Eye-candy

An improbable flash of purple on green - a kingfisher darts to the dam.

Summer

UV so strong that even the sunflowers turn their faces away.

The HOTTEST day of the year

Frozen raspberries melt to a mouthful of sweetness and seeds.

Parked in the sun

Air radiates from the dash, too hot to breathe. I drive with only my fingernails touching the wheel.

Court House

Old wood, dust and leather combine with the musty scent of ancient paper.

Out of our element

He clutches me, giggling, every muscle tensed to resist the surging suck and swell of the surf.

Raucous

The screech of a sulphur crested cockatoo scrapes across the dawning sky.

Sanctuary

I stop to pick blackberries after my run. A fingernail-sized frog scuttles for shelter amidst the thorns.

Sunbathing

Again the Jacky lizard, sprawled over a sunny pot, too comfortable to move. We sit and watch each other.

Patch of sunlight

A Jacky lizard raises one arm as if asking permission, then flattens its pale belly on the warm wood.

Dandelions

Soft, feathery fringed petals stroke my skin. "Mummy, I is painting you yellow!"

Life

In a shallow, sunwarmed puddle, a glittering, squirming larval swarm.

Nesting

Glossy Black Cockatoos, sillhouettes against the bright sky. One carries a beakful of twigs and soft bark.

Ripples

The river's surface is wrinkled like old skin. Two ducks create smile lines. The white wound of a speedboat leaves a scar.

Morning breath of the bush

Bouquet of pine, eucalypt and turpentine. Undertones of damp earth and fungus enhanced by the aromatic high note of ziera.

Clover Blossom

Eighty-one white winged angels dancing on a slender green pin. The bees dance too.

Silvereye

Less than a handful of damp fluff and feathers, intently gleaning breakfast under the sodden leaves.

Still raining

White curtains of water veil the trees in the valley. A bare branch becomes a crystal chandelier.

Respite.

Fingertips of glory thread a rainbow through the clouds. Kookaburras chuckle in the glistening trees. The rain returns.

Late afternoon

Thistledown parachutes drift on breaths of air, seeking safe landfall.

Serenade.

Cicadas shrill a chorus to whisper song of leaf and breeze.

Dawn

Molten gold ignites the horizon; white fire lights the sky as I run.

Sunshower

Asphalt steams in travel-scented dreams.

Storm

Sky grumbles, heavy and dark with imminent tantrum. I know how it feels.

Clouds

Through a filigree of leaves, glimpses of a silvered sky.

Rain

Jewel drops glisten on a silken web, the invisible revealed.

Tending tomato plants

Staking softly furred stems. Sticky, pungent sap perfumes my hands.

New Year's fireworks

Cool, clear morning. Flashes and sparkles of birdsong welcome a new day and a new year.