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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
| BCoF August 3, 2020 BCoF Let this quote inspire your entry: Sydney in general is eclectic. You can be on that brilliant blue ocean walk in the morning and then within 20 minutes you can be in a completely vast suburban sprawl or an Italian or Asian suburb, and it's that mix of people, it's that melting pot of people that give it its vital personality. Baz Luhrmann  The diversity of society in Sydney is so obvious as you walk through Paddy's Market or Darling Square to the Harbor. It's a place where you get lots of encouragement knowing so many different people who originated in different parts of the earth find a place to live together. in cooperation. Even during pandemic there is a sense of busy people meeting the day with a busy sense of importance. If you look you can find wonderful people of all races helping each other. One time when I lived in Texas we were transporting two horses to a horse show in a two horse trailer. A tire blew out on the trailer as we rounded a curve. The horse trailer with horses inside tip over on its side. This was before cell phones. We were on a stretch of road far from any towns. The truck we used to haul horses was instantly incapacitated. No one was injured. The horses were frantic. An older model truck with Mexican workers aboard stopped as soon as they saw the problem. One young boy sprawled across the top of the horses still stuck and laying on their sides struggling and kicking. The horses calmed immediately. Another worker brought out medal cutting tools from the truck. They and my husband went to work on the top of the trailer to cut it off.. When the top was removed as a group they rolled each horse over and out of the trailer onto their feet. It was done with such speed and flexibility. Such efficiency of mental process. The hoses were bruised but not broken. The men jumped back in their truck and drove away. No one even caught their names or destinations it was done so quickly. When I was in the Panama Canal Zone in the 60's riots broke out in Panama City. My 9 month old son and I were in a rental apartment. My husband had reported earlier in the morning to the Airbase for work. We had a black landlady. She came to the apartment door to take my son and I to her apartment for safety. she hid us there for 2 days until the Guadia National could take us out in safety. I could name other numerous times when I was helped in some way by someone from another ethnic group. Because of my life experiences I'm startled by all the news of so many murders perpetuated on black people in the USA. Startled by the media that makes it seem as if people in the USA cannot abide each other. I just don't think the news tells the real story often enough. The truth that people are people. Some good experiences, some bad but, not all bad, and not all inadequate under stressful situations. I guess I like what Ellen De Generes says, "Be Kind To One Another." |
| 30-Day Challenge: 30 day prompt: There are a lot of great things to do and see in Sydney but you have one day so pick from the links what appeals to you and discuss what you discovered. Make us envious. Let your imagination get carried away.  Only One Day? I only had one day so I crammed it with the many things I wanted to see. First I centered on the Darling Harbor. I took some time to Brose part of Paddy's market. I bought a bracelet with rhinestones and garnets set as flowers and green glass leaves between each flower, then I found some dark glasses just right for viewing Antarctic coldness on a sunshiny day and a small stuffed kangaroo. There was so much see at the market but I could not stay to see it all. I simply had to check out the Chinese garden of Friendship. It was so beautiful with Chinese architecture and plants; birds and ducks; in a water setting complete with water falls. Perfect peace after the rowdy busy market place. These gardens are a picturesque model formed to show the way the Ming dynasty gardens are modeled. Next, I checked out the Choo Choo express at the Botanical Gardens. It was a perfect way to rest and view the Botanical Gardens. And, it's the only way to see as much as possible of the gardens during the time space we have. There are 45,000 species of plants on 75 acres in the Gardens. The Choo Choo express drives through, with a guide that explains each part. The Choo Choo stops to pick up passengers. You can disembark and walk around any particular place, than get back on as the next Choo Choo drives through. I saw a herb garden with so many herbs from around the world and a special rose garden. There are streets with street signs for walking running all through the gardens so you won't get lost if you have a guide. The ferry ride from wharf 3 stops at Linn Park and the Toranga zoo. It also goes by the opera house which is a beautiful opera house. Then of course the specialty of the day was the blue mountain tour. Blue Mountain By the end of the day I was happy to settle into the hotel. It is very clean and takes many special troubles because of pandemic. The views from the rooms are beautiful. I'm looking forward to the extra large breakfast since I will need lots of food fuel for tomorrow. I could only fit all this site seeing in on a virtual tour and live to tell about it. In reality it would take a week to do all the tours and see so many sights. Time to rest. Lights Out. |
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