hen clucky about...puppies?...

Chook hatching... puppies? in the Midlands, Tasmania.
Clucky mum laid her egg in the back of the dog's kennel, but Inky the kelpie (and mum to be) ate it. When her puppies came along, the hen got right to work nesting on them! She's since been named Nanny.https://t.co/RNW3siy7mU pic.twitter.com/JwkMef9E2x

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 31, 2021

medieval hygiene...

I thought that I had an idea of medieval hygiene...but I certainly was not aware of the reasons for so many attitudes and practices...
That marvelous 4 poster canopy bed was to catch roof droppings...
Castle moats served as 2 defences - one being the smell from a sewage outlet... https://t.co/EQ7TeBhVDd pic.twitter.com/bRN13VpJTu

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 30, 2021

covid-19 vaccinations at chemist?...

Perhaps chemist vaccinations sound like a great idea - reach as many as possible in shortest time BUT
1. Appointments or walk-in + walk-out?
2. Chemists liable for patient reactions?
3. Strictly for local areas?
4. Record? Forwarded to own GP?
5. Restrictions? Elderly to GP only? https://t.co/XTydzEQ2ac

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 30, 2021

emotive street photography...

So love this emotive street photography by Pepijn Thijsse.
Pepijn was born in the Netherlands, but raised in Australia + now lives in Brisbane.
This street scene - ''Hot and Cold' - was captured in a tiny hamlet in Germany. https://t.co/Q6L7TR7J0B

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 30, 2021

cross-stitch as public street art...

Raquel Rodrigo's cross-stitch, public art is incredibly beautiful...Her work, using thick rope-like strings, adorns Valencia streets in Spain...
More: https://t.co/aYOCXqcuRv
Ana Martins creates cross-stitch art on Portugal's streets...She uses wool...https://t.co/juMN4FhAMD https://t.co/lJ6XxgPPPJ

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 30, 2021

pink nudibranch...

Such exquisite beauty in the waters of Port Phillip Bay...
Sea slugs really need a more creative, artistic name tag...
They are skilful+can turn compounds from food sources into chemical defences, so they don’t need a shell when they are adults.https://t.co/PfMwIoFB10 https://t.co/5asQS8aHWd

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 30, 2021

poetry creeping...

Can you think of a poem that creeps into your mind on a regular basis, one that you love and won't leave you?

— 💥Dr💥 Julia Baird (@bairdjulia) January 29, 2021

Oh and ‘The Owl and The Pussycat’ Edward Lear....and that runcible spoon!

— Catherine Andrews (@CathLAndrews) January 29, 2021

John Shaw Neilson 'The Orange Tree'.

— Frank Bongiorno (@fbongiornoanu) January 29, 2021

In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.

— Matt Devine (@matt_devine_) January 29, 2021

Kubla Khan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

— allyann (@me_allyann) January 29, 2021

baling twine...

Creative recycling...
Murray Blyth of Geraldton, WA, and his wife Glenda ask local farmers for their old baling twine. Murray then weaves hats, bags + bowls + more.
A hat takes him about 12 hours, using 12 metres of seven-strand plait per hat!https://t.co/jqcaGklWzL pic.twitter.com/rpiGxgBWpQ

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 29, 2021

morning palette...

morning palette of
perplexed clouds
so many moods
so many feelings
so many choices #tanka pic.twitter.com/Aug4OpGZWL

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 29, 2021

a caterpillar and a bath...

And today's weird spot celebrates a Colin the Caterpillar cake and a bath...
Now that's unique way to tantalise all the senses...
Quote Tweet https://t.co/UhBGJ3uW4u

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 29, 2021