Harry Sprintz OAM ED LFDIA FRAIA MA (London Guildhall Univ), Architect and disability access consultant’s informative book called ‘House Adaption’ is a great read. I do recommend this book!

It’s a guideline to help people stay longer in their homes. My dad vouched for him to receive his OAM, he was recognised for service to architecture, particularly in the field of disability access.

Harry was a great Architect, a close family friend and a member of the Design Institute of Australia (DIA). Harry Sprintz’s message is one of commonsense, socially responsible, and universal design principles. Harry sadly passed away June 22nd in Tasmania 2021.

Harry’s podcast on ABC radios Conversation’s link is below.
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/bydesign/the-conversation3a-harry-sprintz-on-designing-a-home-for-life/4134168

An Eroclani Original
I love chairs and its really hard fining a nice comfortable chair to just relax at home. Well I did and it’s a Lucian Ercolani (1888-1976) for Ercol Furniture, High Wycombe, England. This chair was c1960’s. It’s a great chair, low and a relaxed back perfect for short person like myself.

Looking at Eroclani designs they are very simple and timeless.

Lucian R Ercolani, or the "Old Man" as he is affectionately known in the company, founded ercol in 1920. Born in Italy in 1888, Lucian's family moved to London in the 1890s. There he went to night school at the Shoreditch Technical Institute where he studied drawing, design and the theory and construction of furniture. In 1907 he made his first piece of furniture - a musical cabinet, inlaid with mother of pearl. Years later the company tracked this down and we still have it to this day.

The Old Man designed the company's products for many years. The Windsor range remains one of our most popular ranges over half a century after it was first launched in its original guise, whilst a few years ago we reintroduced some of Lucian's classic designs, which now form the ercol Originals.
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More info here https://www.ercol.com/en-au/living/originals/

Logo Fact Friday – The Dome
Today we look at one of Canberra’s iconic buildings The Dome. Recently in February this year the building had some TLC work. Read more here.
https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/australias-home-science-shine-brighter-ever
Vlad Mosmondor designed the corporate identity and branding for the ‘The Academy of Science’ in 1974. It still stands the test of time, being one of the Canberra’s well known and recognised logos.
Read more about the Academy’s history here.
https://www.science.org.au/about-us/shine-dome/history-shine-dome

Prayer and faith there is a deep connection that humans have with people who share the same faith, a deeper connection they have with their God.
During these trying times of despair and uncertainty we come together - there was a community of prayer during the start of covid that the pope had live streamed from the Vatican around the globe- for us all to come together and pray the rosary as one.

Then there was a weekly rosary that was held every Sunday in Croatia. The local church and priests, even families and communities came together in prayer. We even had the coach of the Croatian world cup soccer team host one of the prayer sittings, where he led the rosary and we prayed with him the ’hail mary’ in Croatian.

It took me back to when my grandmother was alive, she would always pray with us before bed time in Croatian. It's been a while since I've prayed in that language, but everything came flooding back. It was really great watching live and praying the rosary with a few hundred people. Something that I don't think will ever happen again.

I've always looked to prayer all my life, in times of need, in times of the good and the bad- the rosary has been a very special thing for me.
Recently in April/May this year two beautiful neighbours of mine had passed away. One was very young who had leukemia we grew up with him as kids around the corner from us, he was 59 - the other after Anzac day in Batemans bay - an amazing man who was a great carpenter and tomato gardener. I recently did the book cover about his own life for him earlier this year, he was 92.

I've been praying for them and their souls / its something very therapeutic and at the same time a release of ones grief and sadness that they are no longer with us. It's funny when someone dies, they may not be on this earth, but in prayer and spirit they do live on in us.

And it's true, I've never stopped praying for my loved ones, my grandparents, my two school friends who were killed in a car crash when I was in college, I've continued to pray for them. It's been 21 years since their death this year, and they are constantly in my prayers and they still live on.

We all don't know what is beyond this life, but for the ones who have faith in God know that we will see our loved ones again in paradise. That's why praying the rosary is so powerful. Prayer is so powerful.

’I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things’.
Mother Teresa

In memory of Carlo De Luca and Jim Cleaver of Yarralumla. (06.02.1962 - 23.04.2021 Carlo)
(14.03.1929 - 26.04.2021 Jim)

Jims article on tomatoes - Canberra Times