Suetonius

Just finished a book called "The Twelve Ceasars" by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. This would have to be the oldest book I have read. He wrote it around 90AD and covered the doings of 12 Emperors starting with Julius Caesar and finishing at Domitian. The style is more like listing facts. The book covered from 100BC to 96AD and most of these guys were assassinated. Trajan and Hadrian were the next two but Suetonius was living at the time of these so he didn't want to push it. My old mate Gaius Valerius Catullus gets a mention when he lampooned Caesar in a poem but Jules got him over for dinner for a chin wag. This was one of the books where Uncle Bernie filled in time by filling out complex Readers Digest forms. At least this one got read.

Hardback Folio Edition

Birthday Season

We have come to the end of another birthday season which begins from Sep 7 and runs to Nov 7.  This seems to usher in Christmas season.  I notice the cake standards are rising as well. (Ha Ha rising cakes, get it.)  I will have to peruse my Just Deserts book. The Danes v Vikings was a rivalry match in Finska where for the first time, it was the second team to get to 50 who won the match.

Backyard Finska

Ollie Oi Ollie Oi Ollie Ollie Ollie

Gov't Present

The Gov't sent me a Poo Kit for my 60th birthday.  How thoughtful. The instructions are complex with the whole operation requiring some skill. They must have known I pushed shit uphill for years when I was working out at Brooklyn Pumping Station.  We had that stuff by the truckload before we sent it on its merry way. The grass is always greener in Werribee.  There is a ghost town down on the "Farm" called Cocoroc. I played footy there years ago and they are trying to revive its heyday through an art show. Stay tuned.

MMBW Footy - Ringin getting a prize

Crappy instructions

The Travelling Bookkeepers

Yes its Pure Bookkeeping time again with another tour starting. That means I can get to the scanner without upsetting the office routine as the boss has left the building.  I have spent two hours getting 35 pages scanned but will need to spend at least another day cutting them into individual photos as well as a third day to get the annotations off which have been scribbled on the album page.

Pure Bookkeeping

Who are these Clowns? Note arrow.

Flying Brick

This place is named after Black Cockatoos.  I have seen them invade the tree outside our van and almost demolish it. I wouldn't call them Flying Bricks but their beaks could bite through a brick when you see the state the tree is left in.  This place is more restaurant than cider brewing as that happens over at the Jack Rabbit where we have been previously.  I had popcorn chorizo to share then smoked eel as well as a paddle of cider. (Yes that is the group name for cider - a paddle).  The ginger cider is 8% alcohol. The prices were reasonable.

The Big Cocky

Washed Up

Most days at the beach we start off with the morning jog. I always take the camera as you never know what might show up. We've had seals, dead ones and live ones, penguins, dead ones and live ones as well as the old favourite plovers.  The yellow peril was the most photogenic item. Today we found the pole. I think it is a huge aluminium stay that is meant to live under water but broke off. It will probably get buried along with the car and the ship's funnel that get uncovered from time to time.

Don't get this in your propeller.

Trick or Treat

I haven't really read up on Halloween rules or etiquette but in previous years we just ignored what was going on. Not sure if that qualifies you for a Trick.  Having started handing out the chocos yesterday it seemed to me there was never any consideration of the Trick. Every encounter was more like, here I am where is my chocolate? I was taking photos of kids and asking them at least to be scary in some way. Mostly it was a blank look and one kid wanted to know why his photo was being taken.

Confectionists