This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 30 June 2018 — Fluke. Read more
One For The Road
The Changing Seasons – June in Canberra
Ah, June. I can’t believe we are already half way through the year. Winter is not a time that I particularly enjoy. It’s cold. It’s grey, and quite often miserable. Just to prove that it does get cold in Australia, I headed out on a particularly frigid day to one of our city’s parks. Rain had been threatening all day, but no sooner had I got out of my car and pulled out my camera, then the sun asserted itself in all its Winter glory. Read more
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
The Distant Forest
This is my contribution to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge — Horizontal Lines.
I thought I would take the plunge and have a go at one of Cee’s photo challenges. Thanks for the encouragement, Cee. I enjoy writing. It is good exercise for my brain, but it is a bit like hard work. But how much fun is photography! Read more
Sliced to Perfection
Smorgasbird – I Love My Birds
This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt — Smorgasbord. Read more
Going With The Flow
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge — Liquid
The theme for the WordPress Weekly Challenge theme is “liquid”. In responding to the Challenge, my main criterion was that the focus of the photo should be on the water/liquid rather than on the other elements within the photo. I have chosen four very different photos taken by various members of my family, that I think meet this criterion. I also wanted to post the photos largely unedited. What do you think is the main focus of each of the photos? Read more
Ode to Ama – A Bush Ballad
Dear Readers, here is a poem about my dog, Ama. It is written in the style of a bush poem. Read more
So Many Banksias
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge — Prolific
I had decided not to enter this week’s photo challenge, but changed my mind today as I had the very good fortune to visit the amazingly beautiful Australian National Botanic Gardens. To my delight, there were many plants in full bloom. My little phone camera struggled with some of the smaller, more delicate flowers, but it absolutely loved the banksias. There is such a huge variety of banksias, and many were flowering prolifically. I hope you like them as much as my camera did. Read more
Reflections of An Untidy Mind 