Soleirolia window

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Delible and indelible marks

About

Historical notes (1851): After the death of Lady FitzRoy, Governor Charles Augustus FitzRoy developed an appetite for Irish girls. 

So when the bastard child was born and Baby's Tears began to grow on the windows, Maisy consulted the Journal of the Horticultural Society of London, and saw Baby's Tears (Soleirolia soleirolii) was also entered as Irish Moss, she knew the house had been cursed.

Like moss it spread, creeping silently until every pane was covered and the outside world was seen through the eyes of crying babies. 

Ex-convict John Fitzsimons later adopted the bastard and called him Charles Augustus Fitzsimons, so even though he didn't get the full regal FitzRoy, he received some of it. Maisy thought it just.

#Exile #MakingMeaning

When, where, what

14/05/2017 at 05:45 am
Old Government House, Parramatta Park, Parramatta

Significance

Moonrise
2019-05-26 09:40:00 at 113°
Moonset
2019-05-25 23:06:00 at 247°
Distance
405,935 km
Illumination
93.1%

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