Wilderness

February 11, 2014September 27, 2014 / Robert / 4 Comments

Wilderness within my mind,
Thoughts held for eternity,
Caught in cobwebs of confusion,
Foregone, forever forgotten.

Repurposed

February 8, 2014September 27, 2014 / Robert / 2 Comments

Shallow cast-iron bowl sits
Upon a pedestal, black,
Surmounted by smaller urn,
Silver metal sphere within.
Water fell from one t’other.
Home now to Sylvan trailing.

Against all odds

February 6, 2014 / Robert / Leave a comment

After upsizing some of our potted plants we had a spare container which we excitedly filled with begonias. A few days of 35 to 40oC temperatures last Summer resulted in begonia devastation. From the cataclysm a sole survivor popped up in Spring this year, this is its first bloom.

Grave Blue Yonder

February 4, 2014September 27, 2014 / Robert / 4 Comments

Earth’s clear blue eyes hint at fathomless depths,
Ripples sparkle by moonlight, in sunshine,
Zigzag squiggles dance to an unheard song,
Rainbow patterns entice the weary soul.

Bubbles show momentary glimpse below,
Effervescent beads surge upwards, pop, pop.
Eddies undulate to sooth, to caress,
Soft touch belies a harsh fatality.

If you liked Grave Blue Yonder have a look at More Precious than Diamonds

Why have trees near power lines?

February 2, 2014February 2, 2014 / Robert / 6 Comments

Spring’s chainsaw time;
Each year bottlebrush’s limbs
Brutally sacked,
Savagely hacked.
By Summer time
New growth’s dense
Chance to recover’s immense.
Why have trees near power lines?

True Friends

January 31, 2014January 31, 2014 / Robert / Leave a comment

My friend Ell’s first blog post

True Friends.

Animal attraction

January 31, 2014January 31, 2014 / Robert / 5 Comments

Vocals by Passenger, Let Her Go

Crepe Myrtle

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 / Robert / 2 Comments

Thanks to Adventures and Musings of a Hedgewitch I now know the name of the fantastic flowering trees that bring colour to our home suburb. What coincidences that the inspiration for Peace at Home is the shadow of a Crepe Myrtle tree in Winter and that I read about them for first time in Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches based in New Orleans!

The intensity of the sunshine in the pictures gives you a hint of the difference in temperature we experience in Sydney in June compared to January.

Freedom for the few

January 28, 2014September 27, 2014 / Robert / 4 Comments

Our rights need to earn,
But no bra to burn!
What’s liberating,
Without berating?
Just one public kiss,
A moment of bliss.
Walking hand in hand
Throughout the land,
Swimming in the nude,
It’s natural not lewd.
Equal’s just too much;
Politics and such.
Viva le revolution
The gay marriage solution!

Gift keeps on giving

January 25, 2014January 25, 2014 / Robert / 2 Comments

Quite soon after moving to Sydney a friend gave us a dracaena, it is hardy, easy to grow and prune. The large black plastic pot it came in also had begonias and this succulent. It sends out runners with long fleshy, serrated, elliptic shaped leaves and tall spikes with delicate looking pink bell shaped flowers.