Welcome friends!

Here is a gorgeous photo of a kookaburra up in a tree.
Thank you Keeley for letting me add your gorgeous photo to my site!!!

Here is the link the Keeley's Kookaburra on her DeviantArt site if you'd like to see a large version ~

http://keeleyunbreakable.deviantart.com/art/kookaburra-70059467

This is the Australian song ~ Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree ~

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra! laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must be

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Laugh, Kookaburra! Sing, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for me!

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
That's not a monkey that's me

Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail
Gets a boo-boo in his tail
Cry, Kookaburra! Cry, kookaburra!
Oh how life can be

I thought this was funny!

Train set

A mother was working in the kitchen listening to her 5 year old son playing with his new electric train in the living room.
She heard the train stop and her son saying, "All you sons of bitches who want off, get the hell off now...cause this is the last stop! And all of you sons of bitches who are getting on, get your asses in the train...cause we're going down the tracks. "
The horrified mother went in and told her son, "We don't use that kind of language in this house. Now I want you to go to your room and you are to stay there for TWO HOURS. When you come out, you may play with your train...but I want you to use nice language.

Two hours later, the son came out of the bedroom and resumed playing with his train. Soon the train stopped and the mother heard her son say..."All passengers please remember your things, thank you and hope your trip was a pleasant one. We hope you will ride with us again soon.

She heard her little darling continue... "For those of you just boarding, remember, there is no smoking in the train. We hope you will have a pleasant and relaxing journey with us today."

As the mother began to smile, the child added, "For those of you who are pissed off about the TWO HOUR delay, please see the bitch in the kitchen..."

Last night, Saturday 23rd February, I went to see The Searchers.
They were performing at Bankstown Sports Club in Sydney.

The lighting was absolutely fantastic ~ a perfect frame for their wonderful show!

The Searchers began with SWEETS FOR MY SWEET ~ http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/paul/lyrics/searchers/sweets.html

followed by DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY ~
http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/paul/lyrics/searchers/dontth~1.html

Bob Dylan's MR TAMBOURINE MAN followed.

Next song was THE ROSE (often sung by Bette Midler).

Then came SUGAR AND SPICE ~
http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/paul/lyrics/searchers/sugara~1.html

DO RUN RUN and BEACH BABY were followed by LOVE POTION NUMBER NINE.
http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/paul/lyrics/searchers/lovepo~1.html

They sang a tribute to Roy Orbison JUST RUNNING SCARED.

The GROUP Members.....

Frank Allen (Bass Guitar & Vocals) introduced the lead singer Spencer James (Synth Guitar & Vocals), then himself, then Eddie Rothe(Drums & Vocals) and John McNally(6 & 12 String Guitar & Vocals).

They also sang EACH TIME by a Jackie Deshannon then The Beatles TWIST & SHOUT.

The last song before a 20 minute intermission was SEVEN NIGHTS TO ROLL......

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Back for the second half of the concert which included ~

SOME DAY WE'RE GONNA LOVE AGAIN, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE RAIN?
TAKE ME FOR WHAT I'M WORTH & GOODBYE MY LOVE.

Everyone was thrilled when they sang RUNAWAY by Del Shannon ~
http://www.lyricsdepot.com/del-shannon/runaway.html

SOMEBODY TOLD ME YOU WERE CRYING was next, YOUNG GIRL & NEEDLES & PINS.
I'm sure I heard FOUR STRONG WINDS as well after watching the dvd later.
It's a lovely Canadian ballard.

Nearing the end of the show they sang WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM ~
http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/paul/lyrics/searchers/walkin~1.html

Then ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD and a that beautiful song YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE.

This was the last song until the audience demanded more!

Coming back on stage they sang a medley of their songs including SWEETS FOR MY SWEET, DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY, WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM, LOVE POTION NUMBER NINE, SUGAR & SPICE and NEEDLES & PINS...

After the show The Searchers were down the back of the auditorium ready to sign autographs and to my delight were selling their DVD "Live Stage Show The SEARCHERS in concert" (which I had to have a copy of signed by all of them...) and also CD's.

It was evident that the audience loved them as they sang along, clapped and waved their hands to so many songs!
They encouraged people to take photos ~ stuff memories were made of....

One memorable, entertaining show!!!!

This is the link to The Searchers official site ~

http://www.the-searchers.co.uk/

Here is a clip of a medley I found of a finale & how great is this ~

This is Adam's new drawing that has just been put up on my wall in a frame.
I quite liked it so I'm posting it....