The Bassett family site
Reen’s reflections: her view of how we’re going and anything that catches her interest
On 1 December we headed to Travelhome at Cardiff with the hope of getting some work done on our 5R. We did manage a few minor repairs but after a little sitting and waiting we were asked to come back in January to get the work on the large slide-out done. While there for a …
We had finally arrived at Tumby Bay, SA, which for us was the primary reason for this adventure. We wanted to catch up with Uncle Malc (Dean’s mum’s brother) & Aunty Raelene as we hadn’t seen them for a long while. During our time there we visited them and went on day trips around Eyre …
Another month, where is the year going? I am continually surprised and thankful, even though it shouldn’t surprise me, how much I see God’s hand at work in our daily lives. In myself I feel a lot better and am able to handle situations more calmly. It actually feels like my body is healing and …
August sees us travelling and I thought that this is a good place to talk about the weather. We definitely had lot of rain and wind with a few beautiful sunny days thrown in. Overall it was quite a restful month with bits of sightseeing. We enjoyed being able to spend time Dean’s brother, Geoff …
July finds us still in Tea Gardens for a few more days and the weather bureau has issued a bomb cyclone warning. We had strong wind all day with our weather system recording wind gusts at 75 kph and heavy rain, quite a storm cell. The water around us in the carpark had continued to …
As June arrives we actually noticed that winter is here and we are not happy. We are busy packing up in preparations for travelling on Thursday for about a month. Our first port of call is Singleton Showground where we have some work to do. On the day we arrived it was sunny and fresh …
Brett Anthony Sandry born Thursday 3 December 1970 in Gilgandra Hospital to Gorden & Margaret Sandry. He was the youngest of six children. I (Doreen) was 10 years old when Brett was born. I don’t remember much about the whole hospital experience except that Mum had to stay there for quite a while, possibly weeks, …
While we were at Tea Gardens we enjoyed meeting with the people at TGBC (Tea Gardens Baptist Church) for the Sunday Service, Bible Study and meals (lunches & dinners). On Thursday 10 April we headed back to Granville. While here we had pet sitting duties at Silverdale for the school holidays, morning and night. There …
On Tuesday 4 Reen had an appointment at Westmead Hospital which went OK (a scan and check-up needed in May) and also had an appointment with her arthritis doctor in Parramatta. Websites renovations have kept Dean busy, he is working on four different websites. There were also a couple of jobs for Nyssa, a box …
With thanks to God for his continuous love, presence and direction for us we head into this year ahead. January—found us settled in Nyssa & Brad’s driveway at Granville. We were heading to Camden on Friday 3. We would be minding Vera out at Silverdale, NSW for the next 2 weeks, from Monday to Friday, …