KRudd and Uncle Remus Rudd - ‘Political Spin’ No matter what side of the AISLE you're on, THIS is FUNNY and VERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at some things. Judy Rudd an amateur genealogy researcher in Southern Queensland, was doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that  our then Prime Minister,  Kevin Rudd’s great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Melbourne in 1889. Note: Both Judy and Kevin Rudd share this common ancestor. This is the only known photograph of Remus showing him standing on the ga...

REMEMBER making an apron in Home Economics? REMEMBER your Grandma's aprons? How many kids today have any idea of  the fascinating History of the Apron? Aprons were used to protect the dress underneath.  It was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material. The apron served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the stove and oven. It was wonderful for drying tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. Image by gem66 via Flickr From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be fi...