I am joining with Elephant's Child, River and others for Sunday Selections. I am back to randomness after last Sunday's focus.
Once the Royal Mint, now the Hellenic Museum. I am not sure what the silvery sculptures are about but they look pretty.
Effective advertising? I don't know.
We looked after Sister's dog Fuzzy Cocoa many times, named by Jo, and she stayed here a couple of times. Fuzzy died like The Queen and Mother, simply of old age, and in Fuzzy's case, the care of the hand of a vet.
When staying at Sister's and looking after you, you loved to sleep with Ray on his bed, but one night for some strange reason, you preferred my company and slept on my bed. You were a fortunate girl, Fuzzy. You were so loved for over 14 years.
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You got some cool old buildings in Melba cobber!
ReplyDeleteYP, referred to at times as The Queen City of the South.
DeleteHow many queens you got there mate?
DeleteYP, there seems to be no shortage of queens, but I don't get out often.
DeleteRightly or wrongly those silver sculptures made me think of the Tree of Life.
ReplyDeleteFuzzy Cocoa looks like what she was - much loved.
EC, she was a real sweetie and had only one person for her devotion, Sister.
DeleteSorry for the loss of your sister's pet--and what that pet meant for you as well.
ReplyDeleteKirk, I'm a little emotional. Iv'e lost so much in one year, and now a friend who is the same age a me, has his older partner seriously unwell in hospital.
DeleteThe facades of the buildings in the city are looking fabulous
ReplyDeleteRoentare, I remember when they wanted to pull down the Rialto. What a crime that would have been.
DeleteThe Hellenic Museum is very appropriate for Melbourne since we had the biggest Greek community outside Greece. My family particularly enjoyed the history of Greek life in Australia.
ReplyDeleteHels, I don't know why I've, or in the past, we've never visited. I must do so soon.
DeleteFuzzy looks like a cutie. The red building in the third photo looks a LOT like our "Beehive" building which now houses theHaigh's chocolates store at ground level. On the corner of King William Street and Rundle Mall. Love the row of steam engines all puffed up and ready to race.
ReplyDeleteRiver, I think I remember noticing the Haigh's shop, and resisting temptation. It is now so expensive, much more so than a couple of years ago. I can see what you mean about Beehive Corner. Puffed up is a great word to describe the locos.
DeleteThose are really majestic buildings!
ReplyDeletePradeep, while we have lost so many great buildings, we have retained some at least.
DeleteGorgeous if Fuzzy Andrew. It's sad when they go as they are part of the family.
ReplyDeleteLove your selection and those things in the first photo are indeed looking good.
Those old buildings are gorgeous.
Thank you Margaret. It is incredibly sad, especially for Sister, to whom Fuzzy was devoted to.
DeleteWell Fuzzy had a good life and was probably not worried about death as a concept. Lovely building but I like the trains in America waiting for the great steam race.
ReplyDeleteIgnorance is bliss Thelma and at times not something humans experience. My mother Thelma didn't expect to die last year. She was always full of hope for the future.
DeleteI love the old buildings, not the new once ! It's a pity they are so ugly but everywhere it's the same. Fizzy has such a sweet face, he had a very nice life and that's the most important.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is rare to see a new building I like, Gattina. Fuzzy was such a sweet girl.
DeleteOlder buildings have more character than new ones. Many new buildings try to add character through odd structural design.
ReplyDeleteJB, and generally fail. Somehow London has managed some rather iconic new buildings. Frankly, most new buildings in Australia are rubbish. I've seen quite nice old buildings destroyed, to be replaced with something plain, and they are now being replaced by equally plain. The UK seems to have much more respect for older buildings, which like here, were usually well built.
DeleteSo sorry about the dear little dog. All loss is just so heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Yes Alison, they can break your heart in a manner different to a human death.
DeleteSuch a cute little dog, sounds like she had a really great life.
ReplyDeleteShe did indeed TP.
DeleteOh dear. I read that as Americans have big and threatening breasts and I couldn't understand what you were referring to. I'm only half way through my coffee so that explains it. I hope.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to read of Coco. I once knew a woman who had a cat that was ancient. Positively ancient with all manner of ailments, but she clung to that cat and spent oodles of money at the vet clinic. It really defied logic. At the end, the cat was almost like a boarder at the vet clinic. At one point, she explained it. Her husband had found the cat as a kitten and brought it home. It was the tie to her deceased husband that she couldn't bear to break.
Debby, I had to check just in case I did type what you misread.
DeleteThat's a sad little story about the lady and the cat. I wish we could do the same for humans as we normally do for pets, that is judge when their life quality is just too poor.
Awww, Fuzzy was adorable! I looked up the photo of the trains -- the Internet attributes it to a photographer named Torkel Korling, taken in Chicago around 1929. I thought it was AI at first, until I looked closely and saw the locomotives have different numbers.
ReplyDeleteI've not heard of Korling, Steve. I didn't even imagine the train photo to be AI, and I should have given that some thought.
DeleteFuzzy was a cutie. It is so hard to lose a pet, Andrew.
ReplyDeletePat, it is hard and I'm sure you've been through it too, as have I.
DeletePoor Fuzzy Cocoa :( I'm sure she had a good life.
ReplyDeleteSami, she did have a wonderful life. Thanks.
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