Some Very Old Game Pieces
Jan 9
Jan 8
Lots of leaves left to last.
Kim gave me leaves. Now the easy thing here would be trees, but I think leaves should be about leaves. So photos where the leaves may not be the focus but an important part of the image. That might be because the leaves dominate what is others a photo of a flower. Or because the…
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Jan 8
Of dogs and cats
Nicquel gave me the theme of pets, so she has pets. Hers 🙂
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Jan 8
Jan 8
Tea, the war & evacating Darwin
While looking for something else, I found an ABC article about tea, which at the end mentions tea rationing during World War II, and an accompanying increase in petty theft: “Never mind the Japanese are about to invade, this tea rationing was [seen as] totally unrealistic and unreasonable.” So I went to see what was…
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Jan 7
Fashion & fiction
Here’s an idea to develop: “Class differentiation, one of the primary functions served by dress, was not always clear. A confusion about dress and its signals commenced that continued throughout the nineteenth century.” (Fashioned From Penury: dress as cultural practice in colonial Australia, Margaret Maynard.) I guess it’s easy if you’re writing historical fiction the…
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Jan 4
Journalling every day! Starting now!
I want to get into the habit of using this Journal as journal, for the various reason it is a good idea. So, I’m going to post every day because that is a good way to develop a habit. It might be a long post, a couple of lines or a picture. It might, well…
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Dec 23
Look what I have!
So the mail didn’t bring me the books it should have brought, but it did bring me some postcards This one is Alexandra Bridge at the Cataract Gorge. Which is sort of this view. It’s one of those pictures where the more you look at it, they more you see. Guess where this is! This…
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Dec 12
A visit to the live animal collection in Launceston’s City Park
The live animal collection in City Park started in 1881. Most of the animals, as noted below, apparently being donated, and others were the result of exchanges with similar establishments. The first article gives a list of the animals that were exhibited the year after it was was established. By the time of the visit in…
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Dec 10
Sue gave me Frank Gardiner’s bunch… this was a bit harder
because I haven’t been to NSW much, in particular that bit that was frequented by Gardiner and friends. But I have been to Cockatoo Island gaol, where Gardiner was imprisoned before he become infamous. Also, I have a photo of this lovely pair of  Staffordshire figures at the National Museum demonstrating how to adapt to…
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