Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

Careful of the drips with your lens. Princes Street, Sandy Bay. September 2011.

The Lucky 33 Meme [part 2]!

17. Do you know how to do the macarena?
I most certainly do not!

18. Is the sun shining where you are now?
Absolutely and I am loving it.

19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
I think that clowns are supremely unfunny.

20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A little less frayed around the edges would be nice.

21. Would you be my good angel or bad angel?
I'd be an ambiguous angel.

22. What color eyes do you have?
Seal brown.

23. Ever been married?
Just the once.

24. Bottle or Draft?
As I stated last week, I am against the draft. Also, I am very anti-bottling bonsai kittens.

25. If you won £10,000 today, what would you do with it?
Exchange it to Australian dollars and quickly deposit in the bank.

26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
I am not a bubble gum kind of dude.

27. What's your favorite bar to hang at?
Monkey bars.

28. Do you believe in ghosts?
No more than I believe in vampires, werewolves or compassionate conservatives.

29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
Take photographs. Or read. Or just bask in silence.

30. Do you swear a lot?
I swear much more that I really should, but much less than I used to.

31. Biggest pet peeve?
Smelly dogs on furniture.

32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
Demanding.

33. In two words, how would you describe yourself?
Well-intentioned.

Focus on the flower. Princes Street, Sandy Bay. September 2011.

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Lost inside an adorable illusion and I cannot hide, I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside, we could've made it cruising, yeah.

Yes it is Theme Thusday again, and today we are talking GLASS . I've three possible hooks to hang my [glass] hat on with this theme. First, the photo! Yes, it is the river again from an odd angle in an interesting light. You can just make out the bottom, which should tell you that I'm right on the shore. In some ways, the distortion of the stones below the surface reminds me of ye olde glass windows, what they call "cylinder blown sheet glass". You can still find some of this around Hobart these days. Thw second link comes from a trip I took to Venice a few years back. You're probably aware that Venice was (is?) a glass-making centre of excellence. If you have ever been there and taken the tour of the glass factories, you might be familiar with the sheer amount of coloured glass that sits at the bottom of the water there. These fragments of glass have been worn down and had their edges dulled by their time in the water, which makes them ample keepsakes for the ...

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. ...

Happy anniversary baby, got you on my mind

No it is not a webcam, but this photograph was taken a mere forty-five ago on my way in to work. Here you can see a good old fashioned Hobart autumn morning, with the rain pelting down and me getting drenched. This one was taken on the corner of Macquarie and Elizabeth, while I was waiting for the lights to change. Come on Ampelmännchen ! Today is my wedding anniversary, an apparently I need to be showering Jen with leather -related goodies. Va-va-vaVOOM! To you Jennifer, here is a poem I wrote this very morning. Anniversary I love you i love you iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou I LOVE you I love YOU iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou I LOVE YOU iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou Happy anniversary

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