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Snippets from My Newspapers.

  Taken from an article by Mike O'Connor (I could type out the whole thing but it is quite long): "If you are looking for a place in which to hide from our politics and politicians, a town in Norway called Kirkenes, sme400km north of the Arctic Circle, is as good a place as any in which to do it.  Alas, you can't hide forever and, in any case, it was so cold that I feared I was in danger of losing one or more of my more treasured extremities. So, holidays done, we retreated down the green, serene and incredibly beautiful coast of Norway and headed back to dear old Oz. When the jet lag fog cleared, I discovered that the federal government had been spending our money wisely in our absence with the National Gallery paying $14m for a 13-tonne chunk of fabricated stainless steel that is said to represent a snake eating ts tail. The Australian newspaper's art critic, Christopher Allen, described it as "an example of the incompetent management of our Natinal Gallery&quo

Sunday Selections # 712

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 Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections.  A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please.  Nothing rude or vulgar though. And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. Wisewebwoman has also been joining us occasionally. something weird up in a tree near the bus stop sulphur crested cockatoo eating a pine cone, sent by "no-one" spotted this as I neared the Big Green Hardware Shed a closer inspection revealed the white flowers were Pandorea Jasminoides, also known as Bower Vine red bouganvillea and pink bouganvillea this two-tone pelargonium surprised me by surviving and blooming, my younger son loves the colour so I will take a cutting for him to p

Wednesday's Words on a Friday

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  The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by Sean Jeating and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. church 2. hazel 3. hollow 4. red 5. whirlpool  and/or:  1. cave 2. Mary 3. near 4. rapid 5. white also including Charlotte's ccolour of the month: pebble grey Here is my story: All the children were excited to be attending the Halloween party in the old church yard, they'd seen decorations being put there each day for a week on their way to and from school. Now the big night was here. Rapid footsteps travelled the footpath

Sunday Selections #711

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 Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections.  A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please.  Nothing rude or vulgar though. And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. Wisewebwoman has also been joining us occasionally. Starting again with the twins: Ana enjoying the splashpad Gen also enjoys getting wet Daddy put up the umbrella for shade letting the jets squirt her splashing hard meanwhile in my yard: I'm growing a potato plant! Friday I took a walk through the city, and saw a few interesting things on my way to the river: "Naughty Nanna's Cookies" John Lennon on a building in Halifax Street our Victoria Square fountain a single newish b

Wednesday's Words on a Friday

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  The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by Sean Jeating and can be found here This week's words/prompts are carried over from last week:  1. funeral 2. moon 3. splendiferously 4. sun 5. coffin  and/or:  1. afraid 2. biased 3. crows 4. nutrition 5. worms   and added to by this weeks words:  1. art 2. awe 3. love 4. moonlit 5. sleeping  and/or:  1. beauty 2. breathless 3. dreamscape 4. face 5. oxygen also including Charlotte's colour of the month: pebble grey Here is my story: Sandra tossed her handbag on the table and kicked off her shoes

Living on The Fringe

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 Recently, "no-one" mentioned an actor who sounded familiar, so I asked her to please remind me who this is. She said the actor played Special Agent Olivia in  "Fringe". I have watched Fringe, but so long ago that I don't remember any of it. So I dusted off the zippered storage bags and pulled out the boxed set five seasons, a total of 29 discs. "Explore the ever-shifting line between science fiction and reality, where hybrid mosters tear through sewers, thieves walk through walls and portals open to parallel universes, in this complete collection of the acclaimed, mind-bending series. Unable to police a world in which science has advanced beyond our wildest dreams - and nightmares - Special Agent Olivia Dunham enlists eccentric "fringe" scientist Walter Bishop and his jack-of-all-trades son, Peter, to investigate paranormal incidents that defy human logic and mystifying events that threaten our very existence on a universal scale. When the unimag

Sunday Selections # 710

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 Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections.  A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please.  Nothing rude or vulgar though. And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. Wisewebwoman has also been joining us occasionally. Theme for today is "Raindrops on Roses" but first: King Charles is beginning to appear on our coins Some of the flowering gums are flowering, this is a pink variety, there are also reds and yellows this red rose has a few unexpected white patches now, as promised, raindrops on roses. There was a rain shower just before I left home to go to the shops not a rose, obviously, this is a bottle brush bloom, also shimmery with rain drops