Old Owl's photos

Farm pond, Palgarup, Western Australia

Swan Valley, Perth, WA. Evening. So many different greens. Best viewed big.

Today, May 1st 2022, is International Workers' Day. Let us celebrate those who labour by hand and by brain and who are the true heroes of the capitalist system. The image is from the IWW newspaper "Solidarity" in 1917, shortly before its demise. Here's some Billy Bragg to celebrate: Power in a union . There is power in a factory, power in the land Power in the hand of the worker But it all amounts to nothing If together we don't stand There is power in a Union Now the lessons of the past Were all learned with workers' blood The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for From the cities and the farmlands To trenches full of mud War's always been the bosses' way, sir The Union forever defending our rights Down with the blackleg, all workers unite With our brothers and our sisters From many far off lands There is power in a Union Now I long for the morning that they realize Brutality and unjust laws cannot defeat us But who'll defend the workers who cannot organise When the bosses send their lackeys out to cheat us? Money speaks for money The Devil for his own Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone? What a comfort to the widow A light to the child There is power in a Union The Union forever defending our rights Down with the blackleg, all workers unite With our brothers and our sisters Together we will stand There is power in a Union

HFF to all. I hope you are safe and have a fine and dandy weekend. Enjoy every moment. A wing of Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth WA.

Happy Fence Friday to all. I hope your day and your weekend are all delightful. Keep safe in these strange times. Artwork on the new carpark at Mandurah rail station in WA. Black cockatoos, eucalyptus leaves, fish from the nearby Peel Inlet. (Press Z for full screen.)

The old Commonwealth Bank building reflected in the glass of Forrest Chase in Perth. A collision of the old and new, of traditional service with commercial aggression, facing off across Forrest Place, a pedestrian precinct. The two sides of the precinct are quite far apart both physically and metaphorically, although the march of time has meant the bank business is no more and neither is the large post office which took over. Instead there are merely more chain stores selling the same tat as everywhere else but housed in a heritage building. Sigh. (Bigger is undoubtedly better. Please press Z.)

Bunbury, WA (Big on black is best. Please press Z)

Busselton jetty, WA

Bunbury, WA.

Wild at Heart, Pemberton WA Press Z, please.

The Towers, Elizabeth Quay ("Betty's Jetty"), Perth. Bigger is better. Please press Z.

Esperance, WA

A cafe in Nannup, WA. Press Z for a more detailed view (especially of the shadows).

The pedestrian bridge crossing the Mandurah-Perth railway line and the Mandurah bypass road. Happy Fence Friday everyone. Keep yourselves safe. Picture may be better seen large. Please press Z.

Tiffany's, Donnybrook, WA.

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