house martin...

Rarely is a bird in flight captured with wings down like this...In fact, I don't think I have ever seen a close-up of a bird like this in flight... Stunning... https://t.co/IqIoGeaNTH

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 16, 2020

roofline by night...

View of a neighbour's roofline by night...Somehow the tree looks a bit like a stick moth... pic.twitter.com/6WzGgdtZ51

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 16, 2020

winter silhouettes...

winter silhouettes... pic.twitter.com/Z3MUho3rcZ

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 16, 2020

- a little rosella enjoying a walk in winter twig land in my back garden...

nature's winter bling...

Nature's bling on my wintering liquidamber... pic.twitter.com/wW4DgAwaaM

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 16, 2020

nearby dreaming space...

I simply MUST work at home near a big window looking out...It is essential to have a nearby dreaming space...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 16, 2020

Orient Express...

Watching SBS 'Inside the Orient Express'...Fascinating...30 locomotives involved...
Googled revival...One from London to Venice + the other from Zurich to Istanbul...
A REVIVED ORIENT EXPRESS WILL ROLL EAST IN MAY https://t.co/wW4fXLPBNl

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 16, 2020

Introduced in 1883 as 'Express d'Orient'.running twice a week.
1891 - renamed Orient Express.

In the 1930s, the Orient Express itself ran three times a week
from Paris Gare de l'Est - Munich - Vienna - Budapest - Belgrade - Istanbul.

More history details (including associated trains) HERE

James Sherwood: Shipping executive who revived the Orient Express https://t.co/2MGb1Pa3ME

— Bruce (@ILoveEccentrics) July 16, 2020

Your chance to win a trip on the @orientexpress with @omaze - your chance to give back to communities and win something too! https://t.co/yFNIjBZUJL

— JourneyHero Travel (@JourneyHeroApp) July 10, 2020

Lake Benalla sunset...

The clouds in these scenes seem to will themselves in close contact with the earth below...Magical colours... https://t.co/opTfoAbiiw

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 16, 2020

flag on a castle...

And thereby could begin a wonderful, everlasting story...perhaps 'Wind in the Willows' style... New episode on each walk?

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 16, 2020

Greater Glider...

Instantly I thought of mini fluffy koalas...Those 'ears' are awesome...But koalas can't glide...well...not intentionally or gracefully... https://t.co/D65VnxmNEN

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 16, 2020

my working day...

Currently spending one-third of my working day thinking of positive tweets to post, two-thirds panicking about all the remote learning programming to be done (and some is done) and one-third trying to get away from (but usu. fail) the latest covid-19 tweet.

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 16, 2020

Day 4 prep for remote learning...

Day 4 preparing remote learning - Not so headachy. Terms 3 + 4 English programmes and assessments completed +approved. History to complete by end tomorrow. Lined up essential learning with 4 synchronous + 1 asynchronous learning days each week. Feeling slightly more in control. pic.twitter.com/y4ZFfNwusG

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 16, 2020

Meanwhile, somewhere I have to do professional development hours by the end of September 2020 to complete/satisfy my annual teacher registration. No whole day conferences to attend. No school PD's to help.
All PD has to be driven by an individual online search for possibilities.
20 hours of PD are needed. I have recorded 10 so far.

Planning for remote learning in the spike of a pandemic onsite at work has been such an exhausting intensity. One which is hard to describe. Lots of tears around the place today, stress levels high. Teachers are amazing . Victoria

— Rob Cairns (@robbiepoet) July 16, 2020

Rob teaches on the Bellarine Peninsula
- on the other side of Port Phillip Bay from my Mornington Peninsula