One Day At A Time

Another few for the childhood album

Journaling reads

Playing in the cubby house-collecting milk from the cheese factory every morning-exploring the hill behind our house-playing along the railway line and sliding down the banks-trips to the tip with Dad on the weekends-going to church every second Sunday on my own and sometimes with Tony-sharing a birthday party with Tony even though our birthdays are six months apart-walking to school along the grass track-helping Dad during school holidays at work-green frogs in the toilet and on the back step-sharing bath water, cleanest first to dirtiest last-family games of monopoly on Saturday nights-jumping on the trampoline-chicks and ducklings, chooks, ducks, bantams and more-playing with Kay Bradfords button collection and hanging out at their house-weeding the vegetable garden-picking up rocks from the vegetable garden paddock-walking around the block with my dolls pram-watching Mrs. Lovell make sugar flowers for her cake decorating-visiting Bernoth’s farm and eating Sao’s with tomato and cheese for afternoon tea-playing at the Bretherton’s whilst Mum went to Bingo-the stamp and coin shop with Dad whilst Mum was at Bingo-rubiks cubes-thongs in summer-Donna being born-riding the Shetland ponies at the James-my first album, Grease-Sunday picnics-Honey our Labrador-softball and netball on the weekends-15 cents to spend on the school holidays each morning at Huggin’s shop, I always bought chicken Twisties and some lollies-Some Girls by Racey and Video Killed The Radio Star-never ending Broad Beans and sprouts from the vegetable garden-Sunday roasts-taking the lids of the trapdoor spider holes at school-watching Sha Na Na on TV during the holidays-sleepovers at Amanda Shepherds-helping Mum and Dad on the weekends around the garden-my purple painted bedroom-playing with Nathan, Shannan and Hayley-playing on the swings-listening to music coming from the hall over the back on a Saturday night-collecting the pin ups from TV Week-the smell of Mum baking on a Saturday morning-first school camp to Leslie Dam-my pen pal Anne in Norway-How Now Brown Cow-Dad’s old camera-reading-sharing a bedroom with Donna-outdoor laundry-Dad’s sheds-Krause family over the back-cattle trucks and semi’s-Some memories of living at Iona on the Gore Highway-Photo of Tony and I taken approx 1979/1980-journaling January 2007.

This is a layout about Tony's Christening.