I’ve just returned after a short break. A mission to find myself, if you like. This morning I woke early and stayed in bed listening to the unmistakable sound of rain pelting outdoors. For a brief moment I was disappointed. I had planned on doing so much and knew the rain meant I have to change my day’s plans. Then I remembered the blessings of a spring shower which I’m sharing with you today as they all fit somewhere in the wide spaces of my heart.
In the Bunbury wetlands, the colour of spring.The perfection of a bookleaf mallee frond, in the Goldfields.Masses of Geraldton wax, in the Midwest, growing wild roadside.To search is to find, in the Aboreteum in Esperance, the wild orchids.Spider orchid, Esperance, Western Australia.The globe banksia, a sunset among green foliage in Albany, in the Great Southern.A banksia, the colour I have not seen before, in Albany.Paddocks of wildflowers, growing roadside in the Midwest.Oh! the yellow canola fields of the Midwest.And a few kms down the highway, the landscape added purple, with Paterson’s curse, a weed.The most exquisite tiny succulent flowers in a dry creek bed in Meekathara, outback Midwest.
May today’s rain bring you new growth, new life, new opportunities for transforming your life’s landscape, just like Nature does mine.
What a sweet way to regard rain… life as we know it is not possible without it.
Your photos are beautiful, Dawn, and capture the beauty of the wild so well.
What a sweet way to regard rain… life as we know it is not possible without it.
Your photos are beautiful, Dawn, and capture the beauty of the wild so well.
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Thank you Eliza. I’ve missed being out more often than I should but I know life will return to my normal again.
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Always love to read your uplifting words 🌺
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Thank you so much, Paula. Such lovely feedback!
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Thank you for sharing some of the West’s real jewels, Dawn. That spider orchid is gorgeous.
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You’re welcome Tracy and thank you. Finding orchids amid debris is such a thrill because they can be easily missed!
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You can spend hours looking for and at all the small treasures. 🙂
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For sure!
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Beautiful photos of vibrant life Dawn – showers of life 🙂
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Thanks, Paul. Lovely time of year.
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It really is 🙂
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