lockdown morning...

PASSING THOUGHT: So far, on this misty, rainy morning I've heard no traffic on the not-so-far-away Mornington Peninsula freeway...I've seen a pair of ducks wander across my driveway, an energetic fox charge along the road+2 crows happily hanging together on a TV aerial...BLISS...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 17, 2021

3 weeks of 30°C near Arctic Circle...

Some more insanity for these unsettled times... https://t.co/wotJYX3bLi

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 17, 2021

once there was a pandemic...

ONCE THERE WAS A PANDEMIC.
All photographs taken on the Mornington Peninsula. #CovidVic #covid #coronavirus #COVIDVaccination pic.twitter.com/DNkbzOH9TR

— Melbourne Snaps (@Melsnaps) July 17, 2021

retirement options...

PASSING THOUGHT: My daughter's a gem...Rang me from NSW offering options A, B+C for my lifestyle change, my move from Victoria to her Riverina area. I've requested a .6 teaching load @ my school next year. Now I'm less worried re lockdowns/challenges upsetting retirement plans...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 17, 2021

NOTE: The .6 teaching loading for 2022 is last resort option only...My backstop... 

empty CBD but busy outback...

Melbourne CBD streets may look rather empty, but that is not the case in northern Western Australia - the Kimberley...
Some are saying traffic is similar on the South Australia to Queensland Birdsville Track and in Cape York, far north Queensland... https://t.co/TO52IG6JPN

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 17, 2021

a new chapter...

I really feel that my soul is screaming out to me...'Move on...Keep your eye on the goal...A different space in a different world with a different lifestyle will refresh you...Let you breathe...Believe...It will happen...Keep walking'... https://t.co/6enjAMMT6e

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 16, 2021

grey dawn and hail looming...

grey dawn and
hail looming
uncertainty
rides blindly
on wild winds #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 16, 2021

chocolate for lockdowns...

PASSING THOUGHT: There's one good thing about lockdowns. I've a good reason to 'up' my chocolate stash for sanity. The best medicine. Don't argue the regular healthy diet rules. Chocolate's the diet for lockdowns.
+ World Chocolate Day 2021=July 7.
I'm still celebrating... pic.twitter.com/a9EMU1DMuB

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 16, 2021

kudos to contact tracers...

KUDOS🙏 to Covid tracers...Just noted that the last entries in the case alert listing on the Vic govt website were recorded @ 1:20am this morning - 6 alerts. Before that, @ 11:25am last night, 3 cases recorded. Your ongoing commitment to serving the community is appreciated. pic.twitter.com/H74W6mroN6

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 16, 2021

different strokes...

different strokes
some exercise
alert minds
some wisely tune
heartbeats #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 15, 2021