aussielozzie18

Good morning. It’s cold & very wet in Sydney. Sharing photos taken by DS yesterday. Bicheno - on the east coast of Tasmania - 185km from Hobart

Good evening. A while back I won tickets to the annual Archibald/Sulman/Wynne Prize at the AGNSW in Sydney. We went to the exhibition today and here are some of the finalists: Title: Sisters featuring Nicole Kidman and her sister Antonia Title : King Dingo. Artist: Vincent Namatjira Title: Seven Sisters Artist: Sylvia Ken Kathy Lette (author) by Sally Ryan

+ 1 @Sea Dog

Congratulations to your handsome grandson on his graduation achievements

I got the email too 😀

@grapau27 how did you go with the implants? Hope it went smoothly with minimal pain.

@A&L_Ont Great photos of Owen and his friends. Your car is the perfect centrepiece for the photos of all those handsome young men. Owen is certainly a young man for you and Lisa to be very proud of. Hope he has a great night

The last of the autumn colours here in a park in Sydney that I visited earlier in the week.

I never met my MIL. She sadly passed from Melanoma when DH was 15. This photo was posted as a remembrance on Mothers Day. The Morris 8 was named Toby (which I know @lenquixote66 will like). DH’s parents were obviously on a day trip from Chatswood in Sydney to the Central Coast. Note the water bag attached to the front of the car in the second photo for the day trip.

@h20skibum + 1 and I love the waterfall photo especially

My son has just spent a month working on Bruny Island in Tasmania. Thought I’d share some photos. Bruny Island is the only place that white wallabies can be found in the wild. Whilst rare, the white wallaby population is stable due to the isolation of the island and the lack of predators.

I was thinking the same. Excellent work by the surgeon.

Now that’s a win. What a great outcome.

They have done an excellent job @Sea Dog . It will be barely noticeable down the track. Glad the worst of it is behind you.

Haven’t watched any ship build docos for ages. Last night I was looking for something short & easy to watch so ending up watching two short docos. I have never been a Disney girl but watching the build of Disney Treasure and then the build of Disney Wish was really interesting. Only annoying thing was the announcement that kept popping up across the screen throughout to remind the viewer that this was a paid doco by the Disney corporation.

I know that new releases have a very short run at the movies here then go straight to the streaming platforms. Will look out for whale wars. Thanks.

Well, I managed to let an escape artist almost escape the hospital ward… Access to my loved one’s ward is via two sets of double doors. First one is locked and you have to call the nurses station to have it opened. Second set of doors are not locked but you usually need to keep them closed. Sign on the outdoor door states there is a roamer on the ward (whom I have never seen in 9 visits). Due to one particular lady on the ward yelling out constantly I assumed the roamer was a female . So once I got through the locked doors today (ensuring as always that they were locked behind me) I pushed open the second set of doors to be greeted by a well dressed older gent approaching the doors. Being Mothers Day and there being lots of visitors I just assumed he was visiting until I saw the panicked look on the faces of the nurses at the nurses station in front of me as he quickly went through the gap of the closing door behind me. Heard them say to each other ‘he’s gone again!’ Oops! Mind you, he wouldn’t have got far. There was only a short corridor and he couldn’t go any further, certainly not into the main part of the hospital. Every single staff member has their staff photo and title on display at the entrance of the ward. You would think there would also be a photo of the roamer since visiting hours are 8am-8pm but I guess that would be an invasion of patient’s privacy? With nurses’ pre- approval I brought a block of old gold rum & raisin chocolate & a block of old gold baileys chocolate block amongst other things that brought a big smile to loved one’s face. Arrived home to lovely bouquet of flowers that had been organised by my DD in Canada. Hope those of you who celebrate Mothers Day had a lovely day and those of you who find it difficult have managed to cope as best they can.

Maybe named after the fabulous Tina Turner?

Black Cockatoos seen by DS whilst bushwalking in Tasmania.

Yesterday we went to the movies to see David Attenborough’s latest doco ‘Ocean’ then had a nice dinner after. Amazing that David is 99 but sad to think it will be his last doco First half of the documentary is filled with beautiful ocean imagery, second half is a call to arms to ban industrial fishing in particular boom netting where large steel nets scrape the bottom of the Ocean destroying everything in its path and capturing all sea creatures (not just the fish they seek). Devastating to see. I was also shocked to discover that industrial fishing is permitted in Antarctica. He wants to influence the outcome of a UN Ocean Conference in France next month to ensure participants agree to protect 30% of the world’s ocean. It’s not all doom and gloom though, he states that success is possible by showing us that the banning of commercial whale hunting in 1986 has brought back to the majestic blue whale and other whale species. Worth a watch.

Made the mistake yesterday of parking under a large flowering gum tree at work. Must have been a flock of cockatoos in the tree during the day eating the blooms because when I got out to my car at the end of the day - every single window of the car had multiple bird poop on it. I could not believe there was that much mess on my car in only 8hrs… Luckily, it rained on the drive to the hospital so some of it got washed off but car wash is definately on the agenda today.

Friday night drink - chai lattes with my loved one in the hospital.

@Sea Dog I’m a side sleeper too. Totally get your frustration.

My loved one has been receiving excellent care in the hospital, was very disappointed the delicious pumpkin and feta quiche they had for dinner last night was not on the menu for tonight and has had a lot of visitors in between lots of tests. Find out today how much longer they will be in hospital and when the move to rehab will happen. Thanks for asking @dani negreanu & @grapau27

Happy 1st Birthday to Rue @Luckynana Happy Birthday to your twin daughters