sunshine two days ago

On Wednesday Perry and I went to Sunshine on the train and walked from Sunshine to Tottenham and got the train back. I'm just telling you what happened. 

For some reason the information about the old Sunshine town hall being on this park site had passed me by entirely. Interesting building too. I wonder why they chose not to replace it with another building, I also wonder why they put it on that site in the first place. 

I am going to guess this is one of those supersimple repurposed, repositioned ex-WW2 buildings the Housing Commission stuck in as part of its laying the table for the people of Victoria in the late 1950s. But I'm not 100% committed to that. It doesn't look like a normal HCV house. There are a few of these around near the station, but most (?) of them have been renovated to the extent they're not really recognisable, and/or there are trees in the way. 

Above is another information board that gave me information I hadn't had before. 

Someone else found a use for this.

I want to get out and document some more of this Pam stuff because it's being painted over as we speak. 

pictures from five years ago and five minutes ago

I assume I photographed this album because I recently obtained it. I love it! I can't believe I've only had it that long. I bought my first Manicured Noise record in 1980. Well it's going too far to say I love it but I do really like it as an album. 

You know I am well aware 'gay' only came to mean 'homosexual', in common parlance at least, in the 70s. So it's not that I find this funny exactly but I like what it does to my mind. 

I seem to have been walking Kenzie quite a bit at this time five years ago. Getting a lot of Kenzie-eye view pictures. 

I just have no idea why I screenshotted this and kept it, but I did, now it's here and I can deleted it out of my photos. 

What was my plan for this? I don't recall but I guess I was looking at Latrobe Valley related things. I mean, obviously I was. 

No recollection of this, at all. 

These fucking things! Christ. I can't believe I've had these for at least 5 years. How do I fucking get rid of them?

Moving house was apparently once considered quite exotic and sophisticated, and so was smoking.  

Yeah, well, whatever. These aren't very interesting. For all I know I have already put them in this blog. 

Today was fine, as far as days go. It was too hot. I took Perry to the vets to get his annual injections. The vet said he was healthy and not overweight. I gave him a wash. Perry. I have been writing most of the day though I did go to Northcote to get Laura's turntable back from the turntablers. Also, I drew these cats. 

10 november 2020

I have been looking through old pictures trying to find some documents I photographed that are relevant to what I'm writing and I found this stunning picture of a gorgeous model. I think I had only had Helmi a few months by this stage. I am surprised, looking through pictures of her, me and Nancy in the Parkville apartment, that we seemed to spend a lot of time together the three of us and they were often in quite close proximity (though still fighting a lot, and when I say still, I mean, though they were fighting a lot then - as they still do). I think she is a happier cat than she appears though. As long as things are going her way. Which, given she has a massively narrow (?) set of expectations and ambitions, is pretty often. 

on the football ground again this time with friends

Best picture last

fuckin' unfair

The dog park was closed again, someone is really guarding that place well. The football ground is all closed till the end of the month too but I hadn't realised until we went in and spent some good times there yesterday because that gate had been forced as well. 

So I guess basically the scenario is - the people of North Melbourne are being kept out of their open spaces, and certain brave individuals are forcing the gates and so on, and the little people like me and Perry are going in after the fact, and all we want is our open space back. 

I mean the football ground should be the people's all the time, not just when the football club feels like it. 

cordite avenue bridge again

For some meaningless obscure stupid reason I got it into my head that there was another way to walk on the east side of the Maribyrnong north of Cordite Avenue. I don't know why I thought this. Anyway, we went there. 

This gate was still in the same place.

This excuse for a road was all there. No big surprises. 

Perry and I seem to be doing a lot of trespassing lately. For instance, I thought this was just a barrier for cars or whatever, I didn't realise it was actually a substantially busted gate. 

But looking back, I realised that in fact someone had cut through the fence and that was why it was so easy to get in. What I'd been hoping to do was go alongside the river. But that was actually impossible unless you abseiled down a cliff face. 

So, a bit more of a fizzer for a day that was basically a write-off. Bye! 

i can't wake up

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Today is very weird as I am completely unable to wake up. I am having coffee and some chocolate in an attempt to jump-start myself. It is midday and I have just had three or more hours of drifting in and out of consciousness. It is peculiar. I hate it. At least I had no pressing appointments this morning. Although there were plenty of things I wanted to do. I hope this doesn't become a regular thing as it sucks. 

*I just don't understand this cartoon from the Toodyay Herald 22 November 1940 p. 4 but maybe that's because I am not awake enough.