Monday, March 30, 2009

FOR THE BLOG CONNIESEWERS OF BLING

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And I fell in love with this pendant by Carrera Y Carrera. I mean who wouldn't? It's made from a combination of quartz and diamonds...
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I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE

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But I found this and I had to share. It's Prasiolite , a form of green quartz (silicon dioxide SiO2) also know as vermarine but not gre...
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Saturday, March 28, 2009

AND.........

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And Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were great days for insanity central. And No matter how I feel, I can deal with 3 kinds of crisis before ...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

AND ANOTHER BLOWS THE DUST

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This is the top vent at the summit of Mount Redoubt in Alaska on March 21. Two days later and the volcano had erupted five times, sending an...
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AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH......

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I washed the blankets I put in the box up the side for the stray cat. I put an old mat down for him. I washed his dishes. I blame the outbre...
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I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW.....ALMOST

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MEMO: To Self Before you start washing your smalls or in my case, my larges and panic about what you can hock to buy a new washing machine, ...
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IT'S ALL IN THE LACE

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Half of the book shelves are neat and tidy, dusted even. Another bag for the op shop is filling rapidly and I have been ruthless. I mean, fo...
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TRY SURFING WITH THIS

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The biggest marine reptile on record is a 21m-long ichthyosaur which I blogged about last year but this giant fossil of 15 metres long had a...
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Sunday, March 22, 2009

SURTSEY, AN OLDER BOOM

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This is the island of Surtsey, Iceland which started to form 130 metres below sea level and reached the surface on 14 November 1963. The eru...
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A BIGGER BOOM

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This is the same undersea eruption off the Island of Tonga, one year later. Geologists and vulcanologists are waiting to see if the eruptio...

THINGS THAT GO BOOM

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NASA's Aqua satellite took this image off Tonga in March, 2008. The bright blue green of the water is due to suspended particles with th...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

I ASKED FOR IT!

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Just one more thing, I said. The fecking earthquake last night ate my phone. Telstra thinks I'm a nutcase because when I ring the line i...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

JUST ONE MORE THING!

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Telstra tech arrived in the rain so took his boots off before walking on my carpet. Hahahahaha! It was the point in the other bedroom. When...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

OH HAI

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I haz internet......for now. No phone for Saturday and Sunday but this morning when I ring Telstra, clear as a bell. The technician is comi...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

AND SO IT CONTINUES

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Bureaucracy and mother, what a combination. I'll do this in dot form. No joy with Tuesday's experiment and internet connection. No ...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

THE SAGA CONTINUES

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I'm trying a new tack. I've disconnected everything from the point in the lounge including the line to the computer. Then I ran th...
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Monday, March 09, 2009

BLOGGING INTERFERENCE

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The answer phone is unplugged but the main Telstra phone is still buzzing, squeaking and squealing but not all the time. My download speed ...
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Saturday, March 07, 2009

TELSTRA UPDATE

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Telstra's been already and the technician thinks it's the handheld phone with a misfiring battery. Doesn't anything last these d...
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MOTHER NATURE GAVE A PRESENT

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A 4.6 on the Richter Scale present. The epicentre was Korrumburra, coal country. It rattled the old girl's teeth and frightened the cat...
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Friday, March 06, 2009

DISCONNECTING AGAIN

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Thank you Telstra for my wonderful dial-up connection which isn't. Another phone call this morning and someone will check the lines for...
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