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…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge – Scales

19 Sep 201520 Sep 2015

Weighing up my life To find the ingredients Became unbalanced Here is a collection of the wonderful "Fabric" haiku from last week's challenge...:) HSHAIKU is well aware of the potential of…

le Cafe Parisien

18 Sep 201519 Sep 2015

Two weeks into Writing 101 already. Quelle horreur! The task is to "Update your readers over a cup of coffee" as though addressing you over a cup of coffee. My natural…

Lazy Sunday – Perth

13 Sep 201513 Sep 2015

Wandering down to Fremantle and the ancient wooden bridge. Sunshine on the water. A boat bobbing along as a train runs overhead. Some fisherman creating arcs of light as their…

Jeudi Joyeuse

3 Sep 201521 Sep 2015

For sheer decorative bravura you cannot but admire the spectacular balconies and stained glass dome of the Galleries Lafayette, Paris. The Art Nouveau splendour is a joy to behold and…

Lazy Sunday – Plum Blossoms

30 Aug 201530 Aug 2015

Here are 3 views of a plum tree already in full flower although it is still the last few days of winter in Perth. Already I can feel the warmth…

Ho Chi Minh City Avalanche

26 Aug 201530 Nov 2015

I captured this photo through the windscreen of our coach of commuters in Ho Chi Minh City. This unstoppable avalanche of people seem somehow to move without endlessly crashing. There…

TJ’s Household Haiku – Windows

22 Aug 201522 Aug 2015

Different Perspectives Curtains in tatters Letting others see my want While I see the sun If you would like to participate in TJ’s Household Haiku challenge then you can use any…

Aussie Culture Tips 1

19 Aug 201520 Aug 2015

Australians take cricket very seriously. On a recent jaunt to Melbourne I was wandering about in the MCG (The Melbourne Cricket Ground) and this picture shows how obsessed Aussies are…

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…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge – Glass

16 Aug 201516 Aug 2015

Through a glass darkly I glimpsed in refracted light My unfulfilled dreams If you would like to participate in TJ’s Household Haiku challenge then you can use any aspect of the household…

Let Down Your Hair

11 Aug 201525 Aug 2015

It's Flash Fiction time again! I do hope you enjoy another Lowenbrau Family tale of 166 words... Let Down Your Hair Grandmamma and Grandpapa Lowenbrau, Great Aunt Eunice, Mother, Little…

Westminster Tiles

8 Aug 20159 Aug 2015

One of the many marvels of Westminster Abbey are the medieval floor tiles in one of the side chapels. Thankfully I was there when the day was cloudless and the room empty…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge – Piano

8 Aug 20158 Aug 2015

A hole in the roof. Rain on the piano strings, Playing cool jazz. I am always delighted to get suggestions for possible household objects to feature in the next challenge…

I am the Sun – Haiku

3 Aug 20153 Aug 2015

As luck would have it I hoped that I would find gold And then rose the sun Ronovan Writes prompt for this week is "Hope and Luck" I went for…