tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66979283561340399102024-03-13T07:42:32.780-07:00Natural MedleyLiving life in glorious creativity!Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.comBlogger737125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-38929933571331966912023-03-27T00:59:00.001-07:002023-03-27T00:59:33.185-07:00Celebration Month<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> Hi folks!</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Look at this, it’s not even April and I’m writing again. What?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">We have had a month of big birthdays, so I thought it would be fun to record some of the festivities here in the old blog.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It began back on the 7th of March where we left off, with my 60th birthday.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzbnsS05lP-sjAXxg-ZLTejjsM6tkm5LN0AGddp9IBxrf43vhKvl4rKmOAD8l4HiLbPQVSbOZHsWTRbG__Ix_cg3sregbSgbQc2AzBPJ-FYsmXxoTCljr_SHPgZV2O7MUJh_SBDB1cuP0IbuS2wX5yboe8YEpiWldVkc2iWwSbi5_TCmkCSV2ht05/s4032/AFD476B8-BC27-49C9-A467-1B6D15E97CCF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzbnsS05lP-sjAXxg-ZLTejjsM6tkm5LN0AGddp9IBxrf43vhKvl4rKmOAD8l4HiLbPQVSbOZHsWTRbG__Ix_cg3sregbSgbQc2AzBPJ-FYsmXxoTCljr_SHPgZV2O7MUJh_SBDB1cuP0IbuS2wX5yboe8YEpiWldVkc2iWwSbi5_TCmkCSV2ht05/w640-h480/AFD476B8-BC27-49C9-A467-1B6D15E97CCF.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Here I am with my big pressie, a magical flute. I am wearing the “Quing” crown (Queen/King said ‘Kwing’)we get as the birthday person. The Quing gets to call the shots for the day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrzc4Xpw2HN4i66nej0Aw6Q_idmn8ZjB1vxej_bjXgWL783H46gosYYQAlf1wOTL2w9ly6KiBoUF7b40EmgyV6pkY5pjG6PfHB8QOYm9C2qt2GSeZmJOa8OJ2cKnJsjhvd_03E2u2NFks3FnswozfhR-0Cj0mySQDb_J5c5g9PsmJneNc1Su_9SCK/s4032/FDE3B225-43F2-4821-8A00-9CDE086B444B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrzc4Xpw2HN4i66nej0Aw6Q_idmn8ZjB1vxej_bjXgWL783H46gosYYQAlf1wOTL2w9ly6KiBoUF7b40EmgyV6pkY5pjG6PfHB8QOYm9C2qt2GSeZmJOa8OJ2cKnJsjhvd_03E2u2NFks3FnswozfhR-0Cj0mySQDb_J5c5g9PsmJneNc1Su_9SCK/w640-h480/FDE3B225-43F2-4821-8A00-9CDE086B444B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Cutting my birthday cake on our night picnic in our campervan ‘Brumhilda’.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The next big celebration was Aiden’s on the 19th. He turned 18. His big present was an electric mountain bike. Man, was he looking forward to this one. He had already selected it as we had to make sure he liked it, and then had to wait…………!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjrJnVFRrUwohLH8kJccfd5vMpEHcqlEcAnEXaQZTt1Ox9cqyl_-7insvNRum3EiN0T24t6udn19p3cISDPMXIi-8xu1g4OoBdhjk0rdm_2aieW7KzeJ-pJu-2nM_BQUpNiBcbleu-w9_XALMsBo0_1pHDqDKsfM4KRBtWFqnUwhidwzlrPWFiaM7/s4032/2CE9AFB8-5144-4101-AA1B-B37A6C646194.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjrJnVFRrUwohLH8kJccfd5vMpEHcqlEcAnEXaQZTt1Ox9cqyl_-7insvNRum3EiN0T24t6udn19p3cISDPMXIi-8xu1g4OoBdhjk0rdm_2aieW7KzeJ-pJu-2nM_BQUpNiBcbleu-w9_XALMsBo0_1pHDqDKsfM4KRBtWFqnUwhidwzlrPWFiaM7/w640-h480/2CE9AFB8-5144-4101-AA1B-B37A6C646194.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Still clean</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvQXzG8oUAnI_8pjoNrORElHyn6xBI_6y3nZ9_PX9gmjuRCrhF7cwWod6NWrKDp4nxzOKdX_BULVIdNtFTsZ8XpX5UK2IHE2YNE_C7chHQ9Hl0b9UjeR1Gu0ZjfG5sHCS1dwrfQJqW3ZWZshPWKGz0JKXxop3eo_6AufjCZAEWFdcjz6gYCsPBqZ-/s4032/928A31C3-35B7-4DBA-B3A0-25DA4EE31F30.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvQXzG8oUAnI_8pjoNrORElHyn6xBI_6y3nZ9_PX9gmjuRCrhF7cwWod6NWrKDp4nxzOKdX_BULVIdNtFTsZ8XpX5UK2IHE2YNE_C7chHQ9Hl0b9UjeR1Gu0ZjfG5sHCS1dwrfQJqW3ZWZshPWKGz0JKXxop3eo_6AufjCZAEWFdcjz6gYCsPBqZ-/w640-h480/928A31C3-35B7-4DBA-B3A0-25DA4EE31F30.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Glamour shots</div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1ki0NQ0OnUGKkPDTkgy2wblRUD25FS-A_7rjdEK3aKwhXRoUxk1GAiEGl42cett6oFptwdwHwyoXE1ToaKSnCN98RUBiDuLD7ag1XnMe9Hu_K0bUP3_a0rHBAN3vOfPaRdhlS0HAcyvEV_F7--sAR9sAFRaqq28KmFAFne2IPuohzYAXlJk6JhSn/s4032/C179BF1B-6DCC-409E-AE98-F5743613BEF5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1ki0NQ0OnUGKkPDTkgy2wblRUD25FS-A_7rjdEK3aKwhXRoUxk1GAiEGl42cett6oFptwdwHwyoXE1ToaKSnCN98RUBiDuLD7ag1XnMe9Hu_K0bUP3_a0rHBAN3vOfPaRdhlS0HAcyvEV_F7--sAR9sAFRaqq28KmFAFne2IPuohzYAXlJk6JhSn/w640-h480/C179BF1B-6DCC-409E-AE98-F5743613BEF5.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Look at that smile</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwNoSWQwxnwhyNrFrvbx4ht0o4sicjHMqq0j9E62lm8uOKtmxbx2gZc-XiyePqBJ4p8jZTe0K_S8SodVbOZ7YynIzDG2aYcshssXC-1lfVf1ybcM6zHqTx3kNnDgwKjxNYerZomZD1uwBwloNMTflQesctJQCPFtm4N1PW_bXI_Dt_7OZ3BUA8I-X/s4000/DF1E2F27-AE3E-43E1-95FC-D8DAEDC7DA07.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwNoSWQwxnwhyNrFrvbx4ht0o4sicjHMqq0j9E62lm8uOKtmxbx2gZc-XiyePqBJ4p8jZTe0K_S8SodVbOZ7YynIzDG2aYcshssXC-1lfVf1ybcM6zHqTx3kNnDgwKjxNYerZomZD1uwBwloNMTflQesctJQCPFtm4N1PW_bXI_Dt_7OZ3BUA8I-X/w640-h480/DF1E2F27-AE3E-43E1-95FC-D8DAEDC7DA07.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">What it was made for…all dusty.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ypH6gSUT96zidIiiOWA0Mv_nZbPb1kJUIBYW8NButOpFYjfJHSnS0IB6gKMW8otNu9b8ti5JiiS8K9DMzqciw6VgwIcilyc3msOk4ZmxEKcuPgk8HqIvJGNIBvb-siBhLMZl2kxwpBp45E2xn1XvOEx91kURe_29MrCtkZgJ6xeIROMWsJ54xH3C/s3398/EF2589C6-BDAA-4250-8242-7B24AD0552D8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2548" data-original-width="3398" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ypH6gSUT96zidIiiOWA0Mv_nZbPb1kJUIBYW8NButOpFYjfJHSnS0IB6gKMW8otNu9b8ti5JiiS8K9DMzqciw6VgwIcilyc3msOk4ZmxEKcuPgk8HqIvJGNIBvb-siBhLMZl2kxwpBp45E2xn1XvOEx91kURe_29MrCtkZgJ6xeIROMWsJ54xH3C/w640-h480/EF2589C6-BDAA-4250-8242-7B24AD0552D8.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The very next day we had our 35th wedding anniversary. Yes, Cris had to restrain himself from urging me to hurry when pushing out Aiden. He just squeaked into his own day at 11pm. I was going as fast as I could.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">To celebrate our day we took ourselves to the ‘Feared and Revered’ exhibition at the Nation Museum, which was in collaboration with The British Museum. We got to see some lovely statues and historical finds relating to ancient goddesses and mythological beings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Some of my favourites were:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Sekhmet</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_kbv9ECJJIWUGDaTEBO4NszVnEv7LZ-qbzVOdjafTpUn7DHAG24dgqkF2T36-wLDbQb3tCeXVBzZWq-UMKHp1TRaUx2qpX88yoJ_-qIaclTZQ9WZAzUJtSr62JAlcBAKfE1LMwv1jjjybZQwyBo2cx-Oakwhv-xyNPhPfTsKi_g-6jAp9Z2P9mWR/s4032/CA924274-92FD-4B72-AF8F-22DEE8086ABA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_kbv9ECJJIWUGDaTEBO4NszVnEv7LZ-qbzVOdjafTpUn7DHAG24dgqkF2T36-wLDbQb3tCeXVBzZWq-UMKHp1TRaUx2qpX88yoJ_-qIaclTZQ9WZAzUJtSr62JAlcBAKfE1LMwv1jjjybZQwyBo2cx-Oakwhv-xyNPhPfTsKi_g-6jAp9Z2P9mWR/w480-h640/CA924274-92FD-4B72-AF8F-22DEE8086ABA.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Aphrodite/Venus rising from her bath</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGOXnzNARUA6lIYYawpU-Okt9fXuFtCTumDh8Xtpx6Y70htgg_jPo2T2m0DNFV7dqeN6uT6zznk7_uz4xHBG4BIkgNGWXLDbAo44oR1PGGGz9VOWYZ9eoP-irJYvuvk7Y0H7rcG-zTEbUboFvQszIJi2t7Viw9xViTu2adlgxznsuZELJvK2bfcCM/s4032/5F7121AD-48DC-492A-BEA8-E092B78EC21C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGOXnzNARUA6lIYYawpU-Okt9fXuFtCTumDh8Xtpx6Y70htgg_jPo2T2m0DNFV7dqeN6uT6zznk7_uz4xHBG4BIkgNGWXLDbAo44oR1PGGGz9VOWYZ9eoP-irJYvuvk7Y0H7rcG-zTEbUboFvQszIJi2t7Viw9xViTu2adlgxznsuZELJvK2bfcCM/w480-h640/5F7121AD-48DC-492A-BEA8-E092B78EC21C.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">You know you have seen the real thing when you have seen the back.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNPcZVDa1AmDkpVgZhqTPXrtvVTEFhvtMImWt7WZVZ9dMQL_CPqLFOuYfniz93HN1NOSu-ksqoiYzAoB108BaWxJ-uFa0-dPazcuaGsgpMfnoDSOb3n763ZYt40QDHQneL1-dNFpN-qrsjEhD-V5mTROgDqe4FKT8NV3a6ZsXLaDcIBjQushTCxwE/s4032/AA251EFD-21F0-4F44-8B96-298D04A33A17.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNPcZVDa1AmDkpVgZhqTPXrtvVTEFhvtMImWt7WZVZ9dMQL_CPqLFOuYfniz93HN1NOSu-ksqoiYzAoB108BaWxJ-uFa0-dPazcuaGsgpMfnoDSOb3n763ZYt40QDHQneL1-dNFpN-qrsjEhD-V5mTROgDqe4FKT8NV3a6ZsXLaDcIBjQushTCxwE/w480-h640/AA251EFD-21F0-4F44-8B96-298D04A33A17.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Aboriginal Yawkyawk (complete with baby inside). I also love the shadows they made on the wall.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaUWl4oZCh_bx2puM3-9F1Iceun4t59PdVW1-PgTjHkUssEs2lI9z9xcZw-dwpZtKolGoRx9Mt1vCWbBCSOBh0Cx8KmO2XA2Gfmq2q59oRHcidwjRMd-YFjbrGrOkbH6f_DKwA0CECFwrUCA0keaBXBEtj1Tb6vLifaNurptTyryC57ykRpLwmcf_/s4032/8799770F-4AD6-4285-9624-5A4F7E31B60B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUaUWl4oZCh_bx2puM3-9F1Iceun4t59PdVW1-PgTjHkUssEs2lI9z9xcZw-dwpZtKolGoRx9Mt1vCWbBCSOBh0Cx8KmO2XA2Gfmq2q59oRHcidwjRMd-YFjbrGrOkbH6f_DKwA0CECFwrUCA0keaBXBEtj1Tb6vLifaNurptTyryC57ykRpLwmcf_/w480-h640/8799770F-4AD6-4285-9624-5A4F7E31B60B.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">And coming in fast at the end of the month on the 24th, was Miles with his 21st birthday.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Here he is (looking very saintly) with his main present, a commuter ebike complete with belt drive. Can you tell he is studying engineering?<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1iEAooy2c99aFvtlRacGaGBInIkvj1IdDvsJJ118FfSbYoMp_g1zZlMkzep6W2mTddJ8ATrr8YLZn2xhNGPHNFsDcQKq2_9n2n6eMYYPNx9WkqesWIvo013aY5iPIzt8dz3nOC6RU9lAsYKPz3zLxvWGK48fMST4suPk9nNIGAxJ8Z0Yy22FJM7H/s4032/69970A99-59C3-4C32-83B3-DCC877A94603.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1iEAooy2c99aFvtlRacGaGBInIkvj1IdDvsJJ118FfSbYoMp_g1zZlMkzep6W2mTddJ8ATrr8YLZn2xhNGPHNFsDcQKq2_9n2n6eMYYPNx9WkqesWIvo013aY5iPIzt8dz3nOC6RU9lAsYKPz3zLxvWGK48fMST4suPk9nNIGAxJ8Z0Yy22FJM7H/w480-h640/69970A99-59C3-4C32-83B3-DCC877A94603.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A family tradition on my side has been to be given an engraved knife on your 21st birthday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Which then becomes the birthday knife. Up until now we have used mine, but here is Miles with his very own golden knife.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOkwuQi8pQTaxgs3zLRgJoxKtmBKi18L6qeK4Mcyn1fwwRGk7I_spmWgDHqf_QEDT1x8lSzWlourv_ms8r_7CfLsJM-_CfQBfFLM2bCoiSlKuWERC__ZgSILGJkS9jw012vUqkJbwR2qzlZW7xh2tL9tTaN-l6KDacNEO8ZRgg7NSHECuS21mkysX/s4032/F5D07701-E047-49AD-BA66-9FB2A6229A2C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOkwuQi8pQTaxgs3zLRgJoxKtmBKi18L6qeK4Mcyn1fwwRGk7I_spmWgDHqf_QEDT1x8lSzWlourv_ms8r_7CfLsJM-_CfQBfFLM2bCoiSlKuWERC__ZgSILGJkS9jw012vUqkJbwR2qzlZW7xh2tL9tTaN-l6KDacNEO8ZRgg7NSHECuS21mkysX/w640-h480/F5D07701-E047-49AD-BA66-9FB2A6229A2C.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">So that night at our night picnic we used it on his cake.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1eCHR51Z6gnmdaLulQXxcRhn0FmzApvytao100eXMzUk2gg-zaI-ujJVankCgZtsFmcKCOowdWikRge7Uh4VvuaTGq5zIgJeS4Q6TJjgYY8WZNFfQ9beLHZIKp7Ni3kSEBSEF5oB_0LKA3GsjWxJ_1a52PC6xAFxkORElzztyFyJvZtEhTutWMPoU/s4032/2BEAEF0B-F85A-4194-B730-9A3CF61114CA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1eCHR51Z6gnmdaLulQXxcRhn0FmzApvytao100eXMzUk2gg-zaI-ujJVankCgZtsFmcKCOowdWikRge7Uh4VvuaTGq5zIgJeS4Q6TJjgYY8WZNFfQ9beLHZIKp7Ni3kSEBSEF5oB_0LKA3GsjWxJ_1a52PC6xAFxkORElzztyFyJvZtEhTutWMPoU/w640-h480/2BEAEF0B-F85A-4194-B730-9A3CF61114CA.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Even though it took a bit to light the candles on the windy night. (We ended up only managing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">half.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6S9YSg3KGY4CwqoMPsk1nDiX_OuZJN6pXoizSzFzmMqFBISRLJ0IVPhDs4uIObJ02QGASr7pLgeIIshwi7GRFn92x8KOnM5K6JWuYUIgXFE9xwXDORxU1eKh4_3vP1D_lmCMZBkLvUwkJfAgieZLbNEWb99P5Sk2Vq2mFjjLe0U_5OshvdzAs46a/s4032/12F5426E-183D-4894-A9EC-89FD203A0702.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6S9YSg3KGY4CwqoMPsk1nDiX_OuZJN6pXoizSzFzmMqFBISRLJ0IVPhDs4uIObJ02QGASr7pLgeIIshwi7GRFn92x8KOnM5K6JWuYUIgXFE9xwXDORxU1eKh4_3vP1D_lmCMZBkLvUwkJfAgieZLbNEWb99P5Sk2Vq2mFjjLe0U_5OshvdzAs46a/w640-h480/12F5426E-183D-4894-A9EC-89FD203A0702.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I told you he looked saintly. Even his bike can walk on water.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyM5JqQXmnUuvAwHVBfDre-5en5wE6r4pruzORY8jS0PL4Q5XTtQCmbVrwB6mDfIBzL3b-k7h7JexdXbEjMBr4r5dwEtLCOKLiT0Nx6zhd29jMU2RqXJRKeSPr0h5-Ywmr0FCaYuxYchMkGMF9OA4jRAV7K0SdpRYxFxXO_YgqgoMP6_LpUY36PW0U/s1600/88AB9C99-126E-4BCF-86ED-ACD443A83603.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyM5JqQXmnUuvAwHVBfDre-5en5wE6r4pruzORY8jS0PL4Q5XTtQCmbVrwB6mDfIBzL3b-k7h7JexdXbEjMBr4r5dwEtLCOKLiT0Nx6zhd29jMU2RqXJRKeSPr0h5-Ywmr0FCaYuxYchMkGMF9OA4jRAV7K0SdpRYxFxXO_YgqgoMP6_LpUY36PW0U/w640-h480/88AB9C99-126E-4BCF-86ED-ACD443A83603.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The day after my birthday I wrote a poem. So I will leave you with these thoughts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oEQd9W7Ti3TFrOFMf6mfQqNpZAILhUcL-TA-qzmXGa32ZDzsBtTvXU37ip4xeujt-rbTW75rrjyHY2SXvrR1PjBny-b_cmrRErmrswDCXmgGvtVJecj659ayAha4zDA9DKvIYmHJOLS76invk8YkSXxml8xAf1CRC-7E3auFM50SZpb7UCuyUqhr/s4000/9BFF0F81-C47C-4C69-AE7E-1026AC911B90.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oEQd9W7Ti3TFrOFMf6mfQqNpZAILhUcL-TA-qzmXGa32ZDzsBtTvXU37ip4xeujt-rbTW75rrjyHY2SXvrR1PjBny-b_cmrRErmrswDCXmgGvtVJecj659ayAha4zDA9DKvIYmHJOLS76invk8YkSXxml8xAf1CRC-7E3auFM50SZpb7UCuyUqhr/w640-h480/9BFF0F81-C47C-4C69-AE7E-1026AC911B90.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span><p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Here I sit</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">In a little patch of sun</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Hiding from the wind </span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The day after my 60th birthday </span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">And I feel my life </span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Settling back around me </span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Realising how much</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It has loomed large </span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">In the distance</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">And now here I am</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Safely on the other side.</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The sun is still shining on me</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">And though the wind is blustery </span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I can weather the storm.</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">All those swirling emotions </span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Of gratitude and expectations </span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">And fear</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Can all have a seat.</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Big birthdays are full</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Of ‘Do people love me?’</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">‘Will I die soon?’</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">‘How can I have the perfect day?’</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">‘Time is running out. How can I make</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the most of the time left?’</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">‘My family is so precious </span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and lovely to me.’</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">‘How can I not be a burden to them?’</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Only now afterwards</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Can I get some perspective </span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">And drop back down </span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Into normal life.</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Ahhh…</span></p>
<p style="color: #e8eaed; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">8/3/23</span></p></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Til next time,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Keep on creating!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Love Jazzy Jack</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><br />Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-79341294819210901572023-03-07T22:15:00.008-08:002023-03-07T22:15:54.729-08:0060th Birthday and Blue Mountains trip<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Hi all!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Can you guess what I am doing today? I am turning 60! Right this minute in fact.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Turning and turning until I’m all 60ified. By midnight I’ll be all done. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It’s quite something this moment. Apparently if you and your spouse make it to 60, at least one of us has a 90 % chance of making it to 90, according to our Superannuation expert. So now Cris and I fight it out?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I remember turning 50 and it felt super old. Almost older than this to be honest. I’ve got used to being semiretired and menopausal and all the ailments starting to creep up. It doesn’t feel nice, but I’ve got a bit used to putting myself in the older bracket now. I think menopause really changes things, duh!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The fun part of today has been receiving a flute. I used to play quite well as a teenager, and then it was put on the back burner while I learnt the violin which I received for my 21st (notice a trend here?)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So now I get to revisit old times like an old timer does. It’s amazing how much it has stayed in my fingers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I managed to get through the whole first book in one day, reminding myself how all the notes are played. And now I just have to become better at moving between them. My emboucher could use a little work!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now to the</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Blue Mountains.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Aiden and I went off for a jaunt a few weeks ago, so I thought it would be nice to record the moment for posterity in the old blog.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I’m not sure how I will choose the photos to show because it was one of those times when you couldn’t take an ugly shot.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We stayed in a cute BnB, with leadlight doors to the kitchen (which blocked the front door, but who’s counting?)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_QKfkOn48WadFZGXcpUkKCweqYeH3pRfsqwx6JKfmZJwFtAej0M73EZfDYmrIR9iIqBMCP-ETx_YBnVYHQOtbly1GQsFqT-oQPp0Hp3R-NRHRrceDICL3O4oLPFtsl3cx6FLEWZiuTb7FT9AAIm0jhwVkKSc5ur_iCvA1oSFL1692pc0SSIZhOvD/s4032/20B03C91-5809-48EC-9DB4-966092E2ADFF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_QKfkOn48WadFZGXcpUkKCweqYeH3pRfsqwx6JKfmZJwFtAej0M73EZfDYmrIR9iIqBMCP-ETx_YBnVYHQOtbly1GQsFqT-oQPp0Hp3R-NRHRrceDICL3O4oLPFtsl3cx6FLEWZiuTb7FT9AAIm0jhwVkKSc5ur_iCvA1oSFL1692pc0SSIZhOvD/w640-h480/20B03C91-5809-48EC-9DB4-966092E2ADFF.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Super cute overgrown garden (Aiden looks happy to have arrived)</span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpAueURHik87JgZFobKJrRMlI3ooWkr-K_ut9OLkb-PI1Y1zKBLAliB_IG16Mme5YprFe3Dn1nigvlEJIjc9AbO92hQacJS9nFi9d0lXLDYxCt-ovx5sx9BwCpbdrcXFVq9VHKgG6wPhJ9r6hGD9NCMhk7lusqPgLHS90cXJQ8QrNeSuKtgbuDcsY/s4032/DA7F4913-DB97-4AA7-945E-7A9A7660822E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpAueURHik87JgZFobKJrRMlI3ooWkr-K_ut9OLkb-PI1Y1zKBLAliB_IG16Mme5YprFe3Dn1nigvlEJIjc9AbO92hQacJS9nFi9d0lXLDYxCt-ovx5sx9BwCpbdrcXFVq9VHKgG6wPhJ9r6hGD9NCMhk7lusqPgLHS90cXJQ8QrNeSuKtgbuDcsY/w640-h480/DA7F4913-DB97-4AA7-945E-7A9A7660822E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Built in verandahs with mad vintage items</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThjVm_ayxlePoYE7RCv8lmszXGn5s0tCCty1oE20o5Tmu5-5OwCSWvuXe0hmuVAggWrnr6vrzlqNY1UH96a0e_AO2NWh5GS2Ztx_10V35kMPGDV0B30d1mwy_yfFoDb46X6wO9yXl2jiGSLwphFxBNf8yiVjWkYiufB-vQx92T7KUFcoQ_mQaap4I/s4032/2C304EFA-5556-4643-9EA2-EBD1A45BD3B6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThjVm_ayxlePoYE7RCv8lmszXGn5s0tCCty1oE20o5Tmu5-5OwCSWvuXe0hmuVAggWrnr6vrzlqNY1UH96a0e_AO2NWh5GS2Ztx_10V35kMPGDV0B30d1mwy_yfFoDb46X6wO9yXl2jiGSLwphFxBNf8yiVjWkYiufB-vQx92T7KUFcoQ_mQaap4I/w640-h480/2C304EFA-5556-4643-9EA2-EBD1A45BD3B6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A toilet and bathroom down stairs. I felt like I was making a great dramatic entry every time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKRircb0mDLtJyXpexsdYqciQoikhq9j9-CrtBGR5HRLHhggKrpemqNzvFD6FaJ7Wsicr1ksw0JEswS8WuWWu9sHzYzbdcTSELuD0egoLOesQHjVjOltug3VydU-qUbZFwi1uigU3IZ3RbfE1RMKQqimZ0EEpEZpor7-O3HGUYM5VWDNnv9nGLIXF/s4032/30DC39B7-38EB-45A9-A4A3-AC16A7A82B02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKRircb0mDLtJyXpexsdYqciQoikhq9j9-CrtBGR5HRLHhggKrpemqNzvFD6FaJ7Wsicr1ksw0JEswS8WuWWu9sHzYzbdcTSELuD0egoLOesQHjVjOltug3VydU-qUbZFwi1uigU3IZ3RbfE1RMKQqimZ0EEpEZpor7-O3HGUYM5VWDNnv9nGLIXF/w640-h480/30DC39B7-38EB-45A9-A4A3-AC16A7A82B02.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And cute little ‘Adventure Island’ chairs, (as we used to call them after a favourite TV show), sitting on a pint sized verandah overlooking the bush.</span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloRNiOPV39wh1RXpWnU5UISM8Nu7ZRHm-hNsACptYID_uFmreNguCBhmVCX_PB5f88uUKk-VWmJQNPGQkK0KaSavrCQrrnFDLGl97oW5AMD_4MfAXlv0Ey82U13NW6bfxu3uddwyb9u45RyeSFEkp9dN84RQND9-jzrXa94kTTBkm98uo-fpTz-ee/s4032/B2C40728-9C22-4BDE-9149-274B400A3B9A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloRNiOPV39wh1RXpWnU5UISM8Nu7ZRHm-hNsACptYID_uFmreNguCBhmVCX_PB5f88uUKk-VWmJQNPGQkK0KaSavrCQrrnFDLGl97oW5AMD_4MfAXlv0Ey82U13NW6bfxu3uddwyb9u45RyeSFEkp9dN84RQND9-jzrXa94kTTBkm98uo-fpTz-ee/w640-h480/B2C40728-9C22-4BDE-9149-274B400A3B9A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">While there we spent our first day at ‘The Three Sisters’. It has grown dramatically in tourist numbers since I was last there. I can’t say I enjoyed that part of it, but the scenery can’t be faulted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5SXKtEoLstjq2wDtpG2_KHtt1pEWhzxc86AXB_EmODzUf9SRz2lW9uupgjEU-VAn3W_kVNhZ-GmLUQXG-MLIUxoVaoZrt5pBp1sZdZcILwP_PK8Z4pBDnJ-lrmLRLyNfpuNyTiEsNNg18VBYC271XWTWJkp621jFv7BYZIfdKTh8Q6xJ-emrfuf9/s4032/9432A54D-66E5-4BAE-B2CB-8374C871B602.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5SXKtEoLstjq2wDtpG2_KHtt1pEWhzxc86AXB_EmODzUf9SRz2lW9uupgjEU-VAn3W_kVNhZ-GmLUQXG-MLIUxoVaoZrt5pBp1sZdZcILwP_PK8Z4pBDnJ-lrmLRLyNfpuNyTiEsNNg18VBYC271XWTWJkp621jFv7BYZIfdKTh8Q6xJ-emrfuf9/w640-h480/9432A54D-66E5-4BAE-B2CB-8374C871B602.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8i36yyL1cy3qJZonwiXAfvEy_CiEJTk7GJsT-efy4ul07F5Ta6ex5H-3CEp2UhZsRWP_zKXOU83Py6Nn-M-aqtWWoMsY4bp7L9r3TnlqLlDaCGxpbhP-8imaIR4q5caeCWocCzYBH11VZVk2R9ji18EmDze8fZ58CTTlSlivIyXIhBg4JwTM9QgO/s3088/E7528DBE-D5D3-4407-9708-396B87E86883.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8i36yyL1cy3qJZonwiXAfvEy_CiEJTk7GJsT-efy4ul07F5Ta6ex5H-3CEp2UhZsRWP_zKXOU83Py6Nn-M-aqtWWoMsY4bp7L9r3TnlqLlDaCGxpbhP-8imaIR4q5caeCWocCzYBH11VZVk2R9ji18EmDze8fZ58CTTlSlivIyXIhBg4JwTM9QgO/w640-h480/E7528DBE-D5D3-4407-9708-396B87E86883.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We climbed down some very steep stairs to explore the first ‘Sister’. Pushing past people on a steep precipice with a back pack on is not my idea of fun. We decided to leave and move on to other areas, where we found some quieter but no less enjoyable beauty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcwMxIxcp7ynb-Itt4j-glzhsSGotfYClFaHvPfw3_vvJzjvPyWMhkWeQO_J1D-D051Rb1gjrqRQajG0OzsS7VCNxVN-aUHdSo1ZsGOPVq-GkBp7ymYxp8e1uHq_5CGOmgzQIS5eBpKJvCUJE63pO3tItuEM0cb-ulX-0mSrauUFGmzISUjkVUG4Z/s4032/9DB1AE25-1577-49F8-AF23-9DBE4F5166EE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcwMxIxcp7ynb-Itt4j-glzhsSGotfYClFaHvPfw3_vvJzjvPyWMhkWeQO_J1D-D051Rb1gjrqRQajG0OzsS7VCNxVN-aUHdSo1ZsGOPVq-GkBp7ymYxp8e1uHq_5CGOmgzQIS5eBpKJvCUJE63pO3tItuEM0cb-ulX-0mSrauUFGmzISUjkVUG4Z/w640-h480/9DB1AE25-1577-49F8-AF23-9DBE4F5166EE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On our way home we explored Wentworth Falls from a lovely lookout we had all to ourselves, just arriving when people we were leaving, and leaving when people were arriving. Such a treat to feel all that majesty in silence. We may or may not have carved our initials in the railing paint. Amazing we could find a blank spot!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjnksb7SJ6-qh-XQXr9HtjfcTWoXtfZay6O9sOHq-FJ82Axj5c2YP8hP6TWkyJSANp4olCi4-YwFRQEXueO6mHJjNHqm2F1v-aS7uJh0xa2x6WAULKBt9syWsXZqt54RhY-gfmwvcwWSM0rJFnRG3gfhOROlTO1aXbem1MJcHNe_VYXtHjx7Y5CwN/s4032/6B39C558-30D6-43FA-9DDA-12B6CADE86D4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjnksb7SJ6-qh-XQXr9HtjfcTWoXtfZay6O9sOHq-FJ82Axj5c2YP8hP6TWkyJSANp4olCi4-YwFRQEXueO6mHJjNHqm2F1v-aS7uJh0xa2x6WAULKBt9syWsXZqt54RhY-gfmwvcwWSM0rJFnRG3gfhOROlTO1aXbem1MJcHNe_VYXtHjx7Y5CwN/w640-h480/6B39C558-30D6-43FA-9DDA-12B6CADE86D4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The next day we headed off down the end of our street to explore the pathway in our local ravine behind the house. I thought we would take 20 minutes but we arrived home three hours later!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But what views we had. We could have happily just done our local valley and called it a successful holiday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR08zQGYMvFE9JqPL_G996AwkO1xz5jrcCK5S9TDKzMJJuOj7aQkyL1MdEHsQCeyOo_eMyJQilHe6biUQ_jpR8Dw_56uCaVdrfTkUMzGgk9twUrq9-UFW8ZPbfM0k7MXFc65_Moaf-KvlFu81-KlMazKuPIQwD1WJFo699MtqMRdFrpgA8yg6Fm_ea/s4032/A8C19406-A1E2-4F5A-8D58-7F739F17F633.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR08zQGYMvFE9JqPL_G996AwkO1xz5jrcCK5S9TDKzMJJuOj7aQkyL1MdEHsQCeyOo_eMyJQilHe6biUQ_jpR8Dw_56uCaVdrfTkUMzGgk9twUrq9-UFW8ZPbfM0k7MXFc65_Moaf-KvlFu81-KlMazKuPIQwD1WJFo699MtqMRdFrpgA8yg6Fm_ea/w640-h480/A8C19406-A1E2-4F5A-8D58-7F739F17F633.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQX-r0TpPmU3kCs77gnVaZK87Z6eVSlFiPLkzqgxb9wVLTIEH2AlraGR56SdisAbABUzsGvEL-cNKtmEQdxPrwCfe4TMUbIOPFtuRlJa-clNu8Vz1gCY6SyvL9WfPSzO4xk9Sjfc3k63cuhpim6lGHyEqP0v1kx20AK154P0wAS9qkGvY7u_Srl1L/s4032/05793651-A19B-44CF-8565-7F9CE5513AA7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQX-r0TpPmU3kCs77gnVaZK87Z6eVSlFiPLkzqgxb9wVLTIEH2AlraGR56SdisAbABUzsGvEL-cNKtmEQdxPrwCfe4TMUbIOPFtuRlJa-clNu8Vz1gCY6SyvL9WfPSzO4xk9Sjfc3k63cuhpim6lGHyEqP0v1kx20AK154P0wAS9qkGvY7u_Srl1L/w640-h480/05793651-A19B-44CF-8565-7F9CE5513AA7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSfQEysKxF0xGElEYgVfMsO5ulxtouVIuvf8B8wXIx2tzh4i1qf8oJlQxJm6glKAQpGO7d7kTB5DQunj580XDh3ONpBjY8rYAUn1_gONee__PrhlCRJkqk9kNJQh8J6puvZGcU7me7UE51ZFyuJ4ouZn2EQtyqEDW1bCOX1ztKylE1-RHSXbJAmEy/s4032/861D406A-E93B-4F41-827C-343F6584FA40.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSfQEysKxF0xGElEYgVfMsO5ulxtouVIuvf8B8wXIx2tzh4i1qf8oJlQxJm6glKAQpGO7d7kTB5DQunj580XDh3ONpBjY8rYAUn1_gONee__PrhlCRJkqk9kNJQh8J6puvZGcU7me7UE51ZFyuJ4ouZn2EQtyqEDW1bCOX1ztKylE1-RHSXbJAmEy/w480-h640/861D406A-E93B-4F41-827C-343F6584FA40.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrgbSPBQ2TLTecVTAIa8USPCbwfWabf22FWF0ygVJAgmDVfKNpcrTIUT4jnIsMF5fDFJfQL27YJb9qHHL7K_GMlPwe0KJsdynG6kz1WJGR8-g3yBEJHzjRyokYV7lrlntCkjhGU0Af5RJCQLFzWWhum9UynT7uJnWWv9wOBTQ-0xyzJiAlJnNP4Y0/s4032/D6DB8F5B-FFB4-475D-8D98-C1C1B24BF48E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrgbSPBQ2TLTecVTAIa8USPCbwfWabf22FWF0ygVJAgmDVfKNpcrTIUT4jnIsMF5fDFJfQL27YJb9qHHL7K_GMlPwe0KJsdynG6kz1WJGR8-g3yBEJHzjRyokYV7lrlntCkjhGU0Af5RJCQLFzWWhum9UynT7uJnWWv9wOBTQ-0xyzJiAlJnNP4Y0/w640-h480/D6DB8F5B-FFB4-475D-8D98-C1C1B24BF48E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And with that we were on our way home again.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A swift break from our daily routines which we plan to repeat throughout the year, introducing Aiden to the wider world. (At least the world we can fit in between trampoline lessons)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Til next time,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Keep on creating!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Jazzy Jack</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-24328483630086477092022-12-09T04:07:00.001-08:002022-12-09T04:07:00.221-08:00Scrapshot 4<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQRwY6A_r4_ooOvabG7X0els3d8jwgIaG7LV7qpe27HwTTjtr6Hv0hob-LV0AZe4bWWxWGU9zihphwO5XhrbaWTYcf02R8KTg6Zjc3MjkTrlokSew-DftI_GlB5n769gSsW0ZU4xUzwc6Yu8SN89CLbyUihbYRYv8TYQ7rwzDKpmB2x8nAy2xVPOq/s3824/6C55A25A-2D2A-4A46-A5B2-2C17402AC314.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2868" data-original-width="3824" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQRwY6A_r4_ooOvabG7X0els3d8jwgIaG7LV7qpe27HwTTjtr6Hv0hob-LV0AZe4bWWxWGU9zihphwO5XhrbaWTYcf02R8KTg6Zjc3MjkTrlokSew-DftI_GlB5n769gSsW0ZU4xUzwc6Yu8SN89CLbyUihbYRYv8TYQ7rwzDKpmB2x8nAy2xVPOq/w640-h480/6C55A25A-2D2A-4A46-A5B2-2C17402AC314.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">clouds have fallen </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">into our lake</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">overnight </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and the steel surface</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">ripples gently</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">a bird flies low</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">tipping its reflection </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and bubbles surface</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">teasing of treasure </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">below</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">10/10/22</span></span></p>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-69992581675398104242022-12-02T03:53:00.001-08:002022-12-02T03:53:00.222-08:00Scrapshot 3<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceDudnshLGKI8Zbw1Y8DNaS75YZUmlzoV7aEWYYEpJS6BWjQ5P0CF-oypipI_zfcHB62dkzy5cxINfryI9zW-Nx-z-ZReQ5fusRFWygpZRpao7Oy_NfMxg1LxfnrXwP0lc6CU0o3kfDMRekaLYrnjkQHgi9kGxqPzc6wESAeCptdFeJOMfRSsgRi7/s2048/180E5945-F0ED-43DB-A5BC-6FFE0C9FE01A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceDudnshLGKI8Zbw1Y8DNaS75YZUmlzoV7aEWYYEpJS6BWjQ5P0CF-oypipI_zfcHB62dkzy5cxINfryI9zW-Nx-z-ZReQ5fusRFWygpZRpao7Oy_NfMxg1LxfnrXwP0lc6CU0o3kfDMRekaLYrnjkQHgi9kGxqPzc6wESAeCptdFeJOMfRSsgRi7/w640-h480/180E5945-F0ED-43DB-A5BC-6FFE0C9FE01A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">the tracery of lines</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">against the grey clouds</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">from the winterised trees</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">echoes the drips </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">of raindrops</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">from the umbrella </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">over my cafe table</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">as the car tyres</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">swishing past</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">create dashing sounds.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">everything is</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">a line sketch today</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">7/10/22</span></span></p></div><p><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-7703936151624648822022-11-25T03:53:00.000-08:002022-11-25T03:53:11.204-08:00Scrapshot 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlVuUcKLKtXXsI_KD0yCwd1BaIcsZboNtMXbWVZAv4Qb-jQmaeHsn4DpERnNgIfkNNXfhI6qlLim_kIOnfMPHSsgSVJjhcsQnioK7uZL1pOquWRsxwXkRaGQrHm3YKno7PpyKjewYDRGCb0HaqxjUHN4Z7c-4MJK7LncBP0aHJC6iP9XWC4zqEVhK/s2048/00245CB9-5865-42FB-882C-AA7F851B4AD0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlVuUcKLKtXXsI_KD0yCwd1BaIcsZboNtMXbWVZAv4Qb-jQmaeHsn4DpERnNgIfkNNXfhI6qlLim_kIOnfMPHSsgSVJjhcsQnioK7uZL1pOquWRsxwXkRaGQrHm3YKno7PpyKjewYDRGCb0HaqxjUHN4Z7c-4MJK7LncBP0aHJC6iP9XWC4zqEVhK/w480-h640/00245CB9-5865-42FB-882C-AA7F851B4AD0.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">mesmerised </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I stare at my washing </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">spinning </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">and swirling</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">in the laundromat </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">washing machine</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">thinking big thoughts </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">about gravity</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and planets</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">and the whirling </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">of the spheres</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and how our universe</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">is made up </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">of twirling objects</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">like a circus performer </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">making us go</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">wow!</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">6/10/22</span></span></p>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-79382353956116660622022-11-16T22:22:00.000-08:002022-11-16T22:22:13.354-08:00Five months’ catchup and Scrapshot 1<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello Hello</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">All you lovely people in internet land!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I have recently become aware that a few people are reading my missives, so I have been motivated to missive again.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">To catch up from last time, we still have our lovely cat Jasmine, who is now nearly one. She and Winter our dog, are making friends and we don’t need to segregate them at all now. Well, there may be some touchy moments around dinner time, but Jasmine has become so brave she even jumps over Winter if she is lying in a doorway. And Winter doesn’t chase her!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuy2qmBlTM7knrrCRLFWD1UT_XlvF8R98DN0ko3nMvQ-ETSQo4IY6Bj8NA0bEg1dmXR5FxMon_areMcF_rgtvPrBqgWvVAeBOpJ960p7sFfA-Pnth3mNnK8cgKtdyNrc8-inVT7u_8V9ZwjAXqAUCaPH3ZuqYUYxy-aFZRq96xeGSUSa1MdZncS07/s2577/213DE2A5-EDCB-4332-AB41-F01A7D12DEAF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1982" data-original-width="2577" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuy2qmBlTM7knrrCRLFWD1UT_XlvF8R98DN0ko3nMvQ-ETSQo4IY6Bj8NA0bEg1dmXR5FxMon_areMcF_rgtvPrBqgWvVAeBOpJ960p7sFfA-Pnth3mNnK8cgKtdyNrc8-inVT7u_8V9ZwjAXqAUCaPH3ZuqYUYxy-aFZRq96xeGSUSa1MdZncS07/w640-h492/213DE2A5-EDCB-4332-AB41-F01A7D12DEAF.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So peace reigns once more in our tiny house in the sky. But with the added benefit of having a beautiful cat to drape around the furniture and bejewel it. (Can you tell I’m a cat person?)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">To catch you up on other news, Miles is currently on a two week long trip up to set foot in Queensland. That will be his fifth Australian State, having visited Cris recently on a trip to Victoria. We pop back and forth to NSW all the time and we lived in Hobart, Tasmania for 6 months when he was 3. Now to cross off South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisp30M1tlhaqS3CWWfM6roIHpY1wh-LKHg2ND5YcksVpqMgfh__FhU9qWKsQLh9JXt5GOdWXqxhXdsnIC1n3NfqcAshq8E1pYQSmK-I-uTX8hiOz8Oi_PVtxPSWycapZBkBrJlrw2qMlGIimo9kxL_Wc9Lnj1fUdBVzDtGgLFsIgi0iUKY8Bp1bLBI/s1600/2A221AB7-8487-4D7E-847A-6DAEB754639C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisp30M1tlhaqS3CWWfM6roIHpY1wh-LKHg2ND5YcksVpqMgfh__FhU9qWKsQLh9JXt5GOdWXqxhXdsnIC1n3NfqcAshq8E1pYQSmK-I-uTX8hiOz8Oi_PVtxPSWycapZBkBrJlrw2qMlGIimo9kxL_Wc9Lnj1fUdBVzDtGgLFsIgi0iUKY8Bp1bLBI/w640-h480/2A221AB7-8487-4D7E-847A-6DAEB754639C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><p>Aiden has been focussing on his trampolining which he has been doing once a week for nearly two terms now. He has found it very interesting and is making great progress. It’s also been a great social outlet.</p></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5YCpGhN1cPZs15V6MEoO2yrVjDyuNWQ6GC3o8P8etSJ_n3-CqZdsdeKMelNMWJ52IEgaCz24iD6laug4N5IhVzTw5wgVAXfOpXEZ_p_ng44uYhF8YDzgl-_VLn3wQ70JWNNl9hMYH3gNBc3LfJTGW5B-E_Vt-a-AlHu0NIr8OcYZTh2DG2emAtoO/s2424/317140FB-A170-4FCF-B8AB-923CCC69E88D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2424" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5YCpGhN1cPZs15V6MEoO2yrVjDyuNWQ6GC3o8P8etSJ_n3-CqZdsdeKMelNMWJ52IEgaCz24iD6laug4N5IhVzTw5wgVAXfOpXEZ_p_ng44uYhF8YDzgl-_VLn3wQ70JWNNl9hMYH3gNBc3LfJTGW5B-E_Vt-a-AlHu0NIr8OcYZTh2DG2emAtoO/w640-h360/317140FB-A170-4FCF-B8AB-923CCC69E88D.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Working on his front flip!<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The boys now have all their licences both car and motorbike, as Aiden recently passed his bike licence, on a day with 70 km/hr wind gusts. We are super proud of them both. Miles has been camping all around the state this year on his bike, exploring the back country.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Currently we are looking forward to a two week holiday at the beach at the end of next week! So many preparations are in place for that. We are allowed to take both our animals with us, although Winter will be an outside dog. Hopefully she will cope with the change from being indoors in the sky, to outdoors on the ground. But she’s been super adaptable up til now. We are preparing Jasmine by taking her for walks outside in her backpack. She is very cute.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And now to the next news, I’ve been writing some new poems in a new format I’m calling Scrapshot. Basically a short minimally edited snapshot of a moment in my day. Mostly some time on my morning walks. I am writing them in an analogue book (!) because I want to know where all the poems are. I keep losing poems I’ve written online. Then I decided to draw a little sketch to illustrate it and take a photo of the moment. You’ll see what I mean in a minute. I hope to post a few of these to have a series. I hope you enjoy them!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Til next time, keep on creating!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Love,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jazzy Jack</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-87uveo8tsHh3Auw9OtHE9xysUvVaPzs3ghNe8GDs57EprKLYJ8WXfVS7bUFBlQYz8b_cgveJ087jJgCvapW6_XiTuPyqtU-0uWZW711QmfPlI6FdnwKpyoao_4VqimXeE6wLL46hpTPe_BihzXCZSHhBMSQZhFmccyBFDAtplYQQdB0EKMz6ieK/s2048/569E3393-CD9D-4FD9-BB0B-94B26D387CA1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-87uveo8tsHh3Auw9OtHE9xysUvVaPzs3ghNe8GDs57EprKLYJ8WXfVS7bUFBlQYz8b_cgveJ087jJgCvapW6_XiTuPyqtU-0uWZW711QmfPlI6FdnwKpyoao_4VqimXeE6wLL46hpTPe_BihzXCZSHhBMSQZhFmccyBFDAtplYQQdB0EKMz6ieK/w640-h480/569E3393-CD9D-4FD9-BB0B-94B26D387CA1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="color: #e8eaed; font-family: "System Font"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #e8eaed; font-family: "System Font"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19.1px;"><span face="".SFUI-Regular""></span><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">moth headbutts the lake</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">mistaking its reflections </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">for reality</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">17/11/22</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-90111023832860161432022-06-16T01:49:00.001-07:002022-06-16T01:49:08.915-07:00Jasmine comes to stay<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Greetings!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We now have a new member of the family.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A little six month old rescue kitten called Jasmine has come to live in our tiny apartment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">She is braving the big dog and the four enormous humans with aplomb. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Winter (our dog) is desperate to play with her, but we are not quite trusting her “playing” is our playing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So visits into the shared zone are heavily supervised with one hand on the dog at all times!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But since Winter has had a cat companion before, we trust eventually they will learn to live together most amicably.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here are a few photos of the little scamp to record the moment.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZKcYYCfLv9sISk5pHD-9M_fRIuLNbiODsNCQBpHZMEu0QA8z38nawTmEVX2-jJUnLRpeIabQlPZzqh2_jGrv0ib0wEI-wzRqqWySnVg_kb-gSrRaVsZ3IDlOvUHukaonNmioMxEPfOY6FKIH2vZhQgupWR-L4tWpVKS0NJgHp_XPFBq2fW45vYqC/s3840/1C8D0D96-AED7-4C23-895A-29F94ED36CDE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZKcYYCfLv9sISk5pHD-9M_fRIuLNbiODsNCQBpHZMEu0QA8z38nawTmEVX2-jJUnLRpeIabQlPZzqh2_jGrv0ib0wEI-wzRqqWySnVg_kb-gSrRaVsZ3IDlOvUHukaonNmioMxEPfOY6FKIH2vZhQgupWR-L4tWpVKS0NJgHp_XPFBq2fW45vYqC/w360-h640/1C8D0D96-AED7-4C23-895A-29F94ED36CDE.jpeg" width="360" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69GOZ867R1uN1Ybb3TUbsZTQ_qvQEUCLVAvAsn2LRC3k3bW2ieyyqJCtE9U9-2GoXw9BOSzbUSOO8zr74XAm1zqzHtswjK5lDGH8_IiDOE22RhYimWB5NbZWkgPIodU17hWWlYPcsut8IqQg2Rn5FBMINtQdyRYAtsZ-pEn0-aYlwaH8N6ILuZyXW/w640-h480/D71F3E15-800A-4F85-AE2B-CBC43A013BDD.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Jazzy Jack</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-77339572195729412002022-06-10T21:13:00.002-07:002022-06-10T21:13:45.725-07:00BeautyScope 458 : Mind Shadows<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqytKUb8mhGm-t1I5lOChAMOp8tK7q6JqErGwiLCYglnHA6UX7CKaRFGdRkKdbz3I7s2vBFIksWljuE0_2sgK2CrnrSjK0FiigvNJJ8mp1knYoxP9lP9bzerT7dKV4AKdunelu7GK3JEweArhwzqv8Gay_ecQ7eHEAif_g4mGUJiCqEqFBOMTOTa_/s2862/CB0D4E32-62F3-40B4-B7CF-033401D0E595.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2862" data-original-width="2282" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqytKUb8mhGm-t1I5lOChAMOp8tK7q6JqErGwiLCYglnHA6UX7CKaRFGdRkKdbz3I7s2vBFIksWljuE0_2sgK2CrnrSjK0FiigvNJJ8mp1knYoxP9lP9bzerT7dKV4AKdunelu7GK3JEweArhwzqv8Gay_ecQ7eHEAif_g4mGUJiCqEqFBOMTOTa_/w510-h640/CB0D4E32-62F3-40B4-B7CF-033401D0E595.jpeg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">awake early</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I try to remember </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the wonderful poem idea</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">that threaded my mind</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">last night</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">but the remnants of sleep</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">cloud it out</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and I gaze, entranced</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">at the sunshine filled wall</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">entwined with shadows</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">11/6/22</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-37352686073019626722022-04-07T21:36:00.000-07:002022-04-07T21:36:15.437-07:00Going to Pot(s)<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"> Greetings my fellow humans!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I’m back from the real world with tales of my health. Oh Yay! You say ;-)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The last few days have been quite dramatic to say the least. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I went off to the Drs for something else and she took my Blood Pressure and pulse. My heart rate was 140bpm. I know I don’t like having my BP measured and it always elevates dramatically. In my head it felt like I was running a race. She freaked out (gently) and sent me off to the Emergency Department at the hospital. I resisted of course because it was not a good day for it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Cris was doing a talk and not contactable, Miles was preparing to go camping for the night and Cris was going to Tasmania for work the next day. But she painted an awful picture so I complied.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It was not pleasant waiting in the ED as I’m sure you know. Mostly because I couldn’t contact anyone due to abysmal signal. And I had no idea what was happening to my body. When they finally came for me and they saw the state I was in, they were so sweet telling me they would look after me. And they did!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Cris finally made it in and we stayed there for 6 hours being seen and monitored and IVed.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRfNfJREmIH-TSKOjgGkdXX4VS4M8gHHs7wTYZqCRC_EU5s2luiv54cgS32iA9BhifHMGC1oao8eN7rTqImSstqIEo1EbFKtVFQelsFYRMDMjhvamANerNjuG-4vaU2cxUGc_h7AQqZRkPuoDwNhxLL4QNrlfVn7aTVdIwmCakIqwv1CmRFvZGjuS/s2268/91647423-9C1F-4ED8-991A-2C6191032000.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1571" data-original-width="2268" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRfNfJREmIH-TSKOjgGkdXX4VS4M8gHHs7wTYZqCRC_EU5s2luiv54cgS32iA9BhifHMGC1oao8eN7rTqImSstqIEo1EbFKtVFQelsFYRMDMjhvamANerNjuG-4vaU2cxUGc_h7AQqZRkPuoDwNhxLL4QNrlfVn7aTVdIwmCakIqwv1CmRFvZGjuS/w640-h444/91647423-9C1F-4ED8-991A-2C6191032000.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The upshot is postural tachycardia, ?POTS.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I still need to see a cardiologist for a proper diagnosis. In the meantime I’m doing a 24 hour ECG halter, been started on beta blockers, drinking 3 litres of fluids a day, salting everything (yuck!) and monitoring my BP and heart rate for two weeks.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">So in all this my yoga and exercise has suffered, as you can imagine. The bending in yoga is challenging.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I’m hoping the beta blockers which are doing a great job with the heart rate will settle me down so I can get back to exercising properly. It takes a few days for the body to adjust.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">So there you go. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All’s well that ends well.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Cris did his talk, Miles did his camp, and Cris got off to Tassie.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I was so grateful to my family for their support, especially Cris who raced to my side dropping everything including a seminar. And the kids just picked up the slack. Miles and Aiden sorted the camping gear, and Aiden gave himself dinner and watched a movie with the dog. I was a little worried if they would freak out, but it seems we have some strong sons. I’m proud of them!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Here is a recent knitting project I did. I call it my strangled octopus! It was a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to how it will enliven my winter wardrobe. It can also be rotated like a poncho and worn with arms in the holes.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5ou3LdgR19ide4NMs5fB5666ZIEBR-2YLpwTFFTbAB22dJ4eCpgT7q5BJQcXg4gi_MnAm6BV890fefo84Fqob6x1gBj4eWtj2UGYHK4Q4gH3pAoMOJg5EFvCVOF_owsGB-9hNvmj8gLQYdFvcD-unQpJYOROrE1iTSrqoB0JRgcYLqm3QwE3cFyy/s1681/3952C746-4A53-4AF3-BCA2-B5ACA4BB0023.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1681" data-original-width="1669" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5ou3LdgR19ide4NMs5fB5666ZIEBR-2YLpwTFFTbAB22dJ4eCpgT7q5BJQcXg4gi_MnAm6BV890fefo84Fqob6x1gBj4eWtj2UGYHK4Q4gH3pAoMOJg5EFvCVOF_owsGB-9hNvmj8gLQYdFvcD-unQpJYOROrE1iTSrqoB0JRgcYLqm3QwE3cFyy/w636-h640/3952C746-4A53-4AF3-BCA2-B5ACA4BB0023.jpeg" width="636" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Recently I had my 59th birthday, so this is the outfit I wore to celebrate being still a badass!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The pants and braces I made.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif11DcsQl5MDpeO-7EYFCxMDWH0yDpRtwCb3FX5Hz-ekG9VGVxqaTvmApAEvUPODMeiWwHjx1e1kubwkSsluuePQ-hlyRQNCZQIPaJi_Qvd7gHJvjsSBdqF-ub51pLn1CqBTeGOlcp8ibQL3zIRcrE8taPo3Q2Jr_vIg8JLj6U-06crzKw4zeTuWNC/s2048/F05085A4-8407-4853-AB11-49E929B4E0E0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif11DcsQl5MDpeO-7EYFCxMDWH0yDpRtwCb3FX5Hz-ekG9VGVxqaTvmApAEvUPODMeiWwHjx1e1kubwkSsluuePQ-hlyRQNCZQIPaJi_Qvd7gHJvjsSBdqF-ub51pLn1CqBTeGOlcp8ibQL3zIRcrE8taPo3Q2Jr_vIg8JLj6U-06crzKw4zeTuWNC/w480-h640/F05085A4-8407-4853-AB11-49E929B4E0E0.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I’ll leave you with the gorgeous view Miles took from where he camped, half way up the second highest mountain on the ACT border!</span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO0-lG5dv7JVkvH-DnEqxQ9vCzcRBCfPAwTcJ_y91gdsZMkn-E62sepV3Lt_HV2CPlpq6-oFTK4PBxANac-2DpiFVqQLLn7Tpv8hiI5n6anEfzKjYK-YJdUDoHmI_lDHjMrH3a13JFGK2R1FMqPjtN1u6t27AqbY2lZsibC2sMuDcltCUw1IliEEY/s9248/FD7FE3AA-8C51-4893-A011-05363D263C99.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="9248" data-original-width="6936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO0-lG5dv7JVkvH-DnEqxQ9vCzcRBCfPAwTcJ_y91gdsZMkn-E62sepV3Lt_HV2CPlpq6-oFTK4PBxANac-2DpiFVqQLLn7Tpv8hiI5n6anEfzKjYK-YJdUDoHmI_lDHjMrH3a13JFGK2R1FMqPjtN1u6t27AqbY2lZsibC2sMuDcltCUw1IliEEY/w480-h640/FD7FE3AA-8C51-4893-A011-05363D263C99.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Til next time, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">keep</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> on creating!(a good life)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Lots of love,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Jazzy Jack</span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-78364063647890264302022-01-12T20:54:00.001-08:002022-01-12T20:54:49.779-08:00KFC poem<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzy5V6_0Z40j_ZpSedAmFSvaaDZcCZLyD5oVQbXCKrKONOgA7YHS2qZXAN37BsME7Oh43bg1b1Sj5NrmHWNrTd4n7oTWTkK3IMZiy_YNQUbTs59D8styy5X1_-Mkde7e0KmIGTPmvJQJCT3pdYvhM1iIhFAyaXcibYMvFnXg2fiGyFuD0HVE-Tct42=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzy5V6_0Z40j_ZpSedAmFSvaaDZcCZLyD5oVQbXCKrKONOgA7YHS2qZXAN37BsME7Oh43bg1b1Sj5NrmHWNrTd4n7oTWTkK3IMZiy_YNQUbTs59D8styy5X1_-Mkde7e0KmIGTPmvJQJCT3pdYvhM1iIhFAyaXcibYMvFnXg2fiGyFuD0HVE-Tct42=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">recently a KFC has been built</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">across the road</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">-glorious saviour of our view-</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">but along with it comes</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">an air conditioner hum</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">which revs up at 8 in the morning</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and shuts down at midnight</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">our days are now peppered </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">with a drone</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">which my musical mind</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">insists on copying</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and echoing</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">all day long</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">there is a real relief</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">when it quietens at night</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">my whole system relaxes</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">how to live with this?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">maybe I can use it</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">as a timekeeper</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">a sign to go to sleep</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and wake up</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">maybe I can listen to the silence</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">under and around the sound</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the times my mind is occupied</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">by other things</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and maybe I can see it </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">as the music of the spheres</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the universal hum</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">vibrating through me</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">ommm…</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">10/1/22</span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-8836171781295935812022-01-04T21:40:00.000-08:002022-01-04T21:40:30.804-08:002022<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Greetings everyone!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Happy 2022!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I thought I’d pop in and actually talk to you, instead of writing poetry. Although I have received a couple of nice comments about them. Thanks!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I did enjoy doing the A to Z challenge as it gave me a focus and a topic nudge. I struggle to know what to say, here in blogland and in life.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We had a delicious New Year’s celebration with fireworks for the first time in two years. They were absent due to the fires in 2019, and then due to the ubiquitous pest in 2020. It really felt like life returning to some semblance of normality having them back. Although it was interesting to note the change in philosophy. In the old days they moved them from the lake to the city centre so they could create a vibe and crowd all the people together in one place. This year they moved back to the lake and had three matching shows along the lake to spread people apart. I have to say it was stunning, and they will be much missed if they move it back again. Fireworks and water just go so well together!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Around the fireworks we had a picnic and played cards around the lake and in our campervan Brumhilda.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7El6BnuHOf9WPq-2H3fdo--3op01-wmoiyblGhiY2TnO65Mu__0y4IyFMc6W0nYHd6UnOCZhDxg-v9saRlzTjezrtFznGyDqx7UV3T7dqLKd-6jogRMJyFoIUCYBuzzVM5TtoAEtTxwu0Yr4c3N645iE-i9qYYIibHJ1bZ4GipWp3BG4Fl5rTP8iR=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7El6BnuHOf9WPq-2H3fdo--3op01-wmoiyblGhiY2TnO65Mu__0y4IyFMc6W0nYHd6UnOCZhDxg-v9saRlzTjezrtFznGyDqx7UV3T7dqLKd-6jogRMJyFoIUCYBuzzVM5TtoAEtTxwu0Yr4c3N645iE-i9qYYIibHJ1bZ4GipWp3BG4Fl5rTP8iR=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgehc747WJk1drfU_J3jxB5REp7NbdeU8Z5EtFOGbNC9cryA1Q2Ots7EB2Uk2dTdhns5XVDzXmh0MKQHT6P1Wz2eJUGlo6aaYlXHsE0HYrHKsJVAWxPohhkojVEaDo3Ltq1Tt0nK-MZwWeGLpXx2VQXiMai9ZbHvHxvKeyEy19SvJHzzQFdWup_YQqy=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgehc747WJk1drfU_J3jxB5REp7NbdeU8Z5EtFOGbNC9cryA1Q2Ots7EB2Uk2dTdhns5XVDzXmh0MKQHT6P1Wz2eJUGlo6aaYlXHsE0HYrHKsJVAWxPohhkojVEaDo3Ltq1Tt0nK-MZwWeGLpXx2VQXiMai9ZbHvHxvKeyEy19SvJHzzQFdWup_YQqy=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Following that we went home for some more snacks, The Blues Brothers movie, and the Sydney fireworks on TV. Along with some incidental fireworks from a house in the distance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We had no issues with our dog Winter, despite our misgivings. She seemed pretty chill, until we were woken early the next morning with a fire alarm. As I’ve mentioned to a couple of friends, we do pay for our view. We seem to have an inordinate number of fire alarms which never end up being anything except some smoking in the car park etc. I try to be grateful for the protection of this system, but it becomes more difficult to manage when woken in the middle of the night!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">That said, we are still having a blast living in our high kingdom in the clouds (as it feels to me). We are on the 12th floor, so not tooo high.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Currently the boys are having fun exploring the world with their new motorbikes. Yes, I have two kids on their Learner’s at the same time. Aren’t I a brave Mum? For Christmas we gave them motorbike accessories so they could go motocamping, which they have done once already. I think the fact they were both in a two person tent was a little tricky, but they made it work and are planning more outings.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1tnHc2fn6_EtESDJDxV_kO5wh8W0EE2DCTsQj6t2moncmondifzFE7kJrptwF9xzAZEgx06MWWCaE4M_cXTe9twmY99lTMl2Jl-mXMdQshubsolcQyG6MZN7Dx3jVwqIdHojncFaE4scaDHgigrO7T02y3OY-8rv5rXmSj-XASXFcBkc_e24ugeY-=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1tnHc2fn6_EtESDJDxV_kO5wh8W0EE2DCTsQj6t2moncmondifzFE7kJrptwF9xzAZEgx06MWWCaE4M_cXTe9twmY99lTMl2Jl-mXMdQshubsolcQyG6MZN7Dx3jVwqIdHojncFaE4scaDHgigrO7T02y3OY-8rv5rXmSj-XASXFcBkc_e24ugeY-=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I am often asked how I cope as a Mum with kids on motorbikes, or why I allowed my kids to have motorbikes. My answer is always that I want my kids to run their own lives and live the lives they are passionate about. I couldn’t squash their obvious desire just because I had some fears. As long as we’ve spoken about the dangers and we can see them addressing them, then I have to let go and support them, no matter what. It is their life after all. Especially at this late teen/early adult age.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEir879EZH1_672Ky6DP7hr-xTSWR9Yw87--8WtJEwOXupXQIOlICmv7cCC06z5wKMvRDkftQcJmJCdKZlJ2mdQjvu5geS8DNKkCZDMcRoSb80cRtfidNbGMnoMjMPf0En9rotzdsdhXvSNKYeNzAFURC_JAYsizdC9c3t-tS6BA9oFLadndaqYhS3HU=s719" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="404" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEir879EZH1_672Ky6DP7hr-xTSWR9Yw87--8WtJEwOXupXQIOlICmv7cCC06z5wKMvRDkftQcJmJCdKZlJ2mdQjvu5geS8DNKkCZDMcRoSb80cRtfidNbGMnoMjMPf0En9rotzdsdhXvSNKYeNzAFURC_JAYsizdC9c3t-tS6BA9oFLadndaqYhS3HU=w360-h640" width="360" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAPfv1fXWPe0_t56DNYFZPdu5xwrA9g1Ej_AO61vnQguB_11b-jO3o6d1JwDd1ijtwj0VUpfF8d3HdhnttaD5f3nzl4cPj3C9sfDfCiy-iG66vcfm2W4DzrSDx40b2yrRDCMCk9LzYUIaraMkaPfp4CsxaDpikzmN1JssTMXacID-Cu1hOyhngUOtT=s3840" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAPfv1fXWPe0_t56DNYFZPdu5xwrA9g1Ej_AO61vnQguB_11b-jO3o6d1JwDd1ijtwj0VUpfF8d3HdhnttaD5f3nzl4cPj3C9sfDfCiy-iG66vcfm2W4DzrSDx40b2yrRDCMCk9LzYUIaraMkaPfp4CsxaDpikzmN1JssTMXacID-Cu1hOyhngUOtT=w640-h360" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">However I feel unschooling has taught me a lot in this realm as that is the foundation pretty much for unschooling. Working together, and listening to each other, rather than a top down power approach which can turn kids off parents, and vice versa. We all need to be listened to, and kids are no different.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I am currently typing this sitting in Brumhilda after a rain storm, including hail, has battered me a bit. I was a little worried about the integrity of this ageing fibreglass roof to withstand the ‘giant hailstones’ that were heading our way, but I must have been lucky, because the hail wasn’t even a centimetre across.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Brumhilda has been a wonderful asset to us as a way to escape the apartment without having to sit out in the elements on a rug. With a table we can use it as a work space as well.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMLRuJCLTLCCi3KOoFrcj_INNLlW5MdO98J9Ip7s_if-dFl3HhYbCMAa8kLh4p0hJLBD4MK_xrCNdakVrn6v51NhX_vBaPtup1pubOeEt_8tmQta9y-k2X8pyVc3X3SYMVXjdFowlG9Nx7Z3ILXCjOfJrtshcJZz39fgjlg4g_utGFK3sXMpNHJBkQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMLRuJCLTLCCi3KOoFrcj_INNLlW5MdO98J9Ip7s_if-dFl3HhYbCMAa8kLh4p0hJLBD4MK_xrCNdakVrn6v51NhX_vBaPtup1pubOeEt_8tmQta9y-k2X8pyVc3X3SYMVXjdFowlG9Nx7Z3ILXCjOfJrtshcJZz39fgjlg4g_utGFK3sXMpNHJBkQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHb2cqs7pDEQ1iOsYEvCiMcsSEAU9t_aW6rdnXPAwGBOYocmE1FZC4r7nN_DPQo_eRSfGO9lJYn6SYtc9YzbStUWSdS9aoV3eWHCxK4jzDFJO9U5sr3DwM2Jm3myrMHZ5F03GboIRS0-YwpouV_djEymKuDXBoW3dcCuEYdZSU2xzuOWI6GdHQocPc=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHb2cqs7pDEQ1iOsYEvCiMcsSEAU9t_aW6rdnXPAwGBOYocmE1FZC4r7nN_DPQo_eRSfGO9lJYn6SYtc9YzbStUWSdS9aoV3eWHCxK4jzDFJO9U5sr3DwM2Jm3myrMHZ5F03GboIRS0-YwpouV_djEymKuDXBoW3dcCuEYdZSU2xzuOWI6GdHQocPc=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I also enjoy doing hand sewing while listening to podcasts. Currently I am piecing together some eco dyed bits and bobs to make a skirt. They were too good to abandon.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My mornings are mostly taken up with exercise at the moment. Recently I had a diagnosis of osteoporosis, so I have started treatment along with some weights exercises from my Physio, while still trying to continue with my yoga and walks in the mornings with Cris. It is a lot to take on, but hopefully it will make me buff! Ha! I’m certainly starting to see a change in my body. The goal is to eventually be able to start running. Yay!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This year we continued our tradition of videoing a time capsule to leave for ourselves next year this time. We watch last year’s video about our hopes and dreams and what has been happening that year, and then film a reaction to it along with what happened this year and what we hope to achieve in the next. It’s a nice little memory to have and look back on in the years to come, and helps us take a moment to reflect on where we’ve been and where we would like to go.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There is a part of me after reading that last paragraph, that wants to tell myself, ‘but what about the present’? I am making time to study people like Byron Katie and Eckhart Tolle who speak about not living in the past and the future, but living mostly in the now. I love this philosophy and find it very helpful. Hopefully I’m not upsetting the apple cart with our time capsule tradition!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Well, I might head home now the storm has passed and finish this back at the apartment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Hello again! It’s a couple of days later and I’m sitting at home waiting for the effects of my booster shot to fade. I am feeling very privileged to live in a well developed country that, despite all its ups and downs, still manages to pull items out of its hat. I choose to focus on the blessing of my health being augmented.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Well, for someone who professed to not know what to say, I’ve rabbited on for ages!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I also want to apologise to all the blogs I follow. If anyone is reading this, know that I have tried multiple times on multiple devices to leave comments, but somehow the system won’t let me. It accepts them all and then they just disappear into thin air. Maybe some blogger in another universe is getting some nice random comments I like to imagine. Ha!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjldlZ2KT9VZF9wSLMfd2iSfC0X7Qd5llVJ4nzoT0BfJj6djEoA6n-Qv-KUWC5ME5AzlCbSv-o1fgE2FJWkPQiHNXf0h_1wo2pNj2aIztzF_OUMuTIb5pdna-9Zqu9jDtpBJtcsJiGOlsW_73mIzXjItXxqkslfzqDLgpbFUT9oQ3bMdbu1b9ZUDghB=s3088" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjldlZ2KT9VZF9wSLMfd2iSfC0X7Qd5llVJ4nzoT0BfJj6djEoA6n-Qv-KUWC5ME5AzlCbSv-o1fgE2FJWkPQiHNXf0h_1wo2pNj2aIztzF_OUMuTIb5pdna-9Zqu9jDtpBJtcsJiGOlsW_73mIzXjItXxqkslfzqDLgpbFUT9oQ3bMdbu1b9ZUDghB=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">PS You can’t see it here, but I cut all my hair off again. I needed a break from the floofiness. But it was a fun experiment. I haven’t missed it one bit! Here is a photo if you want to see it</span></p><p><a href="https://naturalmedley.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-to-z-poetry-challenge-2021-s.html"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">https://naturalmedley.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-to-z-poetry-challenge-2021-s.html</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">although it’s grown an amazing amount in one month. Almost as if it’s thanking me for taking all the weight off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Alright, we’ll leave it there for now.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Til next time,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Keep on creating!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Love,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Jazzy Jack</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-5836210228595296822021-12-31T19:33:00.000-08:002021-12-31T19:33:28.227-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - Z<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghoKqg8-eJYyd9X-adzgmcq2_OAZUdmEiYGDCcWq3pj_Fmqk3ULxMm1f3ep7TXWewTmYlIrfh72JLDYV8-Dvk4CSOQyrjUa0rAtsbopw08U6mwsNa_Y4FQDzOdw53z_KKcdfvKqn9izUY0qG5exKqn3OBu36ZrsQDOhP3mrse8iqUyyUWcYjNLs3ZH=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghoKqg8-eJYyd9X-adzgmcq2_OAZUdmEiYGDCcWq3pj_Fmqk3ULxMm1f3ep7TXWewTmYlIrfh72JLDYV8-Dvk4CSOQyrjUa0rAtsbopw08U6mwsNa_Y4FQDzOdw53z_KKcdfvKqn9izUY0qG5exKqn3OBu36ZrsQDOhP3mrse8iqUyyUWcYjNLs3ZH=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">only once</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in my lifetime</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">have I made a friend</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">who has stuck</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">through all the years</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">from my twenties</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">til now in my late fifties</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">she has been there</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">through my marriage</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">my sickness</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">my childlessness</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">my healing</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">my child-fulness</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">my parenting</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">our travels</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to different homes</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">across the world</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">our friendship</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">has waxed and waned</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">with contact</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and less contact</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">but always </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">we right ourselves</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and get back on track</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">something calls us</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to each other</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">currently it is on Zoom</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">we connect</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">once a month or so</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">telling tidbits of life</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">laughing a lot</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">encouraging</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">sharing our sense of humour</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">our memories</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">fizzing across the ether</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to each other</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">a miracle</span></div><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">17/11/21</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-47927578681672696582021-12-31T19:22:00.006-08:002021-12-31T19:22:57.923-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - Y<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2q6ZcZ1sAmaqhWlfYCm8fAA_GdWepVfhDA_D5kTkQ8anioSteE6WC1UTLjL-3gq1mIhnI2i9kRuSe2vVvHA6m_0AOIyciFVeg_cLxfWsaei2dfO1Gg9oI0skF4cKaf-oT04x4y58d_7jOss04pmZRv1Ejn2PHN4EJwAGga9dibvmTze5A1de-PwDF=s1645" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="1645" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2q6ZcZ1sAmaqhWlfYCm8fAA_GdWepVfhDA_D5kTkQ8anioSteE6WC1UTLjL-3gq1mIhnI2i9kRuSe2vVvHA6m_0AOIyciFVeg_cLxfWsaei2dfO1Gg9oI0skF4cKaf-oT04x4y58d_7jOss04pmZRv1Ejn2PHN4EJwAGga9dibvmTze5A1de-PwDF=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">daily I do</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">downward dog</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">from my palace</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in the skies</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">glimpsing enlightenment</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">while upside down</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">feeling my spirit soar</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">sharing a lifeline</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">with my yoga buddy</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">across the sea</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">16\11\21</span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-6514778931346754592021-12-31T19:19:00.001-08:002021-12-31T19:19:25.562-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - X<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0XX5yGthUcrG5rxf_Ua3Q_JaWFeiwI7njtFt_MlCqTJr8yRr5lwI-KpXnXTP3dIzpY_T5_JGfYWqOLLn_B_JRJOdzTst1EeMgLozc1F-mroJ8GNW7OXSzR-6pUleiOpWtnJw1ygDsufbfjEXlM0v9wrah5YqttKxkSogzvJ7vWl3p0ZeDPTpi2hR9=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0XX5yGthUcrG5rxf_Ua3Q_JaWFeiwI7njtFt_MlCqTJr8yRr5lwI-KpXnXTP3dIzpY_T5_JGfYWqOLLn_B_JRJOdzTst1EeMgLozc1F-mroJ8GNW7OXSzR-6pUleiOpWtnJw1ygDsufbfjEXlM0v9wrah5YqttKxkSogzvJ7vWl3p0ZeDPTpi2hR9=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">every day</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">give or take a few</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I pour out my day</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to my friend</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in email</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and every day</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">minus one or two</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">she shares hers</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">right back to me</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">what a delight</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to give and receive</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">this steadfast intimacy</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">these tiny X-rays</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">of love</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">10/11/21 </span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-65943709720334762762021-12-31T19:14:00.002-08:002021-12-31T19:14:54.966-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - W<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoKdQMgjd1uEjbI2L_Aoq7QaJ004Q7o6XVZyUKl6jHYwB0EJMvNrDxk149eTHAV3tFmBzcYc8bz0fN8UAhQj74tS00hxXaGU4NhxoNa2DFO0SXEAoIvv72gF9RCAvQ7frBdqedTaSNhnUdP0HiQZ-4e0JG1JHUaToKcNAEstHgef87oZI_KymT2889=s2640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoKdQMgjd1uEjbI2L_Aoq7QaJ004Q7o6XVZyUKl6jHYwB0EJMvNrDxk149eTHAV3tFmBzcYc8bz0fN8UAhQj74tS00hxXaGU4NhxoNa2DFO0SXEAoIvv72gF9RCAvQ7frBdqedTaSNhnUdP0HiQZ-4e0JG1JHUaToKcNAEstHgef87oZI_KymT2889=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">feeling the peace</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">of the morning</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I snuggle here</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">on my deck</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">rainy streets below</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">cars swishing by</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">aware of the oscillation </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">of life</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">give and take</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the breathing, if you will</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">as we all exchange gases</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and molecules vibrate</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">their way around</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and through us</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">as the mist suddenly</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">floats past </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I feel pleasure</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">at the non black and whiteness</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the flow</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the relaxation of hard goals</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and dead lines</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">of wiggle room</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">sitting here on my balcony</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">wobbly at the centre</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">4/11/21</span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-83259572864117001052021-12-18T23:37:00.002-08:002021-12-18T23:37:53.158-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - V<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGtb_aGGumgYDR8zywtgP5JpNDweZwpboNulsmoJ833kpwlgOeX58N2g07dibg3scI-F_DPYTk01iQMFS1QdBUD7JO0HExp2mgRAWm6K_A47W2dewPSuQ4Ip-GfGmQFInAEWYNSEO4PWizJJUbA5iYB50WjgKi69XdYq7369dFfPuhVlB5l_mzi_JB=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGtb_aGGumgYDR8zywtgP5JpNDweZwpboNulsmoJ833kpwlgOeX58N2g07dibg3scI-F_DPYTk01iQMFS1QdBUD7JO0HExp2mgRAWm6K_A47W2dewPSuQ4Ip-GfGmQFInAEWYNSEO4PWizJJUbA5iYB50WjgKi69XdYq7369dFfPuhVlB5l_mzi_JB=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">glancing down</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">from my balcony</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in the sky</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I notice the local swans</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">on our lake</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">with their tiny babies</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">floating, softly</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">like dots on the water</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">perilous place</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">between land and sky</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and I sense the delicacy</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and wonderment of life</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and how vulnerable </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">we all are who are living</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">every breath</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">a gift</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">30/10/21</span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-70997259776448166512021-12-14T00:55:00.002-08:002021-12-14T00:55:51.226-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - U<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKqR1wxSNbmVzqRLGxIh_xA0zIVvSN1phMla5uzMDe1bn377nP957ep1M2U16Zpocf7YLLxdV0lxbpY--piEBg7jwkAKxjLbhCyVJ82jYLTMxf6BroUbvT-kLpqZRJ-q6FXvfDxj9RmR5AJrqCUw-46tJnnEmRBoGDKvotzBLsNr7sGCyLbIXWd8Ud=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKqR1wxSNbmVzqRLGxIh_xA0zIVvSN1phMla5uzMDe1bn377nP957ep1M2U16Zpocf7YLLxdV0lxbpY--piEBg7jwkAKxjLbhCyVJ82jYLTMxf6BroUbvT-kLpqZRJ-q6FXvfDxj9RmR5AJrqCUw-46tJnnEmRBoGDKvotzBLsNr7sGCyLbIXWd8Ud=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the more I live</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the more I feel</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">somehow I was given </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the wrong instructions</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">or I’m holding the map</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">the wrong way up</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">but maybe that’s the joy</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to view the world</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">topsy turvy</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">as a child</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">upside down</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">looking through their legs</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">grinning at the daisies</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">24/20/21</span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-54066973857829094172021-12-10T21:30:00.001-08:002021-12-10T21:30:08.738-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - T<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Z7fVfmY62s/YbQ1_uw2orI/AAAAAAAAwyM/AmlU7Tr7F64mH5uWUONUwe-Pf6oMCTWRwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1A62578B-1AE5-414E-8C2F-8CCBC648C4B1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1538" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Z7fVfmY62s/YbQ1_uw2orI/AAAAAAAAwyM/AmlU7Tr7F64mH5uWUONUwe-Pf6oMCTWRwCNcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/1A62578B-1AE5-414E-8C2F-8CCBC648C4B1.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">like a pressure</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to my back</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I push myself faster</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">but time seems shorter</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and I seem clumsier</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">pausing </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to take a breath</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I discover</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">everything gets done </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">that needs to be done</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and time seems to expand</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to fit</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">21/10/21</span></div><p><br /></p>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-75149292433595733492021-12-07T19:31:00.000-08:002021-12-07T19:31:07.131-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - S<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jdGdYnuARX0/YbAlhLHQP8I/AAAAAAAAwyE/kC7zdPpZBSUlic1sGbtyWAR-xqEP_9ZZwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/A4DEAA3E-2A5D-401B-9105-B06E6581CCE5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1772" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jdGdYnuARX0/YbAlhLHQP8I/AAAAAAAAwyE/kC7zdPpZBSUlic1sGbtyWAR-xqEP_9ZZwCNcBGAsYHQ/w554-h640/A4DEAA3E-2A5D-401B-9105-B06E6581CCE5.jpeg" width="554" /></a></div><br /><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br />pleasing others</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">has become a habit</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">a lifetime’s work</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">of which I am proud</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I like those around me</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to be happy</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">but I do notice</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I have neglected</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to get to know myself</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and tend to deny</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">my own desires</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">at the end</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">all the rest fades away</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and I will be alone</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">with self</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">maybe it’s time</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to meet me</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">19/10/21</span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-73837991105130987492021-11-26T14:19:00.003-08:002021-11-26T14:19:25.558-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - R<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n5bpLVZDINQ/YaFbv-etW6I/AAAAAAAAwvE/3lQeieieBG4o7Jh169xUom9wiSao73R5ACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/5E310539-EF17-4ACB-BBA9-6836FF86051F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n5bpLVZDINQ/YaFbv-etW6I/AAAAAAAAwvE/3lQeieieBG4o7Jh169xUom9wiSao73R5ACNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/5E310539-EF17-4ACB-BBA9-6836FF86051F.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">no one else gets to be me</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">this is my unique space</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I can lean into that</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to rest in it</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to let go the trying</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and just be me</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">breathing</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and sitting here </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and smiling at you</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">15/10/21</span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-25820714550809920892021-11-22T04:06:00.000-08:002021-11-22T04:06:01.556-08:00A to Z poetry challenge - Q<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B-CfJVWR7bw/YZuF_x0dJqI/AAAAAAAAwts/Wr6YdHOsvr46lIvyUChWKREmPS-bDc0GwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/D1BBE2BF-280E-4448-9371-17E2486A4DEB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B-CfJVWR7bw/YZuF_x0dJqI/AAAAAAAAwts/Wr6YdHOsvr46lIvyUChWKREmPS-bDc0GwCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/D1BBE2BF-280E-4448-9371-17E2486A4DEB.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">quiet is</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">lying in my garden</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">sleeping in the shade</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">of a drowsy tree</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">seeing the clouds</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">putter across the sky</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">on their morning’s commute</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">birds tiptoeing </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">through branches</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and whirring off</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">watching the grass</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">grow greener</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and longer</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">smiling back </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">at all the daisies </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">smiling at me</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">11/10/21</span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-40950942387396954972021-11-18T20:17:00.000-08:002021-11-18T20:17:09.849-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - P<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1VJDFfj85v0/YZchlgua-9I/AAAAAAAAwtE/lLa6iitGOI8HlA9Uu1U_Q7pZDi-XNLfuwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/F1FA2DDC-8060-4BF0-9391-9816AF43C540.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1VJDFfj85v0/YZchlgua-9I/AAAAAAAAwtE/lLa6iitGOI8HlA9Uu1U_Q7pZDi-XNLfuwCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/F1FA2DDC-8060-4BF0-9391-9816AF43C540.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br />wandering through this world</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">there is a tendency in me</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to shy away from people</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">for whatever reason</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">insecurity, introversion</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">overload</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and reinforced by pandemic</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I avoid those disease carriers (!)</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">but I have come to see</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">that I am a people</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and we are pretty wonderful</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in our ability to touch</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and smile</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">to breathe each other’s sorrow</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">without that</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">we are numb</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and void of grace</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">6/10/21</span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-58362128114633178192021-11-11T20:34:00.003-08:002021-11-11T20:34:42.524-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - O<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gXbIZubeY1E/YYfQhDZG1-I/AAAAAAAAwrY/9D7k4MX3g5sVqkwgeSj2aQS9FB5MfYl8wCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/8083CCF6-8B6A-4DF8-ADA9-174A98308CE0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gXbIZubeY1E/YYfQhDZG1-I/AAAAAAAAwrY/9D7k4MX3g5sVqkwgeSj2aQS9FB5MfYl8wCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/8083CCF6-8B6A-4DF8-ADA9-174A98308CE0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 0 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">this evening</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I am sitting on my deck</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">watching the graceful</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">(from a distance)</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">cockatoos glide home</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">they play a hide and seek dance</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">looking for their perch </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">while my husband</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">makes yet another feast</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">for the family</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in our small but efficient</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">modern apartment kitchen</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I am wondering </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">if the birds are saying</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">as they find their nightly roost</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">what I said</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">six weeks after I met him</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and every day since</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">for 34 years</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">“This is the one”</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">3/10/21</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><br /></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-56124888248272745462021-11-04T04:16:00.004-07:002021-11-07T05:03:45.198-08:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - N<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xAR-sIwV8tU/YYO_zv8iwoI/AAAAAAAAwrI/nXuly7eiHNkVgMp_WbhcTPNwKisqHLOigCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/26DDC3FD-700C-4A7F-BE47-0F3C2F80A2E3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xAR-sIwV8tU/YYO_zv8iwoI/AAAAAAAAwrI/nXuly7eiHNkVgMp_WbhcTPNwKisqHLOigCNcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/26DDC3FD-700C-4A7F-BE47-0F3C2F80A2E3.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">every morning</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I slip out of bed</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">onto my balcony</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">before anyone else is up</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">pulling across my tablecloth-made roof</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">partially blocking the sun</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">decorating my view</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">with block printed patterns</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I see a slice of the world</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">through the gap</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">a few kayaks on the lake</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">clouds whizzing past</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">on my deck I commune</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">with my latest plants</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">peas, tomatoes, and lettuce</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">while watching the fountain</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">sputter awake with the sun</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">cosy in my makeshift tent</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">feeling so snug under</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">my furry rug</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">amongst my books</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and creations</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">grateful for a baby day</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">rising up</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">new</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">2/10/21</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6697928356134039910.post-68282314070953556162021-10-19T03:48:00.001-07:002021-10-19T03:48:06.717-07:00A to Z poetry challenge 2021 - M<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FZy7So7aeYc/YW6htngPzEI/AAAAAAAAwqA/WLz2z7XvHJcwF6dfUQnrAsLSJR8chrX7ACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/83950282-7956-41A4-B792-C9DE1FD2CAF8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FZy7So7aeYc/YW6htngPzEI/AAAAAAAAwqA/WLz2z7XvHJcwF6dfUQnrAsLSJR8chrX7ACNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/83950282-7956-41A4-B792-C9DE1FD2CAF8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">imagine</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">being balanced</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">around a mid point</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">being poised on a string</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">neither too little</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">nor too much</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">inhabiting that space</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">that exists</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">inside the chaos</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">that peace</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">being a hum</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">on a centred string</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">in tune</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">just imagine</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">29/9/21</span></div>Jazzy Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082508866581606775noreply@blogger.com1