slow, bland, flat first light...

slow bland
flat first light but
spring's dawn chorus
still breaks into
sharp full voice #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 12, 2020

solar success...

Solar meets 100 per cent of South Australia demand for first time yesterday...What amazing news in these 'slowly-becoming-more-climate-conscious' times...Do it again...do it again...do it again...Be a leader...a role model... https://t.co/d58SpYBrki pic.twitter.com/rj09jEAhdY

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 12, 2020

CFA volunteer on a stamp...

CFA(Country Fire Authority) volunteer, Colin Hooke, appears on a $1.10 stamp...Originally his portrait appeared on a water tank in the Winton Wetlands in north-eastern Victoria. Australian artist Guido van Helten completed the water tank art in 2016.https://t.co/vc0Bm2U6pr pic.twitter.com/XwUrrH2FN7

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 12, 2020

inventive Bendigo couple...

*ALERT... Good news story...
Bendigo couple, homeless on temporary stay visas, give back, amid pandemic hardship, by cooking for the welcoming community of Bendigo in Victoria... https://t.co/qSgE27KaTW

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 12, 2020

lockdown in perspective...

If anything puts the discomfort of Melbourne's lockdown into perspective, this graph from Holland does. Yes. We are so close. But don't give up yet. Don't discard the safety guidelines in frustration. We can't lose all this hard work now. Keep walking...keep walking...Be safe... https://t.co/yyhcSfM6QQ

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 12, 2020

in praise of caravans?...

Is this what will happen in the lockdown state of Victoria...when restrictions ease?... Will we run not to fancy resorts, but rather to the nomadic home on wheels, the caravan... A desperate urge to be as close to nature as fast as possible? Sign of valuing the environment more? https://t.co/VwBMPpJGUs

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 11, 2020

some are out of remote learning tomorrow...

Just take it slowly... Be kind to yourself... Not too many 'must do's'... Be proud of just being there... (I have been remote teaching since end of March and still home...One day...)
Thinking of you...🙏

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 11, 2020

funny footnote...

Footnotes are such dreary necessities. Good to see that someone dares to break ranks and simultaneously respects what should be recorded...I have never laughed at a footnote... So this is a first...🤣😀😂 https://t.co/b0YFbHMRgd pic.twitter.com/1JJLxCCxzW

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 11, 2020

I won't snap...

PASSING THOUGHT: So sad that so many Melburnians have 'snapped' (or 'snapping'). I don't want to get to that point. I won't. Positive platitudes don't work. They're irritating. Don't plan the day too tightly. Doomed to fail. Just drift + be open to varied new interests. It works.

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 11, 2020

dream spaces...

Mountains, libraries, even sitting in the shade of a tree is still in a dream space for me...Warmth of spring is slow...sometimes appears briefly, sometimes retreats for lengths of time...But I value the dream...Dreaming of sacred spaces instils more value + respect for them... https://t.co/FPIbHdkmpz

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 11, 2020