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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

Continuing our adventures in Richmond, here Ezra contemplates sacrificing his bread roll to the ducks while negotiating a particularly dangerous variation of the Eka Pada Rajakapotasana II A.K.A. the One-Legged King Pigeon Pose II.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

Blurry goose. Geilston Bay boat ramp, Geilston Bay. July 2012. Tuesdays mean another pilfered Q and A from Sunday Stealing! This week, the very appropriate The Too Tired to Think Meme, Part 1 ... 1. You have 10 dollars and need to buy snacks at a gas station. What do you get? Some apples, maybe some water. I’ll pocket the change. 2. If you were reincarnated as a sea creature, what would you want to be? A Great White Shark. 3. Who’s your favourite redhead? ‘Favourite redhead’. Now there is an oxymoron if I have ever heard one! 4. What do you order when you’re at IHOP? [Googles IHOP]. If I had been to the ‘IHOP’ (assuming that first I had heard of the ‘IHOP’), I think that I would order the ‘SIMPLE & FIT Fresh Fruit & Yogurt Bowl’ . 5. Last book you read? Swindled: The Dark History Of The Food Cheats by Bee Wilson. It’s a popular history of food adulteration. Fascinating stuff. 6. Describe your mood. Restrained. 7. Describe the last time you were injured...

The fate of our times is characterised by rationalisation and intellectualisation and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world.

Sometimes all you have to do is just say the word "bread" and you find yourself surrounded by ducks and geese. Still no word if any of these were laying golden eggs...