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!…

Wilde Quote of the Day

2 Jul 20152 Jul 2015

“To look at a thing is very different from seeing a thing. One does not see anything until one sees its beauty. Then, and then only, does it comes into…

Papa Bouilloire Chapter The End

13 Jun 201513 Jun 2015

Papa Bouilloire Goes to Oxford – Chapter The End I tottered down the cobblestones back to Magdalen expecting that the old Sainsbury bags appending from my arms would burst at…

Thought for the day. FLY!

24 May 201526 Jul 2015

Thought for the day: It doesn't matter how tatty your wings are... If you can fly... FLY! I photographed this old butterfly resting on a succulent plant growing on the…

Don’t Look Behind you! Bug Eyes!

13 Mar 20156 Dec 2015

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge "Eye Spy" reminded me o this monkey toy whose bulging bug eyes used to terrify us as children. The porcelain lady would have originally…

Serpent Natural

11 Mar 201510 Aug 2015

Near the dune where I had lain but the night before, I awoke to discover the tell tale tracks of little serpents. As I had chosen to spend the night…

Australia Day

26 Jan 201526 Jan 2015

Ah Australia day! How does a typical Aussie celebrate? According to the shops: The average Australian is longing to demonstrate their patriotism by buying quantities of "Australiana" in the form…

Coral reflections with fish

15 Jan 201515 Jan 2015

After a brief encounter with a shark, I was disinclined to go snorkeling over the reef but a school of electric blue fish swam enticingly over a coral outcrop and…

Stone Fish – Deadly animal trifecta

5 Jan 201517 Aug 2015

I seem to have a talent for having random encounters with deadly wildlife. This perhaps explains why I prefer suburban landscapes. After a run in with a shark (kayaks and…

Kayaks and Sharks

28 Dec 20149 Mar 2015

Accompanying a group of students, we paddled kayaks up the Western Australian coastline, sleeping on the beaches and snorkeling about the local reefs. My pathological fear of sharks did not…

Like my Duckies?

2 Dec 20142 Dec 2014

Unless you are a Parisian you cannot always be in Paris. We had to console ourselves on the weekend by ignoring the signs warning us of tiger snakes and going…