Some good advice...

This bumper sticker is a loooong way from home. I saw it in the local supermarket this afternoon her in Victoria Australia.

It appeals to my sense of humour...

Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

The folk here have made massive efficiencies in water usage over the last few years... here's one of their latest...

After years of drought and water storages for the city dropping to about 20 something percent, this year our dams are nudging 80% full as we come into our warm weather. It's good that the nasty experience over the drought years have made people so much more aware of how they use water. We lost about 30% of our native garden by the end of the last drought - that was about 2 acres of plants... gone. Long range forecasts are predicting a return to the dry times. I hope we are better prepared now.

Just a place I like...

Some places are like a little oasis... we all need them occasionally. That's all.

There be" Wild Things" in the bric-a-brac shops here

Thank you Maurice Sendak...

If I had somewhere to put these promotional boards, I'd have bought them. On the spot.

So many of the children I taught just loved this book! Some of my grandchildren love it now... making a "wild rumpus" with Max... Looking at the Wikipedia entry I see that 19 million copies of the book had been sold as of 2009. I guess a few more by now.

Thank you Maurice Sendak, you "still rock"! - as my children would say.

Remembering the 70's

Once upon a time white goods came in lots of loud colours:  limes, yellows, reds, ochres, and ...

typewriters too.

Found this is a brick-a-brack shop in Collingwood this afternoon.

Some things, like this mermaid thingy, well, I just won't miss!

Shop windows - an art

Window displays really are an art form - a good book is in this, sometime, I'm sure.

These were all taken within 20 metres of each other in an arcade here in Melbourne, Australia.

mmm... yum!

These things just look sooo good!!

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