. I’ll be contacting the Historical Society on Monday to find out some more details.
The other property I found was Bruce’s family home, I’m assuming where he grew up. It’s called Drumminor and was built by Robert Milne. It was owned by Bruce’s parents Andrew and Olva Willison from 1937 to 1962. It is situated on Jack High Lane off Golden Grove Rd (it’s now Harrison’s Funeral Chapel)
I did my research at the Tea Tree Gully library. They are very helpful and have a great local and family history section and unlike some other libraries their resources are in the main part of the library for all to see and access. Some libraries you have to be supervised at all times which is a bit of a pain if there isn’t a family history worker on duty that day.
10 Minute Microwave Risotto
This is a delicious risotto style dish that is quick and easy to prepare. It’s an easy dinner and very economical. Not for the risotto purists!
Ingredients
* 450g rice (long or short grain)
* 200ml chicken stock
* 50g sharp cheddar cheese, grated
* 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
Preparation method
1. Place the rice and chicken stock in a large bowl and microwave for long enough to make the rice cooked to your taste – about 5 minutes.
2. When cooked, mix in the cheese and parsley and serve piping hot.
I’ve put some diced bacon with this but it can also be a vegetarian dish using vege stock instead of chicken.
Tonight I’m having this risotto with a grilled steak and some salad!
This morning I found my great uncle John Reid Willison’s birth certificate. On that was the date of my great grandparents marriage as well as my great grandfather’s occupation! I found the certificate at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
William Willison and Elizabeth Reid lived in Galston, Ayr, Scotland, were married in 1873 and William’s occupation was a Coal Pit Bottomer.
A pit bottomer worked at the bottom of the mine shaft and was responsible for loading and unloading the coal hutches into the lift.
http://www.ayrshirehistory.org.uk/Bibliography/pdfs/an24.pdf
I’m going to look some more at this Ayrshire History website now 🙂