spring flowers in Wollongong...

Like a mix of 'dollhouse' umbrellas protecting dandelion puffballs...Gorgeous... https://t.co/yOEozyL1Qh

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 17, 2020

the bluff...

There seem to be a few of these around...Those who speak loudest and longest, shout down others, tend to fall into this category... It seems to be all part of ego-tripping...a bluff...the flip side being intense insecurity... https://t.co/tCqZstoGsz

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 17, 2020

electric elevator desks...

Central Social Institution of Prague - largest vertical letter file in the world. Does this arrangement have possible solutions to social distancing in the workplace?... I am surprised that this is a post-Great Depression, pre-World War II concept... https://t.co/7OD5wtMpq4 https://t.co/eIcW6zRwGC

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 17, 2020

10,000 ducks... cruel?

While the view of so many ducks is mesmerising, the reason for this phenomenon in Thailand is a little disturbing...Are these ducks really being raised like battery hens and herded like sheep for a specific purpose only? Benefits in some ways...yes...BUT....Is this cruel? https://t.co/jrmQrfefX2

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 17, 2020

Not only is Angove Winery using ducks to control snails, but the winery is also trialling a group of micro fruit bats that eat pest insects in the vineyard at night. https://t.co/LvE32z9CJz

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 17, 2020

school 'holidays'? ahead...

Yes it's been such a tough one this term...Students exhausted...I'm exhausted... One more day to go for me... Then my holidays look like finishing marking + planning Term 4 incl. maybe exams Term 4... We still don't know... But I'm determined to take some 'me' time somewhere...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 17, 2020

2020 Archibald Packing Room Prize...

The intense, soul-searching gaze of the eyes in this portrait are amazing...The raised right eyebrow...Wow...And the final drama - all inserted in a plain of black canvas...as if emerging from darkness... This is talent... https://t.co/ExjZ6qPZly pic.twitter.com/jqawE4OJCl

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 17, 2020

sleepy soft morning...

sleepy soft morning
gentle pitter and patter
of whimsical rain #haiku

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

church door and trees...

How symbolic... a sacred sanctuary for humanity guarded by and nestled into the sacred soul of trees... https://t.co/rJf0PENHgI

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

some media have alternative purpose...

Final thing I'll say on this because I'm sure you're all sick of me

In 1989 The Sun tabloid failed Liverpool with its reporting on the Hillsborough tragedy

Liverpool didn't put up with it. To this day you can't buy The Sun there

There no reason we shouldn't do the same here

— David Milner (@DaveMilbo) September 16, 2020

I gather a stash of old 'Herald Sun's. Just the right size as a tablecloth for my furball's food. The tablecloth is changed each day. Leftover food dumped on it, tablecloth screwed up + promptly dumped in the bin...Not sure if my furball finds time to read the headlines or not...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

from savage to calm...

My weird and odd and amazing tweet for tonight must be a contribution from Mother Nature. This basalt canyon in Iceland has an incredible story attached...a savage glacial river transformed to a calm and clear blue... https://t.co/zyGE1234Yu https://t.co/GfGVBbZIKq

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020