Sunday, February 23, 2025

Sunday Selections

Along with River and others, my usual random Sunday Selections.

Brother 1 has grown fine crops of tomatoes and has given away many many, just none to me because I haven't seen him for a while. 


In the age of digital photography and selfies, the popularity of this photo booth outside Flinders Street Station is amazing. I believe many a first kiss happened in this photo booth, behind the half length privacy curtain. No doubt half length is for good reasons. 


A bargain, I thought. Phyllis had asked me to buy them. 12 sausages for $4! No, the 12 is minutes of cooking time, and the latter written sideways. I'd call that deceptive. 


Phyllis, what have you done to my view! Fix it!


Thank you.


I broke a tumbler, with two of the set six already broken, then Phyllis broke another one. There was also three of a set of four left. I like full sets. Other odd glasses were removed from the cupboard and all will go to the charity shop.


Aww, thank you Phyllis. They are so colourful.


And something for Phyllis himself. The one on the left is metal and heavy.


Hmmm, I have seen worse sculptures. Who knows what it is about. 


I believe this is Princess Cruises' Royal Princess. Mid photo is the attractively named MSAC, Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, and miniature yacht storage sheds on the edge of Albert Park Lake in the foreground. I chopped out the equipment laden building rooves, just for you Hels. It does make a better photo.

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  1. Ooh nice tomatoes. Lucky brother.
    That sculpture ... I am informed by that reliable source Professor G that ..
    Summary
    Location: Queen Victoria Market, Therry St This large bronze sculpture - featuring an array of vegetables, fish and an Aboriginal fishing net - looks whimsically to the relationship between the land and city, tradition and lifestyle, production and consumption. In 1994, the City of Melbourne commissioned Fraser to undertake Wind Contrivance through its Percent for Art Program. The work was sculpted in Fraser’s studio at Lurg, 20 kilometres from Benalla, and cast at the Meridian Foundry in Fitzroy. Wind Contrivance is sited at Queen Victoria Market, a centre point between land and city, and a cipher through which the country harvest is distributed to city dwellers. Unveiled 22 August 1996

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    1. Well, there we go JayCee. I appreciate Prof G's research. I knew I had Phyllis and Kosov with me but I couldn't quite remember where we were. I didn't really give it much thought. I would have taken a better look, but they were keen to get going. It was only last Sunday when I took the photo.

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  2. thecontemplativecat here. the tomato photo makes me wanting to find a farmers market.

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    1. CC, I hope your farmers markets are better than ours. I always find them disappointing.

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  3. I'd be seriously annoyed byt the sideways deceptive writing!

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    1. Bob, I'm pleased you think it is wrong too.

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  4. That photo booth is iconic among Melbournians

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    1. It is Roentare. I've just checked and it has a FaceBook page, an Instagram site and a Wikipedia entry.

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  5. It's a good thing I don't mind mismatched glassware because I always seem to break one of a set as soon as I bring them home! Interesting sculpture, thanks JayCee for looking up the background. We used to have a photo booth in our local mall and before that it was somewhere else in town - where, I don't recall, but I have two sets of pictures from one, taken at different ages. It was always nice to get four pictures because at least one would be half-decent.

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    1. Jenny, four different shots is good, almost like digital images, one is bound to be ok. I've never been in one.

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  6. Andrew
    Thank you for the Royal Princess. Not only is the image gorgeous... but the trip would be amazing.

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  7. I’ve always wanted to cruise lol ( on a Boat)

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Sunday Selections

Along with River and others, my usual random Sunday Selections. Brother 1 has grown fine crops of tomatoes and has given away many many, ju...