InnerVoice Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Looks beautiful @Toots ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 It's now autumn. We have had a lovely summer of clear, sunny warm day. Not much rain - a few thunderstorms and heavy rain two or three times lasting overnight. The hottest day was 28C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 The weather has been lovely all of this month but tonight we had to light the log burner. It's decidedly nippy of an evening now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toots Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 The weather was absolutely foul earlier today. I was caught out in pounding rain and strong wind. It was like being in a vortex. Shut the horses in as they took one look at the weather and decided it wasn't a good day to be standing around in a field. I think that's the end of the lovely weather we've had for the last few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 This is what the weather has been like every morning for the last 10 days. Frosty mornings then lovely and sunny for the rest of the day. Frost usually gone by 9 am. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 A couple enjoying a relaxing, sunny (cold) Sunday afternoon and one of our supply boats off to the mainland with produce from the local farms. When it returns it will bring supplies for the local supermarkets etc etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Manna Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Just started watching bay of fires. Is this typical? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 5 hours ago, Blue Manna said: Just started watching bay of fires. Is this typical? I didn't watch it. What's it about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Manna Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 1 hour ago, Toots said: I didn't watch it. What's it about? It's complicated, but you want to watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 12 minutes ago, Blue Manna said: It's complicated, but you want to watch it. I googled it. Apparently it's a crime drama/black comedy about a woman placed in witness protection in Tasmania. I believe it was filmed on the west coast which has pretty dramatic scenery. Funnily enough the real Bay of Fires is on the east coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 4 hours ago, Toots said: I googled it. Apparently it's a crime drama/black comedy about a woman placed in witness protection in Tasmania. I believe it was filmed on the west coast which has pretty dramatic scenery. Funnily enough the real Bay of Fires is on the east coast. The different location was one of the things some Tasmanians complained about. I thought I'd like it for the scenery if nothing else, but I gave up after the first episode. It annoyed me too much. It plays too much on the idea that every local in country Tasmania is either eccentric or a moron, if not downright dangerous. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramot Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 43 minutes ago, Marisawright said: The different location was one of the things some Tasmanians complained about. I thought I'd like it for the scenery if nothing else, but I gave up after the first episode. It annoyed me too much. It plays too much on the idea that every local in country Tasmania is either eccentric or a moron, if not downright dangerous. You me both 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 41 minutes ago, Marisawright said: The different location was one of the things some Tasmanians complained about. I thought I'd like it for the scenery if nothing else, but I gave up after the first episode. It annoyed me too much. It plays too much on the idea that every local in country Tasmania is either eccentric or a moron, if not downright dangerous. I haven't seen it but it doesn't sound that good anyway. There are a few eccentric folk around especially in some of those very small towns and I dare say there are also morons in some of them but there are plenty of morons all over the world. Can't say I've come across anyone dangerous in my travels around the island but when my husband and I were well into the middle of nowhere/the wilderness we did think it would be easy to get rid of a dead body there as you hardly ever see another human being and the Tasmanian devils would make short work of getting rid of the corpse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Manna Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 6 hours ago, Toots said: I googled it. Apparently it's a crime drama/black comedy about a woman placed in witness protection in Tasmania. I believe it was filmed on the west coast which has pretty dramatic scenery. Funnily enough the real Bay of Fires is on the east coast. It's a bit like northern exposure meets Ozark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Manna Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 It's no "broken wood" that's for sure. But I'm not sure I've ever stopped watching a crime drama because it was an exact replication of the type of people that live in that area. But there's no accounting for taste. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 2 hours ago, Blue Manna said: But I'm not sure I've ever stopped watching a crime drama because it was an exact replication of the type of people that live in that area. I think Toots has every right to feel insulted by that remark. I stopped watching it because I thought the characters, on the whole, were an insult to Tasmanians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Manna Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 (edited) 1 hour ago, Marisawright said: I think Toots has every right to feel insulted by that remark. I stopped watching it because I thought the characters, on the whole, were an insult to Tasmanians. I expect the people who live in midsomer are probably outraged by the high proportion of murderers that are portrayed in their vicinity too. Not to mention Shetland. Plus they must be outraged after the brother and sister episode. They call it fiction for a reason. Plus, it was one small village in Tasmania. To assume that all Tasmanians are like that from that small sample is being stereotypical at best. Edited June 24 by Blue Manna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 1 hour ago, Marisawright said: I think Toots has every right to feel insulted by that remark. I stopped watching it because I thought the characters, on the whole, were an insult to Tasmanians. Water off a duck's back Marisa. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 10 minutes ago, Blue Manna said: I expect the people who live in midsomer are probably outraged by the high proportion of murderers that are portrayed in their vicinity too. Not to mention Shetland. I watch both of those (love Shetland, and remember I'm a Scot originally too). The difference with Shetland is that sure, there are some weird/murderous/moronic characters (as there would be in any place IRL), but the whole island isn't portrayed as populated mainly by weird/murderous/moronic characters. In Bay of Fires, there didn't seem to be a sane character in the whole place, except the incomers. I agree with you about Midsomer, even though I do watch it. Anthony Horowitz was the first writer for that series, and he stopped writing for it after the first series or two, because he felt it would be ludicrous for so many murders in one county. However, I find that series is very much played for comedy so I'm willing to suspend disbelief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 3 hours ago, Blue Manna said: It's a bit like northern exposure meets Ozark. Never heard of Northern Exposure or Ozark. I rarely watch the telly. Maybe I'm slowly turning into one of those eccentric Tasmanian residents. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 18 hours ago, Blue Manna said: Just started watching bay of fires. Is this typical? As a very long term Tasmanian resident - no. I intended to watch it because I knew most of the filming had been done on the wild west coast and I was interested to see that but it was so weird I didn't even make it to the end of the first episode. I occasionally had a peek on later episodes but it seemed to grow even weirder. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 1 hour ago, Toots said: Never heard of Northern Exposure or Ozark. I rarely watch the telly. Maybe I'm slowly turning into one of those eccentric Tasmanian residents. We have spectacular nature, Toots. We don't need telly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Manna Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 9 hours ago, Skani said: As a very long term Tasmanian resident - no. I intended to watch it because I knew most of the filming had been done on the wild west coast and I was interested to see that but it was so weird I didn't even make it to the end of the first episode. I occasionally had a peek on later episodes but it seemed to grow even weirder. To be fair I did three episodes and have gone back to the realism that is Dexter. Just started season 5. Maybe I'll drop back to BoF afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 We are in for more cold weather again. Brrr! https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/another-snowy-cold-weekend-on-the-way-for-tasmania/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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