gentle rain...

gentle rain
in the dark cold
dampens
the urge
to escape #tanka pic.twitter.com/BuzEQCMSYM

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 31, 2021

Hemingway documentary...

Hemingway-SBS documentary now. EH settles in Key West, Florida with wealthy Pauline Pfeiffer+writes short stories+novels. Explores Gulf Stream marlin fishing+hunting in Africa+non-fiction. The fight against Fascism+Spanish Civil War inspire him.
Love the colours of this man. pic.twitter.com/SIJeo7ictI

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 31, 2021

hubris...

HUBRIS - my word of the week.
1. Introduced 'hubris' to my Year 10 English students - beginning study of the play 'Frankenstein'...
2. Yesterday SMH referred to NSW premier's hubris...
3. Now 'hubris' connected with Europe and climate change.
Yes teenagers, it's a current word... https://t.co/IOy2yBc6WM pic.twitter.com/G9V00ONis7

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 31, 2021

"HUBRIS has been one of the defining features of Australia’s response to the pandemic, time and again over-estimating our capabilities and under-estimating the level of risk posed by the virus." https://t.co/zos4xOriJb

— Max Uechtritz (@plesbilongmi) July 29, 2021

There she goes again: “other states have been in & out of lockdown”. Somehow NSW is better at the moment because despite the scale of this lockdown- 222 people in hospital, 200+cases daily, this will be our * only one. 🤷‍♀️#Hubris

— Cheryl Kernot (@cheryl_kernot) August 1, 2021

shadow art...

I'm rather partial to shadow art...
These shadow shapes were on my lounge room floor this morning... pic.twitter.com/ep0h5JWyBE

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 31, 2021

by the sea with a friend...

Some Dromana people chose to simply soak up a warm winter morning by the sea with a friend... pic.twitter.com/2QaYVBpBJX

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 31, 2021

winter seas dancing...

Winter seas dancing toward Dromana beach this morning... There was little to no winds round the beach...yet still the seas danced... pic.twitter.com/8CP3OqMd00

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 31, 2021

winter flowers...

MELBOURNE...You are so beautiful today...
Warm winter sunshine and winter flowers smiling from St Marks' church garden in Dromana... pic.twitter.com/rl5MjFRFwI

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 31, 2021

More winter flowers in St Marks' church garden, Dromana... pic.twitter.com/C0sDlz7XaH

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 31, 2021

monkeys in City Park...

Adored watching the antics of these monkeys in Launceston's City Park when I lived in northern Tasmania...
Today, 20 macaques are there...
City Park has a long history of animals - since late 19th century... https://t.co/AwqJvomJTY pic.twitter.com/GV9G1qdEga

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 30, 2021

memories of 'Ryan's Daughter'...

I was obsessed with 'Ryan's Daughter' (1970) starring Robert Mitchum + Sarah Miles. (My romantic phase.)
Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, (Irish insurrection against the British), a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer. pic.twitter.com/Mtbdeje0ii

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 30, 2021

white gold...

WHITE GOLD... and it's camel milk...
South Australia's only camel dairy that began with a herd of wild camels...
Camel milk retails for about $20 a litre, and is known for its hypoallergenic properties... https://t.co/Oy75c0eUPm pic.twitter.com/mYlQkF2blY

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 30, 2021

in pre-dawn darkness...

in pre-dawn darkness
I feel a precious voice
from yesterdays #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 30, 2021

colour blind...

Colour blind...in the very best, most beautiful way...
The photo was a prologue to 27 May 1967, when Australians voted to change the Constitution so that like all other Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, would be counted as part of the population. https://t.co/lroKZD8Fe0

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 30, 2021