Preamble This is a garden of serious heart driven plant love. A naked back yard of lawn monoculture and a front yard with a couple of historic trees and not much else greeted my sister Michele when buying this property close to the heart of Launceston in 2014. For this long term serious gardener with … Continue reading Spring has sprung in Michele’s garden of Perennial Delights
“Home is where the heart is”, as the saying states. If that is the case then I have a Heart bigger than an Elephant. Mind you, the heart manifests itself in thoughts generated by the brain. The Heart is really a metaphor of all those things we regard with fondness and affection. The Senses So … Continue reading Home of the Heart
Well before even pre-dawn I finally give up the toss and turn to reluctantly climb out of bed. Not before one last desperate attempt to still the now restless mind by nestling in the sleeping form of the wife for a few minutes. Eyes closed and nourished in her warmth and the familiarity of seven … Continue reading Happiness is …
2. Peace Two, one two three four Everybody's talking aboutBagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism, this-ism, that-ism, Ism ism ism. All we are saying is give peace a chanceAll we are saying is give peace a chance Everybody's talkin' 'bout ministers, sinisters, banisters and canisters, bishops and fishops, rabbis and pop eyes, bye bye, bye … Continue reading War ….. Peace
Seven years years, 3 months and 6 days on from the Great Crash, the Great Plague soon after and now the Great storms of Climate Madness. Have no idea why I still mark off the calendar. Friends gone, where? Who knows. Chaos does that. Family? A bit like so called friends, who knows? Up until … Continue reading BEYOND
Sun shining. Blue sky with some lazy day surf below and shoreline Sun dipped in patterned shade (Pic: Chris Round) PREAMBLE Sunny has so many contexts from the cliche to the obscure. This is a small series following that trail from a certain face with a sunny disposition in a game of Rugby, sunny when … Continue reading SUNNY
Belief comes at any time. Sunny, early Saturday afternoon cricket. It comes now in the belief that I will take this catch that the batsman hit my way. No doubt, just dread set certainty, (dread for the batsman that is) that he knows of my firm belief. He finishes looking up from the shot to … Continue reading BELIEF
Am troubled. Something is not quite right. Cannot place the finger firmly on the issue. After all, the senses are being pleasantly assaulted by this new day. Big rain last night (at least 50mm - love the new rain guage) and the day is fresh, fresh, fresh! Late morning, on the way to the balcony, … Continue reading NORMAL
Preamble Love - so many words spoken, written and sung. So much angst that can destroy, so much happiness that we feel overwhelmed. It comes in many shapes and sizes - friend love, love like a brother or sister, love the kids, love Mum!, love of a good time, love of inanimate objects and pets. … Continue reading !SPAM! the Love story.
DAY 1 Fire in the Sky! Repeated booms, the ground shakes so much that according to news reports 5.2 registered on the Richter scale. It stops. I look around the garden and down in my lap feeling wetness. These 63 years and bladder control is not what it once was. Nope not that. Just the … Continue reading TRUTH
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