Sunday Selections

I am joining with River and others for Sunday Selections. As the theme goes, unused photos from the past.

This tree is an Australian native melaleuca tree, also known as a paperbark tree. The bark was used by our indigenous fok for many purposes, least of all as being damp compressed to make a form of paper.   

Its bark is lightweight, so no damage will have been done to the car mirror by the fallen bark.

We visited Japan in 2010 and had a wonderful holiday in an amazing country. It is now being overwhelmed by tourists and locals are complaining. We had a laptop back then and it was heavy, but to keep it safe I carried it in a backpack. Before we left we bought a Japanese conversion electrical plug to plug in a power board to give us a few outlets. This is the Japanese plug, and while this one doesn't have an earth pin, they are round. 

But the plug we bought had only the two angular sockets and not one for the earth pin of the Australian plug. I drilled and cut into the adaptor to make a space for our earth pin. It worked. 

Swing the locking lever to the left and pee pee alone. If the lever is on the right, pee pee with a surprising guest.  While the signs are amateurishly done, they are amusing. 

A Christmas table runner appeared on the dining table, courtesy Phyllis. It was creased, so while I haven't ironed for many many years, the iron and ironing board being last used by Ray in April 2024, I got both out and pressed the creases out. The iron steam holes wouldn't work initially, so I put it over the sink and pressed the extra steam button a few times and the jets cleared. 

I think this is a Ford Galaxy, still left hand drive. Why was it in the lane behind our building, I wonder. 

A Buick Riviera. Gorgeous, but I would not want to pay the petrol bill. 

 

The linen press is not a smoky patchy colour. The photo lies. It appears to be well sealed against cat intrusion, but it isn't. Why do Phyllis and Kosov keep leaving the door open? They hadn't. Jass must be able to put her paw under the doors to open them, where she perches on table cloths that will probably never be used again. Some things I can't bear to get rid of. 

There is more than one Speaker of House in Australia's Federal Parliament Senate Chamber, and one is of Aboriginal heritage. I've not heard it mentioned, but it is rather obvious.

I checked with a friend who worked at Optus and apparently this Telstra phone building is still in use for the purpose. Note the blue sign at the doorway. There is a world wide site of corporate logos, with several listed for our Telecom and Telstra, but this is not one of them. Quite curious.

By the look of it, the train driver's window has been stoned. That would be so traumatising for the driver. I expect the window replacement cost would be in four figures. 

Let's get a bit lighter. I love this sign to guide people who have gone to the wrong place to be photographed on the famous London zebra crossing. 

I hate that tram windows are covered with advertising, making it difficult to see outside.

When the tram doors slid open, I initially misread the sign. What??? I don't want a million but just a few would be nice.

It is 9.40 pm, one hour and twenty minutes before my bedtime. Yes, in the late evening I keep an eye on the clock.