Third post - Dragons

How many types of Dragons are there? Hmm, well there is the St George Illawarra Dragons - they're a rugby team up in NSW. There was the South Dragons, a men's basketball team who are now no longer, (The team was founded in 2006 and dissolved in 2009). Then there's the Camberwell Dragons - a club which fields teams in the VJC/VMJBL/EQ/NW competitions in Melbourne.

And then of course there's the other kind of dragon - the one with hot searing eyes, big tail, lots of scales and breathes fire out of it's nostrils and burns everything to a crisp. You know the one I mean - the one St. George is said to have slain. In China, the dragon is a symbol of power, strength, and good luck. Nine dragon screens appear in several places in China, this one is in Pingyao.

Here is a close up of the screen

I have selected dragon pictures which I like. There are many more available but I didn't like them much.

Second Post - Fireworks

Fireworks or Firecrackers?
You know, when I was a child, we had firecrackers. Not fireworks - nobody ever went to see the fireworks, everybody went to see the firecrackers. I grew up calling them firecrackers. Every year at the beginning of November, we had Bonfire night, or cracker night. It was about Guy Fawkes and him trying to blow up Parliament back in the day. Four hundred years plus, some time in the 1600's it was. I know, I know, I know, I can look it up and have the correct date. OH very well.,...wait a minute then .... it was the 5th of November 1605 that poor old Guy did his stuff but unfortunately, he got caught. Pity. I wonder how England would look today had he succeeded. Would have been the House of Stuart and no German orange influences. Hanover and all that. Hmm..

Anyway getting back to the night in question, every year local councils made a big mountain out of firewood and stuff and in the evening after tea, everybody went there and lit firecrackers. I remember mum and dad in their clothes like all the other adults, and me in my pyjamas and dressing gown. All the children went along in their jamas and dressing gowns. It was easier that way you see - when it was over and you went back home, you didn't have to spend time getting the children undressed, you could be pout straight to bed. They were good times, lots of fun. Sadly we don't celebrate Guy Fawkes night here anymore and I don't know why.

Anyway, here's a goodly collection of animated fire-crackers!

Lollypop, Lollypop, Oh Lolly Lollypop

Side by Side

Three Coins in the Fountain

Today's quote:

First Post

It's one fifty two in the morning, I fell asleep in front of the telly, I had fallen down or rather slid down on the sofa and woke with a stiff neck and a thumping head. So I'll make this brief and not write a proper introductory post. I'll do that later. But first, so I can shutdown the computer I'll just upload these moving images before heading off for bead.

1. Stuffing your face with junk food

2. Patting bunny

3. Hello animal paw

4. Paws

5. Naughty

6. Laughing on your Phone