Saturday, April 04, 2026


Image: red natal in afternoon sun. I sound like I know what I am talking about, but in reality it's "that pretty one with feathery seed heads that don't taste quite as nice as buffel" corrected by my gardening authority, auntie b.

Image: yep, auntie b and Dad both would tell you what all of this is. Mum would have known too. Anyway, all I can see is crap composition. Isn't self-talk rude!

Image: DOP 'Salina photographer 'Salina. The subject didn't quite get the camouflage but got darned close.

Image: needs no camouflage, a gum that could probably tell a few yarns, grounded on a flat, reaching into the clouds, with a chorus line of rocks and trees.

Image: the house on the top of a hill

Image: fiery sunset puffing purple, silhouetting leaves and trunks and hills.

We spent a 24 hour period with Mum and Dad. It's fleeting and too far to next time but time is not easy to grasp in the current clime.

Image: pink flower. Have I mentioned that I suck at this game? The Inner circle of yellow flowers raises it to very pretty status.

Image: fog encroaching: it was even visible on the veranda to the naked eye.

Image: if you look very closely there is an amorous - we, he's pestering and she's saying "we aren't freaking rabbits, Walter"- couple of 'roos and a Magpie looks on. Probably not a Magpie because why would a girl who for the majority of her life hasn't been able to see distance even contemplate bird identification? Who needs to get that close?

I wrote a poem. It's not getting published. It's not a good poem and went to places we do not need to explore together.

Image: what this Easter Bunny gave this year to Mum and Dad - over 50 years as chocolate manager for these people and I have finally got the memo.

 If it fails, it's compost. Move on. Learn with dirt on your hands. When a gardener is asked for just one tip you'll get more, possibly a cutting and some surplus in pickle or marmalade form. (Advice given on a gardening forum. If clarification required, not by auntie b OR Dad. By me, if you need to know)


Image: Paradise Skyline backlit in a palette I call delightful.

10 days.


4 comments:

Kelly said...

Beautiful photos from start to finish!! I love seeing others' views.
I put out some basil yesterday. I hope I can keep it alive.

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Jeanie, your photos are gorgeous and captivating! Thank you so much for sharing, dear friend. Happy Easter to you.

Andrew said...

Great photos of natural and not so natural beauty. It is certainly a magpie.

River said...

I like that last sunset view.