Walk down the path late yesterday - 2.

Looking back at the place with night coming - wouldn't want to drop a match in there folks.










A storm approaching - no rain sadly.












My front gate - pretty swish - I must say.











Back to the house. Don designed the rock wall around the house. The house sits on a mound because its on a flood plain. The wall was necessary because we are not on town water or sewage...so the sewage system directs the waste water onto the area within that rock wall - things grow really fast. It looks good but wasn't done just to look good - it serves a real purpose - holding the whole shebang together.

A walk down the path late yesterday... some things I saw.

First there was this Australian Native gum tree...it was a favourite of Don's but I cannot recall its name - Its covered in pink flowers right now and is just beautiful.





















Then there was a very large male Kangaroo looking ready for a bit of a challenge and a female who has a joey in her pouch. You can't see the joey in this shot as its all inside. I have seen its little head sticking out











A topknot pigeon






















The three magpies who are always friendly

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THIS LITTLE BIRD IS?
Yesterday afternoon this little bird came for some afternoon nibbles. Its about the size of a Blue Fairy Wren..looks a bit penguinish. Its an Austrailian native but I can't find out what it is. I have never seen one of these round here like this.

Peter Spencer is down and vowing to fight as soon as his strength returns

I am showing my rural roots here...
but what affects the landholders affects the urban communities down the line but they won't realise it till a leg of lamb costs $100 - and till all our seafood comes from Vietnam or China because Australian fishermen are so restricted by rules and regulations it becomes impossible to earn a living.... Those on the front lines now need the support of thinking urbanites - now.

Once the farms are gone - taken by stealth and no compensation...and the mining companies move in, mainly owned by China and Japan...we will have given away our sovereignty and will never be able to take it back

Peter Spencer is ending hunger strike day 52 - Thank God. I have felt waves of relief all day...thank God this very brave man will live on and not be forgotten. if only a tenth of us were half as brave as this man the workd would be an amazing place to live it. Coming from a rual background this has touched me more than I thought posible. Please listen to this its not long


http://www.2gb.com.au/index2.php?option=com_newsmanager&task=view&id=5445

DAY 50 – AUSTRALIA UNITES FOR PETER SPENCER

This today recorded on 2GB - only goes for about 10 mins -

If you have time today, please listen to this recorded today – Peter Spencer – its well worth it.

http://www.2gb.com/index2.php?option=com_newsmanager&task=view&id=5436

Peter explains some thinsg and breaks down near the end - to hear such a strong and principled man like this is heartbreaking.

I'd like to see our Stata and federal politicians apart from a few notable exceptions have to spend a few weeks up a windpole and contemplate the error of their ways.. pigs might fly

I just found the whole article published in "The Link" (august) disability rights magazine which featured part of what was done to Don. Previously it was just part of the article. The author of that article is the editor of my manuscript - and she has a son with cerebral palsy so she knows too well the dangers of disabled people being in hospitals.
http://www.linkonline.com.au/free-articles/2009/august/death-bias.pdf

Peter Spencer day 46 of hunger strike


http://www.sosnews.org/newsfront/?p=467

Spare spiral bound copies of my manuscript.
A freebie offer if you have the heart and stomach for it. I have sent out about 28 copies of my manuscript to publishers...only 8 rejections so far - so still hopeful. A local printing company has for an extremely reasonable price spiral bound (only $5) copies and given me a really good deal on printing. I had ten of them done both sided, before I realised (Duh) that publishers require single sided and very specific about what they want - so for those of you I know, if you would like a free copy, sent postage free as well - just let me know your postal address or PO Box number on my email tmackay@tsn.cc and I will post one to you. They have to be confidential at this stage so I won't be sending any out to people I don't know reasonably well - sorry. Don't feel obliged to accept one if its not your cup of tea... I have given away a few to friends and relatives of the returned ones which were a bit damaged and marked and having a stack of ten there doing nothing seems ridiculous.

For non Australians this our wally of a prime minister

The dork on the right hand side with his knees together and a fake smile. He looks like the cheshire cat out of the new movie of Alice in Wonderland.



















I read with disgust this article. Rudd's written a children's book - wow! Peter Spencer is on day 42 of a hunger strike which is growing more likely to end in his death. Rudd and family are off soon on a holiday to Tassie and Peter Spencer is on day 42 of a hunger strike.

A hunger strike that Rudd that great and public Christian often photographed outside churches, could end by getting up there beside Peter Spencer and promising to sort out the issues which have driven Peter to such drastic action.

When I look at the photo of Rudd with his hands around the cat's throat, looking for all the world like a big Jessie, and I consider the photos I have seen of Peter Spencer it is clear to me who the more honourable gentleman is.

Peter is practising passive resistance involving self sacrifice a form of action recommended by that great man Mahatma Ghandi. Rudd is practising self preservation - and not doing well at all at that.

Prime Minister Rudd and ALL politicians who are ignoring what Peter Spencer is should hang their heads in shame, if any of them remember what real shame is.