Dear Friends,
#Insects are going extinct. I live in the #suburbs. I leave portions of the yard to their own devices, removing invasives as I find them to help. This stump hosted a termite swarm just before they flew off. Birds gulped them out of the air. It was fun to watch, but couldn't get a good shot! Sorry!
ESM
#photography #FotoMontag #spring
Day 31 cont 
A reminder, the seat of Aston was the seat of a former (discraced) Liberal MP, #AlanTudge #TudgyFudge.
“#PeterDutton (#Liberal) continues his campaign swing through #Melbourne’s #suburbs, and you’ll never guess where the bus has stopped now.
That’s right, we’re now at Dutton’s 15th PETROL STATION PHOTO-OP of the #campaign – that’s 15 – at a truck stop in #Aston. Dutton’s plan to cut the fuel excise by 25 cents per litre is getting a major airing in his campaign material, the backdrops of his #PressConferences, and his #photo #opportunities.”
Slogans, propaganda and stunts…
OR
Policies?
#AusPol / #propaganda / #slogans / #policies / #policy / #LNP / #Nationals / #Coalition <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/30/australia-election-2025-live-housing-crisis-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-campaign-final-week-labor-coalition-cpi-inflation-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6811b11f8f08f0938cf49225#block-6811b11f8f08f0938cf49225> / “Education Minister Alan Tudge stands aside amid abuse allegations, PM tells parliament” <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-02/alan-tudge-stands-aside-amid-abuse-allegations/100669592>
Day 27 cont 
“#PeterDutton said there was “a lot of anger in the #suburbs,” with many families unable to put #food on the table.
“That’s the reality of life for many Australians under #AnthonyAlbanese, and I think there are many Australians in outer #metropolitan areas who feel that this prime minister hasn’t been honest, he’s out of his depth, that he has prioritised the interests of #Greens voters in inner city, #Sydney and #Melbourne, many of whom are quite #affluent.”
The opposition leader said Albanese had abandoned people in regions and in the outer suburbs.
“We see families who are doing it hard, they’re not going to vote for Labor this time, and they may have been Labor voters all their lives.”
#AusPol / #HousingCrisis / #food / #basics <https://archive.md/l3itm > / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-election-2025-live-updates-albanese-dutton-resume-campaign-after-hecklers-disrupt-welcome-to-country-at-anzac-day-services-20250425-p5lucj.html?post=p58jxq#p58jxq> (paywall)
The Toronto Suburb Where the Humble Bus Is King - Bloomberg
> Transit ridership is off the charts in Brampton, Ontario, despite its typical low-density suburban layout. Here’s how the city got residents to get on the bus.
- frequent bus routes (cor every 5 minutes)
- upgrade existing services
Gramophone Building, Hayes
1912
Owen Williams
https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/gramophone-factory.html
_The Evening Post_, 12 March 1925:
RATEPAYERS PROTEST
A SHORTER ROUTE
THE WAY TO KARORI
The chief subject under discussion at a meeting of members of the #Karori Progressive Association last evening was… the urgent need of a shorter route to Karori and the western #suburbs generally.… Councillor J. Aston said that the council was really no further forward in the matter of providing a shorter route to Karori than it was months ago…
Mr. R. B. Sim maintained that the time for politely-worded resolutions had gone past… he had not been very long in the district, but he had been disgusted with the lack of decent facilities for communication with the city.
… Councillor B. G. H. Burn answered in spirited fashion that [the Mayor] Mr. Wright was most certainly not marking time in the matter…. [and] not a foot of [tram] track could be laid anywhere without the approval of the Government.
…
It was finally decided… by unanimous vote, that a deputation… should wait first upon the Mayor and later upon the Prime Minister, or Acting-Prime Minister, to lay before them the necessity of a shorter route via Bowen street, and to press for a definite statement as to what was intended.…
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250312.2.153
G.
Suburban dusk is a watercolour in the North of Sao Paulo city, where there are only houses and tall buildings are distant and small.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/suburban-dusk-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]
Lady Bankes School, Ruislip
1936
W.T Curtis and H.W. Burchett of Middlesex County Council
Woodthorpe, Church Road, Worcester Park
1935
Leslie Norman Holt
https://unbound.com/books/modernism-beyond-metro-land/
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