My Experiences In Tea & Rubber Plantation Management in Ceylon 1952-1969.

29/12/2024

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14/12/2024

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28/11/2024

This was my Cymru division #2 field, Tangakelle estate, Lindula, c.1953, before slope pruning and plucking started. Standing somewhere here, Mr. Masefield, the company chairman, in London, and himself a C.T.P.Co. planter at the start of the century, stood and said to the the then Superintendent, "This is a picture of perfection!". This compliment was passed on to me by the then superintendent Mr. E."Ted". C. Bousfield.

23/11/2024

30.12.21: MY HYPNOGOGIC EVENT. Event: I saw five twos i.e. 2 2 2 2 2  Feeling during the event: Highly positive & carried over into consciousness. Interpretation: 5 x 2 = 10 = 1 …

31/10/2024

Me, Ian Gunewardene (now Gardner) as a "creeper"; with Sathasivam K.P. on Glenlyon, Agrapatana, c. April 1952.

12/08/2024

Who would have thought! Amazing!

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22/07/2024

I am not sure whether I have done what I wanted to do, i.e. post a Google Earth pic of a 1 acre garden I designed and created in Wheeler's Hill, Melbourne, at a cost, then*, of A$350,000.00 [*the late 1970s?]. N.B. If you wish to see the garden from the air (as it looks now) go to Google Earth and look for 3 Souter Court, Wheelers Hill, Melbourne, Australia.

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22/07/2024

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23/06/2024

Four planters of my time, and all good rugby players. L-R Chris Bean, Barry Cameron, Robin Trewin and David Bretherton at Chris’s home in N.Z. some years ago - and I am writing on 24.5.24.

21/05/2024

18/04/2024

An aid to fully appreciating my Bio affirmation.

27/02/2024

For whom it may help, or simply interest, here is the link to a book I wrote: https://sites.google.com/site/themilkiswhitethebook/?fbclid=IwAR1vhko-NEJcFfT0dFvuo1NUBz2PErQi-xRCz87i__VMSG5XVQq7XJ7Sxac

THE MILK IS WHITE Over two thousand years ago a Hindu sage said that irrespective of the colour of the cow the milk is white. He was alluding to the fact that there is but one spiritual Truth irrespective of which Master expounds it - and I quote: The Amrithabindu Upanishad: The milk of cows of any