Tell us about....Thursdays

Thursday for me is the day 2 of my F1 podcasts drop - Late Braking F1 and Idiots of F1. Formula for Success also dropped this day until Eddie Jordan died. I'd listened to it that day and then 2 hours later the news broke. It hit hard, having watched F1 since the days of Jordan racing. This podcast is well worth listening to even though it's no longer current, for the interviews with past drivers and stories of legendary moments in racing from people who were there.

Thursday is named after the God of Thunder (or Jupiter, depending on your language). The why is less clear, just that the Romans chose to name the days after the 7 deities.

Sue has mentioned the poem - so I'll share the Monkees variation on it.

As a child, our librarian at primary school read us the Noel Streatfield novel Thursday Child. Funnily enough I don't remember anything else about it, except Mrs Corocran announcing it was time for more Thursday's Child. 

Memory is strange. We often don't get concrete details, just vague things that stick and we hold as a memory.

I guess now  The Thursday Murder Club would be the book people think of. Long before that, G.K Chesterton wrote his detective thriller 'The Man who was Thursday - A Nightmare'. However, John Steinbeck wrote Sweet Thursday and that's how I want to view the day. It's the day after Lousy Wednesday (a day that's bad from the start); Sweet Thursday is sunny, clear and a day when anything can happen!

So I'm wishing you a Sweet Thursday. or like Avicii says Thursday's 'Waiting for love'

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Tell us about....Blooming

 When I googled the meaning, the first thing that popped up was "used to express annoyance or for emphasis" which is funny because the first thing that popped into my head was "blooming marvellous" which I thought was from Pygmalion but I can't seem to find the quote. However there are many, many flower shops with that name....

It also, of course means to flower, and for people to flourish, to come into full beauty or health or for fire, colour or light to become radiant or glowing. 

As my body seems to be endlessly creaking along, I don't feel like I'm blooming at all. Working on moving more in the upper body. Working on engaging my intellect a little more. Gotta use it or lose it, as they say.

The flower photos are the new rose in our garden. It was taken in the morning dog walk and again in the afternoon. A lesson in how quickly things can change if in the right place (& if you notice them). The beauty of blooming is not just the end result, it's the transformation and growth and all the imperceptible changes along the way. So if you are not feeling you're flourishing, don't be disheartened. Keep taking more steps to make it so. You can feel blooming marvellous along the way.

At a guess, when I go out for today's dog walk it will be dying. So there's the lesson. Bleak before my second coffee kicks in, but true. All the more reason to follow Luther Burbank's advice “Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.”

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Lizard

 While I was hoping to get some great bird shots in Byron, I didn't. The birds were there but the good photos were not.

Every morning doing yoga I'd eye off the shots but never actually capture them.

However, the lizards were everywhere and more patient with me.

There's a close up from one in a restaurant here.

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Bingo

Met my friends for a sneaky cocktail before Bingo and the bar, Tilly May's had some cute murals and decorations. 

One of my friends and I had our phones next to our bingo cards, refreshing each time a number was called, as if we were checking two types of bingo numbers. No Anthony Green for us, we had our own commentary in between the dancing and frivolity.

I had said to a friend that morning I thought it would take a few days to get the results. How surprised I was! While it wasn't a vote for Labor, it is clear the country voted against a rise in fascism and other behaviours. It made me proud of who we are. The same when the Porter news broke and pretty much everyone, both parties, said 'No, that's too much. You have to go' instead of turning the blind eye as I had expected.

The best comment I saw, and I forget where I read it, was that it showed the Murdoch Media had lost their power and influence. I hope that is true. The time is well past due for that in my opinion.

Now our job is to demand our 'new' leader stand up and be accountable. The first thing I want is (1) truth in Electoral advertising and (2) mandatory opt outs in electoral texts.  

This was a garage I walked past on the way to the pub. Delightful.

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Election - vote 1

The streets around us have been littered with election signs, you can't walk 100 metres without seeing someone's face looking down at you. I was quite surprised when walking to the Sydney Comedy Festival and I saw this election poster. I'd not seen the face before. I looked a little closer and burst out laughing. Well played, Bell Shakespeare!

I have tickets to the show already, but now I'm quite excited. This is one of my favourite Shakespeare plays because it's the first one I saw as a normal play, not knowing the story, not knowing how it would end. Engaged as the events unfolded, on the edge of my seat as I wondered what decisions the characters would make. Would they be won over with reason or would they steam on ahead? 

The tag line 'Rome for Romans!' made me laugh. Very One Nation of him. (Tickets are available here)  

The flowers were my purchase at the polling booth. I also got a spicy chutney, a delicious plum and vanilla cake and of course, a sausage in a roll! Did you get any treats at the polls?

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Winter is coming...

It most definitely feels like it with the constant (and irritating) rain. The dog walks are becoming haphazard runs around the block during  breaks in the weather.

It's could and I've broken out the polar fleece.

Will change the sheets to the flannel ones on the weekend wash.

I even had a nip of Aquavit the other night as a warming treat (doctors orders I'm to behave myself so only one!)

Where are those charming crisp autumn days?

The only upside is my favourite flowers have already hit the $7 pricing.

And the meals are becoming a little more 'comfort food' though as I'm meant to lose weight, that's probably not a good thing!

Are you enjoying this fast slide from summer?

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Full moon, painted by dark cloud

One thing that happened in lockdown, I became mesmerised watching the moon. I'd spend a lot of time looking at it, photographing it, noting it's changing shape or the craters.

 

It appears that hasn't changed. I keep noticing it, if it's visible in the day time and was delighted when there was a dark cloud dusting it. My camera couldn't catch the wispiness of the cloud, but I still like the pics. As the moon changes shape on a cycle, I'm counting it as 'seasonal'.

 

Do you still have habits or behaviours that started in lockdown?

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