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Tourist on wall

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:36:53 +0000

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From the archives. An old Australian tourist changing from behind the camera to pose on a famous wall in China. Another image from nearby in the PiP.
Happy Wednesday Wall, everyone.

Beneath the Tree Ferns

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 19:49:49 +0000

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My grand-daughter admiring the Tree Ferns (Dicksonia antarctica) in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne.

Wishing everyone a Happy Bench Monday and, what's more, a Happy New Year.

Under observation

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 21:52:27 +0000

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Fishing people cleaning fish at the cleaning tables provided in Mallacoota, with a large audience of (always) hungry Australian Pelicans awaiting any scraps that are provided. In the PiP a portrait of some pelicans.

Wishing everyone a Happy Fence Friday followed by an enjoyable weekend.

Memories

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:38:49 +0000

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I won't claim any special photographic merit for this photo. It was taken in Vancouver when Pauline and I visited one of my Antarctic colleagues with whom I spent a year (1966) at Mawson Station. Max was our station electrician and a keen mountaineer.

Today would have been Pauline's birthday. Sadly, I have also learned that today Max has climbed the final mountain. RIP to you both.

Artist at work (Coastal walk #6)

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 04:33:41 +0000

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I mentioned with one of my earlier images that I did this walk in company. My friend's wife is an artist and we left her to sketch some coastal views while we walked a little further. On our return, she was well advanced with her artwork of the coastline looking south. Best viewed large.

Mothers Day

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Sat, 08 May 2021 11:59:22 +0000

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Today is Mothers Day in Australia, so I thought I'd share this image of my lovely wife Pauline with our youngest grandson, taken some years ago. Yesterday, Saturday 8 May, was World Ovarian Cancer Day and, as that is what took Pauline away almost two months ago, I am also sharing the following item.

Concentration

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 07:27:34 +0000

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Taken during a visit by my talented daughter, Catherine, who wanted to finish a painting on which she had been working. The final painting (with bad light from the right, which was my fault) is shown in the PiP.

Pauline

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 02:52:13 +0000

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I am writing with a heavy heart to advise you that, after a long fight with a particularly nasty cancer, my lovely wife Pauline is no longer with us. She slipped away quietly this morning (13 March). I know that many of you will be greatly saddened by this news. If it is any consolation, I can tell you that she went peacefully and that she was comfortable with her departure.

Also a PiP from long ago. I shall continue to be largely absent from ipernity for a while longer.

GO SOFTLY

Go softly now,
On wings of wind,
With steps that leave
No trail in the morning dew.

Drift quietly away,
And join the light
That burns my heart
And sears my soul.

Lift up and fly!
And tarry now,
But leave the pain
And vanish from this heavy place.

Go softly now
On wings of wind,
Reach out and touch
Eternal Light awaiting your sweet soul.

Author: Unknown

Pauline's adventure

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:41:44 +0000

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Back in May I posted a portrait of my lovely wife Pauline. She has serious medical problems which, unfortunately, have not improved since then. Despite that, she has always wanted to do a parachute jump in memory of her father, who was a Red Beret. Today was a huge day, as she was able to do a tandem jump with a local skydiving company, Skydive Oz.

In the PiPs are a photo of Pauline with her skydive "pilot" and another I took of them landing on the local beach. I've done some silly things over the years, but leaping from an aeroplane has never been one of my ambitions: I take off my hat to her for her bravery and I'm glad to report that she's feeling good tonight.

Portrait with baby

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 05:01:35 +0000

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I had intended to post this image earlier, as it was taken in the village we visited on the Bolaven Plateau in southern Laos. This lady was happy to have her portrait taken, even if the baby was not. What I did not know was that when I showed her the photo on the camera, which she found really funny, one of my companions took a photo of both of us (see PiP).

Drying Cardamom

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:23:24 +0000

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Maybe you enjoy the spice known as Cardamom? It is grown in various tropical parts of Asia, including Laos. Once harvested, in the form of pods, it needs to be dried. There are various means of doing that, but in this Lao village it was done the traditional way.

This lady is working on a shelf above a smouldering fire, drying out the seeds taken from those pods hanging on the sides of this special purpose hut. It was fiendishly hot (she was bathed in perspiration) and very smoky inside: how she could look so cheerful for the camera was beyond me! I really had to feel for the people of rural Laos, living such hard lives compared to our western world, while in one of the world's lowest income countries.

View this large on black and spare a moment's thought when next buying spices!

I'm very flattered that this image has been selected for inclusion on the Ipernity Homepage.

The portable loom

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:57:39 +0000

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On the Bolaven Plateau, in southern Laos, we found two ladies busily weaving with what I can best describe as portable looms. The tension of the loom being adjusted by the toes! They were happy to be photographed and were producing some lovely fabric. See also PiPs.

Repairs

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:19:54 +0000

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Down the road from the school, these village men were busily repairing a net. Nets such as this are used to capture birds for eating and, in that regard, it must be recognised that these areas largely operate on a subsistence economy.

Focussed

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:59:18 +0000

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If the girl with the pink pen (previous image) was distracted, this young lady in the upper primary was totally focussed on me wandering around, so through sign language we agreed I could take her portrait. She burst out laughing when I showed her the photo on the screen. :-) Another classroom photo in the PiP.

Distracted

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 04:16:57 +0000

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Amazingly, not only were we invited to visit the school (see earlier images), we were allowed to take photos in the classrooms. This young girl looked somewhat inattentive in class - probably distracted by the "farangs" (Lao term for westerners) with cameras. In the PiP an image of the early primary classroom.

An anniversary image

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 05:24:44 +0000

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Today, being the 75th anniversary of VP Day and the end of WW2, I hope I'll be excused for dipping into the archives. Only a few months later, my father finally came home from the Philippines where he was part of the RAAF No 6 Wireless Unit. Prior to the invasion of the Philippines (in this photo copied from a tiny original print from 1943) he was in a Wireless Unit in Port Moresby, New Guinea.

Isobelle

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Sun, 31 May 2020 06:29:04 +0000

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We have had a very welcome visit this weekend by our daughter and grand daughter, the first time in months (because of the virus) that it's been possible. My lovely grand daughter kindly agreed to sit for my camera.

For Mothers' Day

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Sat, 09 May 2020 10:09:53 +0000

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For Mothers' Day here, I'd like to share this portrait of my lovely wife, Pauline. Many of you have sent kind wishes concerning her health issues. Since earlier this year she has had some serious medical complications which have prevented further treatment, but those now seem resolved. I'm very glad to advise that, following a teleconference with her oncologist a few days ago, her treatment is likely to resume next week.

And as the sun sets ...

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:39:29 +0000

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We can only hope that 2020 will bring better days in many ways. Not least an end to the huge fires that are causing so much damage at present in Australia - the smoke in this image is from a large one nearby. Best wishes for 2020, everyone.

Footnote AM 31/12. The fires have spread enormously overnight and this one now is classified as an "Emergency" level threat to local communities.

Global Climate Strike

nobody@ipernity.com (tiabunna) — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:22:06 +0000

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With the failure of worldwide governments (not least ours in Australia) to take the actions needed to limit anthropogenic climate change, today is a worldwide day of protest at the need to do more. These schoolchildren were among the crowd of about 600 people of all ages at our local event - good for a small community. The PiPs show more images. There were speakers on the back of the white vehicle.
Here's a musical link.