This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 10 July 2018 — Dart.
The short-beaked echidna must be one of the cutest animals you are ever likely to encounter if you visit Australia.
Look But Don’t Touch
Come On Over
This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 6 July 2018 — Hospitable.
On my last visit to the National Folk Festival, (Canberra), I met Grey. He owns this pad which is his home away from home when he travels to festivals. He leaves his “campervan” unlocked so anyone can check it out as they wander past. Read more
A New World
This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 4 July 2018 — Resurrect.
It seems to me that without music we have nothing; we are nothing. For many of us, it is central to our cultural identity and our personal identity. Read more
Serried Books All In A Row
This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 4 July 2018 — Serried.
I am feeling a bit flat, perhaps because it is mid-Winter, and I have a tendency to feel flat at this time of year. In Winter, everything becomes smaller and meaner, at least I perceive it to be so. Or perhaps this is just the reality of these troubled times. Words, ideas and causes are jostling for attention. Usually when I feel this way, I find escape in my art (mosaics), but it is too cold at the moment for this form of escapism. So I need another form of escapism.
I’m just a poor girl
Need an escape from reality
Open my eyes
Pick up a book and read.
A Moment in Time
This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 1 July 2018 — Scale.
A Mountain Beard Orchid – kind of small.
One For The Road
This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 30 June 2018 — Fluke. Read more
Less Is Best
Heartfelt Thanks
Rubber Ducky, You’re The One
Italian and Then Some
This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 21 June 2018 — Italian.
Some of you may know that I have recently joined a Bush Poetry group. As this month’s theme for my Group is “Italian” and as I’ve only so much time, I thought “Italian” would make a good Ragtag Daily Prompt as well (it’s my day to be the Prompter). For those interested in contributing their own post on the Italian theme, please click the hyperlink above for instructions on how to take part.
Bush poetry is a style of poetry that depicts the life, character and scenery of Australia, employing a straightforward rhyme structure. It uses language that is colourful, colloquial and idiomatically Australian. Well, I’m new to bush poetry or any poetry, so I found it difficult to write a poem in that style, consistent with the theme, but here is my attempt. My poem (below), “Italian and Then Some”, is about the experience of Italian migrants in Australia under the White Australia Policy. Read more
Reflections of An Untidy Mind 