I thought it only fair with you that I share this image snapped during my lunchtime stroll along the sunny Derwent. How about this for a lovely summer sky?
The sun is obviously feeling a little like me today: struggling.
Hold me now, oh hold me now, until this hour has gone around. And I'm gone on the rising tide, to face Van Dieman's Land
Theme Thursday again, and this one is rather easy. I am Tasmanian, you see, and aside from being all around general geniuses - as I have amply described previously - we are also very familiar with the concept of WATER. Tasmania is the ONLY island state of an ISLAND continent. That means, we're surrounded by WATER. That should help explain why I take so many photographs of water . Tasmania was for a long time the place where the British (an island race terrified of water) sent their poor people most vile and horrid criminals. The sort of folk who would face the stark choice of a death sentence , or transportation to the other end of the world. Their catalogue of crimes is horrifying : stealing bread assault stealing gentlemen's handkerchiefs drunken assault being poor affray ladies being overly friendly with gentlemen for money hitting people having a drink and a laugh public drunkenness being Irish Fenian terrorist activities being Catholic religious subversion. ...
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I did not realize how wide the river is at Hobart. & I just can't get over that I get to see the view over the river during lunchtime in TASMANIA.
On one of my blogs, I am setting up co-contributors and I would be chuffed if you were to consider joining us. Here is the addy: http://one-hundred-strangers.blogspot.com/
It is pretty much explained there ... I am asking a number of other Australian blogger/photographers. I will totally understand if you decline as you are flat tac ... or if you wish to be added but sit on the sideline for a while ... just consider it ... please.
Lovely photos here, by the way. Hope you had a good New Years.
Doc
dunno how you do it with the lack of sleep. Please give people a sign before you go postal!
Tash, it is more an estuary than a river, to be honest. There has been some debate over the name!
Blognote, I am but an honest toiler in the fatherhood stakes.
Julie,thank you, and I will keep it in mind. I am quite shy about photographing random strangers, so will have to overcome that fear!
Abe, it is impressive.
Doc, it should be warming up for the weekend. I had a quiet New Years, which is always a good New Years!
Ann, 40 is just TOO hot!
Kitty, you just do it. Thankfully I don’t operate heavy machinery at work.