tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post8696264178977370697..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Armidale's BeautyJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-41231374454796353502009-05-29T06:45:40.886+10:002009-05-29T06:45:40.886+10:00Armidale can get icy, Diak. You can actually see i...Armidale can get icy, Diak. You can actually see it in the colour of the sky. Mind you, so can Canberra.<br /><br />Liked the comment on Dili.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-34319209895983537482009-05-28T11:39:11.242+10:002009-05-28T11:39:11.242+10:00Just about all places have their own beauty, Jim. ...Just about all places have their own beauty, Jim. Some more than others, I agree. <br /><br />I actually like to look a the people and the buzz and thrum of life, rather than buildings. <br /><br />A view across the bay, from half way up a mountain. Palms, fruit and fish hawkers and cheeky motorcyclists. Kids playing footy on the road, chooks and pigs and goats, and, indeed, some fairly rococo architectural piles.<br /><br />All in a city variously described as dull, dusty, dirty, dingy and desolate.<br /><br />Like you, I'm prejudiced. I'm also warm. Armidale is pretty, but gosh it gets icy.Diak Malaenoreply@blogger.com