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Photo straight from my phone, no editing.
30 Thursday Nov 2017
Posted one with nature
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Photo straight from my phone, no editing.
29 Wednesday Nov 2017
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Same view, different days.
25 Saturday Nov 2017
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Take some fruit tea leaves, add hot water, leave to brew, cool in the fridge, add peach pieces, mint leaves and crushed ice. These ingredients transform into a delightful iced tea, just perfect for the hottest week in Hobart in 127 years!
15 Wednesday Nov 2017
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The Australian people have voted YES for marriage equality! ❤️❤️ 🙂
13 Monday Nov 2017
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I set the alarm early this morning, wondering if I’d be able to see the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter in the pre-dawn sky. Alas, no, they were too close to the rising sun.
Instead I experimented with my iphone, held in front of binoculars, as the sun rose above the horizon. I then reset my alarm and had another hour in bed before the start of my working week 🙂
12 Sunday Nov 2017
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We visited the Hobart Synagogue today as part of Open House weekend. It is the oldest Jewish place of worship still in use in Australia, consecrated on 4th July 1845.
The building is in the Egyptian Revival style, characterised by its columns with lotus capitals and the trapezoidal shape windows.
We saw the central raised platform, the Bimah, where the Torah is placed for reading.
We saw the Ark, the sacred place behind a curtain, where the Torah scrolls are kept. Our guide explained that the practicality of winding the scroll from one place to another, one reading to another, can be time consuming, so they have five Torah in their Ark.
There is a Sefer Torah on display as a memorial of those who died in the Holocaust. It is one of 1,564 scrolls seized from desecrated synagogues in Czechoslovakia by the Nazis.
Hobart Synagogue embraces both Orthodox and Progressive members and offers services for both, but the building was obviously constructed at a time of Orthodox Judaism so there is a box for the Rabbi. The seating downstairs was for men only, with a balcony at the back for ladies and children.
It was built when Tasmania was known as Van Diemen’s Land and was still a convict settlement. Original benches where convicts sat, are still used for spare seating, some are stacked and used as book shelves.
The chandelier was originally designed to burn whale oil and has since been adapted for every variation of electric light technology. If you look closely from the Ladies Gallery, you can see that the light fittings hang below the ceiling level, allowing smoke from the oil burners and candles to escape into the ceiling space.
It was a privilege to see inside this synagogue, to hear about the history of the building, about the Jewish community in Tasmania and to learn more about the Jewish faith.
11 Saturday Nov 2017
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This weekend, various private buildings are open to the public. We visited the rooftop of the Colonial Mutual building in Hobart. Built in 1931 the roof has distinct hand painted coloured tiles, gargoyles and expansive views of our city and waterfront.
It was great to have temporary access to a building that we regularly walk past but usually only see from street level.
10 Friday Nov 2017
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Temporary flowers yet an everlasting symbol of remembrance.
Here are some poppies that I have seen this week, as we approach Remembrance Day, to mark the end of the First World War at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. “We will remember them”.
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