Mornington Peninsula 2020 + Beyond - Daily Life of a Paralian

Monday, 19 October 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

Uluru has RAIN...

Uluru has RAIN! More rainfall in the last 24 hours than over a total of seven months!
Bernadette Fedec: 'That would mean the creek by the sacred birthing place would be full! How spiritual it would be. Uluru is being cleansed.'https://t.co/Z6sOBtEUun pic.twitter.com/EFaoYujvJE
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 19, 2020

open lockdown window...

An open lockdown window... I've checked the official map... I have never seen a 25km radius look so good. The world is at my feet, and it's time to start driving and walking this weekend. (5km radius was unbelievably limited...unless one enjoyed walking in the sea...) pic.twitter.com/cTwwqymGIX
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 19, 2020

I can't believe how excited I am... So tempted to get out this afternoon - after work... But no...I'll keep the reward for the weekend...an early start... Now all I have to do is ensure my panic attacks don't start...They've been a challenge even while grocery shopping...
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 19, 2020

humanising nature legally...

So often, in our writing, we personify the sea, trees, in fact, so much of Mother Nature's offspring...To give legal recognition to the 'feelings' of these precious beings can only be a step toward respecting them more... True? https://t.co/CAI7XqCy6u pic.twitter.com/KpwbmqSS1u
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 19, 2020

political fluff...

political fluff
can never
hold fast to
a seedy face
when a wind blows #tanka
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 19, 2020

the soul becomes dyed...

And the dye is not permanent...It may shift in colour,
tone and texture from time to time...But there are those who try so hard to maintain a basic colour, tone and texture that feels right for them... https://t.co/L45uAVm7rd
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 19, 2020

the hope of new little birds...

Chaplain's news in school newsletter - 'Last week, my husband was cutting some of our hedges with an electric hedge trimmer. As he was just about to shave down the side of one of the bushes, he noticed a tiny little nest with three birds; so new they were virtually translucent.' pic.twitter.com/Wl9VyzEXg8
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 19, 2020

'Each day, we have gone out to check on them, praying that the cat next door would not discover them as we had! We were astounded at how quickly they grew feathers and matured.' pic.twitter.com/GAzO6gC4AO
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 19, 2020

Yesterday, as I was about to leave home, one was standing at the edge of the nest, the other two safely tucked up against each other. Yet, by the end of the day when I checked on them again, there was nothing but an empty nest.
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 19, 2020

Our little birds had left and were out in the world. Sometimes, I find hope in these symbols of nature... The striking array of plants and flowers in a triumph of colour reminds me, as did our little interaction with those birds, of the hope in the cycles of the seasons.
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 19, 2020

Sunday, 18 October 2020

in praise of pandemic creativity...

Loving the incredible emergence of pandemic creativity. There's been the GIANT 4m tall laughing kookaburra in Brisbane, intent on traveling to Townsville. And now the mini restaurant experience for a chipmunk in Atlanta. There should be some museum for 2020 creativity. https://t.co/cu59Wldruu pic.twitter.com/lgRvfBw1Mm
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 18, 2020

Giant kookaburra that's gone around the world can't leave its own driveway https://t.co/ROwIcadLpS
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 18, 2020

magic on the wing...

A little magic to close a weekend of hope (esp for Melburnians)...when shadow and light complement each other... https://t.co/PyVVHDDnvB
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 18, 2020

get a grip? maybe...

NOTE TO SELF: Get a grip...Don't explode about no encouragement/praise from the Aussie PM to Vic's premier +/or Victorians. Especially don't explode about Greg Hunt, who happens to be Victorian + comes from my Mornington Peninsula who also refrains from said encouragement/praise.
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 18, 2020

So tempted to say/explode more...so tempted...

It's Greg Hunt who really disappoints...Started out so popular on the Mornington Peninsula...We, on the Mornington Peninsula, thought he was different...He's been in the House of Reps since 2001, representing Flinders here...We thought he sensed the people...

But the political party juggernaut has reeled him in...He's another party puppet keen on staying a party puppet in the current federal liberal government...

The signs were there in 2014, when he was Environment Minister...He toted Adani coal mines as not a threat to the Barrier Reef...We murmured and mumbled, with a few outbursts of money v. environment, but the incident seemed to fade away...And now he is Health Minister...But Greg is trained in Law...His only credentials for the health portfolio - his mother was a nurse and his wife is a nurse...Hmmmm...