Old Owl's photos

A frog he would a-wooing go, Heigh ho! says Rowley, A frog he would a-wooing go, Whether his mother would let him or no. With a rowley, powley, gammon, and spinach, Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley.

Reflections in a clock on the wall of a friend's house. (Biggen it up to see it better by pressing Z.)

Southern Cross station, Melbourne.

Happy May Day, everyone.

"Wet Evening in April" by Patrick Kavanagh The birds sang in the wet trees And I listened to them it was a hundred years from now And I was dead and someone else was listening to them. But I was glad I had recorded for him the melancholy.

HFF everyone from a (relatively) safe Western Australia. For the first time ever, living in a remote state on a remote island at the arse-end of the world has been shown to have advantages. This is underneath the new "Old Bridge" in the centre of Mandurah, linking old Mandurah with Hall's Head. The "New Bridge" is the one in the distance which carries the main road from Mandurah to the south. Both bridges have fishing platforms beneath them. The old "Old Bridge" which was demolished some three years ago is shown in the PiP. The even older "Old Bridge" which was once the "New Bridge" of course, was demolished some time in the 1950s I think. Confused by what is "old" and "new"? Yeah, but no but ... just crack a cold one and enjoy the view (though you might want to keep an eye out for the wallopers and the wowsers in these socially-distancing times).

Wakefield in less isolated times.

A shop in Alnmouth.

An attempt to see how far I could go in isolating a detail without losing all meaningful definition. (Time weighs heavy in isolation, doesn't it? There's only so much sourdough one man can bake.) The PiP shows the original picture of the MY Bob Barker owned by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, moored at the time in Hobart, Tasmania after trailing the whalers in the Southern Ocean in April 2011. Comments and criticisms as to whether the objective is worth the effort will be gratefully received and considered.

Grevillea cultivar

Taken just before the current crisis. “There can be no return to normal because normal was the problem in the first place.” Keep safe, everyone, but be prepared to change things when the crisis is all over.

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Self-isolation is leaving me with too much time on my hands.

White ibis, commonly called "bin chicken" or "tip turkey" in Australia.

Subiaco station, Perth, WA.