a town like Alice

i've never been to Alice Springs before

all i had in my head was an image gleaned 

from Neville Shute's 1950s novel

so

i spent yesterday having a wander around

i pottered around in the Todd River

hoping to find useful bits

mostly i found glass

but of course 

an abundance of leaves

being Australia, it's easy to find eucalyptus

and i went to the museum

where is discovered the taxidermist

has a sense of humour

[if you're in a class of mine sometime, you may hear the taxidermist joke

too long to type now though]

and here's an amusing page from a book on display 

time to grab my bundle

and go

my now elliptical pot 

[thank you American Airlines baggage handlers]

still doing sterling service

although here it tends to bubble quite fiercely

as we have 240 volts in the system

in America [with only 110] there's 

less chance of setting off the fire alarm...