tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post2762810852735672488..comments2024-01-27T20:32:17.610-05:00Comments on Pinchgut: Sissi wants to be a LumberjackBadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-73048907852368852922009-08-04T17:02:19.906-04:002009-08-04T17:02:19.906-04:00Quick afterthought...
One up for Aussie birds! Be...Quick afterthought...<br /><br />One up for Aussie birds! Bet your ducks can't compete with Chook:<br />http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/yaunzpop/popup/?rn=248153&cl=14887702&ch=&src=y7news<br /><br />Sorry about the advert first but I think you'll find it worth the wait...Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806660109196835114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-13111332292654759362009-08-04T16:58:36.889-04:002009-08-04T16:58:36.889-04:00One assumes that Sissi, the tree climber, won'...One assumes that Sissi, the tree climber, won't jump from the top of the tree onto or over the cat netting?<br /><br />Perhaps she learnt her climbing skills from the bloke who recently cut down the enormous fig tree in the back garden to the south west of our home (yours too) - where Trish and ? and the brown dog live. It took him and his team + ropes, chains, chainsaw and, grrrrr, wood chipper several hours to complete the task. But the main trunk and extensive root system remain. The intermittent on/off of chainsaw and chipper made work or any concentration impossible so Jim and I spent at least half an hour, cold, in the back yard watching. And otherwise watched from time to time from the warmth of inside our back door. Now there's a large void and the then homeless currawongs immediately displaced a pair of turtledoves living in the shrubs on the cliff face which haven't been seen since.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806660109196835114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-78149916410980250602009-08-04T14:13:13.602-04:002009-08-04T14:13:13.602-04:00That would have been Melissa and I heading in the ...That would have been Melissa and I heading in the wrong direction.<br /><br />I haven't seen Ruprecht's Kirche - but have seen a photo online and it looks fabulous. We shall go there soon. <br /><br />There are some fabulous skeletons in Melk Abbey - but I have never photographed them successfully. <br /><br />I am not sure what these guys would have said if they were told when alive that their skeletons would be forever on display in a glass case. (Probably 'what's a glass case?'Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-72184716024515717302009-08-04T11:37:02.417-04:002009-08-04T11:37:02.417-04:00I think I may have actually seen you on Monday - w...I think I may have actually seen you on Monday - were you walking down Singerstrasse towards Stephansplatz around 1:15 or so? otherwise, you have an Austrian clone. <br /><br />I was going the other way back to work but didn't want to say anything as 1) I didn't want you to think I was a stalker and 2) If was an Austrian clone I didn't want him to be forced to flee or something.<br /><br />Speaking of Saints' bones, have you seen the skeleton in Ruprecht's Kirche that is lying on it's side, rather jauntily, composing a letter or something? (I seem to remember it was holding a pen) Haven't seen it in a while - it was when I was new to Vienna - and I was struck but all the bones and such. <br /><br />In Budapest we were treated to the mummified hand of a church founder - around 900 years old. It was in jewelled casket in a glass display case. You had to put in a coin to see it light up so you could view it in all it's "gnarled glory" as a guidebook stated. A man who I guess was in charge of it, more or less, was standing there watching while we viewed it as respectively as possible. He then gestured helpfully to me to take a gander at the front view, which I did, with what I hoped was a look of appreciation. We didn't feel right to leave until the light went off. Needless to say, it was a really long moment. I do have to see we got a lot of gazing time for that 10 Forints.annabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590029985456487927noreply@blogger.com