limbo land...

PASSING THOUGHT: It's 6:17am+still so very dark outside...My school's shut down online connections (building construction demands) till 11am...My furball's complaining loudly-she needs a 'top-up' of food (1st round of breakfast=not enough)...I'm idly scrolling Twitter...Limbo..🙄

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 6, 2021

I'm waiting for the supermarket to open at 7:00am...Then I will move to beat any possible crowds...I know many Melburnians rushed to my peninsula world when a week's lockdown was announced last Thursday...I don't want to risk that some may be early risers...Never has it been more true that 'less is more'...meaning more safe... 

Hiroshima moves on?...

A confronting, 2013 article by @ccohanlon. Read it slowly; let the words sink deep.
'There are the yellow tags that indicate the gnarled, stunted trees, mostly Australian eucalypts and wattles, that still survive the blast, 58 years on, within a kilometer of the hypocenter.' https://t.co/cxseipaDo6

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 6, 2021

A wealth of informative images are beautifully presented in this article via a skilled wordsmith. The horror of  'that day' lingers on...

I wonder about the mention of those 2 Australian trees - staunch survivors...Why? Why those trees?

'flash mobbing' the countryside...

This gate art puts a whole new spin on the concept of wood carving...
Beyond the chainsaw, love the shading achieved with the controlled flame...
A gate with personality... 'flash mobbing' the countryside...
Simply superb... https://t.co/SPpcJA08Mf

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 6, 2021

first day of lockdown...again...

PASSING THOUGHT: After my rugged reaction to Victoria's lockdown news yesterday, followed by a scramble to change lesson plans+a sound night's sleep, I faced the remote learning challenge of a 6 period day- Google Meets+lots of emails...
And it was OK...I'm OK... pic.twitter.com/YyKbx4Igz5

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 6, 2021

All the background organisation for a 'snap' 6 period day - including changed lesson plans, ensuring the Google Calendar had the correct Google Meet scheduled + a flurry of emails to students reminding them to check lesson details on SEQTA- tends to be rather intimidating...not to mention quite exhausting...Always double-check for errors...

But it all worked out and flowed smoothly...Well, almost...One student decided to close a Google Meet a somewhat earlier than I intended...Just a little detective work and I found the culprit...There has to be one...

the crunch of lockdown...

PASSING THOUGHT: This morning, as I drove to work in the flimsy light of dawn, so many ideas (for some Twitter posts tonight,) tumbled through my mind...Instead, the ideas seemed to shrink, forgotten, when news of Victoria in 7day lockdown from 8pm...Tears are still lingering...

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

The 4:15pm announcement shocked me, even though a message (about 1pm) was transmitted to principals to tell students to take home essential materials...I thought of lockdown, but likely to be after Friday ready for the weekend...I was so wrong... 

And you know where half of Melbourne went? Mornington peninsula. On my way home from work it’s 730 and it’s like Christmas on the peninsula link cars everywhere

— LeeLee 🇦🇺 (@leedev63) August 5, 2021

bird skills...

A bird doing a Samson...(rocking 2 pillars)...
A bird doing the splits...
Bird yoga?...
Whatever it looks like, I want to know...
WHY?????... https://t.co/Ay7Sffbf0a

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 4, 2021

Perhaps a bird ballet? Perhaps a new wave form of meditation...

lava and ice...

The bubbly texture of the lava reminds me of a particular dessert I had as a child...it was very light and often pink... But I can't remember the name of it...

This incredible image of explosive lava on ice + people confirms that Nature is a mighty force and humanity is really very small... https://t.co/ztp7QojuWR

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 4, 2021

aftermath of yesterday...

PASSING THOUGHT: Yesterday was one of those days that simply can't be explained...

Part of the 'oddities' involved Google...

Suddenly, this blog was 'closed' and my tweets on Twitter had no impressions...

Usually, I get a few views almost immediately when I post on Twitter...

Twitter + my blog connected? I wasn't sure...

Found a message from Google telling me I could contest the decision that my blog contravened their conditions...(How and what conditions exactly wasn't explained...)

Of course, I asked them to review...

Today, my blog appears again + found a message that my blog was 'reinstated'...

Who knows...

And, my tweets are getting their regular attention again today...

Another of life's little mysteries...

PASSING THOUGHT: My tweets seem invisible tonight? Usually, by now, I have at least scored a number of impressions per tweet...But none? Very strange...
It's been a strange day 'all round'...
I guess this is a fitting conclusion...
I'll close down and check back again tomorrow...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 3, 2021

Well - clearly this tweet worked, (thanks Bronya) but the 2 previous tweets didn't?

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 3, 2021

(And this tweet did not scramble in to my blog before the shut down... The last 2 tweets recorded here yesterday managed to get to my blog, and then couldn't post or view my blog... Ho hum...

frost flowers...

Adore the term 'frost flowers'...
These look like sea anemones...
Apparently, frost flowers can also be created when ice, in thin layers, is pushed out from the stems of plants (or wood) creating patterns which curl+fold into gorgeous frozen petioles... https://t.co/pxqmP3IMGd https://t.co/0acfGW3x8h

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 3, 2021

watching the Cameron Daddo story...again...

Watching the Cameron Daddo story on SBS...again...(First watched it on 2nd June, 2020)...Still love it...https://t.co/hWGhF5Ul6n
Still think Cameron looks so much like New Zealand's Sam Neill...
Both great personalities... pic.twitter.com/yPZBwN4nOw

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 3, 2021