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Date Posted: 14:57:53 11/21/07 Wed
Author: Ellie.
Author Host/IP: c211-28-213-182.thoms1.vic.optusnet.com.au / 211.28.213.182
Subject: Late at night..

Hi Tina and Phyliss, it's late night after a busy day, so this won't be too long this time, but just wanted to say that Phyliss, the description of the wedding was just really beautiful, and lovely for the family to be together. I love those sugar almonds! And for both of you, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving here in Australia.. not that we're not thankful--! It's just that it's not one of our celebrations coming from a different 'cultural' start,ie, the first white residents were not free settlers but convicts.. Yep, we were not more than a big penal colony for all England's miscreants. Nor is Halloween a widely recognised or celebrated festivity here. Apart from Xmas/New Year, I guess our 'biggie' is Australia Day, which is Jan.26th.
We've just had a day of beautiful, beautiful rain, after 5 consecutive days of heat... now there's a reason to be thankful!
Ellie.

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[> Re: Late at night.. -- Phyllis, 01:35:45 11/22/07 Thu (pool-71-181-71-39.cncdnh.east.verizon.net/71.181.71.39)

Hi Ellie & Tina,

Thanks Ellie for dropping us a line, I always enjoy reading both of you gals posting. I was so happy to share my son's wedding news. It was a perfect day and I shall cherish the memories of this happy family & friends celebration.

It is hard to imagine Ellie that you are having warm weather while we had our first snowstorm yesterday. It was very slippery outside and many accidents. Today the temperature was in the 30's all day.

I spend part of the morning making a spinach pie for tomorrow with our regular Thanksgiving food. My sisters have never made one and both like it very much so I am happy to do so.

Wishing you my dear friends a good week and better weather.

Phyllis

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[> Re: Late at night.. -- Tina Swinimer, 14:26:05 11/24/07 Sat (hlfx54-2a-215.ns.sympatico.ca/142.177.104.215)

Ellie I am surprised, I didn't think it could get that hot this early in the season there.I should have known because we had a few zero nights already, other than one snowstorm, only a 6 inch deep one our days have been almost "spring jacket" or "sweater" warm, which seems to be happening these last 3 or 4 years. The climate change can be amazing sometimes.
I have a bit more than half of my Christmas shopping done and hope to finish that in the next week and a half, I do want to get finished before bad weather roads get started but this year I will have to travel "bad roads or not" for my chemo and blood tests. I always try to avoid going out on the road on "bad" days.
A lot of settlers here were outcasts from England but most are adventurers from Germany, one part of our province is mostly French as is most of Quebec, in late years British Columbia has been bombarded with Chinese and Japanese, so I guess we like you haven't too many originals, the origionals here were all Indian tribes.

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