Tuesday, September 14, 2010

"Builders' cat"


"Builders' cat"
Originally uploaded by rabinal
Next door is having an extension built for their son who will be staying at home indefinitely as he has Crohn's disease. The cat is taking advantage of the scaffolding. Sadly, this cat hunts birds in our garden, but the pigeons, at least, have now got wise to this, after a few fatalities.

The building firm is very tidy and efficient, and reasonably speedy.

fighting birds


fighting birds
Originally uploaded by rabinal
Taken in Taronga Zoo on a trip with CJ in 2001

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Friday, September 04, 2009

Kookaburra

 

The bird watches, in the back garden.
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Roots in Australia

 
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The root penetrates a fissure in the rocks.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

anti-socialism


Alan Turing 041031 {yymmdd}
Originally uploaded by rabinal
Sadly, it has been the Socialists who have altered University experience in the UK. Not content with creating miles of unnecessary paperwork and bureaucracy, they have made it so that kids have to work their way through to sustain themselves, as well as pay a fair whack in Uni fees. The result is that the rich people's kids (who have mum and dad to fund them) have more time to study; they come out with better degrees (better class of degree) and also they can go to more expensive areas of the country where the better Unis are. AND without being lumbered with debt when they finish.

It is astonishing to me that the Labour government has tilted the game so much in favour of the better off.