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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Yes that means you dear Hedgies! Excuse me while I run around in circles getting nowhere fast, but life's like that at the moment. Tomorrow we are heading off to Melbourne early as it's MOTH's younger brother's 60th birthday party there on Saturday. And 'cos MOTH is too tight to fly & hire a car for the occasion yes you guessed it, we have to drive 7.5 hours in the Millie-mobile to get there. A mad dash around on Sunday to catch up with the 3 Melbourne sons & elderly Aunts & then back in the car early Monday for the 7.5 hour drive home. It's Son #5's 28th birthday & I promised to be home in Adelaide in time for his birthday dinner that night. Then a massive week at work follows & Thursday night I can collapse in a heap!!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Miss Jacqueline from Home is celebrating a VERY significant birthday today. Many of us have experienced the joy of having Jac as a friend along our blogging journey & for me, her comments enrich my life more than she will ever know. I loved Jac from her very first visit here at The Hedge....her quirky, funny, irreverent, joyous take on life is unique & long may it be. Jac just gets it, gets me & most importantly gets MOTH! Of course there is the unspoken understanding that she's the Pommie gentry & I'm the transported Aussie convict, & so she will always be the superior one in our bloggie friendship, but I can live with that.
So dear Jac, I wish I was there in the Motherland to celebrate this milestone with you, but we will toast your venerable age with a bubbly tonight. Party hard girl & much love to you from your No.1 fan in the Colonies.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Happy 29th Birthday today to Son #4. A beautiful boy, at 9lb. 14.5ozs. he was the smallest of my babies, with a mass of black hair, the brownest of eyes & the cheekiest of faces. Always happy & smiling & according to all his brothers, always the centre of attention!
He's the upholder of all our family traditions, the most loyal of brother's, the life & soul of every party & the greatest practical joker on earth (think Russian Bride here!)
Son # 4 has lived away from home for nearly 10 years now & I've never ever had a single morsel of food prepared or cooked by him. With the gift this Christmas of a set of cookware from his baby brother, I was hoping that this would mean I may get to savour a 3 course meal from his kitchen before I shuffle off to the Nursing Home. However, a little bird told me that they had cause to open the oven at his house recently & found it full of dirty dishes, so I reckon I've got zero & no chance. Have a really happy day Sweetie & we'll see you tonight at our old family favourite, the Imperial Court, where once again you've cleverly handballed the cooking to someone else! Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Just like my beloved Larry, Curly & Moe, I'm a bit all over the place at the moment, so will say my goodbyes until the end of next week. I'm off to Melbourne on Sunday morning for our annual Sales & Kick-Off Meeting & as usual, have left the preparation of all my financial & scientific presentations to the very last minute. So I'm in deep do-do big time. It looks like another huge Meeting, although I always want these things to be over with before they've begun. But I'm looking forward to seeing all my lovely interstate work colleagues for a really good late-night goss & whinge session in the Hotel bar!
We also have Son #5's birthday to celebrate on Saturday. Our baby will be 27 & if you missed his birthday pics from last year, do take a look here, they're ever so cute. I'm hoping to see the Melbourne sons for a quick Mother/Sons bonding session prior to the work meetings commencing on Sunday night. I hope if they are reading this post, they have remembered & are rescheduling their hectic social diaries. I am preparing an Agenda boys, so be prepared to answer your Mother's probing questions in a full & frank manner! MOTH's counting the seconds until I go, he's been surreptitiously digging for the date for months. When I finally confirmed them, he really struggled to hide his excitement, the high leap in the air & loud whoop of joy were a slight giveaway! See you all when I return, I promise to write a suitably 'interesting' report.
Image: All PostersSaturday, February 13, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
MOTH wore the Merry Christmas apron in a futile attempt to convince those present he actually cooked lunch.
Puppie Tazzie, experiencing her first Christmas spent the entire morning wrestling presents from everyone here ..... 
......and here.
The result of the pressie opening frenzy.
My beautiful girls, MOTH's famous Christmas Lilies made their spectacular appearance right on time this year.
So went straight onto the Christmas lunch table in all their prettiness. 
Certain family members were absent in this pic, out having a quick gasper before tucking into the food marathon!
My 'Don't be sillie Millie, those won't ever grow' Sweet Peas continued to bloom in profusion to prove MOTH wrong in truckloads!
And looked gorgeous in the Guest Room.
This year I planted new yellow Asiatics one freezing cold Sunday arvo in the dead of Winter, & much to my absolute delight, they rewarded me right on my birthday, saving MOTH a whole lot of cash at the Florist! Here.....
......and here this morning.
I fell totally in love with Lori's Panettone French Toast with crispy bacon, lashings of mascarpone & a snow flurry of powdered sugar & enjoyed it 5 mornings in a row between Christmas & New Year! I don't think I've ever fallen off the diet wagon with such a resounding thud!
These beautiful books were kindly delivered by Santa & then his lovely birthday fairy on Saturday & are sitting on my bedside table. So for the next few weeks I'll be living temporarily in Provence with Vicki, preparing delicious picnic nosh with Sophie & absorbing the late Ted's fascinating insight into his life.
I still have a week's vacation left, so posting may be a little erratic. Posting or the beach, posting or the beach - DECISIONS, DECISIONS!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
and then a couple of dozen of these.....
a glass or 3 of this......
and if you really want to spoil me one of these.....
and of course, this to finish the meal off perfectly.'
HAPPY 61st BIRTHDAY EMPEROR MOTH!
Image 1: Not On The High Street Image 2: Unicorn Brewery Image 3: eFish Image 4: Pikes Image 5: Ferguson's Image 6: BBC Images 7 & 8: Millie
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Son #5 @ 5 days. 
.......@ 5 years 
......@ 25 years.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
With his lovely girlfriend Missey H. @ MOTH's big birthday last Sept.
Best Man for his best mate from school's Wedding last year.Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Image FlickrTuesday, September 2, 2008
This was when MOTH was diving abalone for a living in Tasmania in the early 1980's. It was cold, arduous & dangerous work & here he is enjoying a well-earned beer after a long day in the water. He suffered badly from sea sickness in the wild waters off Tassie's east coast, so his boat was aptly named Yunder Chellow!
On the days when it was too cold to dive, MOTH moonlighted as a model for an Agency in Hobart. All our boys just love to remind him of this (much to his embarrassment) but I think he looked quite gorgeous!.jpg)
All his life MOTH's greatest passion has been rowing. His rowing career peaked in 1997, at the FISA World Masters Games, where MOTH's crew won the Men's 'C' Coxed Four. That made them the World champions & it was one of his most memorable moments. He's 2nd from right in the photo proudly displaying his Gold medal. We were all so proud of him!
MOTH's total support of my crazy career over the years has never waivered. He has lost count of the number of functions & Dinners he's had to attend as Mr. Millie & here he is at yet another one! Always charming, handsome & diplomatic - what a man!
This pic was taken in Malaysia on our much belated honeymoon. We were all ready to go straight after our Wedding, but believe it or not, my then Boss asked me to cancel to deal with a crisis at work, which I stupidly agreed to! 3 years later we eventually got our wonderful time away.
Sometimes I think MOTH would like it if he was married to someone like Flat Sally, who was silent, compliant & could be put in an envelope & mailed off to some far away place!
Poor MOTH has a huge reputation for attracting food, wine, dirt & just about anything to his clothes. Even at our Wedding, I had to dust him off!
13 years ago, I dragged MOTH off to the altar, kicking & screaming (so he says!). However I reckon he doesn't look under too much duress in this photo!
A very tired, emotional & somewhat dishevelled MOTH @ the end of last Christmas Day. I've only seen him smoke twice in all the years I've known him & this was the 2nd time ('encouraged' by all our boys!)
