Wishing wheels and lettuces
OLIVE’S SECOND POST
Good morning everyone. Last Saturday Mike took me to Nina’s little shop on the road to McMaster’s beach.
I have been there once before to tie a ribbon on the wishing wheel.
You tie a colored ribbon make a wish, and give it a spin.
This time I discovered some wonderful lettuces that are grown next door. And that’s what I made my wish about.
Nina told me that the man who grows the lettuces next door is being kicked off his land. At the end of March, he has to stop growing these lovely lettuces. Mike Explains what’s happening.
- Mike
I spoke to Johnny Bosco who grows the lettuces hydroponically.You can see his mall installation here.
He tells me this land is zone agricultural and it would be quite alright for him to grow lettuce in the ground. But because he is growing them off the ground on supports, that is not allowed. It’s a technicality, apparently. The case went to the Land and Environment Court and they ruled against the lettuces.As Johnny say, this makes no sense at all. He is he i growing a local product to sell next door the very thing we need to do with fuel so expensive and green house gazes growing But now they force him out of business and we’ll have to buy our lettuces from the supermarkets and they are who source them from far away, even overseas. How stupid is that?
Moreover. Johnny’s method uses little water, and you know how short of water we are here. Yet if he grew them in the ground and used much more water, that would be allowed. We have become a stupid country in so many ways where the commonsense way of doing things is strangled by regulations. It all began with three neighbors complaining. Anyway, two of the neighbors have withdrawn their complaints, one even apologized, but that made no difference.
- Olive
I agree with Mike. We have to change our ways. I love Nina’s little shop and hope she can keep on selling local produce. I bought one of the last lettuces for Katya, Mike’s wife.
Heres’ me later pretending to type my blog at Mike’s place.
IWe had a lovely lunch. I was craving some juicy minced meat and that’s what we had. That’s Katya with me. She is loverly.
Bye!
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
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February 20th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Hello
Beautiful to see you with 107 years on internet..It’s a pleasure and I hope many people on your blog..kisses from sicily ( italia )
Maria Grazia
February 20th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
I see a lot of smile on your blog … it’s e really pleasure to see you in so good form … I hope the wish with the colored ribbon will be realized
Kiss from France
February 21st, 2007 at 12:18 am
Hey granny ! Good stories here ! Hope your going well !
February 21st, 2007 at 12:27 am
Hello,
I wish you very numerous years of blog to come. A lot of enjoyment and happiness for you…
Kiss from Marseille (France)
February 21st, 2007 at 8:15 am
Hi, welcome in the blogosphere. Congratulation from Philippe in Montreal, Québec, Canada
February 22nd, 2007 at 10:24 am
Hi madame, je suis français et ravi d’avoir vu votre bonne humeur et joie de vivre. Je vous éspère du très bon temps encore pour longtemps.
Bonne soirée
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:51 am
Hello,
Good to see you posting. When you drink your one-a-day beer, realize that a guy says “Cheers from Turkiye!”
February 24th, 2007 at 7:07 am
You just proved that there is no age limit to blog, well done, and good continuation.
February 24th, 2007 at 7:14 am
As they say in the States, you go girl! I look forward to reading more.
February 25th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
You’re an inspiration, Olive! I can hardly wait to read more. If there is a petition to support Johnny Bosco’s lettuce farm, I’d like to add my name ~ all the way from North Carolina, USA. Our earth needs farmers like him. Best wishes to you.
February 25th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Hello Olive,
Greetings from a transplanted Aussie living in upstate New York, where we have lots of snow at the moment!
Lovely to see you blogging at 107! What a wonderful spirit you have. I’m sure it’s your love of life that keeps you young.
Keep up the good work and keep having fun!
Have a shandy for me!
Cheers!
February 25th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Hello Olive,
You seem so wonderful. I look forward to many more blog entries from you.
Blessings in Christ,
Jackie
February 25th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Congratulations on a great blog, Olive and I look forward to reading further contributions.
As an ex-pat Aussie living over in Scotland at the moment, I was amazed (but not all that surprised, knowing some of the idiotic bureaucracy we have to live with back home) at your story on Johnny Bosco’s lettuce farm. In a country that is suffering from drought, it is obviously ludicrous that a decision could be made to stop him producing his lettuce crop in such a water friendly way.
Might I suggest that you could use your new found celebrity status to increase media awareness of Johnny’s plight (though programmes like A Current Affair or similar) to hopefully reverse this decision, which is obviously wrong in so many ways.
Good luck to you… and have a shandy for me.
Cheers
Paul
February 26th, 2007 at 2:28 am
Hi from Texas, Olive,
Best to you. You are an inspiration!
February 26th, 2007 at 5:29 am
You GO girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 26th, 2007 at 8:13 am
Welcome, welcome to the blogosphere, Olive. A bunch of us elders have been hanging out at my blog for a long time time. We would be pleased to have you join us. I’ll be mentioning you on Time Goes By Monday morning.
February 26th, 2007 at 8:44 am
I had this huge smile on my face as I read this. You give us all courage and inspiration Olive! I love your sense of humour. I can’t believe that about the lettuces - rampant legislations making for silly rules. It can be the same in NZ unfortunately.
February 26th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Hello Olive and Mike,
Thanks for being bloggers. What a wonderful way to bring some sense and inspiration to a world that is increasingly senseless. Words are so powerful - and especially so from someone with such a long history as you Olive. My very best wishes. Chris, NZ
February 26th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
G’day from Coffs Harbour NSW, Olive. I enjoyed reading your blog and hope that commonsense may prevail with the lettuce!
February 26th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
We love you, Olive. Keep on keeping on.
God bless you.
A couple of Texans
February 26th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Hi Olive,
Congratulations on being the worlds oldest (but young at heart) blogger! Way to go! Will drop by regularly. Take care and cheers!
Regards,
Ravi
Bangalore
INDIA
February 26th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
My 6 year daughter has just read your blog and loved it.
Congratulations and keep it up!
From Auckland, NZ
February 26th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
G,day Olive,and Cheers from Sydney,you are a great inspiration, and a big thankyou to Mike for getting you up and running…….it is ridiculous that the hydrdoponic lettuce, was over ruled by the stupidity of bureacrats…we are on water restrictions because of very little water in our dams and yet they would prefer to waste it rather than save it with this type of water saving produce..My Dad had a hydroponic show garden which was only in a small back yard but kept all his family and neighbours in the freshest of vegetables..without any excess water bills…I think our government needs to be educated about water saving gardens..
Blessings to you
February 27th, 2007 at 12:34 am
How great to find your blog. Welcome to blogging!
Hope to see many more posts from you.
February 27th, 2007 at 1:16 am
Thank you both, Olive and Mike, for sharing this. I look forward to reading new posts from you for a long, long time.
February 27th, 2007 at 1:41 am
Good for you Olive, keep up the great work there.
I have been the family historian now for a number of years and truly wish that I had a family member like you who I could talk to about how life has changed over the years.
You guys can truly teach us pommies a thing or two about how to live life to the full.
Keep on blogging.
Blessings.
February 27th, 2007 at 1:50 am
Another greeting from North Carolina, USA, this one from the coast. What a great blog thus far. I can’t wait to read your next entry. I certainly hope Johnny gets to keep growing his lettuces. And that you keep blogging for many years to come! Thanks for the inspiration. As my 7 year-old granddaughter would say, “You rock!”
February 27th, 2007 at 2:24 am
Olive, Thanks so much for starting to blog. I love your two entries and I will be adding you to My Favorites. You’ve inspired me to try hydroponics once our winter is over. And I may just start with lettuce. I hope you can create enough interest that Johnny won’t have to go out of business. Sometime I think government officials need a good swift kick in the seat of the pants. Keep up the blog. Mike, thanks for helping her.
Bonnie from Michigan in the United States
February 27th, 2007 at 2:37 am
Olive, you are truly an inspiration to us all. You’re a special lady.
Love from Charis, England (who has a brother in Melbourne).
February 27th, 2007 at 3:37 am
Dear Olive,
What an inspiration to read your blog. Good luck with it!
From Tamarika (from Philadelphia)!
February 27th, 2007 at 3:45 am
Hello from Germany, im only want to Post a comment cause im respect the fackt that an 107 old Woman do Blogging….going on and congratulations for the title “The World oldest Blogger”… sorry for my bad english, but i think its understandable
February 27th, 2007 at 3:52 am
Oh, now I am hungry for a big ol’ salad!
The photos are great!
Fat-headed “gubbmint” folks are….well, fat-headed! Relieved to see that the US is not the only country with these strange inhabitants!
February 27th, 2007 at 3:55 am
Love the pictures. Love the attitude. About the lettuce problem. Couldn’t a creative interpretation by a court circumvent the ridiculous law. If the wording is that the lettuce has to be grown in the ground, couldn’t the lettuce boxes or whatever they are be placed in a shallow pit. They would not be on the ground. They would not be underground. Technically they would be in the ground.
February 27th, 2007 at 4:01 am
I thought I’d posted a comment. Don’t know where it went. Here’s a repeat. Love the pictures. Love the attitude. About Johnny’s lettuce. Couldn’t a creative interpretation by a court circumvent that ridiculous law. Could the lettuce boxes or whatever they’re called be placed in a shallow pit. They would not be on the ground. They would not be under the ground. Technically they would be in the ground thus fulfilling the law’s requirement.
February 27th, 2007 at 4:02 am
Hi Olive,
Hope your going well and my best wishes.
Greetings from Germany.
February 27th, 2007 at 4:03 am
Good morning from the far far North,
I am very impressed by your site, and I congratulate you on its success. It is marvelous to see your excitement and enjoyment of life that we see in your eyes in the photos. You’re an inspiration to everyone, that there is “no age limit� to embracing this new medium to communicate with the people of the world.
Best regards,
Paul
Yukon Territory “North of 60�
Canada
February 27th, 2007 at 5:29 am
Hi Olive
Welcome to the blogosphere. I found you via “Timegoesby” an elder blog by Ronni Bennett in the USA and also through Eric Shackle’s newsletter from Austrailia, “Life Begins At Eighty”
Cheers, Chancy
February 27th, 2007 at 6:20 am
Oh dear, it’s good to see you smile
Blessings to you
Taylan Albayrak from Germany
February 27th, 2007 at 7:02 am
hello,
it’s great to see a woman from the 19th century like you having a blog on the internet! it’s really fantastic!
i wish you many years to live, a lot of fun with the blog and much health!
greetings to you from germany !
martin
February 27th, 2007 at 7:30 am
Hi,
Great to see someone your age engaged in blogging. Great stuff!
You’re a hit @ http://tweakers.net/nieuws/46507/s-Werelds-oudste-blogger-is-107.html
Cheers from The Netherlands,
Marc
February 27th, 2007 at 7:49 am
Hi Olive,
Keep up the good work:
http://www.hetvrijevolk.com/index.php?pagina=2792&titel=s_werelds_oudste_blogger
February 27th, 2007 at 8:19 am
hello!
my god it`s amazing!!YOU ARE AMAZING! i wish You good luck and good health, more smile and more fans all over the world!:)) best wishes from Poland:))
February 27th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Hello,
i love your blog.
keep it up!
February 27th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Hello Olive,
You are marvelous! Your love of life shines right through that big smile. I’m sending many more smiles and hugs from Canada.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:14 am
You still look very lively! I hope you don’t wear Mike out
I wish you a good health and the man with his letuce a good future!
Greetings from Belgium
February 27th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Much respect goes out to you! It’s wonderful to see that somebody of such high age is willing to explore new technologies. I think you can create a fantastic blog full of stories and share your life experience.
I wish you a good health and keep up the good work.
Kind regards from Belgium
February 27th, 2007 at 9:47 am
You are truly an inspiration - to your friends, your family, and now to the whole world. I can’t wait to hear more and will be checking back.
Best wishes from Texas, USA
February 27th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Hello Olive,
thats the greatest Blog in the world. You are wonderful. I hope you make many posts in the future.
Cheers from Germany,
Peter
February 27th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Charming stories, and best wishes to you!
Kurt in California
February 27th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Hello Olive
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Bests from China mainland
February 27th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Greetings from Georgia in the USA!!! This is a fun blog! Keep it up!
February 27th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Dear Olive,
Very happy to see you smiling and enjoying little things in life. It must be the secret to a long and healthy life. Your name is almost like a poem…
O live so beautiful
O live so wonderful
O live I love life
Regards,
Jurgen
February 27th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
I’ve read your web page. I think your amazing. I hope I am as fit as you when I’m older. You’re an inspiration.
Lou (Beijing, CHINA)
February 27th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Greetings from Colorado! Your blog is wonderful as are you. Hope you get your wish on the wishing wheel.
February 27th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Good on you, Olive!
We need to hear stories about how life has changed and a bit of ‘green activism’ thrown in can’t harm.
Why doesn’t the lettuce guy grow one bed of lettuces in the earth to satisfy offialdom?
Arlene from South Africa
February 27th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Dear Olive,
It is very refreshing and inspiring to read your thoughts on regulation and your willingness to fight those stupid bureaucrats. Keep up the good work!
Regards, Boris
February 27th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Hi Olive,
Hi Mike,
Looks like not only you’re proving old doesn’t mean worthless, but took that message to a worldwide level too.
Great work. Keep it up !
Greetings from Flanders,
Björn
February 27th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Your awesome. You remind me of why life is so great and how lucky we are to have family.
God bless you.
I hope you are well.
“Keep on truckin”
February 27th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Hello Olive,
it’s really nice to read your weblog, reading stories like this is like being a part of someones life even when you’re at the other side of the world and that’s a nice feeling.
I will mention your blog to family and friends and i’m looking forward to read new episodes.
Best wishes and ” tot ziens ” from the Netherlands.
Ronald
February 27th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Hey Olive, I just saw your story on a current affair. I am a 14 year old boy who is interested in your embrace of technology. Well done on finding happiness in something most people even as old as your grandchildren might find too scary to fathom.
Best of luck for the many more years to come.
Billy
February 28th, 2007 at 7:48 am
Really swell that you’re bloggin’ Olive!
All the best!
/Rick
February 28th, 2007 at 7:48 am
Kiss from Poland ! ( in Europe)
Keep it up
February 28th, 2007 at 7:49 am
Congrats and keep it up! Greetings from Boston, Massachusetts, USA!
February 28th, 2007 at 7:51 am
I’m 21 and already hooked on the blog. It’s people like you who give people like me hope.
-Ryan from Michigan, USA
February 28th, 2007 at 8:03 am
Hello,that is really geate you have launch your own blog!!!!Best weshes from Poland!!!
February 28th, 2007 at 8:08 am
hello olive,
i´ll send you greetings from cologne/germany. Have a good time in your blog.
a made a posting over your blog here…
http://wirbelwebber.de/wp/2007/02/27/olive-rilay/
best wishes
hans
February 28th, 2007 at 8:09 am
ajo bako zar nisi malo prestara for this ; ae uzivajte mi chiaos……..ble svratite koji putek …..;)……….giz…pozz
February 28th, 2007 at 8:29 am
G’Day Olive,
I just read your blog and loved it. I was born and grew up in Newcastle.
Best wishes from Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Peter
February 28th, 2007 at 8:37 am
All the best from Spain. Thank you so much for sharing your liveliness and cheerfulness with the rest of the world. Just like my mum used to say: “Don’t you ever give up. Always a step forward”.
Big hug from Emilio
February 28th, 2007 at 8:43 am
Olive,
Thanks from Minnesota for the wonderfully-uplifting blog. It looks much warmer where you are. I just turned 55 and was feeling down about it. Now I’m resolved to start my own blog in the year 2059!
February 28th, 2007 at 8:50 am
It’s really nice to read your stories! This beautiful hand-made thing in the left side of your website is amazing! I wish I could do the same by myself:)
Best wishes from Lodz, Poland.
February 28th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Hi Olive….It certainly is a pleasure meeting you…..I think blogging is wonderful for all ages and it keeps us all young….I’m 66 and love writing on my blog, and meeting sweet people like you…. God Bless You, from judy in Toledo, Ohio
February 28th, 2007 at 9:15 am
Hello Olive! The pictures are lovely, just like your blog. You are a person worth admiring. I feel like you are my Internet grandma
You encourage me a lot. With this blog you come to show that nothing is impossible if you put your heart and soul into it and that it’s never too late to do the things you want to do. Kisses from Spain.
(Sorry for my English, I’m spanish)
February 28th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Very nice Blog. All the best wishes from a german living in France.
February 28th, 2007 at 9:29 am
Hi Olive,
I would love to hear more about your life in Broken Hill.
I think this is a wonderful thing for you and I feel inspired to help the senior citz of my family do similar.
Cheers!!
February 28th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Thank you for sharing your unique experience with us Olive. May younger generations recognize your continued curiosity in the world as a sign that all years and times are precious to the living.
February 28th, 2007 at 9:47 am
Thank you for sharing your unique experience with us Olive. May younger generations recognize your continued curiosity in the world as a sign that all years and times are precious to the living.
-Quentin
Seattle, Washington, USA
February 28th, 2007 at 9:48 am
I just blogged about Olive : http://timelady.com/blog/2007/02/28/and-in-the-end/
You have been dugg, too. http://digg.com/offbeat_news/107_year_old_women_starts_a_blog
Very popular, too!
Thank you for your generosity in sharing your life stories with us, Olive, and may we read them for many years yet:)
February 28th, 2007 at 9:48 am
What a wonderful sense of humor you showed in your first post! And now outrage in your 2nd. I look forward to reading more. Our government here makes rules that defy common sense too. I suspect it is a disease of governments everywhere. In the Caribbean our Shandy’s have always been beer and ginger ale. We’ll be trying them with lemonade as soon it warms up here.
February 28th, 2007 at 9:49 am
The Life of Riley with William Bendix, I remember watching that show every week when I was a young lad. Keep your chin up kid, we are all heading in your direction, you are just leading the pack
February 28th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Such a joy to read this blog and know about a wonderful person as Olive! Also, it’s so good that someone as Mike is interested in her and that he’s doing this, it talks about a great human being!! Keep up the good work!
Saludos from Mexico!
February 28th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Olive, this is a great website and Thank you for sharing your stories with the world. My Mom was wishing we could do something like this with my Grandpa whom is 85 this year. It is always great to hear the stories. I wish you many more great years with your stories and blog. Take care
Charlie
Ann Arbor, MI
February 28th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Congratulations on your first blog.
Nice posts!
Keep up the good work!
Best wishes from Croatia! (Europe)
February 28th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Thankyou both so much Olive and Mike ..you are truly inspirational! Please keep us up to date with lots more of Olive’s exploits, they brought such a smile to my face.
Cheers to you both!
Tricia. xx
February 28th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Olive, bless you’re heart for starting a blog. I know many younger people who don’t have your spirit, and grace which bursts through your 2 posts.
Despite my teasing tone, I did write up your blog in my own blog, which you can read here.
P.S.: My paternal grannie went back to Law School, after my grandpa died. She was practising law until her death, aged 81.
Cheers,
Victoria
February 28th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Here in Toronto Canada, we live just by the greenbelt, and in the fall I can ride my bike 20 minutes down the road and get Apple juice for 3 bucks a galon. Most people don’t know how to support thier local markets.
February 28th, 2007 at 10:59 am
hi Olive!!!!!!
good web site!!!!
my congratulations!!!!
I send you this comment from croatia!!!!!
107 years old!!!!!!!
greeeaaatttttt
salute from croatiaaaaaaaaa
February 28th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Hello Olive!
Congratulations on your wonderful blog!
I just thought I’d take the time out to wish you all the best, and to let you know that I’m really looking forward to your future postings!
Also, my respects to Mike, who has indeed helped you set up a very nice blog site indeed!
Best Regards,
Chris Gillette - Brisbane, Australia
February 28th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Dearest Olive,
I just had to come over when I heard about you:-) You are truly an inspiration to all of us! When I started blogging almost a year ago, I never expected to “meet” such wonderful people…and now you come along, a true delight:-) Bless you for making us all smile! Hugs xox
PEA from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
February 28th, 2007 at 11:45 am
what a great idea i was watching the nbn news lastnight when i saw the story about olives blog couldnt wait to get on so many others ust have had the same idea because it took all of 10 minutes to get the page up well worth the wait if there is a petition to keep johnny on his farm and in full swing please let me know and i will join the protest.
February 28th, 2007 at 11:47 am
We would like to link http://www.argentinabrunetti.com to your website. Argy as she was known to her friends was a 98 year old blogger (the oldest of her time) that informed many about the Hollywood scene. Her following comes from the same group that visits your site therefore the reciprocal links will benefit both sites.
February 28th, 2007 at 11:54 am
Hi Olive and Mike!
I look forward to reading more of your adventures! I am from a farm near Bendigo (in Victoria) originally, and now that I have finished university I am cooped up in Melbourne city! It’s nice to hear word from the country, keep up the great work!
Lotsa Love
from Esther Coultas
February 28th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Sending love from the South. You seem like you live your life to the fullest, and that is totally inspiring.
Much love, Olive!
-T
February 28th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Olive, here are greetings from Juneau, Alaska. I love the idea of tying ribbons on a wheel to make a wish!
I hope that Johnny Bosco’s lettuce project can be saved.
By the way, I found you through Ronnie As Time Goes By.
Welcome to elderbloggin. Joycelyn
February 28th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Hey Ollie
Congrats on your blog..
Keep Bloging..
Bernardo ,22, Brazil
February 28th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Oh my God!
I can’t believe it. it’s so Wonderful!!!
Kiss from Viet Nam.
February 28th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Olive and Mike — what a wonderful project you’ve undertaken. Olive has spanned 3 centuries and is fully engaged as much in the 21st as I’m sure she was in the 20th. Great inspiration to all of us.
More stories!
February 28th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Welcome to the world of blogging. You are truly an inspiration to us all. Thanks to Mike for helping you with the blog.
February 28th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Olive,
I’m 57 and I just became a grandfather, so I still have a long way to go to get where you’re at. Thanks for your stories and your example of life. I’m glad to know you drink beer every day: if that’s your secret, I might live a long life…
Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil
February 28th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
i m a chinese!
my english is poor !
i want to say :long life to you !
February 28th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Hey Olive,
Great stories, I love to see ya at the computer, even if you are pretending!
From Scottsdale, AZ
February 28th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
I admire your interest to try out something new at your age.
All the best from Germany,
Pedro
February 28th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
What a wonderful day it looks like you had. Beautiful lettuce but sad story. So glad to see you online. Three cheers for you!
February 28th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Thanks for the wonderful blog! Here is the email I’m sending to my family and friends about it:
It seems every day there are more things on the internet that disappoint us. It is a truly wonderful thing when we can find something that inspires and invigorates us. Please read and enjoy this blog, which did just that for me.
February 28th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Greets from Us from Holland.. Enjoy blogging..
February 28th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
hi! I’m from Croatia. You are realy great! I can’t believe that you have 107 years. Now you have many visitores from all world. Big kiss. Bye. Katarina
February 28th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Hello, I loved to meet you. Maybe we can become friends. I’ve send my photoblog so you can see where I live. It’s useless to send my blog since it’s written in Portuguese. I live in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Thank you for the blog. Keep on.
February 28th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Hello,
Best wishes from VietNam
February 28th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Hello Olive, I’m also in Sydney and privileged to have such a fine ‘young’ Lady in same city!
February 28th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Hello from Alabama in the Deep South of USA! I think it’s wonderful to have you join our merry little band here on the blogsphere (internet) and I can’t wait to hear more about you.
February 28th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
I love your blob and I wish you the best. Deborah from Switzerland.
March 1st, 2007 at 2:51 am
A very good morning to you. At least it’s morning here in Merced, CA, USA.
I’m adding you to my list of Australian friends.
My part of California (San Joaquin Valley) is famous for its produce and we see the same thing with the huge farms forcing the little ones out. Pity.
From one granny (actually I’m a great-granny as well) to another, welcome to blogging.
March 1st, 2007 at 3:03 am
go granny, go! =)
visit my blog!
big kiss from croatia
March 1st, 2007 at 3:12 am
March 1st, 2007 at 4:56 am
Hi, very impressive and friendly to meet such sites. It’s a great lesson to younger people.
March 1st, 2007 at 6:18 am
HI.
sorry for my bad english.
a great blog. blob ….
ciao from italy
March 1st, 2007 at 7:30 am
Hi Olive and Mike
I’ve just stumbled across your blob today, and what a lovely blob it is.
Thank you so much for sharing your stories. And I hope everything works out well with the lettuce business (it really is a lot of government silliness, isn’t it?).
-Gwen
Saskatchewan, Canada.
March 1st, 2007 at 8:26 am
Good evening.. I am so happy that You joined blogging.. It is great for us, younger people to see amazing side of life through Your eyes.. I read Your posts and they are so simple, so great.. Large kiss from Sisak(Croatia)!!
Željka
March 1st, 2007 at 9:31 am
hi granny!!! you have a cool blog and very good friend mike…i read something about you on one web site and i thought i should go and see that blog… by the way i am from croatia…bye bye
March 1st, 2007 at 9:36 am
Congratulation for new blog!!!
I insert in my blog http://diegosette.blogspot.com a post for you!!!
March 1st, 2007 at 10:02 am
I’m from Poland. I’m seventeen years old.
Twoje notki są bardzo ciekawe mają w sobie taką niezwykłą głębie, która sprawia, że nie mogę poprzestać na jednej notce, lecz mam ochotę przeczytać wszystkie. Twe notki napełniają moje wnętrze takim spokojem i wielkim optymizmem. Zapraszam też do mnie na http://www.scherlyn.blog.interia.pl , pozdrawiam (:
March 1st, 2007 at 11:10 am
I enjoyed reading your blob very much. Thanks for sharing your wonderful life with us.
Take care and hugs from Phoenix Arizona
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:01 am
Hy granny! It’s cool to see that old person has a blog. I will tell all my friends for your blog! I have a blog too. Well, I send you 107 kisses! Hugs and kisses from Michaela, Zagreb Croatia
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:27 am
Dear Olive,
Thank you for joining the blogging community. I loved reading your teeth story and seeing photos of your son. Good luck for all those involved in the hydroponic garden, too!
It makes me cry that so many people from all over the world are logging into your “blob”
to say hello. It really shows what a wonderful world it can be, and I wish you good health and will tip a beer your way (as soon as I get my hands on one!).
Cheers to you from New York City!
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:28 am
Olive, It is so very nice to meet you. You sound like a wonderful lady. I hope when I am your age I am so self-sufficient. You are a wonderful encouragement to me.Keep on keeping on. Connie from Texas, USA
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:37 am
Olive, I forgot to leave my blog address. I don’t know if you write to anyone or not but it would be my pleasure to hear from you. Thanks again.
http://connies-thoughts.blogspot.com
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:38 am
Olive, I forgot to leave my blog address. I don’t know if you write to anyone or not but it would be my pleasure to hear from you. Thanks again.
http://connies-thoughts.blogspot.com
Connie from Texas,USA
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:52 am
By the way, Olive, I sometimes read the blog of a 90+ year old man by the name of Don. He lives in Canada and is a former reporter for the CBC. I thought I’d post a link to his blog on your blog.!
http://dontoearth.blogspot.com/
March 2nd, 2007 at 9:13 pm
I have to agree that so many rules and regulations just don’t make sense anymore. Hydroponically grown produce is so economical and healthy, yet we are forced to eat vegetables that have been grown in other countries, sometimes using chemicals that have been banned in Australia for more than 20 years. It’s a crying shame that the initiative of so many people is being trampled by big business in the name of legal technicalities.
Keep up the great work Olive and Mike.
Alice from Canberra.
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:14 am
I take it that Katya is your cat? That bit of beige in your lap?
Just a breif note to say that I’m enjoying your blog, have bookmarked it and will visit again - and that I, too, have a cat named Katya who sits in my lap while I’m at my desk.
Kenneth Moyle
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
March 3rd, 2007 at 4:01 am
Hi Olive and Mike,
I heard about your blob today from a blog by a very respected journalist in England. So, your fame is spreading.
It sounds like you hae a great relationship and I would love to hear more about this cross-generational link up. It sure makes us all understand tthe gone by world so much better.
The teeth story really scares me - I have a fobia of losing my teeth ( and I am almost 60). So, thank you, there is surely lots of life after having falses.
Have a long life and great to see you having such interesting life. May your campaign help save the local farmer - we all need more of them!
A big hug to you both from a place close to Windsor and Queens castle
March 3rd, 2007 at 4:37 am
bless your sweet soul Olive.this is first time I have stopped Ill be back again.have a great weekend.I came over from dear merles place.
March 3rd, 2007 at 5:15 am
Hi, Olive! I love your blob!
Denise
March 3rd, 2007 at 6:01 am
I think that is remarkable that you’re blogging.
March 3rd, 2007 at 6:37 am
Hello Olive; I’m really pleased to blogmeet you. I come from England and would like to say what an inspiration you are to us all. I am really going to enjoy reading your Blog (blob)as I can see you have some wonderful stories to tell. Thank you to Mike for doing the typing too! Be back soon; keep smiling; stay happy
Ruth
March 3rd, 2007 at 7:33 am
Hello Olive, I heard about your blog at France inter radio today and straight away I decided to read your stories. They touched me a lot and I wish I can reach your age and still be on my computer. You give us a great lesson of optimism and of life ! Thanks to Mike to allow us to blogmeet with you. I will keep on reading your “adventures”. I kiss you Olive, keep in touch with the rest of the world ! keep smiling ! You’re great ! Denise
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:59 am
I wish you only a good and shine day, regards from Warsaw in Poland , good luck :* Martin
March 3rd, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Hello Olive, As Denise I heard information about your “blob” at France Inter. The reporter was so enthusiastic that he gave me desire for visiting it.
It is a real pleasure to read it for someone as me who would like to visit Australia.
Go on like that, so we will have always news from you and from your country.
Kisses from Anet (France) Yannick
March 7th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
wow…you are great!! and even greater than me! i’m a 17 years old girl from MALAYSIA. I’ve read yours news on the chinese newspaper so then i’m intend to read your blog. Must post more in the future~~~^^
March 9th, 2007 at 3:47 am
Hi, Olive! Great stuff, so awesome that you are doing this. Best wishes from St. Augustine, Florida.
March 13th, 2007 at 3:11 am
(By the way, what Ozzies call “lemonade”, what you add to a shandy, American’s would call 7-up or Sprite. But really, even those would still be too sweet for a proper Shandy; what’s really needed in the States is something like SanPellegrino Limonata, a more “bitter lemon” bev’, but still carbonated. In the States, lemonade isn’t carbonated)
March 14th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Olive, I can’t wait to see another post from you. My husband and I are celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary of this weekend. I guess to you that just seems like just a beginning. Well, I hope you are not ill and things are going well for you. Until Later, connie from Texas
Well, Connie, it up now. Ollie ahd I have been working hard today. Mike and ollie
April 1st, 2007 at 3:59 am
The world can use the type of wisdom you have. Thank you for adding your voice of reason to those of us who wish to bring common sense back to the world.
Not only is it amazing to me that Johnnie is being forbidden from doing what is clearly the right thing but even worse, that his neighbors’ reaction to something new and different was to immediately complain to the authorities.
I hope everyone reading your blog realizes how their actions contribute to the world getting either better or worse. We can all make the world a better place by listening to the wisdom of our elders and anywhere else we may find it.
May you be greatly blessed. Best wishes to Johnny. Perhaps you making the world aware of this situation will change that outcome.
We hope so, Rose. Colleen Worthy-Jennings has hinted that they might put the issue on the Gosford Council website. It might be a good idea to reinforce that intention, make sure that she was serious about it.
In any case, the pressure is building to reverse this silly decision and I think foreign attention is having a good effect. Mike the helper
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Hello Olive & Mike!
Wouldn’t you both agree that there is something to the old adage: If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all?
Johnny most likely wouldn’t have had to contend with a superbly ridiculous legislation had his neighbors minded their own business … how in heaven’s name could he have been bothering them?
Too many people today complain for the sake of complaining.
Hopefully your shining light on his plight will bring the local government back to their senses once the world begins to question their reasoning.
Good Luck from Atlanta, Georgia - USA
Kathleen, you hit the nail on the head about people complaining and a general meanness of spirit which is floating around these days. Johnny was’nt bothering the neighbours in any way.
But maybe, because people dont think of houses today as places they actually live, but as investments, forever seeing them through the eyes of a future buyer, they might have thought, “Hey, these lettuces might drop a few thousand off my property value.” Mike aND Olive
April 6th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
leann chin’s
Interesting post. I came across this blog by accident, but it was a good accident. I have now bookmarked your blog for future use. Best wishes. Leeann Tweeden.
April 14th, 2007 at 6:13 am
Hello Olive!
Today i looking you at television news and i go at your blog!!!
You are fantastic!!!!
Kisses Rosy.
I’m from Italy(Naples)
See you later Olive.
Hi Rosa, My relatives come from a place near Naples. Well, closer to Bennevento, actually, a small village called Pontelandolfo. My granfather lived in Naples before emigrating to Australia. So, I am glad to have your comment.
Olive has never been to Italy. She would love it, I know. But now it’s too late for her to make such a trip. Send her some photos if you know how to email them. Mike the Helper.
July 20th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
Hello Olive,
I hope all fine for you…
Yesterday my great-mother was ill so she’s at hospital now.
I’m writing from France…
My passion : accordion. So I created a music and accordion blog… in which i give informations about many accordionists all around the world.
Musically,
Sylvie
Blog Généraliste de Musique et d’Accordéon
http://sylviejamet.over-blog
Sylvie, I love your blog. The accordeon music that one can play on it is superb. I am going to copy some of it to Olive’s blog so she can hear it too. Thanks so much for writing. Mike the helper. For those who want to vist Sylvie’s blog, here it is. http://sylviejamet.over-blog.com
July 31st, 2007 at 10:38 pm
Those lettuces look so fresh and healthy. I do hope that the grower was given a reprieve. I love the photo of you, Olive, in the centre of the lettuce patch.
Sadly, we lost the battle for the lettuce patch. Mike the helper
July 21st, 2008 at 6:28 am
Pitty that I heard about olive at the day she died, very pitty that i didn’t know before of the excisting of her blog (blob
mike …..)
I wish Olive in the life after death the best and greetings and love from Holland