Ponderings in the smog
Very hard to see this morning with haze from yesterday’s devastating bush fires covering the city. This pavillion in the main dog area of our park stands on the spot where Australia was declared a federation in 1901. The inscription around it is based on a poem of the same era and reads Mammon or millienial Eden? which is a reference to whether Australia will be exploited for its resource wealth or whether it will become a paradise which will last for a thousand years.
Given the unseasonal heat and complete lack of rain I can only conclude that our craving for Mammon has created global warming and it is unlikely Australia will ever reach Edenic proportions.
Ruby the black labrador 
OH I hate the haze. Take care you guys!!
Yes air quality poor today although nothing like you experienced.
Not pretty.
We were supposed to be at an agility trial at Springwood on Sunday which they have respectfully and thankfully postponed.
Yes, Sunday looks like it will be grim because of the continuing heat. Keep cool Bodhi!
Dislike 😦 frightening..stay safe eerie picture..and the sunsets will be tragically magnificent..they always are…hugs Fozziemum xxx
Thanks Fozziemum you be safe tooxx
Oh we will thanks Ruby..no heroes in this house! xxx
sigh, those there are some very deep thoughts about the world, Ruby! Sadly, we think there is no earthly eden or utopia to be found, except out in the deep of nature. Even though the grandeur and beauty of earth can take our breath away, the effects of chem trails spewed from airplanes overhead, smog carried on the winds to drizzle down with acidity thousands of miles away, plastics and radioactive waste dropped to the depths of the oceans – none of it ever gone now. Don’t dwell on how all of that human-created nastiness only began within the past two centuries – just wake up each day with the anticipation of the good things that you will find today, enjoy the circle of life (even as it may present itself to you in the form of dead possums), and offer your love and friendship to those who will receive it. Would that we all had a spoiled dog’s life?
Thanks Suzanne and Nemo – all extremely uplifting and generous thoughts:)
That’s horrible. Isn’t it a bit early for you to have bush fires?
Yes – the earliest ever. So far over 100 homes lost but this will rise no doubt. Just tragic and four fires still completely out of control because they are in national parks and there are no roads. Devastating for wildlife:(
Hope you’re all ok. X
Thanks we are safe and my parents escaped from a minibreak in the Blue Mountains with about half an hour to spare before the roads were closed. They were badly shaken when they got back to me.
I can imagine. How horrible – been watching it on the news there. Very bad for asthmatics & people with lung conditions I imagine. Plus everything must smell horribly of smoke?
Yes very smelly and we have black ash in our garden. Still burning and temps will reach over 30 again tomorrow so no rest for the firefighters at all. Too early in the fire season for things to go so wrong 😦
Be safe all–a wonderful image-taken with the prose it suggests a poignancy and uncertainty of the future-
We will – three more days of hideousness to come, We are safe but many have lost there homes and a pall of smog remains over the city:(
Oh no sounds bad.
Yes it is bad and still continuing out of control. Loads more heat and high winds for the next three days:(
A sobering image, the damage and fear that these fires cause is heartbreaking. Hope you are keeping safe.
Yes we are safe but like many people we know friends who have lost everything. Politicians twiggle their fingers while Sydney burns. Still two more days of extreme heat and high winds:(
Glad you are safe. The weather does not look good, will be keeping my fingers crossed that the conditions improve soon and that no more life is lost.
Thanks for your thoughts – tomorrow is D-Day I’m afraid.