Show us why you get up in the morning.
Submitted by David.

Morning train

Why, the delight of catching the morning train with my cheery fellow commuters of course!  (Note: this is also my post for 'Self Portrait Thursday')

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In honor of Canada Day, show us your favorite Canadian.

I should say my grandfather Tom (the sole Canadian in my extended family):

Grandad

I am a bit torn behind him and KD Lang though.  We played her version of Neil Young's (another favourite Canadian!) Helpless at his funeral last year:

K.D. Lang sings Neil Young's Helpless

This probably would have been another good song to play: 

Neil Young Old Man

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Show us a puppy.

This is the puppy my mum bought for me when I was 9yo:

Puppy

He was the perfect kids' dog, ie, was happy to put up with all kinds of indignities like being dressed up in clothes, pushed around in a dolls stroller, having eyebrows drawn on etc etc.  You can't see in the picture but he was actually quite peculiar looking with really long spindly legs.  he had been sold to us as a "poodle cross" but we think he was probably part whippet.  He could also run and run and run so became my dad's constant jogging companion.  Everyone in the neighbourhood knew and loved him. 

This is me and Sandy in our uni days:

Sandy and me

He was still a relatively young lad in this picture, ie, actually lived to the ripe old age of 18.

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Share a song you listened to in 6th grade.

KISS I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU

This was the song of 1980 as far as I am concerned.  Abba fever was over and it was all Kiss, Kiss, Kiss at my primary school.  My brother in particular was completely mad about them.  This wasn't just confined to our school either.  This song made such an impression on my friend, who attended the nearby Catholic school at the same time, that she and her husband had this as their special song at their wedding. 

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Show us your last text message.

Do xcurison drinks need 2 b poppas or do they mean 2 drink botls?

(frantic 8am schoolday message from one mum to another)

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Show us a glimpse of your neighborhood.
Submitted by [Susan].

This is not my photo but from the wonderful Sydney Daily Photo blog and just happens to be my corner shop too!

From Sally's blog:

This shop is jam-packed with everyday necessities, and those things you decide you need for dinner at 7pm on Sunday night. Open long hours, this is a typical example of hard-workign migrant enterprise. When i moved into my street in 1984, the owner was a postwar Greek immigrant. He sold it to the present Lebanese-born proprietor. Several of his 13 sons and daughters work there from time to time (including two you can see here). The family works hard, and the children are making the classic immigrant journey into the professions as they complete high school and move on to university to study architecture, pharmacy, accountancy and other professions.

 

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Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack time... Show us one of your meals today.

This is not my actual lunch but close to what I had, ie, Chicken Pad Thai with the guys from my office.  They all drank wine but I was feeling a bit fluey so stuck to lime and soda water.  I also don't like drinking alcohol at lunchtime as it makes me even sleepier in the afternoon. 

Piccadilly_herbNSpice_chickenPadThai

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Show us summer.

I have posted this previously but this is almost WINTER in Sydney!

Cronulla in May

Just about to take the kids out to shoot some hoops at the local netball courts and take advantage of another sunny Winter day.

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Show us a picture of your father.

Better late than never!  I don't have a scanner so these are photos of photos.

This first one was probably taken in late 1967 judging by the size of me.

Dad and me 1

This one would be 1968 and was taken on the verandah of our old house.

Dad and me 2

Fast forward to 1989 and my university graduation for this one of dad, me and grandad (his father):

Dad Grandad and me

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Show us something that's so ugly it's beautiful.

Www.beinart.org

This is by an artist called Jon Beinart and is an example of his "toddlerpedes". 

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