Sydney Harbour Bridge and Swan Lake...

Great range of Sydney Harbour bridge views...
Especially love👇of Swan Lake dancers in 2015... https://t.co/MwcZ2m8EvY pic.twitter.com/AyOxrFJBoW

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 19, 2022

your birthday slipped by...

your birthday
slipped by
washed
a weighty load
of dark clothes#tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 18, 2022

Betty White's 100th birthday...

What a beautiful way to celebrate Betty White's 100th birthday...
I have never seen Google demonstrate such a thoughtful tribute before...
Love it...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 17, 2022

Beautiful. Ron, Thanks for letting us know. pic.twitter.com/n8r3cU9HkN

— CWP (@chermattson) January 17, 2022

I missed International Coffee Day...

I don't believe that I missed this...
International Coffee Day...
On my birthday...
I should have peddled this one loud and fast...

I'm hooked up
for life to
the coffee drip#haiku
(a shabby one - but it sells the message, I think) pic.twitter.com/DbMq4tgfm1

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

birthday spirit...

a lingering
birthday spirit
gratitude and
tattered longings
embrace #tanka pic.twitter.com/nL2QutF68f

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

my lockdown birthday today...

PASSING THOUGHT; Each year, (my birthday), I promise to vary 'routine'. Can't remember last year's lockdown one. But I'm determined to record today's. Daughter on phone for 1.5 hours+used her ecard gift to buy clothes online this morning. Dinner delivery+wine tonight. All🍷

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) October 1, 2021

#BREAKING: Gladys Berejiklian is resigning as NSW premier and from parliament after the state’s anti-corruption watchdog opened an investigation into her conduct.https://t.co/rvGh27sJiD

— SBS News (@SBSNews) October 1, 2021

So Gold Standard Gladys is finally certified as Fool's Gold...Happy birthday to me...(I think)...Yes...It's my birthday...What a landmark day...Perhaps my NSW children are going to be OK...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) October 1, 2021

Father Bob's 87th birthday...

May your day be showered with good wishes and shine with blessings...
Victorians are so grateful for your leadership...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) September 13, 2021

Freddie Mercury's birthday...

Freddie Mercury rocked my soul...and still does... pic.twitter.com/IL4r7CMQs0

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) September 5, 2021

Freddie Mercury was born in Stone Town, Zanzibar - Tanzania. 

October girl...

Somehow, I think I am tempted to get this mask...https://t.co/KH35TDVoFN pic.twitter.com/3on8Tz1Lmv

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 29, 2021

remembering Ray Bradbury...

Never felt 'connected' to 'science fiction' (sorry H.G.Wells) until I read work by this guy...Why? Bradbury goes beyond science fiction...a kind of teasing, taunting, surrealism...
My lingering favourites ='Dandelion Wine'+'The Day It Rained Forever'+'A Sound of Thunder' ... https://t.co/a1X0jHLLE0

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 23, 2021

some sad sounds of the lockdown universe...

Last year, in the lead up to her birthday my niece apparently asked one of her dolls to come to her party, and then acted out the doll saying "I can't, I have to say home. everyone has to stay home"

— Charlie Lewis (@theshufflediary) July 23, 2021

Akira Ifukube's birthday...

Intrigued by the Google home page image today...I had no idea who Akira Ifukube might be...He was a classical + film music composer best known for his contribution to the Godzilla films and 'A Thousand Paper Cranes' (1953).
It would have been his birthday today. He died in 2006. pic.twitter.com/DXnjVFdXBP

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

remembering Sydney's Palace theatre...

I must celebrate this post. Long ago, I worked casually on the Hoyts theatres' circuit... The Palace was one of the theatres. Loved the personality of the old girl. Most intriguing were the massive wall to wall to ceiling mirrors backstage + the old Tank Stream flowed below. https://t.co/gRjW6oFldu

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 18, 2020

I have featured details of the old Palace on my Gemma's Greyscale Territory blog... 

1. Any information?... - 25th June, 2007

2. Weird tales of the Palace Theatre, Sydney - 25th June, 2007

3. Palace Theatre Shows early 1900's - 25th June, 2007

4. More Questions on the Palace Theatre Sydney - 26th June, 2007

5. The Salt of the Palace  11th April, 2008 - my free verse, capturing legends and spirit of the Palace Theatre

Beethoven's 250th birthday today...

BEETHOVEN'S 250TH BIRTHDAY! b.16th Dec.1770. No composer left a mark on music quite like Ludwig van Beethoven. He took the popular forms of his time — symphony, string quartet, piano sonata, opera — and stretched them to their breaking points.https://t.co/xIfmNXxDdo

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 16, 2020

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)struggled with mental+physical issues. He was abused by his alcoholic father+contemplated suicide due to loss of hearing. Beethoven first noticed hearing difficulties c. 1798, when he was about 26. By the time he was 44 or 45, he was totally deaf. pic.twitter.com/wE4RLJyZLn

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 16, 2020

ODD BEETHOVEN FACTS: Beethoven’s father pulled him out of school when he was 10 years old, hoping his talent would translate into profit. As a teenager, Beethoven supported his family. Beethoven’s handwriting is so bad that musicologists struggle to authenticate his signature. pic.twitter.com/6gDwLPQdHl

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 16, 2020

Could this be true? Beethoven poured icy water over his head to promote creative thinking? pic.twitter.com/f5lS32U9Vb

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 16, 2020

Beethoven, challenged to an improvisation duel, turns his competitor's music upside down and plays? But wait...There's more... pic.twitter.com/VtIJzW5fps

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 16, 2020

Beethoven was devastated by deafness, but he didn't let it beat him. Some of his greatest works were written after he became deaf... pic.twitter.com/4P8K0W3u1s

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 16, 2020

celebration/birthday thoughts...

I've never been comfortable with a celebration of me in the limelight... birthday or any other reason... It doesn't seem right, somehow... Re birthday, I prefer to simply do something different...go somewhere new...maybe experience something new out of my comfort zone...Progress?

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 19, 2020

lockdown inspires birthday creativity...

Lockdown inspires creativity. It was my young teacher friend's birthday yesterday. She celebrated with family + masks and dogs, in a nearby park at 4:30pm, food courtesy of Uber Eats. Melbourne weather was kind. She loved it. pic.twitter.com/dKLsxOR1oF

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 2, 2020

She was lucky to have a park in walking distance...lots of wetlands...and having family not far as well... pic.twitter.com/qQ7yQrCW0V

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 2, 2020

Flowers I sent my friend for her birthday...+ birthday balloon in the video...https://t.co/CUsayFJDbu pic.twitter.com/dgdb5883VY

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 2, 2020

some morning indulgence...

Some morning indulgence...Nothing like some birthday left-overs to humour the spirit...Nothing like having some extra special good friends who tried to make a remote birthday wonderfully different... pic.twitter.com/YnJMR3yiiS

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 1, 2020

sleeping flowers...

closed deep purples
on long spikes of greens
sleeping beauty #haiku pic.twitter.com/7orqHuJsq8

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 1, 2020

October spring morning...

spring morning skies
in October
a fluffy fusion of
drifting
options #tanka pic.twitter.com/Q3VJMF5UJQ

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 1, 2020

tank

my birthday poem...

My birthday poem from 'Poem For Every Day of the Year'...
A poem I know so well...but never has it meant so much as seeing it again today... Yes...my life is a little 'off the beaten track'...and yes, I am now proud of 'being different'... pic.twitter.com/k5ZAnVl4kh

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 30, 2020