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'Sweeping the path'

I made this path.

Today, while sweeping it

I saw moss on stones

and dappled sunlight.

Angle of the sun

and a curving path.

The right moment,

just waiting

for me to

find 

it.

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Comfort

A sigh of relief when

sliding my feet

into rope soled shoes.

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Gum leaf

Burnt and torn, but coloured bright.

(Thankyou Mary Oliver. See previous post.)

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Glimmer

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Dew

Sunlight

Dog

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Summer is Dragonfly blue toenails

The mosaic is not one of mine. I found it in an artist's garden. I liked the curving flowerheads and as the colours complimented my toenails, out came the camera.

Creating mosaics is taking up much of my time right now. I invite you to visit my mosaic site and watch Rosalie Gascoigne talk about being an artist. Her common sense and lack of pretension about her own art is a tonic and inspiration to this chipper of tiles.

I have not forgotten about the remaining image requests and Bee, yours (a favourite book) will be up next.

(click on higlihgted text for more info)

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Wolf under my table

I am in my studio on a daily basis now, so after his morning walk, Dog tends to stay in the house. At 10.30 I usually stop for tea. If I forget, a gentle scratching at the door reminds me. He knows that as I drink tea, he may just get a biscuit or an apple core. Afterwards he follows me back to the studio and ignoring his bed in the corner, curls up under the table.

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Summer's coming

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We walk

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'Mottled'

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Frost

Once again I am in awe

of the wonders that surround me.

(Click to enlarge)

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Bluebells

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Beauty in imperfection.

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Blue

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'They didn't have red in my size'

Compensation?
Buying a pair of mismatched socks.

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'Sunlight and puddle'

Puddles being such a rare commodity in Australia,

Dog and I decided to walk through the middle of this one.

Result?

Inner puppy and inner child, very pleased, very wet.

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Walking boots

Old jeans

A white tipped tail.

After a walk and a visit to the creek, we sat on a rock in the sunshine and watched the world go by. I thought to myself, it is the middle of the week, late afternoon and I have the time to do this. Eight years ago, life was so different.

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It rains, it rains, it rains.

Dog and I have taken to walking in the rain. I really have no choice in the matter (see here). Glancing down (as I do), I spied these tiny toadstools (approx 1cm high) growing in a puddle.

In order to get the image, I used a macro setting on my little camera, got wet knees and a wet paw on my hand. After four attempts, this image was 'paw free'.

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Fig leaf

I watched it float down from a fig tree near the creek.

The last leaf.

The naked tree seemed to shiver.

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'Keepbythebackdoortogooutintothewetgarden' shoes.