:To The Moon Alice: Feb 2011

To The Moon Alice

February 2011

[This is a pre-recorded / scheduled post]

If you are reading this.. then I have finally been sucked into the vortex of the 'Bermuda Triangle of Stupid Stuff'... A worm hole in the universe where time and space have no meaning and internet connectivity belongs to an 'Alternate Time Continuum'...

The initial slippage into 'Land of No Normality' commenced shortly after January's Full Moon.. So here's hoping that I am presently wandering the beach front in search of February's Full Moon and making a wish for a speedy return to Normal Land....

With luck on my side... I may even get some shots of tonight's Moon... But for now... Here is one from January ... [perhaps that explains it.. perhaps January's moon is demanding a showing....]

PS Still away visiting friend's ... Hope to be back shortly and visit all you lovely people who make my life happier.. and NORMAL [in a good way!!!]

Have a Wonderful February Full Moon

MOON NOTES

Wow.. forgot the moon notes

The Moon was Full: Friday February 18 18:36pm [Sydney Time]

Moon Names: Snow Moon, Hunger Moon

Ruby's February Moon Name: Hidden Moon

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS:

All Text, Photography and Artwork by [Being Ruby©]

Location: Sydney

Venetian Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone

I thought I'd send myself a Valentine.. filled with some of the things I love.. Venice ... The Sea ... And lots of moody atmosphere ... Oh.. And the colour Blue! ... I thought I'd send it to each of YOU too!

For me .. Venice is a place where MAGIC happens.. It fills me with elation and that dizzy joy normally reserved for moments of romance.. So although I cannot travel there right now.. I can in my mind... and through art and photography.. Romance doesn't always need a partner..

Hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day

Off to stay with a friend over the next few days .. so not sure how much internet access I will have.. I hope you all have a wonderful week.. and I'll catch up with you soon..

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS:

All Text, Photography and Artwork by [Being Ruby©]

Location: Venice 1993 & 1996... There's a couple of images there not shown before on my blog..

The 1st.. The island of Burano.. and the last two of gondolas on the lagoon looking out toward the Church and Island of San Giorgio Maggiore

SONG & LYRICS:

'I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN' [Lyrics by Joe Young/Music by Fred E. Ahlert]

Interview With A Turkey

[Being Ruby is proud to present a world first]

[Interviewer] .. Good Evening Mr Turkey ..

[Mr Turkey] .. Please.. Call me Walt.. I'm not one to stand on ceremony..

[Interviewer] .. Thanks Walt.. Well we're here today as Being Ruby has been tagged by the delightful Stephanie of the beautiful blog 'La Dolce Vita' ... Due to unforeseen circumstances.. Julie [author of the world renowned Being Ruby Blogspot] cannot be with us today.. However, we are proud and excited that you Walt could fill in for us.. In fact I'd go as far to say.. It really is a coup and I'm sure Julie's readers will be as thrilled as I am [am I blushing?] to be part of this world first... 'An Interview With A Turkey'... So shall we begin? ....

[Walt] .. Let it rip...

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INTERVIEW WITH A TURKEY

1. If you have pets, do you see them merely as animals or are they members of the family?

[Walt] .. Are you joking? Are you trying to say animals are not family members?

2. If you can have a dream come true, what would it be?

[Walt] .. To be the first Turkey in outer space

3. What is one thing most hated by you?

[Walt] .. Barbeques

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?

[Walt] .. Money isn't everything.. Have you ever seen a Turkey with a wallet? [WITH a wallet.. NOT as a wallet]

5. What helps to pull you out of a bad mood?

[Walt] .. Chasing the tourists.. so much fun... scares the heck out of them.. and they call us stupid.

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?

[Walt] .. Depends on your definition of 'being loved'... I've heard a lot of humans 'love' Turkey.. I certainly don't want to be 'loved' in that manner... If only they could see my true beauty the years of abuse and carnage would be a thing of the past.. Humans and Turkeys would co-exist peacefully and the world would be better for it.

7. What is your bedtime routine?

[Walt] .. I like to scratch around a bit.. dig a bit of a hole in the dirt to accommodate my rear end [can I say that on here?]... Sometimes there's a bit of a ruckus if another male turkey wanders over and tries to hone in on my territory... We've been known to go at it a while.. but I always win.. Although I once lost a tail feather but you should've seen the other guy... Turkey's still talk about it to this day.. I have a bit of a reputation now as a bad guy.. so.. all in all it's usually a quiet night.. Just a bit of clucking and scratching.. and then things are quiet on the homefront.

8. If you are currently in a relationship, how did you meet your partner?

[Walt] .. Oh.. this is a good story.. I was out scratching around for worms one day when I saw this vision of beauty.. this bird had the longest neck.. bright yellow and red.. it was a thing of beauty. She also had the best speckled feathered undercarriage I've ever seen.. gives me goosebumps thinking of it.. Sadly though her neck has gone south... all that gorgeous yellow is now layers and layers of loose flesh.. wrinkled and folded beyond recognition.. I'd be surprised if there even was a neck in there now.. but in her day... that Turkey was a prize!!

9. If you could watch a creative person in the act of the creative process, who would it be?

[Walt] .. NOT Jamie Oliver.. NOR Louise Hay.. NOR Nigella Lawson.. I've heard rumours about just what they do with Turkeys.. Enough to make my eyes water..

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10. What kind of books do you read?

[Walt] .. Read? Turkey's can't read.. but sometimes I like to listen to the tourist tell tall tales... Does that count?

11. What's your fear?

[Walt] .. Barbeques

12. Would you give up all junk food for the rest of life for the opportunity to visit outer space?

[Walt] .. Certainly.. It is my lifelong ambition to be the first Turkey in outer space.. I'm not supposed to talk about this .. but I have it on good authority NASA has been working on the protocol to make this happen. There'll be a worldwide search for the applicant.. When this happens I hope all of you reading this will vote for me... It's one of the reasons I agreed to this interview.. any social media will increase my chances .. right?

13. Would you rather be single and rich or married and poor?

[Walt] .. See question 4

14. What's the first thing you do when you wake up?

[Walt] .. Shake my tail feathers.. They get a bit crumpled during sleep and well.. I want to look my best when I'm out and about..

15. If you could change one thing about your spouse/partner what would it be?

[Walt] .. See question 8.

16. If you could pick a new name for yourself what would it be?

[Walt] .. Peacock.. The name Turkey has such bad associations ... like stupidity and loutish behaviour. Really I don't know how we got such a bad rep.. Have you ever seen a stupid or loutish Turkey? [can I change my answer to question 5?]

17. Would you forgive and forget no matter how horrible a thing that special someone has done?

[Walt] .. Never.. Turkey's never forget.. They say elephants have a long memory.. but it's little known fact that a Turkey has the best memory of all the animal world.. Sorry.. what was the question again?

18. If you could only eat one thing in the next six months what would it be?

[Walt] .. Worms... My favourite.. there's nothing better than a big juicy worm to end the day. Actually.. can I change that to ice cream?

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[Interviewer] .. Well that concludes our questions for this evening.. Thank you Walt for participating.. it's been an honour to meet you.. ..

[Walt] .. Yeah.. no problem Doll Face.. I've gotta run.. I see a bus load of tourists pulling in..

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[Interviewer] .. And he's off ...

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I hope you've enjoyed our little interview

Being Ruby would like to pass this tag onto the following recipients

You may choose to answer in the first person [traditional manner]

Or come up with your own alternative..

NIP ... Bits n Bobs

Renee ... Renee Finberg ' TELLS ALL ' in her blog of her Adventures in Design

Lee ... Killiecrankie Farm

Of course you are all free to have a bit of fun with this..

This is Being Ruby signing out

Have a great week...

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS:

All Text, Photography and Artwork by [Being Ruby©]

Shots taken on Location at Mr Turkey's home town of Noosa, Queensland Australia

Ruby Time Production would like to extend it's heartfelt thanks to Mr Turkey for his gracious participation

Walking With The Wild Things

WALKING WITH THE WILD THINGS

I'm still trapped here in the 'Bermuda Triangle of Stupid Stuff' ... but each day it seems it's grip on me is dissipating... Soon I'll be back to my beloved evening walks along the bay... camera in hand, capturing the beauty of the day's end.. Watching the wild things wash and play at the water's edge after the heat of a summer's day...

Speaking of heat.. we have just concluded a week of heat wave days ... topping the chart on Saturday with a max of 43c [approx 110F for you US folk] which groaned on through the night only dropping to 30c in the wee hours... Thankfully by Sunday evening our blessed southerly buster blew in .. and brought cool breezes.. rain.. and dramatically cooler weather.. we are now maxing 21c... but expected to return to summer by week's end.. So.. to those that received comments from me on Saturday... I apologize for my incoherent blabber and blame dehydration and hyperpyrexia .. For those that didn't.. I apolgize for my absence and blame dehydration and hyperpyrexia ..

I also haven't had a chance to take any shots lately.. can you believe I haven't had a camera in my hand for over a fortnight??? ... So I'm keen to get back to it... and take you along on my evening passeggiata..

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IF WALKING ISN'T YOUR THING

YOU CAN ALWAYS PULL UP A PARK BENCH

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AND SIT AND WATCH OTHER WILD THINGS AT PLAY

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Wishing You All A Wonderful Week

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS:

All Text, Photography and Artwork by [Being Ruby©] January 2011

Yes We Have No Bananas

Yes We Have No Bananas

We Have No Bananas Today

A quick post to say I'm still here and sorry for my absence.. and a thank you to those kind souls who have been emailing and enquiring about my whereabouts.. You'll be pleased to know I am many many miles away from the devastation caused by Cyclone Yasi as it crossed Australian shores in Far North Queensland.. 2011 is only a few weeks old yet this year our poor Queensland neighbours have suffered devastating floods, a perfect storm the size of North America [so I'm told] and now a Banana famine. Yes Cyclone Yasi made sure of that by wiping out 90% of Australia's Banana and Sugar Cane crops... So 'Yes We Have No Bananas'. Mind you the Banana and Sugar Cane thing is not going to bother me too much as they are 'No No Foods' on my 'must only eat boring no sugar no carb insulin resistance diet'! However I'm sure there will be many an Australian out there lamenting the loss of the Great Australian Banana.

So apologies for my absence.. I've had my own little mini disasters to contend with One after the other in the last few weeks, which of course in no way compares to the problems in Queensland, yet have been keeping my time fully occupied and away from my blog and away from all of your lovely blog posts!! So just like Dexter [that's what I named the little guy above].. I'm Sorry!! and hope to get back in the swing of things soon. I have been honoured of late with a few awards from terrific bloggers I'd like to acknowledge.. In fact I am so lax I have a few from last year which also need to be acknowledged .. So Dexter and I are going to waddle off.. put our noses [or beaks] to the grind stone.. sort out things this end.. and get back into the swing of blogging.

So there you have it..

No I haven't been giving you all the 'Bum's Rush'..

Just stuck in my own personal 'Bermuda Triangle of Stupid Annoying Stuff'. Seems to be a package deal with this place I moved to recently.. So I'm getting all Zen like.. downsizing and organizing and preparing for opportunity to come knocking.

By the way.. Say hello to Willy [Willy Wagtail] He IS giving you the 'Bum's Rush' and was visiting me daily until the Bermuda Triangle hit.. Although I saw him again yesterday so here's hoping things are now on the upswing. Bottom's Up!!!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend...

Full of sunshine, happiness and no disasters of any pedigree

IMAGE SOURCE & CREDITS:

All Text, Photography and Artwork by [Being Ruby©] January 2011