I see the scene, Max. Wonderful. The great Australian salute is alive
and well on cricket grounds around this large island.
Andrew
On 05/12/2007, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Snap this season
>
> This seasonıs magpies seem
> even bolder than last yearıs,
> rainbow lorikeets
> even more rainbow;
> new canna lilies
> more like delicately painted
> porcelain than ever.
>
> This seasonıs flies seem
> worse than last yearıs
> not the ones that sneak indoors
> to buzz and swoop and get
> sprayed down no, the open-air
> ones from farmland and bush
> in late November, seeking
> animal moisture, the sweat
> on your arms and face, spittle
> in your mouth spit! lest you
> swallow! Theyıre settling en masse
> on your back, hitching a ride
> round the park. They fancy
> small kidsı undefended faces.
>
> I asked Robin next door
> (retired test cricket umpire)
> how he coped. Aerosol repellent?
> Nah, one bad bush-fly year
> at the Sydney Test, he used so
> much, it made his face peel
> away like snake-skin.
> Never again, thanks.
> Better to swat them off,
> with a chance of killing one.
>
> Our suburbıs Asian residents
> are walking the park
> (sensible but sinister
> inscrutable! )
> in black gauze masks.
>
> 11am Wednesday 5 December 2007
>
> Max Richards
> Doncaster, Victoria
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
|