misty Temora morning...

Beautiful, misty Temora morning today...currently 9°C...not too cold...

Autumn leaves are still stubbornly determined to enjoy their golden moments...

But I am loving the ghostly shapes...

and dewy cobwebs...

WordHurdle 317...

Just made it...

WordHurdle 317 5/6 #wordhurdle
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— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 24, 2022

Wordle 371...

Almost solved it at 3 attempts...

Wordle 371 4/6

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— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 24, 2022

return to Temora via Stockinbingal yesterday...

Today is an odd day...My mind and body feel riddled with anxiety and general fears are rising...

Perhaps it is due to spending quite some time this morning chasing up why I still have not received my bond back from my Mornington Peninsula rental...

Perhaps it is due to worrying about a puppy digging a large hole under the side fence this morning and was running amok...sabotaging potted plants in the front yard (waiting to transfer to the new house) and generally scattering dirt everywhere...

(Of course, I cleaned it all up...

I didn't want my daughter to come home tired from work and find all the mess..)

Perhaps it is due to general frustration that the short, cramped stay with my daughter is now a longer stay till at least September... with all the new house building delays...

All I know is that I really don't feel right...

So I've decided to just sit still with a coffee and glow in the wonders of yesterday's drive...

And write some more about it...

I travelled down Old Cootamundra Road from Temora yesterday, but decided to return via Stockinbingal on Burley Griffin Way...

The photo above is one of several grain train rail crossings on the road...

But of course, it was the countryside that enchanted me...

the greens and the blues and those gracious trees...

At times, the blue hills seemed like a meandering stream low in the sky...

Life may be a cluttered smog at times...but while the trees keep growing in such delightful countryside like this, know that there is always peace and beauty...somewhere...

All it takes is a little willpower to believe it is there and go seek it out...

more signs and buildings in main street Temora...

Something new...

Adore this little coffee nook in the wall in main street Temora...

Early morning coffee is a popular past-time here... 

Something old...

The John Meagher & Co Building is heritage-listed...

It was built as a general merchants store in 1892 (in the opening era of the Gold Rush) 

and it was the first brick store in Temora...

A large banquet was held in the upstairs part of the building to celebrate the opening of the building...

(John Meagher's first store was at Bathurst and then larger stores were later established at Temora, West Wyalong, Barmedman, Forbes, Cootamundra, Parkes and Yass.)

John Meagher was a larger-than-life figure in the 19th century...

He was not only a very successful storekeeper but a well-known politician...

More details HERE and  HERE...

Something borrowed?

When I first moved to Temora a couple of months ago, I was surprised to see no recycling bins...

There was just one large garbage bin collected weekly...

But at the back of IGA Temora is this very well-used recycling centre...

WordHurdle 315...

Wasn't sure that I would get this one...

WordHurdle 315 5/6 #wordhurdle
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— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 23, 2022

Wordle 370...

Another 4 attempts result...

Wordle 370 4/6

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— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 23, 2022