1968 Australian home. Some Ruska. Teak furniture. Native Australian gardens. Splashes of Marimekko. Rimini blue Bitossi. 50s, 60s and 70s homes. House plants and succulents. Woody Allen. The occasional appearance by some Solid Gold Dancers. That's what you'll find here. And lashings of chutzpah thrown-in for good measure. Pull up a Suekichi Uchida and make yourself at home.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Those were the days.
Ahh, swine flu.
Did you stock-up on surgical masks so as to prevent the whole family from dying? I did.
Our whole country got vaccinated! Except my little girl, she refused, cried and kicked and yelled, and the nurses let her go. Now there are many side-effects being revealed in the media: schildren suffering serious sleep disorders, and lots of other diseases. I'm glad she refused.
Oh dear. I think in the end here, there were so many people with the flu they couldn't tell whether it was swine flu or normal flu. I remember lots of Asian students wearing the masks in the library at Uni!
Reckless wastage of perfectly sterile masks! What on earth a you going to do when the new wave of lemur/possum/beluga whale strain HN623 hits our shores come Ekka? melx
Cute photo of the gorgeous little kidlets! I'm with Polka Dot Peticoat - I've found nits the size of Arnold Schwarzneggar. I'm sure I've found families in there. Speaking of swine flu though, my Mum's old boss died a couple of years ago from it in Darwin. He was a well known lawyer come barrister up there. It was so sad. But he lived an unhealthy lifestyle so it took hold of him pretty quick.
You are too funny! I'd like to know what you told the kids when you were taking this pic.
ReplyDeleteThey didn't know what they were. I never used them during the flu epidemic! So the novelty lasted long enough to take a photo!
DeleteBahahahahaha! Now I'm wishing I did.
ReplyDeleteNot too late to get on the bandwagon, Cam.
DeleteI'd call them kidlet gags, muffles the please mum, please mum, when the ice cream truck comes by!
ReplyDeletePippa,
Deletewishful thinking. I could still hear them.
Still culling I see! Are those masks tied on or glued?
ReplyDeleteYes, today it was the bathroom drawers.
DeleteOur whole country got vaccinated! Except my little girl, she refused, cried and kicked and yelled, and the nurses let her go. Now there are many side-effects being revealed in the media: schildren suffering serious sleep disorders, and lots of other diseases. I'm glad she refused.
ReplyDeleteOh dear. I think in the end here, there were so many people with the flu they couldn't tell whether it was swine flu or normal flu. I remember lots of Asian students wearing the masks in the library at Uni!
ReplyDeletePacking too many boxes will do that to you :)
ReplyDeleteReckless wastage of perfectly sterile masks! What on earth a you going to do when the new wave of lemur/possum/beluga whale strain HN623 hits our shores come Ekka? melx
ReplyDeleteLooks like a group of mini-surgeons. Keep packing. Can't be that much more to go, right?
ReplyDeleteThis is the problem with packing, or even spring-cleaning, too much time spent playing with the various 'finds'. What gorgeous eyes child on left has.
ReplyDeleteI just call that well-thought-out preparedness.
ReplyDeletehee hee!
ReplyDeletehappy to see their hands aren't bound, too! or will you resort to that when you pack the kitchen knives?
ReplyDeleteSwine flu....I am going through a head lice scare.....
ReplyDeletefunny one!
ReplyDelete:)
reminds me of flying to asia...
I was in Japan during all the swine flu fun and came back with a collection of pink mickey mouse and Hello Kitty masks.
ReplyDeleteCute photo of the gorgeous little kidlets! I'm with Polka Dot Peticoat - I've found nits the size of Arnold Schwarzneggar. I'm sure I've found families in there.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of swine flu though, my Mum's old boss died a couple of years ago from it in Darwin. He was a well known lawyer come barrister up there. It was so sad. But he lived an unhealthy lifestyle so it took hold of him pretty quick.