Snake in the Grass

Outback Australia where space between people and snakes is important.

Australian Storm. On the Road Again....

Outside of Wilcannia, Cheryl North had to pull over, the rain came down so hard.

just left of coonabarabran

is the Warrubungle National Park.

Bellingen Snippet

Julian had had a most interesting week.

soon........busy

or, to quote Christopher Robin, which confused Pooh and Piglet no end.

'gon away. backson.'

You Hair What You Eat?

Genetically Modified Soy Linked to Sterility, Infant Mortality

"This study was just routine," said Russian biologist Alexey V. Surov, in what could end up as the understatement of this century. Surov and his colleagues set out to discover if Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) soy, grown on 91% of US soybean fields, leads to problems in growth or reproduction. What he discovered may uproot a multi-billion dollar industry.

After feeding hamsters for two years over three generations, those on the GM diet, and especially the group on the maximum GM soy diet, showed devastating results. By the third generation, most GM soy-fed hamsters lost the ability to have babies. They also suffered slower growth, and a high mortality rate among the pups.

And if this isn't shocking enough, some in the third generation even had hair growing inside their mouths—a phenomenon rarely seen, but apparently more prevalent among hamsters eating GM soy.

In the US, 93% of soy products are GM. (genetically modified). (We're not talking fermented here, which is ok. Natto, miso, etc..) and I don't know the stats for Australia, but have no doubt it's alarming. When buying a number of watermelons from the local grocer, his words were,

"We only have the one's with seeds."

"Those are the one's I want,"

Seedless watermelon's? Since when was anything created without the ability to procreate?

And Today.

Julian spent the day in the Grafton Court House.

The magistrate summed up.

"This is a family that has been destroyed."

"We're your adopted children," said one of the 17 year old twin girls to Julian.
"I know," Julian said. She hadn't seen them for many years, but loved them still.

It was a case that involved the oldest son. The outcome was an AVO on him not to come near them for 5 years. This was apparently unusual.

Everyone was happy. Almost.

Mum said, "he will go and lick his wounds and plot and plan."

It was harrowing.

Beautiful Bellingen

Freezing Bananas

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For the Behaviourally Impaired

When I get to Australia ...... I'll try to remember......

Mudbilly Takes a Dive

except that it wasn't a dive, it was a jump. After Daring Dan took a leap, Mudbilly decided to climb the rockface and also jump. She cooeed first, so that the beautiful and slim, red-headed, curly haired Copenhagen would look up, as would Julian. They were swimming in the waters below. The noise from the falls was incredible. They dutifully looked up, as Mudbilly jumped and, like Alice down the rabbit hole, fell and fell and fell.

"my bum hurts," she said, after it was all over.