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Toucan Two

Another Toucan, this time with palm fruit.

Koi ensemble

Koi ensemble

Happy Chinese New Year (for yesterday that is) and Happy Australia Day also! Wikipedia informs me that the Japanese name for koi is jinli or nishikigoi which translates as "brocaded carp". Also, they are a traditional Japanese symbol of luck, prosperity and good fortune which I hope for all in 2020.  

Koi fish cat art

Nancy (pussy cat), Nelson (orange koi) and Cuthbert (red and black koi) doing what Nancy and Nelson and Cuthbert do.

Creatures of Sydney - January 2020

Above: A lace monitor, a pelican, a darter, a cormorant, and a masked lapwing. 

Above: a back swan, a little grey egret, a duckling, a very large grey moth, (perhaps?) two eastern saw shelled turtles, a mother duck and ducklings, and a pigeon.

Falling Kitten

My Falling Kitten Gif - how a pussy cat always manages to land on its feet explained!

 

Hengrove Hall

This frothy beauty on historic Macquarie Street has caught my eye on several occasions. As a result, I have had finding out about its style and background on my "to do" list for some time. Fortunately, this building is heritage listed, so there is a substantial spiel about it on the  Office of Environment and Heritage website. Built in 1929 - 1930, the style of this nine storey commercial building is officially described as Interwar Old English. I was quite surprised to learn that it was designed at the height of art deco and not during the Victorian era as I had thought! However, I was also interested to learn that the architect Henry Eli White was also responsible for The State Theatre which has a similar interior decor theme (although much grander) with Hengrove Hall's Tudor doorway, puti, crowns and the like as seen above. The Office of Environment and Heritage also notes that the English Tudor manor house Hengrove House in Suffolk was the inspiration behind the Tudor doorway and the other elements of the exterior.

Happy New Year!

A Toucan and fruit for the beginning of 2020!