spherical boulders...

The height and diameter (about 2m) of the sphere is extraordinary...Apparently, such boulders are also in Russia, Costa Rica and even in Bosnia. https://t.co/tEZDk8J56C

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 13, 2020

snow chaos in N.S.W....

It seems that chaos is extensive. Kosciuszko Road: Multiple car accidents + fallen trees due to heavy snowfall. Guthega Road: Multiple car accidents + fallen trees due to heavy snowfall. Alpine Way: Multiple car accidents + fallen trees due to heavy snowfall. All 3 roads closed. https://t.co/ropjBJF3Ur

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 13, 2020

pleasure in the pathless woods...

From these our interviews, in which I steal
From all I may be, or have been before,
To mingle with the Universe, and feel
What I can ne’er express, yet cannot all conceal.”

(Continuing Lord Byron's quote below from 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' https://t.co/FiCN2ao0BF pic.twitter.com/CyZxXs6SUA

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 13, 2020

combatting covid reactions...

My local IGA has multiple blocks of Cadbury's Rum and Raisin chocolate...Clearly, I'm not the only one who includes at least 3 blocks of this on my weekly shopping list...Apart from chocolate...I've read 10 books in the last 4 weeks...trying to vary the genres...+writing+Tweeting

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 13, 2020

an illusion or two...

An illusion or two is happening here...

These tawny frogmouths were blending in at Glengarry in northern Tasmania.

Image: Angela Roachhttps://t.co/RMQW3xVBju pic.twitter.com/iyyzOJcbuf

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 13, 2020

passionfruit vine and exotic flower...

This is the most extraordinary passionfruit vine I have ever seen... Such an exotic flower...It's called 'sweet Lilikoi passiflora alata'. It creates an ornamental climbing vine and produces deliciously sweet fruit.

Image: by via Gardening Australia https://t.co/4JvrbbEk3Y pic.twitter.com/R7KH7dCc2O

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 13, 2020

emu problem...

I think I've lost it... Seeking news as a distraction, and found this 'emu problem'... The result... I actually laughed... Perhaps I shouldn't laugh...I guess for the townsfolk it really is an issue... https://t.co/EMKMjXRxcB pic.twitter.com/FhciEu2TBh

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 13, 2020

So, it seems that in a sense, the emus are holding this town hostage?

elusive poetry...

Any sense of poetry seems elusive tonight... Battling a few rounds of dark fears... In defense, trying to dive into and get absorbed in some interesting news... pic.twitter.com/eVIVSvHx39

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 13, 2020

living wall...

A living wall, in the midst of all the current gloom, is still travelling on...Begun in 2007, when leaders from 11 African countries (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Senegal) signed on...The wall's over 15% complete... https://t.co/lrT9WB02tL

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 13, 2020

fear...

'It is said that before entering the sea
A river trembles with fear...

The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear...'

'Fear' - Kahlil Gibran (late 1800's to early 1900's) pic.twitter.com/U8FmYPOX7f

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 13, 2020

intensive planning...

Remote Learning - Day 1...Completed intensive planning with my partner for Year 10 English... Doing a speaking and listening task for comparing texts...Google Meet...5 students at a time...Students answer 1 of 5 prepared questions...Instant marking...Feeling far less stressed... pic.twitter.com/qJZlnYzrWF

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 13, 2020

remote learning...chapel benediction...

Remote learning - Term 3 - Day one... Just attended the online chapel service at my school... It concluded with the most beautiful Gaelic benediction... (And this benediction was sung)
Loved the first line...
'Deep peace of the running wave to you...' pic.twitter.com/wxqIUEvEhU

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 12, 2020