Secret Agent 75
@somethingwickedtwd
People on Bluesky to ask for money, I also would like money. Musicians are quite known for not having money. Composition of music is a particularly unrewarding task, financially speaking. Asking me for money is a fairly pointless exercise. Slava Ukraini!
Going home from hearing the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, they played Ives’s The Unanswered Question, Westlake’s Percussion Concerto with solist Rebecca Lagos and Holst’s The Planets (with an accompanying film titled Loss, starring Emma Thompson. Yes, the Emma Thompson!). Fabulous all round!
This is Poppet, who has apparently fallen asleep mid-headbutt!
The darker cat is Jacko (RIP) and the lighter cat is Poppet. Note how Poppet is curled up and self contained, but Jacko is sprawled and open. That’s both of their personalities in a nutshell!
From my walk to work this morning. It turns out that we *are* living in the matrix!
Wow, I certainly wasn’t expecting anyone to share that post! So, veering a long way from the point of the original post, here’s some recent purchases that I’ve been enjoying (Bluesky really doesn’t like this pic!):
& this is Jacko. Jacko was a rescue, so we don’t know his parentage, although he seemed to have traces of Russian Blue. We had to put him down in July. Jacko enjoyed jazz funk, being picked up, and having someone lie down next to him. In this photo, he is about to struggle while we give him meds
This is Poppet, who loves to watch the birds in the garden. (She’s a Burmese)
This is Barney who sleeps very thoroughly. (He’s a korat, if cat breeds interest you)
I have no story like that, but here’s a beach photo you might like (Pacific Ocean)
When did you break into our house, move our bookcases around, and take photos of our cat?
There’s more to #australian beaches than just #Bondi. On last Wednesday (yes, a bit late!) my other half and I visited Putty beach again, but that time, we also walked through Bouddi National Park to Bullimah Beach. Photos from Bouddi and Bullimah.
There’s more to #australian beaches than just #Bondi. On Tuesday, my other half and I visited Killcare and Putty beaches (same stretch of sand. Killcare has a lunch spot, Putty has a campground). Further explanation in Alt text
Excerpt from And the Roots of Rhythm Remain, by Joe Boyd, published in 2024 but curiously up to the minute.
Yoohoo, Mr. Trump! (Frantic hand waving) You love oil, right? And you hate all that climate change stuff? Do you know who invaded another country to get the minerals so they could do wishy washy renewable energy? I know another dictator who you could take care of…
“Get Kmart tofu cat litter” said the only reputable cat breeder in Sydney, “it cuts down on smell and it doesn’t stick so easily to cat feet”. Of course, this only applies if any of the local Kmarts actually have any!
And here they are again. Presumably Poppet doesn’t mind the smell of feet!
On the right is Jacko (Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jumping Jack Flash, Jack in the box, Hungry Jack). On the left is Poppet. Poppet is exactly as you’d expect if you know your British confectionery: she’s a little sweetie! (A bit more detail in the Alt Text)