Friday, April 29, 2016
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Snap more animals
I have a third collection of animal statues from around town this week
The giraffes are made out of bits of junk metal by a sculptor who is a friend of friends (I've used them before on my blog)
The heraldic unicorn is on top of a tower in a park - I guess it was a gateway to something at some point in the past
The scottish decorated cow is outside a pub in the centre of town - I had to wait a bit to get a shot with no posing tourists
The dog satue was a gift from San Diego - a twin city to Edinburgh - to mark the fact that both cities have a story of an adopted stray dog - Grey Friar's Bobby in Edinburgh and this vagabond dog in San Diego - called Bum
enjoying all the weekly snap collections
The heraldic unicorn is on top of a tower in a park - I guess it was a gateway to something at some point in the past
The scottish decorated cow is outside a pub in the centre of town - I had to wait a bit to get a shot with no posing tourists
The dog satue was a gift from San Diego - a twin city to Edinburgh - to mark the fact that both cities have a story of an adopted stray dog - Grey Friar's Bobby in Edinburgh and this vagabond dog in San Diego - called Bum
enjoying all the weekly snap collections
Monday, April 25, 2016
Monday Memorandum musing on camellias
I thought I'd better snap some of the camellias I see on my walk as the current wind will probably blow a lot of the blooms off the bushes - such a delicate flower.
I do like to see all these anonymous looking bushes suddenly bloom for a short time each spring.
But I'm more used to seeing white blooms as those were dominant in New Zealand where they are also used as a symbol of women gaining the vote. They even feature on the $10 note which has a picture of Kate Sheppard who led the suffrage campaign.
Back in October 1893 when the campaign to give women the right to vote had succeeded in legislation being introduced in parliament, the women campaigning gave each member of parliament who they knew would support them a white camellia to wear on their lapel.
The legislation passed- the first country to remove a gender qualification for parliamentary elections.
The day is still marked in New Zealand with many women attending a celebratory suffrage day breakfast, including several hosted by government ministers and senior women in other walks of life. Often these include singing several suffrage songs.
I attended may such breakfasts while I was there and all the celebrations of the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage in 1993.
Amazing what thoughts a pretty flower can trigger
Waving to you all and wishing you all a good week
I do like to see all these anonymous looking bushes suddenly bloom for a short time each spring.
But I'm more used to seeing white blooms as those were dominant in New Zealand where they are also used as a symbol of women gaining the vote. They even feature on the $10 note which has a picture of Kate Sheppard who led the suffrage campaign.
Back in October 1893 when the campaign to give women the right to vote had succeeded in legislation being introduced in parliament, the women campaigning gave each member of parliament who they knew would support them a white camellia to wear on their lapel.
The legislation passed- the first country to remove a gender qualification for parliamentary elections.
The day is still marked in New Zealand with many women attending a celebratory suffrage day breakfast, including several hosted by government ministers and senior women in other walks of life. Often these include singing several suffrage songs.
I attended may such breakfasts while I was there and all the celebrations of the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage in 1993.
Amazing what thoughts a pretty flower can trigger
Waving to you all and wishing you all a good week
Friday, April 22, 2016
6 word storied - enough
I couldn't decide which was the important question when contemplating buying a 3D pen
joining Miriam in her lovely meme
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