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Family is always bigger than just those related by blood.

It is a world embracing  friends who come to be so "almost family" that it makes little difference.

Here are some snapshots from wider family connections

Dsc0797.jpg (61615 bytes)"Climb Every Mountain," Steven Powell, or the Grampians at least, before Geoff sells them to his latest  casino as interior decorating.

Don't click me or I'll fall off the mountain. I'm warning you.
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..........................................H...E...L...P

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The Anderson family; Alan and Kate
of Antioch and Rosies fame,
and their boys pop in at Bribie.

Dsc0716.jpg (60586 bytes)A Christening photo-Ben and Shontelle and Breanna and  her "Yankee Poppy" in Casino, NSW.

 

Dsc0558.jpg (62006 bytes)"Mischief? It  may have been my big brother
but it certainly wasn't me, Mum. Honest. Not with my smile."

 

Dsc0656.jpg (55704 bytes)Pat and I are always meeting on or near bridges. Why is that?  Hinchy's and bridges???

"Know anything about bridges, Tom?"

Dsc0566.jpg (59786 bytes)Whose got Breanna Jayne Clark?
"Are you trying to tickle me
or tackle me, Dad?"

 

Dsc0571.jpg (59713 bytes)"Dad's got me now.
Better not play up."

 

 

 

Dsc0557.jpg (61145 bytes)Guess who inherited Alan's smile? And hairstyle? Looks like some mischief is brewing.

 

Dsc0563.jpg (59693 bytes)Yes- I knew it.

"It's literally raining smiles on Bribie island. Watch out. Take cover, Dad, or that waterfall will come through the wall."

 

Dsc0714.jpg (59738 bytes)Shontelle receives a Blessing.
We all know why you need it.

 

Dsc0577.jpg (52080 bytes)Gramps, get me a beer will ya"
"Ya home brew will be fine, but make it snappy."
And get Ole Yankee Poppie another Bundy and coke. He's still standing up."

 

Dsc0801.jpg (58911 bytes)The great Aussie thinker gets stumped thinking  thoughts that have occupied historians since Heroditus and Plutarch.

"I wonder what in hell the Children's Bureau
has got  to do with land management?
Can St. Kilda win a bloody game? Will somebody please buy my beetle? Do I have enough Sultana Bran for breakfast?"

"God invented family
so that someone had to take us in.
He invented friends
so that someone would take us in 
even when they didn't have to."


.....And he invented sages to deliver
ancient sayings  like this
that he just made up
to finish a page.

 

 

Last updated 02/02/2008. This is the Costello family web site designed to help gather and pass on the stories of our clan.. If you have any comments or additions, please email me at paul@storywise.com