Just because I don’t come here often does not mean I going to abandon blogging. It is a pretty special place here and I hope to hang on by a thread for a while yet. Been a crazy couple of months with Mum moving into a nursing home, industrial fire clean-ups and the continuation of the move into our lovely new house. It’s funny being in the ‘burbs again. Like, I’m not big on Halloween; it’s not really an Aussie thing. Yet. But boy did we get swamped by kids wanting lollies. We had been preparing for yearly Melbourne Cup weekend away from it at the Maldon Folk music festival. Jo bought a nice selection of sweets for the campers. Oh no. Spooky looking children in expensive ‘the scream’ masks moving from side to side wanting lollies from the new neighbours. And what is it with the pumpkins? Our pumpkins are good in May!! oh well. The whole event seemed harmless enough. Then there’s Thanksgiving. We don’t do it. But the following day there was all this crap about Black Friday. Grrrrr. To be honest, it didn’t really affect me that much. But surely you have to give thanks before you thanks give? Thanks Su
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Nice to see you pop up your head once in while. It does sound like the past couple of months have been hectic for you.
I feel the same way about Black Friday. It’s creeped into Canada in a major way and it annoys the hell out of me. Having said that, it does make sense though. For years, local retailers have watched people flock to the US for Black Friday deals. With the US border only short drive away, businesses are now trying to encourage shoppers to spend at home. I support that!!
For you though … yeah, not so much 😉
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That’s an interesting point Joanne — and I celebrate Canadian retailers’ initiative. I noticed here that there were a lot of online Black Friday sales, and I assume American online retailers do the same — so maybe it’s a similar response — though shipping costs are never “on sale”. My son said the shop he works in did really well on Black Friday — mainly in online sales.
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Shipping costs are a story of their own!!
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Yes Joanne. That does make sense. And I don’t blame our businesses for trying every trick in the book. I don’t think it worked here however. I’ve got a week off from work. It is good.
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Beautiful gallery of images Mick. You shoot skies that I am perpetually envious of (and thorougly enjoy seeing). Wishing you a more relaxed month ahead.
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Lately I have always been on the lookout for skies. I often say to Jo ‘hold on I must grab this pic’. Phones have helped a lot with this. Christmas is always a bit crazy but fun too.
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Haha love the bit about the burbs! Accurate and I loved it. Community feel to it.
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Hi Mick, good to see you hear and see your gorgeous photos. Must admit blogging gets hard when real life is so busy but it’s such a great community it’s hard to let go. Hope you have a great Christmas. Cheers 🙂
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Thanks Miriam. You are right blogging is very hard to ignore. It’s this lovely thing bubbling away in the background. A wonderful Christmas to you and yours.
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That’s a great way to describe it Mick. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas too. 🎄
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