Scatterday I
Scatterday
I and starting with something Australian that starts with
I. What could be more Australian than our Australian Mist cat, named
Indiana? And as can be seen with your
eyes, like
Indiana Jones has had many adventures. As a snowcat, in the snow, he is the inspiration
I used for my email address. When the breed was first developed in Australia by Dr Truda Straede it was known as Spotted Mist, due to the distinctive spots that gradually appeared like out of the mist until the coat and markings matured at around 18 months of age. Seven distinct colours were
Identified in the breed, which included blue, brown, l
ilac, peach, caramel, gold and our favourite, chocolate of which
Indiana is a prime example. After becoming recognised and established as a breed the name was changed to Australian Mist to acknowledge the breed as the first Australian developed pedigree cat.
And for something starting with
I, in the sky. A few years ago, well maybe 20 or more, but
I won't count, when we lived in
Ipswich, my DH, as a RAAF serviceman maintained
Iroquois helicopters. During the 80s the
Iroquois were transferred to the Australian Army and have just recently been ret
Ired.
These
Iroquois helicopters, made by the Bell corporation of America, are the very same helicopters that supported our brave men and women in the Vietnam war. History has established them as an
Icon of that conflict. In the many years of service they have given since, they been used by Australian forces around the world in peace keeping operations, disaster relief and search and rescue. Many a stranded adventurer, when all hope has seemed lost, has raised thier
eyes to the sky as the distinctive beat of the rotor blades heralded the arr
ival of help. Proving themselves to be extremely
versatile, Iroquois could be configured as gunships, with rockets and machine guns or fitted with extra communications as flying command posts. Litters could be installed so they could serve for medical evacuation or hoists and winches attached for search and rescue and finally they could be fitted with a cargo hook for resupply work. 
And finally, something starting with
I that is
Yellow. And in keeping with the theme of two pictures there is the
Indicator on DH's car
and the
Instruments inside the car that
Indicate various facets of the tr
ip.
8 comments:
I knew Indiana would feature! The flying yellow cat would have amused the dickens out me. However the Iroquois is an impressive photo. Hope your feet are dry!
I hope you post lots and lots of photos of that gorgeous cat on your blog Carmel, he really is beautiful. Is he a big cat or does he just look that way in the photo?
And boy was he perfect for Scatterday!!
Your cat is gorgeous and I loved all of the info. One thing this scatterday activity does is get the brain ticking and fills it with lots of info. someone should organise a trivia competition based on it:-)
Carmel! I thought you had all your I's in the first photo, I thought Indiana was on Clouds LOL So you had your Yellowish Australian In the Air!! I do like that first photo!
Beautiful cat. I didn't know the breed existed. Are his eyes yellow?
well done on the other photos, too.
Your Indiana is just beautiful. I had never heard of the breed, though I used to breed and show Siamese. He is just gorgeous.
If Indiana is about to turn 10 then it must be nearly 10 years since I pick the parents to be up and tootled them out to pick up their gorgeous cat. Via a few patchwork shops of course. Now, seeing as I have been godmother to this cat for 10 years we will need to discuss long service leave LOL
I see some of the teacher in you coming out using the "Y" as an "I" - clever woman! Lovely photos.
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