Red bottlebrush in flower. Blue sky top right corner.

Love the bees and flies gathering pollen from my bottlebrush plant.

Looking over dashboard at red dirt road and small green trees

Many river crossings this one made of concrete and low river. Lots of green trees in background

Old house hidden behind a frangipani tree. Dry dusty foreground and green trees behind house

Three wading birds in lagoon. Dry dusty grass in front. Green lagoon with white water lilies. Bushes and trees in background

More Cape York travels

Sign post about Cape Tribulation and Daintree National Park

Cape Tribulation Beach looking north a few people walking on sand. Rainforest down to beach. Blue skies and hills in the background

Signpost in red black and orange warning about steep ascent for two kilometres

Sign at the Lions Den Hotel warning no wifi. Instead talk to each other.

On my travels up the Cape York Peninsula this week

I love to show you the Ukrainian art I discover.
This one is a pure burst of colors.

🇺🇦 Mykhailo Demtsiu,
On the Mediterranean Sea, 2011

Ukrainian art.

Today, I visited an exhibition by Polina Kuznetsova, an artist from Kharkiv.

Now, I invite you to pause,
look at her painting,
and imagine the story it tells.

Premonition
January 2022

Back road to airport on right, group of eucalyptus or gum trees in centre and large dark blue and grey clouds upper half of photo

Grey skies near the airport yesterday afternoon

Track which zigzags up the hill. Looking out over Frederick Henry Bay and Seven Mile Beach.

Seven Mile Beach with small waves rolling in. Light cloudy sky. Green tussocky hillside.

Some views from halfway up the hill near me.

a peaceful lake with snow dusting the earth in the foreground with a tree and bush to the left. Behind the lake is a forest of trees on a mountain.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Morning from Kyiv.

russians launched 539 drones and 11 missiles at Ukraine.
Kyiv was the main target.

The air is heavy with smoke after the attack.
We’ve been asked not to open windows.

Thanks Allie. Maybe I wasn’t signed in as all I got was a list of the prisons but no actual link to Grangegorman or any of the other prisons records

Where can I find the Grangegorman Irish convict records now. Not on FMP that I can see. #Irish_convicts #genealogy

Morning from Kyiv!
While the so-called negotiations about the so-called peace are in the so-called progress,
russia attacks civilians.
Nine people were killed and four injured in
russian attack on a bus in Sumy Oblast.

I had my warcoffee.

🇺🇦 Oleksiy Bazylevych, Mother, 2021
Paper, pencil

Brilliant sun with coloured halos around it

The sun at my place today.

Been writing posts ready for ANZAC day. Forgot I needed posts for A-Z challenge. Will write them this afternoon.

Dark trees around three sides of photo but bright moon seen in a clear evening sky.

Last walk for today and beautiful moon among the trees over my place.

Dozen black and white magpies at junction of green fence and wooden fence. Lemon tree over the fence in next yard. Dark grey storm clouds in background

Magpie chorus at my place just now.

Morning from Kyiv!
Thirty drones attacked Kyiv overnight,
causing some damage and wounding two people.

It is cold outside.
I saw snow again.
Time to have a #warcoffee.

We’ve spoken to senior US Officials. They confirmed they’ve tariffed our lovely Islands in order to force us to sell our precious flightless bird eggs to America at discounted rates given egg prices there, and their Health Secretary raving about the benefits of fertilized Penguin eggs and whale skin

Heard Island residents have come out en masse to protest Trumputins tariffs

Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes

Crescent moon in centre, bluish grey sky around moon then framed by black shadowy gum trees. Fence post in foreground.

Beautiful crescent moon among the gum trees tonight on my final walk.

Anyone know what the unusual grey plane was that pulled out of landing twice at #Hobart #Airport around lunchtime today? #lutruwita

Arrived.
At home already.
I was asked to show Victory (still a cat).
The princess is resting.

It is very cold in Kyiv today.

Dear @australianlabor.bsky.social,
Remind voters what the Albanese Labor Govt has achieved. And warn them what a tyrannical Dutton govt would do. #auspol #AusVotes25

Finally wrote post revealing my theme for a-z challenge suewyatt.edublogs.org/2025/03/17/t...

Sad and befuddling news. The NLA has removed digital historian Tim Sherratt’s Trove API access - threatening the award-winning work Tim has done over 15 years to highlight the possibilities of Trove data. Read more updates.timsherratt.org/2025/02/24/y... 🗃️

This is exactly how Australia’s major parties work #auspol

Dark green fence in foreground, houses on either side, green trees in middle and background of top half of image is bright pink sky with a few darker clouds and a white streak of clouds as well.

Sunset through my window tonight.

Midnight in Kyiv.
Nothing has changed here -
air defence is repelling a drone attack.

See you in the morning.

Thinking of everyone in southeast Queensland and northern NSW. The sense of dread must be overwhelming. Although one thing that is clear from the coverage is how incredibly stoic and generous people can be. Take care, all. ❤️