With River and others, here is my Sunday Selections using random photos.
Later edit: I don't believe what you can read at our public broadcaster is geoblocked, so if you are interested in Australian news, abc.net.au
It is underground and I don't notice the train travelling past my building, but this on the first day of opening of Melbourne's new Metro Tunnel pleases me. Next stop, Anzac Station. I am so wowed by the new Metro train line, even if I can't see the train as it travels past my place beneath the roadway.
An attractive old Melbourne scene, but to me it is immediately obvious that it is fake. AI, if you like, and not a good effort.
Who had lovely blue hydrangeas? I can't remember.
Jass, your 'butter won't melt in my mouth' vulnerable appearance does not deceive me.
Phyllis bought Kosov a 3kg bucket of Nutella in October. In spite of my entries to avoid eating the brown stinky muck, he has, and there are only scrapings in the bucket now.
A few days after Jass arrived, she hid under my bedding. Two days ago, again I saw a lump in my bed. She was only there for an hour.
Oh yes. The elephant in the room. Our terrible bushfires. Fire Fighting nephew's mother in law's home and apple orchard is under threat as I type. She and the rest of the town's residents have been evacuated to nearby safe places. Marysville where I with Phyllis and Kosov recently spent a couple of days has been evacuated too. As an Anon commented yesterday, the Friday night sunset was amazing, and full of fire threat.
This Saturday afternoon, outside you could inhale the equivalent bushfire smoke of a full packet of Benson and Hedges.
It is disturbing to read how Australia's gun lobby is planning to fight back against more restrictive gun control after the terrible Bondi massacre.
I don't have a credit for this wonderful photo of a tram at its Elizabeth Street terminus, with Melbourne Flinders Street station clock tower dominating the photo.
I can't remember where but after sorting things post Ray's death, I came across this old $10 note. It doesn't even look green.
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The bushfire photo is beautiful, although it's a real tragedy, but your kitty is so cute, he looks so cozy, let her sleep with you, you will sleep much better !
ReplyDeleteJass is a very pretty cat, and it seems she knows it and trades on it.
DeleteBushfires are terrifying. We once were driven, at speed, down a route near Cape Town where the fires were burning on both sides of the road. It was the most frightening experience of my life.
ReplyDeleteA 3kg tub of Nutella!! Murder by stodge!
JayCee, that sounds so OMG. But in SA, things are different.
DeleteThat bushfire photo is so eerie. Fire scares me. Just curious, though. How do you know the St Kilda picture is AI.
ReplyDeleteDebby, just by local knowledge. I know my city, and nothing in the photo makes sense.
Delete4 parallel tram lines in one street? I don't think so.
ReplyDeleteMe neither.
DeleteAh, so THAT's the giveaway!
DeleteAs always I am enthralled with your transportation system. Blue hydrangeas are one of my favorite things in the whole world. I feel terrible with the fires and destruction you are having right now. MAGAts make up their own things to be upset about, doesn't matter that it doesn't make sense to us sane folks.
ReplyDeleteLeast of all Deb, blaming Canada for fire smoke.
DeleteI object to your words "brown stinky muck" I like Nutella though I don't buy it often and certainly would never buy 3kg at once, that's a catering size bucket.
ReplyDeleteAustralia has a gun lobby?? and why aren't they thinking more responsibly??
That $10 is quite pretty to look at, what year is it from?
River, I've no idea what year it was from. I researched another note I found, and it was an early 1990s $5 note.
DeleteThe gun lobby in Australia is very influential and I would suggest it was successful in Victoria for not having deer declared a pest species, even though deer are a pest. The gun lobby wants no gun restrictions of any kind.
Also $10 notes aren't green, they are blue, even the original paper note wasn't green it was a blue/aqua colour. The original paper $2 was green. None have/had that sailing ship.
ReplyDeleteRiver, I had forgotten about the $2 note. Yes, it was very green.
DeleteI'd think there'd be some cars in the road by 1926, but that doesn't necessarily mean AI. The picture could just be dated wrong. There must be some other reason you think it's AI that I'm just missing.
ReplyDeleteKirk, I could go through the details, but essentially by local knowledge, I know no such place exists.
DeleteLove your balcony view. Also the old vintage photo of Flinders station on Elizabeth St. I am growing fond of our city history
ReplyDeleteRoentare, so you thought it was Elizabeth Street without checking. It is clearly not.
DeleteGuns kill wildlife, rabbits, roos, you name it any living thing, but people, fire a shot and it won't kill them.
ReplyDeleteThat's a bit cryptic, but guns in rural fire areas are now killing sheep and cattle, after them being horribly burnt by fires but still alive.
DeleteGood selection, Andrew. I have never eaten Nutella and don't know of anyone amongst family and friends past and present who did/have/are, amazing that!
ReplyDeleteMargaret, Kosov generally doesn't like anything sweet, but I think it must be quite sweet.
DeleteA new metro system is exciting. On the other hand the bush fires are terrifying for all those concerned. The impact of them is much greater than the loss of a home. I hope the gun lobby in Australia has little following and nothing like the one in the US.
ReplyDeleteFun60, while our gun lobby does have influence with conservative politicians, it isn't very powerful, and nothing like the US gun lobby. There are rumours of looters at fire sites, but they will probably be shot on sight. I am exaggerating but there is no tolerance of fire looters. They are scum.
DeleteI cannot imagine how awful it must be to have to evacuate one's home. It's terrifying.
ReplyDeleteThe magic power of reading,
ReplyDeleteA tour of your world, Andrew.
ReplyDeleteI was going to ask what gave away the picture as AI, but I see others already have. It looks pretty real to me but of course I don't know Melbourne at all! The Flinders Street Station in the old photo doesn't look like the one in your current photo, so maybe that's part of the problem? Or was the building modified?
ReplyDeleteI have caught up on the fire news and read more about it this morning. Horrible.