Abbey from Illinois

strong winds this fall day here near Chicago - feeling the joy of the change of weather in my right knee - LOL - hope you enjoy your time on the site, Mary

Chilly winds down here in Lockport as well.
Guess summer is really over.

Abbey,plenty to see and do here so enjoy.Just love the little dog....sooo cute.

Welcome to Sudoku, Abbey! Aren't you organised with pitures already! Have a lovely time here - it is a lovely place to spend time.

to your own page, Abbey!
I'm glad you've joined us!

Hi Abbey!

About the Kookaburra song: I thought every brownie at least in the US knew it. It was the second song I learned in Brownies 60 years ago. Maybe they don't sing it any more.

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree.
Merry, merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh kookaburra, laugh kookaburra,
Gay your life must be.

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas



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Hello Abbey - to you! I hope you have a wonderful Day!

Happy birthday Abbey. May your two-day site birthday be filled with family, friends and fun! Cheers!

Abbey!
Enjoy your day(s)!

Abbey. I hope you enjoy your day!

wonderful day to enjoy your special day - ribfest was hoping today - but I havn't seen any hot air balloons from Lisle's Eye to the skies - enjoy your day and Happy 4th of July - Mary

Abbey, enjoy your special day.

Abbey, a very happy birthday to you, wishing you much love and happiness on your special day and the hope that it stays with you throughout your new year, take care and be well.

Aimee

Many Happy Returns

Many happy returns for today Abbey. Hope this year is filled with joy and happiness.

Hi Abbey. I answered you question about the age of the Cape Otway Lighthouse on jigsaw, but thought I'd repeat it for you here because you may not go back there!!
It's been in operation since 1848. It took 3 attempts & 12mths to get from Melbourne to the site of the proposed lighthouse - very rugged unmapped country. It took a long time to get supplies & workers to get there!
Another bit of history that might astound you is about a German boat: The Germans pirated a Norwegian trading vessel off the cost of north western Australia & renamed it Passat (originally called Storstad), then they laid more than 100 mines in Bass Strait & 40 off Cape Otway. A US steamship, the SS City Of Rayville, was struck by one of the mines. The lightstation raised the alarm and fishermen from Apollo Bay rescued 27 crew members, but one was lost. He was the first US merchant navy casualty of World War 2, & the Rayville was the first US merchant ship to be lost i WWII. This happened on the 8th November 1940. 2 other ships were sunk in the next 24 hours & 2 others were damaged by the mines in Bass Strait.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/long-before-darwin-attack-our-coast-was-a-battleground-20 090403-9rmn.html

Hi Abbey.
Back from funerals (last week) & guests on the river this weekend & am catching up on the jigsaws etc. Just found a booboo of mine, hard jigsaw Sat'24th Nov!
It is most definitely a Welcome Swallow, Hirundinidae, Small insect-eating birds! I must have hit upload before I'd cut & pasted the new label!! Sorry about that! The photo was taken up-the-river. They love sitting on jetty poles, & don't nest on verandahs etc, because there are lots of old sheds & boatsheds around!! There are lots around at the moment.

Abbey

Hi Abbey! Thank you for the comments on my photos while I've been away. I appreciate them!

Hi Abbey.
Don't know if you do the jigsaws on the sudoku page, but if you do you probably know about odd sized jigsaws appearing one the Easy Sudoku page. The following is what I think has happened to those jigsaws!

This is copy & paste message about the Sudoku Easy Jigsaw Problems:
They went wild after one of Gath's changes. If you go back in the beginning (15th May 2005) & check the photos in the archives you'll find that the only jigsaw is the torso in the black jumper with the white coffee cup, you'll find that photo as the jigsaw on every Easy Sudoku page up till the 12th of January this year. I did comment on this earlier this year, but I'm usually commenting when no one's around!!!
I'd say the photos we're getting are the ones from the Easy pages that don't have a home any more! And the off sized ones are possibly the very early reward photos for finishing the Sudoku!
So I think we just have to accept that the Easy Sudoku jigsaw is going to too big or very small, more frequently than being a good size!!

Hello Abbey!
Sorry! I feel really bad that so many of my photos keep appearing on jigsaws & then on sudoku! Thank you for your support!

Hi Abbey.
I thought you might like the info on the Eucalypt in today's JS.
Just thought I'd give you the info on the gumtree in today's Medium JS!
The tree has been in a bushfire & it survived! The scribbles are made by the pupae of a very small moth!
The eggs of this moth are laid between the old and new season's bark of gum-barked eucalypt trees. As the larva burrows between the bark layers it leaves a tunnel which is revealed when the old bark falls away. Like all insect larvae, that of Ogmograptis scribula increases in size periodically and these changes can be seen as a widening in the tunnel revealed as a scar on the bark surface.
In December the larvae tunnel to the surface to pupate. We do not know whether the larva forms its cocoons under lose bark on the tree or descends to the ground to pupate in the litter on the forest floor – the cocoon is very small and almost impossible to find. Inside its cocoon, Ogmograptis scribula undergoes metamorphosis becoming first a pupa and then assuming its final form.
It doesn't damage the tree, just makes it interesting. There are 3 different Eucalypts the Scribbly Gum Moth, Ogmograptis scribula, scribble on!!

Hi Kate
Thanks for the extra info. You're right. I do enjoy knowing about things I've never seen.

Hmm, doesn't look like you visit too often, but maybe you will on your special day, wishing you a very happy, healthy birthday Abbey and hopes that it continues into your new year!

Happy birthday Abbey! I hope your day is special.

Abbey, thanks for your comments on my photos this last week. I have been traveling, without internet, so haven't been back on until today.