Wildflowers White

3 Aug 20163 Aug 2016

Flowers in their vanity In profusion vie Sane in their insanity To catch Apollo's eye And every bud a'blooming Looks out towards the sky And sees the sun a'shining And…

Hubris

12 Jul 201612 Jul 2016

Did the tree in reaching up Claim to understand the sky? Did it tell the other trees What heaven has demanded?   Did the sky when looking down Teach the…

Fragility

30 Jun 201630 Jun 2016

  Set sail my lad Ride the wind with delightful ease Set sail my lad Set out on white boats crimson clad Drifting o'er cerulean seas Embark to lands above the trees Set…

Summer Pleasures

27 Jun 201627 Jun 2016

plaisirs de l'été dégivrer mon cœur gelé Avec amour chaud Summer pleasures Defrost my frozen heart With warm love For Ronovan Writes weekly haiku challenge https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-103-summerfun/

Misty Morning

12 May 201616 May 2016

Driving to work today and a little mist over a nearby lake caught my eye. Not content with reflecting the sky The lake thought it best To create a cloud…

Haiku – Moon in the Pond

15 Feb 201615 Feb 2016

The moon in the pond Falls on the smooth black velvet Like a drop of milk In response to Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge - Milk and Smooth https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-84-milksmooth/

Wildlife Wednesday

25 Nov 201525 Nov 2015

This 4 inch wide huntsman spider was on the bedroom wall the other night. I would like to point out that we Aussies are known for our capacity for  playing superhero types…

Lazy Sunday

20 Sep 201520 Sep 2015

Native Australian plants tend to be very sensible when it comes to making the most of the good times. When the end of winter approaches there is a desperate profusion…

Monochrome

16 Sep 201516 Sep 2015

Oh my little camellia, You are so very green... and mottled. Sometimes I wonder if You are diseased. Weekly Photo Challenge; Monochromatic

Well Connected

6 Sep 20156 Sep 2015

This was one of my earliest images I used when I started my blog in November last year. Thanks to a wonderful connection I spent 2 weeks in Oxford and…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge – Cobweb

29 Aug 201530 Aug 2015

I, oblivious, Sweeping away merrily A small spider's dreams Welcome to TJ's Household Challenge! Last weeks prompt - Window led to some great perspectives from the talented Haikuists out there!…

Sour Puss

28 Aug 201528 Aug 2015

Dragged from the arms of Morpheus by some variety of mentally defective bird that appears to see 3.30am and pitch blackness as the natural time to warble cheerfully outside my…

Lazy Sunday – Photo Feature

16 Aug 201516 Aug 2015

It is that time of the week again and I do hope you are not a victim of the dreaded "Sunday Trading" and can spend Sunday as you wish. Here…

Weird Fruit of a Humid Climate

30 Jul 201530 Jul 2015

Visiting the Cu Chi tunnels was a strange and very sad experience while visiting Vietnam. It was also extraordinarily surreal as we started the tour with a 30 minute ancient…

Paris and the Jardin des Tuileries

26 Jul 20155 Sep 2015

Autumn in Paris and a stroll through the Tuileries led us back to the Louvre. These two figures the only other strollers and we enjoyed the sense of solitude as…