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[morsla]

It's definitely Autumn now - the mornings feel like winter, but the sun still feels warm. Sure, Melbourne's coldest is hardly "cold" compared to many parts of the world, but that's fine by me... I like our version of cold weather. For some reason, I spend more time outside in the cooler months. Much of that time has been spent in parks: firetwirling, practicing my forms, or wandering around with a camera. Sometime soon, I think I'll take my camera for a walk again - some of last year's pictures are on my Pbase site.

Years ago, virtual_munkee and I firetwirled during winter at the Carlton Gardens. Rain is a problem, but the cool weather makes for a much reduced chance of burning parkland to the ground. It's been about a year since I played with a lit firestaff, and the cravings are back.

I live next to a different park now, and it's not as pleasant after dark - screaming arguments from the housing commission block seem to be a tradition. I still want to be outside, though... my body is rebelling against the office air.

In other news: can anyone recommend a good dentist around North Melbourne? An aching jaw and the feeling of sharp teeth below the gumline suggest that my long-feared wisdom teeth (badly impacted..) have finally started to arrive. I don't feel so wise though... it has been many, many years since I last saw a dentist. Preference given to dentists with a high tolerance for idiots who ignored their last set of x-rays...

Laid to the river
Midsummer, I waved
A ‘V’ of black swans
On with hope to the grave

And through Red September
With skies fire-paved
I begged you appear
Like a thorn for the holy ones

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[virtual-munkee.livejournal.com]

i havent firetwirled in OVER A YEAR!! bad anna. am going to put aside some time this weekend tho...

adelaide is getting cool at nite, but its more a desert dry cold... melbourne is all damp n stuff..! riding my bike is getting hell uncomfy at nite now! brrr

[bonesinger.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I remember a Halloween night in the park by the Carlton museum (a few years ago) when I tried fire twirling for the first and only time with you there. Lucky the staff was not lit because I thumped myself in the back of the head and had a lump for a week.

[morsla.livejournal.com]

I remember that night :) Candles all around the playground...

I think I've only had the firesticks out half a dozen times since then, all those years ago. They mainly came out for geo field trips, but there's not much chance of those in the immediate future.

[peacockangel.livejournal.com]

Your title startled me for a second. Its the begining of spring here.

[morsla.livejournal.com]

Either I'm in a different hemisphere, or I'm really confused.

Actually, more likely both.

[peacockangel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the whole different hemisphere thing confused me for a second. That and I'm living in Chicago so the weather is always wierd.

Photos and Dentist

[aeduna.livejournal.com]

I really like Autumn9 from last year... I think its the dappled colours.

I strongly strongly strongly recommend
Bione E H & H M
..Dntsts 59 Errol St North Melbourne 3051
(03) 9328 3144

My parents started going there when they lived in North Melbourne 40 years ago and still make the trip from Mulgrave. Dunno if you've seen how odd my teeth are, but they did a good job on making them relatively sane.

[morsla.livejournal.com]

Cool - I probably walk/tram past them each day, so I'll check them out. Are they amongst the row of shops? If so, aeliel pointed them out the other day.

I like Autumn9 too. I'd spent an afternoon in the Botannic Gardens with my three-day-old camera, and ducked under the branches of that tree. It framed the scene so well that I pulled out the camera and took a shot... beginners luck, as (unusually, for me...) I didn't need to crop or adjust anything from the original image.

[aeduna.livejournal.com]

Yep, on the left, across from the townhall (more or less). They're upstairs.

:) Always nice

[damien6.livejournal.com]

Funny. I had my wisdom teeth out yesterday. It was done by an oral surgeon called Dr. Alf Nasteri (93473788). He's got an office in the city, and the surgery was in East Melbourne. He was quite lovely and really very good at what he does too. Mind you, it was a private place, so you'd be out of pocket about $1100 for the surgery (that's with a discount for being referred), as well as a few hundred dollars for consultation, anaesthetist, hospital fees, etc, depending on whether you have Medicare, Health Care and the like. Alternatively there is the Royal Dental Hospital, but there can be quite a waiting list for surgery. However if you call them they should be able to refer you to the nearest Community Health Centre, to talk to a dentist, get X-rays, etc.

Also, hi. I've sort of stumbled over here from mistresscarlett's. I'm not quite familiar with the etiquette of such things, but would you object to being friended?

[morsla.livejournal.com]

Urgh - hope you're recovering well. I don't like my chances of getting through a waiting list at the Dental Hospital... heard something in the news last week about the waiting lists being even longer than they've previously admitted to. Guess I'm quite likely to end up finding a private one.

When my old dentist looked at the x-rays, and the possibility of a local anaesthetic was raised, he leaned over and said "let's put it this way. If they were my wisdom teeth, I'd rather be under a general when they came out..."

It really doesn't sound promising.

Friend away, though :) Have just added your journal to my friends page.

[damien6.livejournal.com]

:) You have been friended.