{"id":2663,"date":"2012-11-29T11:53:23","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T11:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=2663"},"modified":"2012-11-29T11:53:23","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T11:53:23","slug":"366-unusual-things-days-329-333","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=2663","title":{"rendered":"366 unusual things: days 329 – 333"},"content":{"rendered":"

24th Nov – A beautiful dark-haired girl in a brief flowery skirt and briefer white t-shirt was scooping raspberry ice cream while I waited for her to serve me;\u00a0 my eyes were fixed on her scooping arm and its six inch high tattoo of a skull and crossbones.<\/p>\n

25th Nov – A very unusual day.\u00a0 Went to Sydney to meet a German couple who have been my penpals for a couple of years.<\/p>\n

We sat on the grass for a while in the cool of the afternoon, which for my German friends was unusual.\u00a0 Where they live, it is forbidden.<\/p>\n

Next to us was this work of art by Fiona Hall, A Folly for Mrs Macquarie<\/em>. Mrs Macquarie was the wife of Lachlan Macquarie, an Australian governor from 1810 to 1821.\u00a0 On his tomb is written “Father of Australia”.<\/p>\n

At the apex of the quasi-Gothic folly is the raised arm and clasped dagger of the Macquarie crest. The barbed wire is a symbol of the white man’s act of dividing the land. The axe and scythe represent implements brought to Sydney by the First Fleet for clearing land for farming.<\/p>\n

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‘A Folly for Mrs Macquarie’, Fiona Hall, Sydney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ceiling is decorated with sculptures of bones from native animals that once lived in this part of Sydney;\u00a0 see below:<\/p>\n

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Ceiling, ‘A Folly for Mrs Macquarie’, Fiona Hall, Sydney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

26th Nov – My dog was so excited when we returned from Sydney that he tore around a corner, spun out and blew a leg.\u00a0 Now he walks on three.\u00a0 It’s permanent.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

27th Nov – Learnt from a radio program that one muscle exists only for smiling, the zygomaticus major.\u00a0 It draws the angle of the mouth superiorly and posteriorly.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

28th Nov – In the library, a pudgy, sweaty guy sprayed himself with deodorant around his neck, down the front of his shirt and over his head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

24th Nov – A beautiful dark-haired girl in a brief flowery skirt and briefer white t-shirt was scooping raspberry ice cream while I waited for her to serve me;\u00a0 my eyes were fixed on her scooping arm and its six inch high tattoo of a skull and crossbones. 25th Nov – A very unusual day.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n

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