I'm joining with Elephant's Child, River, and others for Sunday Selections. There is a bit of a building focus this Sunday.
This building is close to the Praise Centre Church (yes, my eyes rolled) at the corner of Alma Road, Hawthorn Road and Dandenong Road. I should research it but I am becoming increasingly lazy. I suspect it was a church related home for the leader of whatever religion was in the nearby church.
Late afternoon snack.
The construction of wankily named The Muse is ongoing. It has blocked some of our views but once complete, we will still have better views than we did before the huge old office block was demolished.
Early spring looking down St Kilda Road. The London plane trees are in leaf but elms aren't yet.
David Jones is a posh department store, with it name taken from a Sydney store.
Look more closely and you can see the name of the old department store Buckley and Nunn. This name led to the local expression, 'You have Buckley's chance', meaning no chance. Buckley and Nunn (none).
This was taken from the car window. I should visit it to see if there is an explanatory plaque. Or I could Google it. Better to visit. It would be an outing for a lazy retired person.
A very old yacht sailing on Port Phillip. Isn't it just lovely.
"Auntie Andrew," Jo asked. "What is this focus of your photo? (She speaks a bit proper)"
"Dearest child, just the concertina fabric between the articulation joints of this modified B2 class tram." I think she and R rolled their eyes. It was a white lie to protect the innocent.
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I like the rowing boat with man and dog and the yacht is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt was a beautiful yacht, JB. I should have checked it at the time.
DeleteI wonder whether Jo was taken in by your white lie? I suspect not. Love that rowing boat. And yes, it would make a lovely outing.
ReplyDeleteJo was looking in the opposite direction EC. She didn't know what naughty Auntie Andrew was up to.
DeleteI think I'd have missed my stop ...
ReplyDeleteBob, much promised by the photo but it won't live up to expectations.
DeleteBuckley's was delightful, with gentle service, quality goods and attractive architecture. Everyone was shocked when it suddenly closed in the 1980s.
ReplyDeleteHels, I can't remember ever visiting. Like Georges, it seemed too posh for us. I do remember the shock of it closing and being taken over by DJ's.
DeleteI have photographed quite a bit on that construction sites. Sort of like documentary. The old yacht in the sea looks really nice. The young chap is a show off lol.
ReplyDeleteRoentare, I wish I had my camera and could really zoom in on the yacht. The youngish guy was a show off but he did seem unconscious of the image he was projecting.
DeleteThe yacht does indeed look lovely against those different blue-green hues. You have also captured a perfect example of manspreading there.
ReplyDeleteJayCee, it was a classic manspreading. On the New York subway I forced a big black bloke to stop manspreading as I sat on the seat next to him.
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You obviously are well versed in B 2 trams and their configurations
Niece eyeroll probably means she probably did the translation immediately. In the past you have indicated she is smart
Stalker, I know my trams. The eyeroll was about technical detail of the tram.
DeleteOh, what a joy this post gave me. I both admired and giggled while enjoying several favorite things: architecture, plants, handsome men, and linguistics, plus clever loved ones. lol 'You have Buckley's chance' is a fascinating regional phrase. Be well.
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks Darla. You've got Buckley's chance of me writing a longer reply.
DeleteI see NO concertina fabric in that last photo (*~*)
ReplyDeleteI do like the sailing yacht and that rowboat on top of that pole. Is it an indicator of previous flood heights? I hope not.
I have heard "Buckleys and Nunn" but never knew it was a store and always thought it was "none". David Jones is a posh store here too, but it seems to be going downhill just a little, it's hard to explain but the glamour (possibly the quality too) of decades past just isn't there. I almost never shop there since the credit department was taken over by American Express, certainly don't use the store card, only cash these days.
River, given the statue would be ten metres above sea level and we were less than a couple of metres above sea level, the thought of it flooding to that level is not imaginable. That is interesting about Amex and the credit department. You normally pay a high surcharge for using using an Amex card.
DeleteThe surcharge transferred to the David Jones card and the payment schedule was weird, they (AE) didn't like you paying off the full amount within the time stated. I should go in there and cancel the account which is inactive anyway.
DeleteA bit tight those shorts in last photo, however!
ReplyDeleteDidn't know that saying came from the old sign, it's a well known saying, well once.
The old yacht does look good and they sure do look wonderful sailing.
Nice selection Andrew.
Margaret, no such thing as too tight shorts. It's interesting that you know the phrase Buckleys chance. As I said in an earlier comment, I wish I had my camera and could zoom in on the yacht.
DeleteBuckley's chance... How interesting the way local expressions evolve!
ReplyDeletePradeep, the kiddies may not understand the expression, but local boomers certainly do.
DeleteThere's a Buckley's chance she bought your white lie.
ReplyDeleteThat's clever Kirk, but she is an innocent and could not see what I snapped. She doesn't know about the lechery of her Auntie Andrew and probably never will.
DeleteLittle Jo, will figure it all out in a decade or so.
ReplyDeletePerhaps before then TP. Children are so worldly now in ways we weren't.
DeleteHA! Jo is quite perceptive, even if not entirely in the know. I'm curious to hear what you find out about the sculpture of the rowboat with the dog. I laughed at your Praise Centre eye-roll. :)
ReplyDeleteI am curious about that rowboat sculpture as well. Reading about it provides no additional information. I suppose that it is like some of the sculptures we have around our town, children playing leapfrog or ringaround the rosie or playing in autumn leaves, just a charming reminder of innocent days. Speaking of innocence, luckily Auntie Andrew is not all bad. LOL.
DeleteSteve, the old religions are bad enough. I have no time for the happy clappers.
DeleteDebby, aren't those sculptures the ones we really prefer rather than modern sculptures? I am a paragon of virtue but I do have needs.
DeleteMany of our department stores have closed down which is a great pity but a sign of the times. Loved the yacht and yes more info would have been helpful especially about the rowing boat on a pole.
ReplyDeleteA few of ours out of the city have Marie but the major ones had been shrinking the size of their stores for some time. Mission, rowing the boat sculpture.
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