Rose Denim
@rosedenimblue.bsky.social
Left leaning, reader, artist, dog lover, knitter, crocheter, tatter, foodie, family historian, oldie & I creak when I move.
Aussie.
Living on Bunurong land.
Born and bred on Barunggam, Jarowair, and Wakka Wakka land.
Aussie.
Living on Bunurong land.
Born and bred on Barunggam, Jarowair, and Wakka Wakka land.
Mine is on the same date!
I turned 17. I remember exactly where I was then watching the news closely with my pro-Gough parents. Dad had studied political history & Australian history for his uni degrees. Gave me a lot of background to how it came to be.
I turned 17. I remember exactly where I was then watching the news closely with my pro-Gough parents. Dad had studied political history & Australian history for his uni degrees. Gave me a lot of background to how it came to be.
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Mine is on the same date!
I turned 17. I remember exactly where I was then watching the news closely with my pro-Gough parents. Dad had studied political history & Australian history for his uni degrees. Gave me a lot of background to how it came to be.
I turned 17. I remember exactly where I was then watching the news closely with my pro-Gough parents. Dad had studied political history & Australian history for his uni degrees. Gave me a lot of background to how it came to be.
That was a bizarre time to live through. Remember it so clearly.
Still maintaining my rage.
✊
Still maintaining my rage.
✊
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
That was a bizarre time to live through. Remember it so clearly.
Still maintaining my rage.
✊
Still maintaining my rage.
✊
First & last verse of his poem. Would have served us better if the whole poem was said.
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
First & last verse of his poem. Would have served us better if the whole poem was said.
Land of our Birth, our faith, our pride,
For whose dear sake our fathers died;
Oh, Motherland, we pledge to thee
Head, heart and hand through the years to be!
Neither made me a zealous patriot. An English poet & a flag featuring Union Jack?
Learned to love this country by being still in the bush.
For whose dear sake our fathers died;
Oh, Motherland, we pledge to thee
Head, heart and hand through the years to be!
Neither made me a zealous patriot. An English poet & a flag featuring Union Jack?
Learned to love this country by being still in the bush.
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Land of our Birth, our faith, our pride,
For whose dear sake our fathers died;
Oh, Motherland, we pledge to thee
Head, heart and hand through the years to be!
Neither made me a zealous patriot. An English poet & a flag featuring Union Jack?
Learned to love this country by being still in the bush.
For whose dear sake our fathers died;
Oh, Motherland, we pledge to thee
Head, heart and hand through the years to be!
Neither made me a zealous patriot. An English poet & a flag featuring Union Jack?
Learned to love this country by being still in the bush.
A lifetime ago, school parades, we watched the flag being raised & parroted this pledge of allegiance.
Kipling: The Children’s Song Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be;
When we are grown and take our place
As men and women with our race
1/2
Kipling: The Children’s Song Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be;
When we are grown and take our place
As men and women with our race
1/2
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A lifetime ago, school parades, we watched the flag being raised & parroted this pledge of allegiance.
Kipling: The Children’s Song Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be;
When we are grown and take our place
As men and women with our race
1/2
Kipling: The Children’s Song Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be;
When we are grown and take our place
As men and women with our race
1/2
Awwww that’s beautiful! 😍
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Awwww that’s beautiful! 😍
He’s such a gorgeous good boy 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
He’s such a gorgeous good boy 🥰
My art, knitting, reading, crafts, and a pair of headphones on with music or an audiobooks have saved me along with professional help.
Music + creative activity. Magic!
Music + creative activity. Magic!
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
My art, knitting, reading, crafts, and a pair of headphones on with music or an audiobooks have saved me along with professional help.
Music + creative activity. Magic!
Music + creative activity. Magic!
And you said no to that face???? Aawwww
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
And you said no to that face???? Aawwww
Another historically quality male, chosen to govern, pristine in outlook and performance …
NOT! 🤦♀️
Is there a nearby woman we can blame for him? 🤨
NOT! 🤦♀️
Is there a nearby woman we can blame for him? 🤨
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Another historically quality male, chosen to govern, pristine in outlook and performance …
NOT! 🤦♀️
Is there a nearby woman we can blame for him? 🤨
NOT! 🤦♀️
Is there a nearby woman we can blame for him? 🤨
They discuss salary. “There’s one mate, get after her.”
Proceed to try to chat up a recent arrival. She looks for escape
Problems?
Already engaged
Only valued her for her salary that they saw as theirs by right. No thought for her. Assumed salary? 2.5xactual
& she was blamed for rejecting advances
Proceed to try to chat up a recent arrival. She looks for escape
Problems?
Already engaged
Only valued her for her salary that they saw as theirs by right. No thought for her. Assumed salary? 2.5xactual
& she was blamed for rejecting advances
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
They discuss salary. “There’s one mate, get after her.”
Proceed to try to chat up a recent arrival. She looks for escape
Problems?
Already engaged
Only valued her for her salary that they saw as theirs by right. No thought for her. Assumed salary? 2.5xactual
& she was blamed for rejecting advances
Proceed to try to chat up a recent arrival. She looks for escape
Problems?
Already engaged
Only valued her for her salary that they saw as theirs by right. No thought for her. Assumed salary? 2.5xactual
& she was blamed for rejecting advances
Circa early 80s. Qld country town. Social situation. Me, a chalky. They think I’m from city. (I’m not)
Beer flowing, mainly into group of male Young Nats.
2 of their number overheard
“Yeah mate, wanna get after a teacher. You’ve always got the govt giving you $$$ then to keep the property afloat”
Beer flowing, mainly into group of male Young Nats.
2 of their number overheard
“Yeah mate, wanna get after a teacher. You’ve always got the govt giving you $$$ then to keep the property afloat”
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Circa early 80s. Qld country town. Social situation. Me, a chalky. They think I’m from city. (I’m not)
Beer flowing, mainly into group of male Young Nats.
2 of their number overheard
“Yeah mate, wanna get after a teacher. You’ve always got the govt giving you $$$ then to keep the property afloat”
Beer flowing, mainly into group of male Young Nats.
2 of their number overheard
“Yeah mate, wanna get after a teacher. You’ve always got the govt giving you $$$ then to keep the property afloat”
Bet if Gina wanted to stick a mine in, they’d welcome her with a 6 lane highway, paid for by locals & us & hold a parade for her big trucks
Then she’d quietly put in renewables to power it. Again!
The cognitive dissonance inside these old white troglodytes’ brains would make an interesting study 🧐
Then she’d quietly put in renewables to power it. Again!
The cognitive dissonance inside these old white troglodytes’ brains would make an interesting study 🧐
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Bet if Gina wanted to stick a mine in, they’d welcome her with a 6 lane highway, paid for by locals & us & hold a parade for her big trucks
Then she’d quietly put in renewables to power it. Again!
The cognitive dissonance inside these old white troglodytes’ brains would make an interesting study 🧐
Then she’d quietly put in renewables to power it. Again!
The cognitive dissonance inside these old white troglodytes’ brains would make an interesting study 🧐
I’m addicted to their dark chocolate balls. I wait for the half price special & indulge in a packet for Christmas. 💕
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I’m addicted to their dark chocolate balls. I wait for the half price special & indulge in a packet for Christmas. 💕
Meanwhile, across SE Qld right now, severe hail is causing damage. Large hail hitting their rural
electorates.
Huge hail at Helidon? How much is also destroying the vegetables of the Lockyer? 🤨 🤦♀️
But hey, the Nats are just obeying their mistress who wants to make herself a squillion from uranium.
electorates.
Huge hail at Helidon? How much is also destroying the vegetables of the Lockyer? 🤨 🤦♀️
But hey, the Nats are just obeying their mistress who wants to make herself a squillion from uranium.
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Meanwhile, across SE Qld right now, severe hail is causing damage. Large hail hitting their rural
electorates.
Huge hail at Helidon? How much is also destroying the vegetables of the Lockyer? 🤨 🤦♀️
But hey, the Nats are just obeying their mistress who wants to make herself a squillion from uranium.
electorates.
Huge hail at Helidon? How much is also destroying the vegetables of the Lockyer? 🤨 🤦♀️
But hey, the Nats are just obeying their mistress who wants to make herself a squillion from uranium.
Cannot see DT ever studying up on cultural manners before meeting them.
Boorish, selfish manners at the best of times within a western setting…
Boorish, selfish manners at the best of times within a western setting…
October 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Cannot see DT ever studying up on cultural manners before meeting them.
Boorish, selfish manners at the best of times within a western setting…
Boorish, selfish manners at the best of times within a western setting…
Looks so delicious! I agree with you about fruit salad for one. All the fruit goes off too quickly so a place that makes one as nice as these look is a blessing!
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Looks so delicious! I agree with you about fruit salad for one. All the fruit goes off too quickly so a place that makes one as nice as these look is a blessing!
So do I. He’s brought gravitas & respect back to the Speaker’s chair.
He does a lot of pro-education work across the country on how parliament works, so acknowledging school kid visits is key to this work.
His MLA brother in Qld is also doing an exemplary job exposing the dodgy Crisafulli LNP crew
He does a lot of pro-education work across the country on how parliament works, so acknowledging school kid visits is key to this work.
His MLA brother in Qld is also doing an exemplary job exposing the dodgy Crisafulli LNP crew
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
So do I. He’s brought gravitas & respect back to the Speaker’s chair.
He does a lot of pro-education work across the country on how parliament works, so acknowledging school kid visits is key to this work.
His MLA brother in Qld is also doing an exemplary job exposing the dodgy Crisafulli LNP crew
He does a lot of pro-education work across the country on how parliament works, so acknowledging school kid visits is key to this work.
His MLA brother in Qld is also doing an exemplary job exposing the dodgy Crisafulli LNP crew
🥰 Yeah! Sequel!
(Does quick happy dance)
The farmer’s tan brought back memories of my uncle’s sun bronzed, work-worn, creased face. Decades in the Qld sun.
At lunchtime, his broad-brimmed hat would come off, exposing the soft, untouched, baby-like whiteness of the top half of his forehead.
(Does quick happy dance)
The farmer’s tan brought back memories of my uncle’s sun bronzed, work-worn, creased face. Decades in the Qld sun.
At lunchtime, his broad-brimmed hat would come off, exposing the soft, untouched, baby-like whiteness of the top half of his forehead.
October 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🥰 Yeah! Sequel!
(Does quick happy dance)
The farmer’s tan brought back memories of my uncle’s sun bronzed, work-worn, creased face. Decades in the Qld sun.
At lunchtime, his broad-brimmed hat would come off, exposing the soft, untouched, baby-like whiteness of the top half of his forehead.
(Does quick happy dance)
The farmer’s tan brought back memories of my uncle’s sun bronzed, work-worn, creased face. Decades in the Qld sun.
At lunchtime, his broad-brimmed hat would come off, exposing the soft, untouched, baby-like whiteness of the top half of his forehead.
Or use it to create a nice macrame pot plant holder!
😁
😁
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Or use it to create a nice macrame pot plant holder!
😁
😁
Just re-reading it again. 🥰
From the nose like the end of a crochet hook, the Jaffa carpet at the bowls club to the description of the farmer’s tan, loved every word.
Waiting patiently for your next book. 😃
From the nose like the end of a crochet hook, the Jaffa carpet at the bowls club to the description of the farmer’s tan, loved every word.
Waiting patiently for your next book. 😃
October 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Just re-reading it again. 🥰
From the nose like the end of a crochet hook, the Jaffa carpet at the bowls club to the description of the farmer’s tan, loved every word.
Waiting patiently for your next book. 😃
From the nose like the end of a crochet hook, the Jaffa carpet at the bowls club to the description of the farmer’s tan, loved every word.
Waiting patiently for your next book. 😃
Oh my
The dress🤦♀️
It’s awful
Looks like daggy old curtains
Cut is wrong for a patterned fabric Placement of two large flowers mid chest?
Obvious seam up the front? What happened to pattern matching? Fabric looks too thick, heavy for dress, weird gathering/pleats on sleeve cap
Not a fan ☹️
The dress🤦♀️
It’s awful
Looks like daggy old curtains
Cut is wrong for a patterned fabric Placement of two large flowers mid chest?
Obvious seam up the front? What happened to pattern matching? Fabric looks too thick, heavy for dress, weird gathering/pleats on sleeve cap
Not a fan ☹️
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Oh my
The dress🤦♀️
It’s awful
Looks like daggy old curtains
Cut is wrong for a patterned fabric Placement of two large flowers mid chest?
Obvious seam up the front? What happened to pattern matching? Fabric looks too thick, heavy for dress, weird gathering/pleats on sleeve cap
Not a fan ☹️
The dress🤦♀️
It’s awful
Looks like daggy old curtains
Cut is wrong for a patterned fabric Placement of two large flowers mid chest?
Obvious seam up the front? What happened to pattern matching? Fabric looks too thick, heavy for dress, weird gathering/pleats on sleeve cap
Not a fan ☹️