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Today's theme is my view. I hopped into my car this morning, looked up through the sunroof and this is what I saw. Sunshine through the rain.
"You're staying home. The sun is shining but it's raining."
- Akira Kurosawa, Dreams
A component of a public sculpture called 'Mercury Rising' by artist/sculptor, Matthew Harding: matthewharding.com.au/
Located on Elizabeth Street, the work (which includes two other shiny forms) has the dual function of providing seating on one of Melbourne's busiest shopping strips while making an artistic statement about the impact of climate change. Made of mirror-polished stainless steel, the shiny, blob-like forms represent mercury rising from the pavement, while the inlaid contours beneath suggest "isobar lines of high and low pressure weather cells".
I love it.
The inspiration for todays Feb photo was Money. I never carry cash anymore. I get paid once a month. I charge everything to my United Mileage Plus card and pay it off when my check comes in the first of the month. So this is my photo for money.
This is a picture of me (I am the one at the left) at our clipboard gallery in the living room. The picture was taken by my boyfriend on a morning, when we accidentally arrived an hour early for a brunch with friends and went for a walk in a nearby moore.
Phantom clock on the façade of the former Collingwood Post and Telegraph Office.
It looks like there should be a clock face but there isn’t.
Heritage documentation makes note of the “prominent mansard roofed clock tower”, however, this archival photo suggests that there was never a clock in residence in the first place: www.slv.vic.gov.au/jcollins/0/0/4/doc/jc004851.shtml
Why, I wonder?
Bizarre.
The clocktower that does not have a clock was designed by Public Works Department architect John Hudson Marsden, and built in 1868, with the ornate façade added in 1891-1892.
This imposing building, constructed in the Mannerist style during the Edwardian period (with a bit of Italianate Baroque thrown in for variety) is now one of the most recognisable landmarks in Smith Street.
My view for today~well at least for the next few minutes before I get out if bed. And since this photo was for yesterday I think it's fitting. By the way how can one 4 pound cat sound like a herd of elephants trooping around upstairs? #febphotoaday
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Flood water from Kororoit Creek streams across the junction of Altona and Racecourse Roads behind the ExxonMobil refineries in Altona.
Almost every time I decide to take a short-cut down this road it is covered in water. Today's mini-waterfall was no doubt caused by last night's downpour.
While I was taking my photos here, about fifteen cars drove up the edge of the flooded section of road. Out this number, about ten of them took a chance and put pedal to metal and went across. The other five did a u-turn and drove back to the main road. Of the ten that went across, seven were 4WDs.
I went back to the main road and left the creek to the ducks.
#word for today: collaborative... are you a collaborative person? #febphotoaday #igers #iphoneography #instagood #iphoneonly
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The littler girls colored doily hearts to hang on the sliding glass doors to decorate for our Valentine's Day.