SAX AND OTHER BIZARRE 80S SOLOS

On one of our many trips between Canberra and Sydney we noticed how many bizarre instruments and sax solos there were in my 80s playlist... after you hear a few in a row they begin to sound absolutely ridiculous... maybe they are.

Feel free to create this playlist on your own ipod. Guaranteed enjoyment if you like the classic 80’s sax solo embedded into a little bit of new romantic type pop...

Careless Whisper - George Michael

Rio - Duran Duran

Maneater - Hall & Oates

Abracadabra - Hall & Oates

It Must Be Love - Madness

Gold - Spandau Ballet

True - Spandau Ballet

The Edge of Heaven - Wham!

Wouldn’t it be Good - Nik Kershaw

SHE'S MY BABY

Baby has been around for nearly half my life! She’s a tough old puddy and she’s still cute. I got Baby as a kitten in 1994 and I am pretty grateful that she is still around these days - she’s had a few close shaves! The picture above shows her as she is right this minute while I’m writing. I’m guessing that it was about 1997 when Baby once went missing for 5 weeks. I had spent many hours roaming the street on a bicycle calling out, “Baby... Baby!” and realised fairly soon that I hadn’t picked the best name for being out on the streets calling out! After a few weeks I came home one day and found a message on my answering machine and someone had left me a message. This person had seen my signs around the shops and so on, looking for her and had thought to themselves that perhaps I might like a new cat! I can tell you that I didn’t. I even wondered at times if that person realised how upsetting her message was. After a month I had pretty much given up hope of her being found and it was pretty bizarre to get a phone call from my parents who were feeding Jessie, my other cat (I was away) asking me, “Guess who’s at your place?” She was boney and skinny and not too healthy, but has been around for another 12 years since that.

In more recent times, Baby has gone radioactive, when she had her thyroid gland zapped, has moved house with me at least 10 times (including moving interstate to the ACT) and has accepted a little black kitten who is pretty nutty (Daisy) as a sort of friend, after much hissing and swiping. All in all she’s a champ!

DAVID TURNS 32 TODAY!

I don’t know if David will particularly like this picture, but I don’t have a huge selection handy to choose from! Today is David’s birthday and he is turning 32, so the theme of today’s entry is 1977!

In 1977...

Elvis Presley died

The first Apple II computers went on sale

Popular films were Saturday Night Fever, Smoky and the Bandit and Rocky

Malcolm Fraser was the Australian Prime Minister

Voyager I and Voyager II were launched unmanned to explore the outer solar system

In January the Granville Train Disaster occurred

The Federal Court of Australia was opened

A National Plebiscite was held to choose the National Song of Australia (Advance Australia Fair)

Anti drugs campaigner Donald McKay disappeared

Popular TV Shows Number 96, The Box and Bellbird were cancelled

The Restless Years and Cop Shop began

England beat Australia 3-0 in the Ashes

St George were premiers of the New South Wales Rugby League

Cadel Evans, Chas Licciardello and Shapelle Corby were also born

Australia’s population was 14,033,083

W H A T A Y E A R ! H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y D A V I D !

Tulip Time at Bowral

How gorgeous are these? Tulips are one of my favourite flowers and we saw plenty of them at Bowral on the weekend. I always enjoy a mass of flowers, the lady bugs were out and about and we had a great lunch, photo session and coffee with cakes and gelato.

Jenna and I posed this little lady... the flower she was on, wasn't as pretty!