Water’s edge, Carnarvon, Western Australia
a dawn bird
In response to A Photo A Week Challenge – Texture
Category: Nature
Procrastination
Like the tide that returns to the sea
unhurriedly
in his arms,
she stretches languidly
with tomorrow in her smile
a dawn bird
In response to Your Daily Word Prompt – Languid
Oneness
Sunset at the Fascine, Carnarvon, Western Australia
A moment of stillness
so exquisite
our hearts beat as one
a dawn bird
In response to Sheryl’s Your Daily Word Prompt – Exquisite
Carte Blanche
Somewhere over mining country, Western Australia
Fill my heart
with impossible dreams
spin your web, with words
Mesmerise me.
a dawn bird
In response to RDP – Tuesday – Web
The Sandgroper*
Sand dunes, Pelican Point, Carnarvon
Seduced, I return
time and time again
running my fingers over your pale skin
the attraction, inexplicable
our narrative is linear
you are magnetic
I, a devotee.
In response to RDP Saturday – Charisma
*Given our love for the beach, sandgroper is a nick name for West Australians.
6WS: When clouds acquiesce to the sun …
Wildflowers in the Midwest
I flew into Geraldton (some 400+ km north of Perth) late evening the other week. I got into the hire car and took the highway into town. I drove mindlessly, like I was home and realised, it has become another home for me.
I love Geraldton for lots of reasons. When I have time between work and flights, I spend my time in a small restaurant that overlooks the marina because the airport only opens when there is a flight. The restaurant staff know me well now and take me to my favourite table without me requesting it. They chat to me with familiarity that I enjoy. I am no longer a stranger there. I also love a couple of shops where I invariably end up buying clothes or accessories. And, I love my walk through town and back again. This is what Geraldton means to me.
This trip I had to drive about two hours east of Geraldton, through wildflower country. It was magical. Long solitary drives on back roads flanked by flowers. It uplifted my spirit and I was in my zone!
The purple flannel flowers with their soft grey foliage were scattered about in the thousands.
There were carpets of tiny yellow paper everlastings.
There were a few of these bushes, a type of hakea, I think.
Oh! those glorious skies and towering flowering trees filled with birdsong.
These were low growing bushes, blooming, km after km.
And these beautiful flowers that looked ordinary from afar but each flower within the flower, was so perfect.
There were literally millions of everlastings as far as the eye could see. I didn’t have my hiking boots and didn’t want to risk walking in the grass in an isolated place. We are coming up to snake season!
It’s difficult to describe to others what is means to be ‘in the zone’. I’m so lucky I get to experience it where ever I am in this large State. I’ve got trips coming up to the north and then south west next month and looking forward to seeing more flowers on my travels. I know the wild orchids are blooming in the south west Wheatbelt and no doubt in the Bunbury area too. I can’t wait to find them!
I’ve been home all week mostly running around for medical appointments. I’m headed out again over the weekend and although I’ve enjoyed my time at home with loved ones and family, it will be nice to be back doing what I love to do.
Until next time
As always
a dawn bird
In response to Word of the Day Challenge – Zone
Yellow, the colour of welcome
Yellow ribbons are symbols of ‘welcome home’ and I find it interesting as autumn becomes spring, yellow is the first colour you see in the West Australian bush. On my bush walks in Esperance and Narrogin I felt this deep sense of being welcomed back where I am always happy. Spring brings hope of new life. On wet gloomy days there were splashes of brilliant yellow to liven the landscape. The wild orchids have arrived early too. They are tiny and exquisite. And, then … my first glimpse of a Western Golden Whistler who was singing his little heart out. 
These were some of my happy moments in the past month and I’m happy to share them with you.
As always
a dawn bird
In response to A Photo A Week Challenge – Yellow
The search for serenity …
I love the prayer for serenity … accept what I cannot change, courage to change what I can and the wisdom to know the difference. I’ve had to live it for the past month.
A month ago life threw a curved ball. I heard the dreaded words, “that’s a lump”. The urgent appointment with the surgeon has taken a month but it has been worth it. He didn’t think it is anything sinister but ‘it’ has to come out. Surgery is a month away.
After the initial sense of dread I knew the best place for my head was work. I kept to my normal schedule. When working with another, I am fully present in the moment. It helped keep any negative thoughts away. It made me re-evaluate my life and how I live it. And, to be honest, I could not and would not change a thing. I see that as a blessing to be in this space with acceptance of all roads have led me to here.
Helms Arboretum, Esperance, Western Australia
Like any parent my first thoughts were for my children. They have been wonderful and uplifting. All is well, they reassured me. And, it is. I know it is.
In the past month I’ve travelled a lot and tried to keep to normalcy. I sat at the edge of this pond in Helms Arboretum in Esperance, filled with a sense of deep sadness. Not because I was considering my mortality but in the knowledge that so many people have yet to appreciate the value of solitude and nature.
I decided to open my blog again in the hope, in this finite moment called life, perhaps my photographs will encourage others to seek what I have found in nature … acceptance of self and complete healing.
As always
a dawn bird
In response to RDP Monday : Serene
Love, through the lens of a petal
I’ve just spent time among wildflowers, millions of them in the Midwest flower country. Walking among snow fields of white everlastings, and rivers of colour in pink, yellow and purple flowers, the feeling was like walking through a rainbow. And, through the masses of colour I searched for that one flower, the one that stole my heart, and brought it home to share with you.
As always
a dawn bird
Living with intent
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” Omar Khayyam
This is one of my favourite quotes. I wake to this philosophy, never more than I am doing right now.
Along the shore where my world glows, in morning light
Sunrise, Jurien Bay, Western Australia
In the forest and scrub, where wild orchids grow, to my delight
Wild orchid, Esperance, Western Australia
In a deserted street with coffee and canopy, where birds sing notes, high and low
Main street, Dongara, Western Australia
At the inlet, tidal dry, where the white heron pauses elegantly
Port Denison, Western Australia
In those moments, I know this life is just a moment, and that moment, was my life.
May you find your moments today, to live your best life.
Until next time, as always
a dawn bird
In response to RDP – Tuesday: Intent
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Silent Sunday
In response to Silent Sunday
Somewhere
Somewhere
there are footprints
left by only us
Somewhere
there is silence
where talk is superfluous
Somewhere
there is a beach
elaborate, in simplicity
Somewhere
there is a forest
that breathes for you and me
Somewhere
there are wide open spaces
for a crowd of two
Somewhere
is where,
I’d like to be with you.
a dawn bird
In response to RDP – Thursday : Elaborate
Fly away with me …
Blue dragonfly at billabong, somewhere in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia
The symbolism of a dragonfly is transformative change from within.
May it transform your life in the way it did mine.
a dawn bird
In response to July- Blues
Think Pink!
Roses.
Crepe myrtle.
In Bunbury seagulls swimming in a pink sea at dusk.
Pink Galah in a gumtree.
Gum blossoms.
First light, gold mine, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
And at high tea, stick your pinky finger out!
a dawn bird
In response to a photo a week challenge: Pink
A Shared Space 
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