Some golf stuff
At the end of the year, ladies golf Xmas lunch presentations and get-together … I didn’t feature in any of the awards having only won a couple of monthly medals.
Venue was a lovely garden setting, very informal and relaxing, actually situated on a working farm, and obviously in the rural area of Gympie.
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| Mainly oldies as the few young ones were at work. |
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| Playing our Secret Santa … a different version called Right and Left. |
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| Daffodil Day - a fund raising day at golf |
Some Dragonboating fun action…
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| We’d been on a long paddle, found a sandy spot and beached for some cake and coffee. Nice way to spend a Sunday morning. |
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Back at the ramp - unloading the boat
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| Slowing or stopping the boat! |
A gathering of U3A members - trying different sports - in my case trying Croquet
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| Our Retro Jukebox singers performing at a local aged Persons Home |
The following are pieces of my artie creations ….
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An old tray that was rusting, I rejuvenated with a bit of mosaicing
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| A paver in the succulent garden |
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| A salt shaker re-purposed, holding a button bouquet |
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| A white teapot jazzed up |
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Originally a hat stand - repurposed as a plant holder
(Lampshades found at dump shop) |
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Mosaiced Succulent holder
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| Used plastic bottle tops to make the butterfly shape on an old baking tray |
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| Bird bath made from old jars, bowls and bottles |
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| Red and yellow ‘flowers’ made from wooden door knobs and metal screws |
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| An old stainless steel tray re-purposed as a wall hanging (used leftover tiles) |
A girlfriend started me off with the button craze, she had a huge jar in the bottom of her wardrobe that she’d been trying to get rid of for ages. I’ve made her a couple of things - a picture and a card and she’s terrified she’s going to get more stuff . Anyway I have decorated a lampshade which looks brilliant and a few birthday and Xmas cards. I plan to use every single button so many more projects are on the drawing board.
Recycling, re-using, re-purposing, upcycling - all trendy terms and something that appeals to me so nothing gets thrown out these days without me thinking about the possibilities. My couple of craft tables downstairs are loaded up with lids, bottles, tops, tins and the like - all ready waiting for inspiration from me.
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My bottle tree - mainly empty wine but a couple of spirit bottles set into a Yucca tree base.
I’m not really happy with the arrangement but will continue to play with it, find a couple of coloured bottles. |
Pickleball is a new game I played this year. It is organised through the U3A group. We were all green at the beginning but ended the year playing some good games … have a good grasp of the rules and scoring. I need to learn to apply some spin and improve my net game. I’m enjoying the exercise and the new group to socialise with. An excellent weekly 2 hour workout.
No photos to show but there are a couple of social events through the year so maybe some of the folks then.
In a nutshell, Pickleball is usually played outdoors, on a badminton-sized court. In our situation lines are marked on a tennis court. Same net height for tennis, wooden table tennis-like bats and a plastic ball with holes in are used. Obviously rules and scoring are different and it is an American invented game so that says a lot about it … some stupids terms and you paddle bats at the end! Despite all that, it's quite good fun.
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