We lived in a number of places when I was growing up, but this block of flats at 62 Hotham Street, East St Kilda, was where we were the longest — seven years, for me from the age of about 4 to 11, covering most of primary school. The place doesn’t seem to have changed ... [More]
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Just another meme
Okay I got tagged by Kathy. What were you doing 10 years ago? Working in St Kilda Road, dealing with a toddler at home, preparing for a trip to the USA. I was on crutches for some of January 1996. What were you doing 1 year ago? Much the same as I’m doing now, except ... [More]
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Here are my shoes
Here are my shoes (well, most of them)… I hate buying shoes. There are few activities I hate more. It might be because I’ve had a very hit-and-miss history when buying. Roughly in order of purchase: MISS — ancient brown semi-casual shoes [1]. Subject to endless gags from lovely girlfriend (aka fashion consultant) and just ... [More]
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Here is my scarf
Here is my scarf (a birthday present from Marita). Now, ten points to the first person who can name that pattern. (If you’ve already been told, keep your trap shut.) Post a picture of your scarf… Link in the comments or trackbacks Past photos in this series
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Here is my wine collection
Here is my wine cellar collection. It sits up in the cupboard. My wine purchasing strategy is as follows: Buy the ones with the interesting looking labels (‘cos I know stuff-all about wine) Because I don’t consume them at a rate of knots, I buy bottles of moderately cheapish wine, keep it for a few ... [More]
Here are my oldest and newest items of clothing. (Well, if you don’t count the socks I bought last week.) The red jumper is an Exacto brand windcheater which dates from probably about 1989 or 1990. It still gets an outing on cold evenings at home, and when painting (note the paint stain, a fairly ... [More]
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Here is my new suit
Here is my rather nice new (rather expensive) suit, seen over a startlingly bright red shirt I bought recently. (Rather more RED than I saw in the shop, admittedly.) What clothing have you bought recently? Leave a comment or a trackback.
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Here is my lemon tree
Most gardens in Melbourne seem to have a lemon tree. Here’s mine. I must confess, I don’t water it as often as I should, and when I need lemons, I rarely remember to go look to see if it has one for me. Do you have a lemon (or other fruit-bearing) tree in your garden? ... [More]
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Here are my keys
Here are my keys. Well, all of them except those numerous unknown keys sitting in jars, their uses long forgotten. Post a picture of your keys… Link in the Trackbacks or comments. Move your mouse over the picture for descriptions of various bits (note Firefox may abbreviate. You can fix it with this extension — ... [More]
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Your contacts
Most interesting sight of yesterday: a monk in the traditional red and yellow robes. On a crowded train. With a mobile phone in his hand, SMSing at speed. I had my camera with me, but didn’t have the guts to get it out and take a picture; sorry. But anyway… Take a look in your ... [More]
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Here is my fridge door
Here we go, back to celebrating the mundane… Here is the inside of my fridge door: And the milk? For some reason, I keep it in the main part of the fridge. Just habit, I suspect. Feel free to post a picture of the inside of your fridge door… Link in the Trackbacks or comments. ... [More]
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Here is the contents of my wallet
I got given a new wallet on Monday, so a couple of days ago I transferred the contents of my old, decrepit one into it. On the way across, I took this picture. Feel free to post a picture of the contents of your wallet or purse… Link in the Trackbacks or comments. Move your ... [More]
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Music meme
Choose a band and answer only in song titles by that band: Paul Kelly (okay he’s a singer, but he’s had bands…) Are you male or female? Most wanted man in the world Describe yourself: I am what I am How do some people feel about you? King of fools How do you feel about ... [More]
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Here is my toaster
And now for a toast. (Tony and Rae are certainly deserving of one, this weekend.) This is my Sunbeam toaster, still going strong after over a decade of toastie goodness. Happily handles crumpets and those big slices of bread from the delicious Vienna loaves I sometimes get at the bakery down the road. Yum. Feel ... [More]
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Here is my kitchen clock
Two days late, but I thought I could knock off two birds with one stone. Tony posted an artefact from the defunct Daimaru, and issued a challenge: find something from a now-gone department store. Well, here is my kitchen clock. It came from a shop that was somewhere inside the beautiful art deco Capitol building ... [More]
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Here is my garden of weeds
Here is my garden full of weeds. The weeds are fairly intelligent of course, and lay down out of the way when they see the mower coming. I’ve done some weeding by hand in the past week, and those areas look a lot better. But it’s far too much like hard work, so I need ... [More]