The following photo’s are of birds that are visiting the garden here in WA. I have no idea what species they are but offer them up for your delectation.
Should anyone be able to identify the species, please let me know.
Having seen all manner of roadkill alongside the roads during our perambulations in WA. To be confronted with this directly outside our motel room door, I rather hoped this was not some kind of omen.
One year on from the terrorist atrocity in Paris, I came across this on a wall in Denmark, WA.
Can’t believe that these guys went to step back away from their own vehicle just because I was taking this photo.
Apparently she doesn’t like the car and makes him park it well away from her place of work.
What’s not to like ? Just wish I’d asked him what it was. Anyone out there has any idea, please let me know.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35214487
This is the stupidest suggestion I have ever heard.
At a time when identity is hardly ever far from the news headlines.
I agree that the UK Driving Licence does not require gender. After all, it only indicates authorisation to operate a motor vehicle. Now, if you expand the license to be an identity card then I believe gender is pertinent. We won’t be going down that path, will we? The whining civil libertarians have seen to that.
However, the UK passport is a whole different kettle of fish. The passport is an identity device. And, until biometric data is used as part of personal identification then I believe gender is important.
How does a border control operator know if the passport in their hands, carrying the name Jo Bloggs, actually belongs to Josef Bloggs or Joshephine Bloggs.
This isn’t about gender categorisation, segregation or even
transgender discrimination
, to quote Ms Miller. It’s about security and personal identity, providing our law enforcement and border control personnel with as many tools as possible. It is foolhardy to keep on going down the path where all controls are diluted for fear of upsetting a minority. I am all for equality, but not at the expense of common sense.
If there is such a problem for the, relatively small, transgender population, then surely the right thing, for the government, to do is introduce a new category. It could be as simple as
M = Male, F = Female & T = Transgendered.
I know that something that is so simple in my head, will turn into a “mares nest” at the hands of HMG.
I don’t know about you but in these terrorised times I want tighter controls. I don’t want our security services distracted by anything that is described by Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron as
something this small
Spent yesterday evening down by the shore at North Coogee, a coastal, western suburb of Perth, WA.
Close by is the derelict site of the South Fremantle Power Station which closed in September 1985, after 34 years service. Originally coal-fired, later converted to oil. After closure its four chimney stacks were demolished. Seems odd that after thirty years this site has not been cleared.
We had been invited to join my grandson and his partner for a BBQ with some of their friends. This was our first ever, al fresco, BBQ.
The actual BBQ site was a small park separated from the sea by the ubiquitous sand dunes.
The park is part of the C.Y. O’Connor Reserve and had been the venue for a very large party on New Years Eve. There were huge piles of rubbish everywhere, and the public conveniences were not very, convenient that is. In fact they were indescribable.
This did not put us off the BBQ and we had a great time with some tasty food, a few beers and a relaxing time spent talking with some new acquaintances.
At around 20:00 we were treated to a superb sunset…
A great evening.
WrAnTz 