20 Something Snaps - Christmas Trees

As I'm in the Christmas spirit I dug into my album to see if I had any images of Christmas Trees.

I found a few!!!

Buenos, Aires, Argentina

South Africa

School - Parramatta, Australia

alia

Hawaii, USA

Family home - Newcastle, Australia

School - Parramatta, Australia

Regent Seven Seas Explorer

Newcastle, Australia

Cape Town, South Africa

Kona, Hawaii USA

Our home, 2011

Windsor, England

Regent Seven Seas Navigator

Phoenix, Arizona

Banjul, The Gambia

Montevideo, Uruguay

Lisbon, Portugal

Cape Town, South Africa

Buenos Aires, Argentina

New York, USA

Regent Seven Seas Voyager

Christmas Eve

 While searching Trove on another matter I came across one of these poems so, of course, went searching for more. Here are a few I found from over 100 years ago.

1917 'CHRISTMAS EVE.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 12 December, p. 11. , viewed 22 Dec 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138742028

1916 'CHRISTMAS EVE.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 4 November, p. 16. , viewed 22 Dec 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133836852

1913 'CHRISTMAS EVE.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 24 December, p. 14. , viewed 22 Dec 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137023478

20 Something Snaps - Memories of Christmases Past

Some photos from Christmases past (last century) popped up in my Facebook memories today and I thought they were worthy of sharing here. Of course I couldn't resist adding a few extras.

Although we recorded some other events between 1970 and 1974 I don't seem to have any Christmas photos in my collection.  I know we didn't own a camera in those earlier years, perhaps that is the reason. There are plenty of photos in some years and in others it's slim pickings.

Christmas 1974, Maroubra

Christmas 1975?, Centennial Park

Christmas 1976, 4 generations at Maroubra

Christmas 1978, Maroubra

Christmas 1980, Bronte

Christmas 1981, Randwick

Christmas 1981

Christmas 1983, Sunday School Pageant

Christmas 1983

Christmas 1984, Made to Nanna's recipe

Christmas 1985, Sunday School Pageant

Christmas 1985, with a new cousin

Christmas1985, School Concert

1986, Christmas morning

Christmas 1988

Christmas 1988, Bronte

Christmas 1989, Bronte

Christmas 1990, Too much pudding 

Christmas 1990

Christmas 1993

Christmas 1995, Galston

Christmas 1995

Christmas 1995, Galston

Christmas 1997, with the cousins at Galston

Christmas 1999, Galston

After the storm

It was hot in Carey Bay today but thankfully we are able to use our solar power to power the aircon which kept us cool. As often happens on hot summer's day we had a very angry but mercifully quick storm at dusk.

After the storm we were rewarded with a double rainbow whose reflection came all the way to our fence. Thanks to Robert for calling me out from my Geneacave so that I could watch the colourful show.

It was so magnificent that, after watching the display, I had to run inside and share my photos here. 

How's that for a reflection?

It went way up and over our house

A local duck family were paddling towards the rainbow 

The clouds in the other direction were not too bad either

The bods on MV Lady Mac (left) were chasing the rainbow.