Monday 12th January 2015

Rain, rain and more rain coming but been quite a pleasant day so far.  Have been looking at some old recipe books from my family and found this recipe in a book which belonged to my
Great Grandmother, yes Great Grandmother.  There were 10 children a cook, a housemaid and a Yardman who looked after the horses and yard.  Well I guess they needed large recipies but today it seems unbelievable.  Here is the recipe which caught my eye.

Meat Loaf,  Use veal, beef or chicken,

4 cup chopped meat, 4 cups soup stock, 4 tablespoon gelatine 1 cup cold water, 1/2 onion finely chopped and handful parsley.  (No mention of salt or pepper but perhaps like me she just put into to taste)

I have decided to relate GOOD NEWS STORIES only from now on.  Don't you all get tired of all the sad sad news in the papers and on the Television.  Each day I will comb through the papers looking for these stories. So here goes! 

A french friend of mine commented on yesterdays march : ." All the boulevards and streets around  the place de la nation and the  Republique were absolutely crowded on a long distance without to be abble to move. All sort of people, young, old, black, blanc, beur, bourgeois or more simple, all  happy as I was to feel themselves to belong a country they could be proud about. In some way I could have cried so moving it was! And everybody calm, nice, funny, patient and HAPPY to be here, where they feel they had to be."

Out of evil people strong and proud, great isn't it:


Also in our paper an article about all the rain around the country but a great photo of two lovely girls, french tourists enjoying the sunshine and 30C temperature at Port Melbourne beach.


Now a smile, the Federal opposition leader came to Queensland to help the State opposition leader and they met in shopping Centre and posed for a Happy Snap.  Unfortunately someone did not realise that they were snapped in front of The Reject Shop.

Well all for now.  or perhaps one more, I received an email from two of my favourite people who have been away on holidays.  They are back home and relate that they had a fantastic time.
Anne Brooker