Guthrie Theater
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
A Postcrossing post card from Jennifer.
Thanks, Jen!
Guthrie Theater
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
A Postcrossing post card from Jennifer.
Thanks, Jen!
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I have this terrible habit of forgetting when to have a haircut.
I leave it for months, and slowly end up looking more and more like somone on a “Wanted” photo.
I’d had enough today and decided to get it cleaned up, so I went down to “Just Cuts” at Strathpine and let Vikki have her way with my hair.
Going to the hairdresser is more than just getting a haircut. It’s more like going to a see a shrink, with a bit of grooming thrown in – especially if you get someone good to cut your hair.
The person who cut my hair was from Macedonia and very interested in History. So I received a fantastic lesson on the history of the Macedonian people with some interesting facts about Alexander the Great, and the differences between our independent Aussie culture, and the family-centric Macedonian culture where family and neighbors often walk into your house to say hello, usually without invitation.
What an amazingly diverse and interesting world. So much to see and hear. So little time.
Meanwhile, I feel much better prepared to see more of the world, now that I don’t look so scruffy!
Feste Vigiliane, Italy
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
A Postcrossing Postcard from Luca in Trento, in the North of Italy.
The Vigiliane Festival occurs on the Adige River, in Trento, which is in the Dolomiti Mountains in the North of Italy.
At the end of the festival, rafts of contestants from each of the ten city districts of Trento try to ensure that they are first to get the ring on the neck of the goose.
Sounds like a lot of fun!
Thanks Luca!
Midnight Sun, Lapland, Finland
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
A Postcrossing Postcard from Henriikka in Finland. She writes:
"In June and July the sun doesn’t go down in Lapland at all! It is quite amazing. I saw it for the first time in my life this summer."
Thanks, Henriikka.
Jyväskylä Finalnd
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
A postcrossing Postcard from Sirpa, a travel agent who works in Jyväskylä
Thanks Sirpa!!
A good impression
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
It looks like Dad made a great impression on the interviewer.
“Recommendation: A”
“Medical Arranged”
“Excellent fellow (Scotch origin) with wife and children to match. Suitable for A/P under C/N. Conditions explained”.
The First Step
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
The greatest journey starts with a step.
This is the form that Mum and Dad completed in order to apply to come to Australia in February 1963. They were 22 years old at the time. I wasn’t even a year old, and Mum was pregnant with my sister, Karen.
Click on the thumbnails below to see any of the 32 pages in the application.
If you were a Ten Pound Pom, you can order your own set of documents. Just go to the Australian National Archives (http://naa.gov.au/) and follow "record search" links.
Possum Visitor
Originally uploaded by MagicTyger
This little visitor decided to visit us at night and scavenge left over food from our deck.
We’ve sometimes caught them grabbing pieces of birthday cake when no one was looking.
Those eyes look almost like LED’s don’t they?