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Frankie (circa 1975)
There's a reason I became a photographer rather than an artist. It has to do with an inability to draw straight lines.
5:47 a.m. — Homeless Jesus at dawn, by sculptor Timothy P. Schmalz, Holy Rosary Cathedral, Vancouver, Canada.
113 of 365 for 2022.
Nikon D700
Ultra 28mm f/2.8
Amazon VT560 flash
Slik tripod
Well trying to anyway. Hospital appt took ages and ate away most of the day. As a result, still nowhere near finished what I need to get done.
I must get that painting framed too. It's been sat there for years like that.
I don't know why I feel such an affinity for Ukraine, but I always have. Of course, in the current conflict it's easy to pick the victim over the bully. I just wish there was more that could be done without instigating a wider war. I can only hope that the pluckiness of the Ukrainian defenders and the pain of the economic sanctions will convince Putin to declare victory and withdraw.
Last week I was talking to my high school level students. In the 17 years they have been alive, we have experienced a major economic collapse that came close to a global depression, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan followed by a tsunami that killed thousands and a nuclear meltdown, a once-in-a-century global pandemic, and now the first invasion of a sovereign country in Europe since WWII. Talk about growing up in interesting times!
There are lots of wild bunnies in my neighborhood, this one was in my yard this morning
ODC - 7/27/2023 - Rabbit
Why are there mushrooms growing on the outside of my vegetable planters??!
ODC - 12/14/2021 - Random Mysteries
“Everyone's entitled to their point of view but that's seriously a weird one.” ~Kevin Rudd (ex-Prime Minister of Australia)
"But the verdict of his colleagues, and the polls, was that changing Kevin Rudd was not a possibility. The problems were deep and personal. The brutal conclusion was he had to go." Brisbane Times
Today, Australia welcomes its first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Former Prime Minister, better known as K-Rudd had been quite popular with the public. Due to recent dropping polls however, he has been forced to resign, pressured to step down by his party members.
On election day, Australian voters vote for the political party they want to lead, but ultimately the party within itself decides whether the leader is still fit to keep their post. If not, they hold a vote only within the party, to oust the current leader to be succeeded by a new one. And the public has no say. It's pretty quick. My very simplistic understanding of Parliamentary politics... All I know is that today, we have a new leader for the country and the people didn't have a say in the matter, it feels strange.
Politicians are pretty infamous, not many people trust them because of broken promises; ineffective leadership, debates on environmental/animal/civil/religious/moral rights increasing taxes, poor health care, education just to mention a few. But a life trying "lead" so many citizens and get the country in working order, must be pretty difficult to say the least.
Today marks a clean slate for Australian Politics, or so we are led to believe.
"With great power comes great responsibility" ~Stan Lee