Write about anything you’d like, but make sure that all seven colors of the rainbow — red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet — make an appearance in the post, either through word or image.
In New Zealand I found some bright and surprising sights that covered all the colours of the rainbow. They all brought a smile to my face.
#A-Z Challenge
Others can help you observe things
Be in the moment
State facts
Enjoy your environment
Reflect on your journey
View your surroundings
Aattentively watch as the world goes by
Test a theory
I see—you see—remember it may be different
Opinions do vary
Notice the differences—celebrate the similarities.
#A-Z Challenge
Regarding your fridge, is it organized or a mess inside?
My fridge usually starts off the week organised as I clear it out every Sunday to co-inside with the weekly garbage collection. I have my own system to keep it organised—dairy on the second shelf, leftovers on the third shelf, chocolate on the bottom and large items on the top shelf. My husband however doesn’t care for my system and put things wherever he can find a space.
Have you ever been a participant in a parade? What did you do?
When I was a teenager in the 1970’s I participated in the Mattara parade in Newcastle. Mattara was held during the last week in September and celebrating the people of Newcastle and the arts. This festival is over 50 years old and includes people from all walks of life. I remember feeling very proud to march in the parade representing the Girls Brigade.
How do you stand out from the crowd?
It depends on which crowd I am in as to how I stand out. I don’t deliberately try to stand out but I usually find my own way based on my personality. If |I am interested in what is going on I will start talking and using open sentences give people enough information that they are interested in finding out more. If not I like a chameleon will blend in with the environment and not let others know anything specific about me.
How many bones, if any, have you broken?
I broke my right arm skate boarding when I was 15, my right little toe in the Newcastle earthquake and my right foot when a girls gymnastics beam fell on it about 7 years ago during agynastics set-up.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
Last week I was grateful that I recovered from illness in less than 24 hours.
This week I am looking forward to celebrating 100 years of the ANZAC spirit.
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Nimbin is the hippy capital of Australia. Although I have known this for many decades it was not until last month that I got to experience what that meant for myself. I was surprised. Tolerance for individualism was everywhere—two woman were verbally fighting loudly in the park. Nobody cared. It was normal.
“They have been at it all morning” said the local shopkeeper.
“Really” we replied.
” It is common for people around here to have rants. Some are just longer than others” she replied very matter of factly.
This set the scene for the rest of our visit.
The Nimbin community developed its identity in 1973 when it hosted Australia’s Aquarius festival celebrating alternate living choices and the arts. It attracted students, hippies, visionaries from all over Australia many of whom stayed on after the Aquarius Festival making Nimbin their home continuing to follow these dreams and ideology.
Names around the village describe its history well.
Forty years later the areas is still internationally renown for its alternative lifestyle culture. Marijuana reform has played a large role in the community over the decades. Today they are strongly fighting to legalise medical marijuana through their annual law reform rally—MardiGrass—held in early May.
“May the long time sun shine upon you, all love surround you and, the pure light within you guide your way home.” Aquarius festival anthem
#A – Z Challenge
For this week’s photo challenge, get up early and explore the morning light.
These photos show the dawn of a new day in my suburb. I love the early light first shining through the gum trees, unfortunately you cannot hear the birds chirping in a photograph. Sunrise truly is a great time of day.
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Last Monday 13th April 2105 saw Surfers Paradise’s Metermaids turn 50. They were introduced to combat a bad image brought to the tourist strip of Surfers Paradise after the introduction of parking meters in December 1964. The original metermaids wearing a gold lame bikini and tiara walked the strip placing coins in nearly expired parking meters to encourage people to return to the area and bring goodwill.
Photo Credit: Google
These bikini clad beauties quickly became an Australian icon—promoting tourism in Surfers Paradise nationally and internationally. Over the decades the metermaids role has changed as well as their uniform. Today they still walk the strip taking photos with tourist and promoting the area in other ways although today their uniform is a gold lycra bikini completed by another Aussie icon—the Akubra hat.
What’s the one piece of advice you wish someone had given you a year (or five, or ten…) ago?
I have an innate ability to know who to trust. It’s an instant ability I have to be able to read people. When I interview for new staff I make it clear the person I choose will be the best fit for the team not necessarily the person with the highest scores on graduation. So far my trust has been rewarded by my choices being recognised as great team members by patients as well as other staff.
During the last 5 years however there was one occasion where my trust in a colleague was severely breached. I had to learn quickly not to doubt myself. I was right to originally trust this person however they broke that trust by their actions. I quickly recognised the problem—there was a crocodile in the pond, the pond itself although shaken was solid and full of life.
This realisation during an extremely difficult time helped me to continue believe in myself, build resilience in all concerned and continue to trust others.
Remember, sometimes when things are out of our control it’s not our fault, however we need to do what is necessary to take back control.
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Opened in 1912 the Lithgow Small Arms Factory was Australia’s first precision mass production factory. The Small Arms Factory was commissioned out of a need to make sure Australia was safe from invasion. Little did they know that world war would break out in two years creating a major demand for their product—Short Magazine Lee Enfield Rifles for the Australian military.
Building the Small Arms Factory at Lithgow changed the lives of the town and many people as it brought employment and housing to the area. I was excited to visit this factory as my father had only recently told me that my grandfather had found employment there when he was a boy. Despite the family connection, it was not until I spent a morning in their fascinating museum that I realised the true important of Lithgow’s Small Arms Factory on Australia’s history. The museum built on the site of the original factory is manned by very knowledgeable volunteers—many of whom had previously worked in the factory and had many interesting stories to tell. We got lucky because it was a quiet morning the volunteers were happy to chat for half an hour and I was grateful to get some insight into my grandfathers life.
Between the wars the Lithgow Small Arms Factory produced an incredible array of commercial products and in their spare time worked on inventing new technologies and devices.
Have you ever had a mentor? What was the greatest lesson you learned from him or her?
Make the most of every opportunity—the good, the bad and the ugly
Educate yourself and experiment
Nobody is an instant expert
Trial and error allows you to understand the process
Open up and attempt new things
Respect everyone and the job they do
Instructions need to be understood—keep asking for clarification until you get them
Nutrition, nurture and nature—access them daily
Goal setting is essential—not an optional extra
Kangaroos are unique Australian animals people everywhere fall in love with. They are cute particularly the young ones. Wrestling is a natural instinct to kangaroos and I have seen many an unsuspecting visitor get caught off-guard as the kangaroo they were just feeding, decides to practice their boxing skills on them. The kangaroo photos below of a friendly pet kangaroo were taken in a restaurant and animal sanctuary.
In non city areas kangaroos are sometimes in plague proportions and they can be very dangerous hopping across highways and roads. Kangaroos are the most common animal to be hit with over 7,000 accidents being caused by them each year. The most dangerous time is sunrise and sunset as they are out and about looking for food. The two video give different insights into kangaroos behaviours, habits and how they live in our big wide country.
