Going in Style (2017)

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Going in Style (2017): Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin as seniors facing money problems who decide to rob a bank. Not an original line or scene in the movie, but these actors are still fun to watch. C+

POTD: Dot Painting in the Outback

From 2018 03 21 Alice Springs

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Ayers Rock Resort in the Australian Outback. It shows Ellen exhibiting her artistic skills making a dot painting. There's no souvenir finer than one you make yourself. It's not just a pretty painting. Ask her to explain her symbolism.

From 2018 03 21 Alice Springs

POTD: A Toast to Kata Tjuta

From 2018 03 21 Alice Springs

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Kata Tjuta (aka the Olgas), a rock formation near Australia's Uluru (aka Ayers Rock). Kata Tjuta is equally impressive but much less well known.

From 2018 03 21 Alice Springs

Ellen wearing a fly net

From 2018 03 21 Alice Springs

Reason why a fly net is desirable

POTD: Please Don't Climb Uluru

From 2018 03 21 Alice Springs

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Uluru (aka Ayer's Rock). It shows the track by which countless tourists have climbed to the top of the rock. Traditional owners have put up signs asking tourists to respect native law and culture by not climbing, but climbing is not outright prohibited...yet. The Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Board of Management has decided to close the climb to the top of Uluru on October 26, 2019. But don't rush to climb before that date. How about just respecting the local culture which holds Uluru sacred.

POTD: Uluru Up Close

From 2018 03 21 Alice Springs

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Uluru (aka Ayer's Rock). It's not the classic distance photo, which makes Uluru look like a big rock surrounded by desert. If you get up close to Uluru, the experience is different. There are stands of gum trees and glades with water holes and an altogether pleasant environment.

POTD: Field of Light Uluru

From 2018 03 21 Alice Springs

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Uluru (aka Ayer's Rock) at dawn. Uluru is forever. The "Field of Light" in the foreground is fleeting. It's a temporary exhibit by artist Bruce Munro. Its website says, "Overwhelming in size, covering more than seven football fields, it invites immersion in its fantasy garden of 50,000 spindles of light, the stems breathing and swaying through a sympathetic desert spectrum of ochre, deep violet, blue and gentle white." Its run has been extended until December 31, 2020.

Bonus photos after the jump.

POTD: Obligatory Uluru Photo

From 2018 03 21 Alice Springs

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Uluru (aka Ayer's Rock), the rock that every tourist to Australia has on their bucket list. Check.