The top one is of a painting done, dilettantishly but with a lot of heart, by Joan Hogan who stayed with her husband Ron at "Riverbend" for a week - or was it two? - and in appreciation of our hospitality presented us with this lovely painting.
The two photographs below are of Loloho on Bougainville Island which was my home for two years, as it was for a certain person who now lives in Fairfield in Connecticut. The three are now adorning one wall inside "Melbourne" to keep reminding me of a time that will never come again.
Joan Hogan is no longer with us, and, judging by the silence, neither may be a certain person in Fairfield in Connecticut. If so, then the last photo is even more appropriate. It reads, "ماشاء الله", which means "God has willed it". I shall ponder it next time I sit inside cosy "Melbourne".
