You brought me sunshine
when it was predicted rain
you brought me laughter
when I could only feel pain
Oh Jimble on my thimble
be my friend today !
We are great by a cloudy day ! all 74 brave souls
Drinksy could feel the love @ 17.1 degrees
Sara will feel the love soon as she leaves us to join for Dr John !
This group sure can feel the love of a great swim with a tingle of the odd Jimble
The sun really didn’t want to poke its head out much today
These were the bubbles from the diver in the shot above
This Jimble was looking for some loving, but noticed it was swimming away !
So I think it’s us who attack them as they try to keep out of the way !
Gayle seems to be dragging her feet low in the water,,,
get them up !
Lips is always a bit camera shy, but doing what he does best !
(not swimming)
Sparkles seen here powering thru the water !
hope she doesn’t find out who pinched her jacket ! she’ll rip their head off
We may actually find out what happened to that Jacket !
The smile says it all doesn’t it !!
Attracta & All the girls and no JK
Dave all rugged up ! the only “A” teamer who never wears a wetsuit !
Such great balance with the milk crate on his head.
Seen with heavily pregnant Lilli Baker (Tods Wife)
And now we come down to Real love !
the Mother & son kind !!!
With permission from Peter Anthony…
this is a poem he wrote as he held his dying mother Flora’s
hand who passed away last Friday…
“With your hand in mine
As I sit by your bedside…
In silence and tear
Watching your chest fall and rise
Sensing death just near.
Everything is still Even the time,
Feeling my heart fill With your hand in mine.
I’ve got nothing to offer
But my hand and my love,
As I wonder when the angels Will descend from above.
You can only just breathe now And every breath is a chore,
As I sit crying beside you Praying for one more.
That hand I hold now so weak and so red
Would once reap through the soil
In your mighty flower bed,
Or ponder your crosswords
What seven across for a broken son?
Have him hold the hand Of his dying mum.
The hand that held me steady to walk,
That waved me on through life,
Encouraged me to talk,
And held me in my strife,
‘Just do your best at whatever you do’
And ‘people are there to talk to’
Echo from the past
Is this next breath your last?
Now it’s down to this,
just holding your hand,
Admiring your strength again,
In fighting your last stand.
Your body may pass And your soul on its way to heaven,
But your words, your love and your strength Will stay with me forever in time With your hand in mine.”
What ever the mind can conceive & believe it can achieve “Napoleon Hill”
Have a great day ! Mine started out great !!!
Love you all ! !
Shelly Xo
86 756.0km Shelly Beach
90 730.5km Annie Wannie Wu been ticking too !
96 707.5km Gayle McKnight ..got some more ticking to do !
16 comments
roger
19/08/2015 at 12:32 pm
Awesome!
Love all those underwater shots – fabbo 🙂
Shelly
19/08/2015 at 12:35 pm
Thx Roger !
Now we know what happened to Michelles Jacket !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFatrOi2UtI
Love you all
Shelly
xoxoxo
Elizabeth
19/08/2015 at 1:11 pm
I do love the swimmer shots. Magnificent. My sympathies to Peter. Thank you for sharing heartfelt poem. Nice theme Shelly, thanks
Lips
19/08/2015 at 1:20 pm
Nice work Shelly. Love the love.
So the Winter Badge Ceremony will be held in the RFW bunker again?
Looking at my underwater photo, I just cant figure out what’s wrong with my stroke. It’s textbook. I should be so much faster.
Beautiful poem by Peter. Thinking of you mate.
Peter Anthony
19/08/2015 at 1:22 pm
Hey Shelly thanks for sharing my thoughts to my mum…she would have been chuffed to see herself in the blog…Peter
Peter Anthony
19/08/2015 at 1:24 pm
Thanks Rainer…maybe to swim faster you should try swimming on TOP of the water…:)
Shelly
19/08/2015 at 1:39 pm
Glad I could help !
Your mum would have loved your heartfelt poem as much as she loved you !
Love you all
Shelly
xoxoxo
Rob
19/08/2015 at 1:41 pm
beautiful poem Peter. thanks for sharing. very sorry for your loss
Snorkles
19/08/2015 at 1:41 pm
Quote of the you tube clip
“I saw Shaun getting 2 rolls last year”
Heee heeee!
Danny Lucas
19/08/2015 at 2:01 pm
Fantastic video.. very very clever and very very funny
Lips
19/08/2015 at 2:03 pm
He did.
Shelley K
19/08/2015 at 2:41 pm
And yes Lesbubbles, the youtube vid was terrific, heaps of FB comments!
David Brown
19/08/2015 at 4:38 pm
Thank you Peter.
Elizabeth X
19/08/2015 at 5:41 pm
Love it Shelly the big man still annoyed that he cant get a whale badge and stole Sparkles jacket because of it – priceless
Peter A vale to your Mum. She must have done a helluva lot right esp to have a son who loves her so much RIP xx
LSA aka HKTQ
19/08/2015 at 8:03 pm
That video is absolutely hysterical! Great work once again:-))
Sparkles
25/08/2015 at 9:09 am
You are the bomb Ian. Great blog. Amazing underwater shots. Cracker of a video and then, when I’m just wondering if there’s more room for another laugh….surprise surprise, to find a tear in my eye! What a wonderful tribute to your mum Peter.