Gail from Cockatoo Vic AU

Hi Gail, just popped in to your page to look at your photos & saw that if I commented I would get a TOPP. So here we are - page 4.

Your photos are great & I agree with everyone else, you do look very young in your wedding photo, but then 19 is young, no. I will put some photos on my page in a few days, I have to work out whether I need to resize them or not first.
for now.

Hi there, Gail. Funny about your request for a paint job ... I've got a gallon of paint sitting in the basement--purchased it nearly a month ago with the good intentions of touching up the filthy baseboards and window frames in a bedroom. Haven't even cracked the lid on the can yet. The usual excuses prevail--too tired, too busy, too hot. So I hope you're not in a hurry to have your place done! Cheers.

Hi Gail. Posted update in my page.
Knowing so many are praying and sending positive thoughts Rocko's way helps tremendously.

I have to come back and check your gallery! : )

Gail, Enjoyed looking at your pictures. You have a lovely family. I see you are also a reader, use to read more but as you said pooter gets in the way. I have started making time to read more, mostly mysteries for me.

Gail, Thanks for the invite - I enjoyed looking at the pictures - I love the cats - There was a story in the local paper about a car mechanic finding a small kitten under the hood of a car he was working on - He named the cat Lucky and it bonded with his dog who just had given birth. Enjoy your day, Mary

Good luck with finding a reliable painter, Gail! Our enthusiasm for home renovating comes and goes--painting is the one thing my husband and I can do. We've actually done a leather finish on our den walls, and used 'suede' paint in my office, and both look good. But as for other handy jobs, we're quite useless. And thanks for the compliment about Arthur--he's a gem of a cat, and this appearance on my page is his grand debut. Cheers and have a great day!

Hi Gail, thanks for the visit and the invitation to view your pics. I love your 'potted cat'! You have a lovely family. I hope you were able to delegate the raking of that huge pile of leaves, etc, to one of them!
Have a good day!

Hi, Gail. Great family. Lovely place to live. Aren't king parrots wonderful creatures?!!

Hi Gail! Thanks for stopping by my page & letting me know about your photos - they are wonderful! You picked such a great assortment of scenery, people, & animals. You must spend lots of time on yard work! How long have you been in your house? I just love all the greenery surrounding you. And do I count correctly that you have four children? Your mum & dad have such warm, friendly smiles, & you were sure a cute little toddler with that spoon hanging out of your mouth! The whole family is a handsome lot & so are your cats! And with the pretty birds, too, you are lucky to have so many beautiful things to see every day. Thanks for sharing a bit of your life with us!

Hi Gail, thanks for the visit and the invite. I am liking Gaths new picture galleries, when I get more than 5 minutes spare I am going to have to get my Flickr photos over.
Loving your pics, your Ginger Cat is fab.. my fab Ginger Jeff (you may have seen him on some of the Kids puzzles) was killed back on Good Friday, I have just got round to getting a new one - who I need to get pics up of! Pilton, he was found as a very young stray just in the Glastonbury area just before the Glastonbury festival (hence the name Pilton is the village where the festival REALLY is). He's great, but very full on. If it moves, hes gotta catch it - including my other 2 BIG cats Soldier and DJ! Daft thing. Will pop back and let you know when I have got some photos of him. Keep those pics coming.

Hello G A I L.
I am so pleased to stop at your page and see you and your book'Daughters of Arabia'by 'Jean Sasson' What your immpression about this book? Have You reed the other Two books of Jean Sasson ?
Also I go through your beautiful photos .You have a wonderful family GAIL.
Iam very glad to visit You and spent more than 1/2 an hour in your Kingdom.
Will see you again.Have a nice time and looking to see you.

Hey Gail, thanks for popping in to see my page. Enjoyed your photographs. Your garden is looking amazing, well done. I will also change my pictures with the new features that Garth has created. Will take a while though! I leave you now with a good bottle of Boschendal Chardonnay from SA! Cheers

Hello Gail ,
lovely family , wonderful garden ,
thank you for your visits , this new way for the photos is cool , i think i will post some new pictures next week , am having my son's graduation from university today .
I've read this book last year . i love your pictures and it was nice meeting you , you feel near to people when you see their pictures .

Thanks for dropping by and letting me know about the bar tour pictures, I look like a stunned mullet.

Hello Gail - What a great family you have! I really enjoyed looking at your pictures! I also realized I have never visited you and I am sorry for that. I have brought you a jar of blackberry jam we made last night. They grow wild on our property. I hope you enjoy it.

Hello, Gail!
It is my first visit to your page. So I brought some Mediterranian sweets for you and your guests. they are going well with tea and coffee. And as they contain lots of nuts, so may be going with the wine too.
Just looked through your pictures, they are so personal.
You have a very lovely family. And I love the pictures of your garden. How nice it is to wake up every morning and see green trees and grass.
Me too, like to read just about anything. Can't imagine to stare at the TV all day long.
Cheers, Vera.

Thank you Gail. Rocko was a very especial dog - hubby never wanted pets until Rocko came into our home. My tough guy has shed tears and misses him terribly.

Hello Gail
Thank you , you are sweet .

Hi Eve, Thank you very much for the birthday wishes, I had a very nice day. Went to my favorite Mexican resturant, even had dessert 'flan' yum, yum.

Hi Gail. Thanks for dropping in again. We have King Parrots here in Sydney where I live as well as up the river. I love their songs. I have a neighbour here who talks to them too. I just like to listen to them!

Hia Gail, Hope you are well, have just seen all your photos, lovely garden where do you find the time, I'm doing my winter hybernating, can't seem to motivate for anything but SUDOKU, but then come Spring time I go crazy for my garden, I live in a unit in Croydon, will try to catch you soon Liz

Hi Gail. Thanks for visiting my page. I was having the same problem with my pictures. I haven't tried on other peoples pages yet. If I run into it elsewhere I will let Gath know.

Well Never read Daughters of Arabia was it any good, well sorry haven't visited before but think i have talked to you before on the last to post competition, and thanks for the info on the bubblegum boy, well off to bed now, have a great day

Gail
Long time no chat, I've been really busy this last month and just havn't been able to catch up on everything thats happening here. I know its late, but I've been on a conference this weekend for work, and still wound up by it all, so took the time to drop in and check out your photos. You have an amazing Garden. BTW I had Gath email me his pics from the bar tour,if you want them also just let me know.
Cheers, chat again soon.

Gail,
Thank you so much for the bubbly and eats. My traditional greet and meet gift is an herb plant. She will grow big so plant her near a window so aroama will fill you home. Touch her often for a natural fragrance to wear.
I went through your gallery. To be fungi they are really pretty to have in your garden. We get black moldy stuff as our plant decorations.
My husband must think that people live across the world are foriengers :) because he said, 'they say pooter too,' since that is what he calls my toy.
Hope to chat again and thank you for your gifts.
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for stopping by my Construction Site. I brought you some of that Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie from the Construction Site. (I put together this morning before working the puzzle.)

Last night I finally got all of the Safari pics added and hopefully fixed. It would be nice to have the ability to sort and organize the slides once they are in the Gallery.

for the bubbly and goodies.

Glad you enjoyed the Safari, sorry you had to bounce around so much. By the way, there is a story about the Quilt (on quilt page) & the recipe for the Pie is on the Recipe Page. Enjoy!

Hi Gail thanks for visiting my page and for the gifts, had a fun time the other night with the silly post's hope i did'nt get you in trouble with Rena when you told me about gumballs secret idenety well thnks for the visit and hope you have a great day there, well to be hospitible will leave some coffee and timtams or tea if you prefer, have a great day/night whatever it may be in your part of the world.

Gail, Thanks for stopping in for the visit and for the goodies! I just looked at your picutes, your family and home look lovely! I made some zucchini bread last night so I brought along a loaf for you, enjoy. Stop by again any time you like. Till then, take care.

Gail,

Here's some Pacific Northwest salmon to munch on... good eatin'! Thanks for the visit (and gifts) to my page!

Thank you so much for inviting me into your page and your home. Wonderful batch of pictures, wonderful home, wonderful yard, and what a great looking family. It is fascinating to me how clear around on the other side of the world, things can look so different and at the same time feel so much the same. I felt very comfortable viewing your pictures, like I would really enjoy actually being there. Thanks again.

Yes Gail, I cried my eyes out the whole time!

We had an amazing trip, if anyone ever gets the chance to go to the Maldives don't miss it. we were the only Australians on the island, it's mostly Europeans. (although I know many of my surfer friends have been, different area though).
We dived and snorkelled till we could no more! A day's sailing on the 'Britt' had us surrounded by dolphins and later snorkelling with Manta Rays. A truly surreal experience. I'm having trouble settling back into work and normal life this week.

Gail, thank you for the visit. I have always had a special place in my heart for Grace and her aeroplane. I had all their albums. Thank you for the goodies. We always say when visiting you should have to knock with your elbow. I'll drop off a brace of bottles of elderberry wine from a local winery and a large jar of sand plum jam for the muffins.

Hello Gail thanks for stopping by it was lovely to see you. Your photographs are wonderful, its great to see other sudoku members. I will leave you some chocolate, the very best of course for you to snack on. Take care xx

so glad you came to visit. here's a BIG hurricane mixed drink, some mudbugs, and a fresh, but belated King Cake(special for Mardi Gras). i'd like to get my pictures out of storage and scan them onto the computer, so i can share them with other sudokuists. but i don't know when i'll be back in Indiana to look thru my storage stuff. (we downsized and i stored the things i couldn't part with but couldn't bring along.)

so you have winter now, eh? how cold does it get there? our winter here in Louisiana has about 4-5 days in January that frost(maybe freez) but doesn't lasts. the days are pleasant. i love it. anywhere where there is NO SNOW!! i grew up with snow up to my neck. enough of that stuff! brrrrrr and yuck!

Hi, Gail! Thank you so much for the bubbly and nibblies! Sorry I wasn't home when you dropped by! I love your pictures! You have a very good looking family, and I adore your house and garden. The big, rambling front porch is very inviting. I imagine you spend lots of time sitting there enjoying your surroundings.

I'm leaving you some fresh Georgia peaches. They're in season, so they're extra juicy! See you later! Jane

Hi Gail. Thank you for the compliment on my photos - you've probably guessed that I'm an avid scuba diver.
The Chinese Lanterns were amazing. I don't know if they put on shows in other countries - they are from China, not from the large Chinese-Canadian population in Toronto. One purpose of the show seemed to be to encourage people to go to the Beijing olympics.
Thank you for the goodies - I'm leaving you a bottle of real maple syrup for the next time you make pancakes. Loved your pictures - great idea to show you as a toddler & a bride, as well as today. And I am partial to cats.

Gail, thank you for inviting me to your home to meet your family! I love traveling around the world, seeing all the unique aspects of your environment, and the familiar aspects of families. Now when I hear your comments, I can picture your face with the words. And I can see you coming in from your yard and cats to enjoy Sudokuland. I have brought one of the flowers from my spring garden for your home . We are way too dry to have fungi in our yards; it takes a lot of time and effort just to keep our flowers and yard watered and alive in the summer. Thank you for appreciating the beauty in this corner of the world and have a great day!

Hi Gail! I have been bumbling around sudokuland meeting new friends. I have seen your name on many pages, so I thought I would say hello. It seems you have quiet number of companions living with you. We have an African Grey Dog/Cat/Microwave/Telephone Parrott living with us. I'll leave a jar of homemade strawberry jam and a fresh baked batch of butter rolls for you and your guests.

Hi Gail, thank's for dropping in but it's not your first time.I just dropped into your gallery and see you're into fungi. A very interesting 'plant' life. cheers

Sorry Gail,I have a disease Foot in Mouth.Perhaps it's the bubbley. I'm a one Drink wonder. III aam nnoww slurring my words.andnow they are runnning into gether. I didn't know I was on my second page.Didyou Know you can comment on your friend photos in their gallery? also you can send them a personal note throught the'personal messages'. Garth keeps on keeping on. Cheers.