Tuesday 31 August 2021
SEAL ROCKS
Monday 30 August 2021
IN ISOLATION
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
Sunday 29 August 2021
COVID CURFEW
Saturday 28 August 2021
SPIDER
Friday 27 August 2021
Thursday 26 August 2021
CAMELLIA
Wednesday 25 August 2021
FROSTY
Tuesday 24 August 2021
BUSKERS
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Travel Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.
Monday 23 August 2021
NATURE
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.
Sunday 22 August 2021
COVID LOCKDOWN
We are on Day 17 of Lockdown N˚ 6 here in Melbourne, and as well as that we have a curfew in place from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. All this to control the spread of the COVID delta strain, which is causing a great deal of grief in Australia currently.
I took the rubbish out tonight and was pleased to see that people were mostly being sensible, with our normally busy road quite deserted as you can see.
This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme
Saturday 21 August 2021
HEMLOCK CUP
Friday 20 August 2021
FIERY SUNRISE
Thursday 19 August 2021
BRUNNERA
Wednesday 18 August 2021
BEE
and also part of the My Corner of the World meme,
Tuesday 17 August 2021
WILSON'S PROMONTORY
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Travel Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.
Monday 16 August 2021
COVID LOCKDOWN No 6
We are now on the eleventh day of Lockdown N˚ 6 in Melbourne, as Australia grapples with the spread of the Delta strain of COVID-19. We are dealing with an aggressive virus which is easily transmitted and affects a wider range of the population (which remains markedly under-vaccinated when compared to other developed nations).
It is unfortunate that we are in this situation yet again, and we can blame a whole host of factors:
- Politicians too busy playing games and jousting for votes so they are not dealing effectively with public health policy, good planning and prompt COVID legislation;
- Incompetent handling of quarantine, contact tracing and stopping of spread of virus;
- Arrant disregard for basic epidemiological theory when allowing super spreader events to occur (e.g. sport spectator attendance in packed stadiums);
- Inadequate vaccine doses and lukewarm vaccination adoption;
- Conflicting messaging from multiple layers of government and public health officials;
- Anti-vaxxers running riot with conspiracy theories and claims contrary to logic and science;
- A population obsessed with quaint, simplistic and selfish ideas of "freedom" and "personal liberties";
- etc,etc,etc...
and also part of the Seasons meme.
Sunday 15 August 2021
Saturday 14 August 2021
SPOTTED DOVE
Since the Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) was introduced into Australia from Asia in the 1860s, they have been very successful, expanding their range greatly to occur right along the east coast, as well as in parts of South Australia and Western Australia.
The Spotted Dove builds its nest from a few fine twigs. It is so frail that the eggs are often visible from below, and they often fall out. Being so precarious, it seems the eggs must seldom hatch successfully and nestlings seldom survive to fledge, but this is not so.
Spotted Doves are mostly light brown above, with darker centres to the feathers of the back and wings. The head is grey, and the neck and underparts are grey-brown, tinged with pink. In flight the white-tipped tail is clearly seen. The distinguishing feature is the large black collar on the base of the hind-neck, which has many white spots. Sexes are similar in plumage. Young Spotted Doves are similar to adults, but have a mostly dark grey collar instead of black and white
This post is part of the Saturday Critters meme
Friday 13 August 2021
Thursday 12 August 2021
NATIVE SARSAPARILLA
Wednesday 11 August 2021
BY THE CREEK
This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the My Corner of the World meme,
and also part of the Nature Notes meme.
Tuesday 10 August 2021
MELBOURNE GPO
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
Monday 9 August 2021
SIGNS OF SPRING
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
Sunday 8 August 2021
ACCIDENT !
I don't know if it's just my impression, but I think now with all the successive lockdowns, I've become aware of more accidents of all kinds occurring. The other night we were disturbed by a bang outside and going out we saw that a car accident had happened up our street. Fortunately, nobody was hurt, but the cars were a bit of a mess.
Lockdown fatigue has been described worldwide as a state of exhaustion caused by the long-term effects of COVID-19 and the changes it has caused to every aspect of your life. It is a state experienced when people have had to come to terms with a virus that has affected their life, including their freedom, and which has continued for months, sometimes with no end in sight until vaccination has become widespread or an effective treatment is in wide use.
If you are feeling demotivated, sluggish or exhausted despite potentially having more downtime due to a disrupted routine, you could well be suffering from lockdown fatigue. If your nerves are on edge, if you feel jittery, if you get into more arguments, behave in uncharacteristic ways, yes, you guessed it, you could have lockdown fatigue. No surprise then of news of more accidents, more affrays, more crimes...
This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme
Saturday 7 August 2021
KOOKABURRAS
Friday 6 August 2021
AT THE NEST
Thursday 5 August 2021
FRENCH LAVENDER
Wednesday 4 August 2021
FERN
and also part of the My Corner of the World meme,
and also part of the Nature Notes meme.
Tuesday 3 August 2021
IN THE LANE
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Travel Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.
Monday 2 August 2021
WINTER FLOWERS
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.