full moon in Libra...

The full moon is in Libra this weekend...
It seems so symbolic for this Libran (me)...
Last weekend in an on old life...
On the threshold of a new one come Tuesday... pic.twitter.com/1DXnKh8Js7

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 15, 2022

evening kookaburra...

I haven't seen kookaburras on my verandah for some time now...Too much building construction next door...
My partner used to love the kookaburras...
But this evening, in fading light, as I stood dreaming on the verandah, one came right next to me...

📷Dromana Hills pic.twitter.com/qlKDhi3AhA

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 15, 2022

picture-perfect Mornington Cemetery...

PASSING THOUGHT: Mornington Cemetery looked picture-perfect this morning. Clearly it has been tended with loving care.
It was a strangely magical pleasure to wander there with the birds early in the morning and admire so many autumn flowers... pic.twitter.com/z10Xrc42Mx

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 15, 2022

closing a life chapter...

PASSING THOUGHT: Visited Mornington Cemetery this morning to close a life chapter. We used to go to Balnarring Beach on Good Friday, so I brought the beach to him...3 cuttlefish shells+peace messages...
Not sad. Just relieved that I've cast aside last traces of my bitterness...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 15, 2022

giving fish...

So uplifting to see that unfettered giving in Newfoundland to anyone in need is disconnected from an obligation to receive... https://t.co/BVw3DqXVef

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

Good Friday at Balnarring Beach...

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING - magic Balnarring Beach on the Mornington Peninsula... pic.twitter.com/ibEMYnMv0a

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

A view from Balnarring Beach across to Phillip and French Islands in Westernport Bay... pic.twitter.com/9izCyQozpv

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

Rockpools at low tide attract explorers at Balnarring Beach... pic.twitter.com/wcaGwgPC5B

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

An old boat ramp is slowly engulfed by the sands at Balnarring Beach... pic.twitter.com/5v62F7Nfoa

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

Love all the textures and changing pools at Balnarring Beach... pic.twitter.com/dQP8zeiHfB

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

View of the southern end of Balnarring Beach...There is another beach tucked behind the rocky outcrop on the right...Those rocks have been introduced to minimise erosion and land slip there... pic.twitter.com/5z93aIWV0Q

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

Detail of rocky features in the sands at Balnarring Beach... pic.twitter.com/niFp8dXIzV

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

Love the layers of beach features on this Balnarring Beach scene... pic.twitter.com/s6MaQBcciN

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

People indulging in their own special world at Balnarring Beach... pic.twitter.com/4nJrcNNuih

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

Little family group at Balnarring Beach... pic.twitter.com/o7bSsquv2W

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

A lone feathered character at Balnarring Beach... pic.twitter.com/VHOWpL6G4p

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

Artistic sand patterns at Balnarring Beach... pic.twitter.com/Udqq0sHwav

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

And there's a dog enjoying his world at Balnarring Beach... pic.twitter.com/Mp52O4m00e

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

Lone umbrella at Balnarring Beach... pic.twitter.com/U7NOK0dawP

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

His and hers at Balnarring Beach?.... pic.twitter.com/RgHWTGM8i0

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

Stunning morning sky over Balnarring Beach... pic.twitter.com/FnjF8sEHwH

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

A crow is quite content to enjoy the sands in the rather empty (for now) Balnarring Beach carpark... pic.twitter.com/WDRz3BSzkF

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 2, 2021

online slipper order...

Received confirmation of my order. Delivery will take 7 days, even though my local store is just a few kilometres away. I'm glad the slippers are not super urgent. Only one slipper has air vents. The other one is almost fine. There's time. The joys of adapting to a new life.

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 10, 2020

what is this life...

pic.twitter.com/SkF4lUDSMZ

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 10, 2020

Good Friday - Balnarring Beach last year...

Good Friday morning is usually the day I drive to and walk nearby along Balnarring Beach. It's been a tradition for some years. Last year was the first year I walked alone - without my partner. That was tough...This year, I did not walk the beach at all. Memories of last year... pic.twitter.com/cgYzeSO3To

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 10, 2020

a season or two in one day...

Melbourne tends to have a season or two in one day... Today, Good Friday, has been little different... Here is a grey morning sky on my Mornington Peninsula and a sunny afternoon sky... like the yin and yang of these current times... pic.twitter.com/QyiVg0MAAb

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 10, 2020

a water view...

And here I am, with a water view, in isolation... procrastinating about taking a morning shower, donning sandals and venturing on a precious walk alone...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 10, 2020

a new life...

In our latest digital event, @c_s_wallace and @fbongiornoanu talk about what you can do now to help the historians of the future piece together what it was like to live through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Watch 'This is History' now: https://t.co/jfb52HEjn0#NLADigitalCommunity

— National Library of Australia (@nlagovau) April 10, 2020

Melbourne is now firmly in Stage 4 lockdown+I'm finding I'm leaning to bursts of support for Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews. It's not a political statement. It's a statement of respect for a real leader in tough times. Poetry has dwindled+ I seek the quirky. Snow is appealing.

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 4, 2020

My blog also includes a list of terminology that has emerged and evolved during the pandemic. Some new words. Some new expressions? Old expressions with a new twist? How long will they last? Just become museum curiosities?

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 30, 2020

Welcome to 2020 (and beyond we hope)...the year the world overturned with covid-19.

I am a high school teacher, living on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.

In response to the above video released today, (Good Friday),
I will be recording my daily Twitter posts here and any other postings.
Each can be accessed collectively by label.

This blog is intended to be an insight into my experiences this year
- being wary of infection, but learning to live -
see, think, wonder - differently.

Next Wednesday I begin a life of remote teaching English and History.

One day, history may appreciate the little people...