My Mother’s 104th birthday
- September 16, 2017
- by
- Lydia Kinda
Yesterday would have been my mother’s 104th birthday, regrettably she only made it to 80 years. Last Monday would have been my father’s 106th birthday, he only managed 70 years. Amazingly, my mother’s younger sister, Elinka, has managed to make it to 102!
Each time I visit her I am amazed, not just at her longevity but her many skills and perseverance. She only gave up catching the bus to her garden patch, a strip about the size of one-third of a normal building block in Melbourne, some 3 years ago.
Community gardens have been a...
Escaping Winter in Melbourne
- May 30, 2017
- by
- Lydia Kinda
Escaping the start of Winter in Melbourne I had flown to stay with my niece Britta in Italy. Britta and her husband Stuart, own...
Anzac Day Family Tradition
- April 26, 2017
- by
- Lydia Kinda
Anzac Day has become a tradition in our family. Well part of our family. Although my father, Karel Havlíček, “Charlie”, was the last one...
A quiet Sunday morning
- March 19, 2017
- by
- Lydia Kinda
A quiet Sunday morning, cool after a blustery hot Saturday spent at Banksia Park celebrating a young friend’s fortieth birthday. I amazed myself for...
Get things done
- March 19, 2017
- by
- Lydia Kinda
January is the worst month to get things done. There is too much time and time is a thief.
So, have I finished cleaning up?...
Knitting for nearly all my life
- February 17, 2017
- by
- Lydia Kinda
I seem to have been knitting for nearly all my life. I started knitting in earnest in my late teens. I know this because...
4D jigsaw of Prague
- January 15, 2017
- by
- Lydia Kinda
Today I decided to clean my apartment. So I started yesterday by completing a jigsaw. Once I had finished it I could put it...
