Hello again Tully.

I can see that you are not in the habit yet of looking at your blog to see if there is a new post.  Never mind.  We can work towards that.  Another thing that we can work towards is you learning to type. Then you can write or type your own posts and we can talk via this blog a bit more often.

So, how about you tell me what you would like to discuss and I will post something that fits with your interest.  What do you think about that idea?  Do you think you could type your suggestions for our discussion?

Pop

Hi Tully.

I like all those maps you posted.  Perhaps you can teach me how to do that.  I am a bit slow when it comes to computer skills.

Tomorrow is Australia Day.  On 26th January we remember the first Europeans who came to settle in Australia.  They came to Sydney in 1788.  That's 228 years ago.  You will see many people waving the Australian flag to celebrate.  Here is my challenge to you.  Can you draw the Australian flag?Can you see that there is another flag in the top left corner of the Australian flag?  What is the name of that other flag and where does it come from?

Love from Pop

Geography With Pop

Hi Pop,

I can't believe that we have so many countries in our blood! Here is a picture of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales:

 

I enjoyed your visit, and visiting you as well. 

From,

Tully (hug, hug, hug)

Hi Tully.  I had a lovely time visiting you recently.  It is a very long drive from Canowindra to Buderim, isn't it!  You must have thought the trip might never end.  "Are we there yet?"

One good thing about my long trip was that I was able to visit some other people along the way.  On the way to your place I visited my Auntie Betty at Port Macquarie, my cousin Jeff at Wauchope, and my Dad (Poppa Dennis) in Sydney.  Then, on the way home I visited Poppa Dennis in Sydney again, some of our friends in Maitland, Mama G's Auntie Barbara at Nambucca Heads, and another family friend at Sawtell.  Can you find all those places on a map?

Poppa Dennis' badge.

Hello again Tully.  Do you remember this morning that you found a little badge on my desk and you brought it to me to ask what it was.  I said that it was a badge which my father, Poppa Dennis, wore on his uniform when he was a pilot for TAA.  You can see the badge in the photo above his left hand side breast pocket.  The aeroplane in this photograph is a Fokker Friendship, also known as an F27.  Sometimes I was able to fly with my Dad in the cockpit of one of these planes. This photograph was taken in 1960 at Canberra airport.

My First Blog

Hi Tully.  This is my first post on your blog.  I look forward to reading your posts.  I also look forward to helping you with your education.  For example, there are many things we can learn from the past.  Some people say that experience is the best teacher but often experience gives us the test first when we haven't even had a single lesson!  Better to learn from someone else's mistake than make the mistake ourselves because some mistakes can be painful or embarrassing.  But enough of that for now.
Let me tell you a little bit about you.
My Dad (Poppa Dennis) was born in London and my Mum (Mimi) was born in Sydney.  Mum always told me that her family (the Gillespies) were Scottish.  Imagine my surprise when I found out that I am more Irish than either English or Scottish!  So if I am a bit Irish and a bit English and a bit Scottish, so are you!
Before we get into any more history, what about some geography?  Can you find England, Scotland and Ireland on a map?

cubes

We looked for cubes in our home. It was easy at the start but then it got harder. Every time we found something it got trickier, they looked like a cube but it wasn't, it had rectangles instead. Cubes are very fussy. They only have squares.