Thanks for the links Lucca, our young David Attenborough is thrilled.

Will take you up any time on that homemade pizza!

You're welcome my friend - oven all done, tried it out this morning. Great bacon, sausages and eggs

Pizza for Melbourne Cup day and you and yours cordially invited!!!!

Loved the links Lucca. Couldn't stop laughing at the way Izzi's mum grabbed her by the neck to stand upright... reminds me of my Grandmother who was constantly trying to straighten our shoulders when we slouched!!

Exellent news Sophie and 

It’s called Jacindamania…not only has she championed women’s rights, she’s publicly condemned racism, she’s warm, and she is showing the world what leadership can look like.

 [Fiona Goodall/Reuters]

Special prayers have been held at Thulasenthirapuram village in Tamil Nadu, the ancestoral house of Kamala Harris's diplomat maternal grandfather PV Gopalan, who she has said had a great influence on her when she was a child.

Posters with pictures of the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee have been put up in the village wishing her success.

NDTV

Democrat Joe Biden is one state away from presidential victory after winning Michigan about 10am AEDT, placing him six electoral votes away from the needed 270.

He also won Wisconsin overnight. On election day, President Donald Trump won the battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio and Texas. Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania are still in play, although Nevada will not report any votes until 3am, AEDT.

Sourced from World Atlas.

Hiya Sophie while we wait and wait and wait for the inevitable, how about a little trivia. Ever wondered why these symbols exist?

The Democrat donkey mascot dates back to candidate Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign, when opponents called him a "jackass" for his stubbornness. Jackson embraced the insult and used the donkey image on his election posters. It was then quickly adopted by newspapers and political cartoonists.

The Republican elephant came along years later. Many believe it came about, in part, due to a widely used expression during the Civil War led by Republican president Abraham Lincoln. Soldiers entering battle were said to be "seeing the elephant" or learning a hard lesson. The symbol was then popularised by political cartoonist Thomas Nast; an early rendition featured in the 1879 edition of Harper's Weekly.

Oh thank you Lucca… to tell you the truth I did not know that and since you have been so sweet to share that snippet with me…I shall share my trivia with you. It’s all about…. cake!!

Have you heard about Election Cake? Well...it used to be a great tradition in the US, disappeared for a while but in the past few years, especially during the 2016 election, the special Election Cake made a resurgence with bakeries vowing to “Make America Cake Again.”

Originally, the cake, was called “muster cake” and was created by colonial women to feed the incoming troops who were ordered for military training by the British. The heavy cake was served to militia men, as well as onlookers who flooded villages to watch the military drills.

However, after the American Revolution, the boozy fruit-and-spice cake became better known as Election Cakes, after women would bring the baked goods to polling places for the white men, who were allowed to vote at the time, to eat. The first recorded recipe for the patriotic confection was written in 1796 by Amelia Simmons in her second edition book, "American Cookery,"

Women..who were not allowed to vote before 1920, had allegedly also used the cakes as a way to sway the men to vote in line to their interests. Anyway beyond being a political ploy, the cake was used as a celebration for the democratic process.

I picked that information up from Fox News…have a slice!

This is a picture of the modern version from: what’scookinginamerica.com…the older version thrown, would probably knock a Republican off his horse!

5.11.20

Great story Sophie, was going to suggest some democracy cake for Trumpo, but just heard they're measuring him up for a couple of straitjackets, LOL

I agree forget the cake...breakfast each day will consist of the following while he is languishing behind locked doors!

Not long to go now. Biden has it in the bag. Trouble is Trump has until January 20 to leave. Should he refuse to go, Biden could have him escorted out of the building by the secret service.

Credit: Roll Call

Credit: SBS

Looks like Jared Kushner is on the chopping block too...they're blaming him for the election loss... so funny...

Daily Mail

Jared has a lot on his mind at the moment. He is owner in part of Westminster Management an apartment company that’s planning to evict hundreds of tenants with past-due rent during the pandemic. These people are going to be homeless, be interesting to see what happens now. Will he halt proceedings to make himself look good?

Jared's and Ivanka's popularity is at rock bottom Banjo.

CNN is reporting that Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, has approached the President about conceding the election...

Will he be able to get rid of the nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue?

Shame on you Your Majesty...Harry is still a member of the British Royal Family and he did serve in the Afghanistan war...

Picture Town and Country

Why shame on the woman?  

Surely laying a wreath in LA is as meaningful as laying a wreath in London?

'Ginge and Whinge' wanted out of this Royal family farce, screeching to the world that they wanted their privacy, desperate to go off and find themselves so to speak..

Only to discover they seem just a bit too keen to share via social media all sorts of annoying snippets of their irrelevant  pampered millionaire lives.

Thousands if not millions have served in wars across the globe over the years - so Harry isn't alone in that regard, with most of these people or their descendants placing wreaths in cities, country towns, even school halls etc. .With all having as much significance and reverence as a wreath placed by an elderly Queen and her relatives in London on Remembrance Day.

Credit: newsamed.com

Well done Harry and Meghan

Is there going to be a little brother or sister for Archie?

Hmmm....