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Rain at last



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Australian Tiger eye rock

All my favourite colours, glistening after rain.
(click on highlighted text for info)

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Gum leaf

Burnt and torn, but coloured bright.

(Thankyou Mary Oliver. See previous post.)

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Under my feet on Dungeness foreshore. UK 2010.

 

The chain was too heavy to pack in my suitcase,

but some pebbles fell into my pocket.

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No surgery required, for which I am grateful.
Long term patience necessary.

I have a 'frozen shoulder'.
I am in the right age bracket for such. 
Celestone and local anaesthetic injected into the glenohumeral joint.
I felt it touch the bone.
He told me that my condition could last for two years
(Thankfully one year has passed).

I asked him when I could swim again,
he smiled but would not be drawn on a date.

Next appointment in a month.

So, no swimming... yet.
 I WILL get back to it.
Instead, Dog and I walk our little socks off.

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This day, this hour, this tiny moment.

Just stop, be still.

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Lichen

Golden cups laid out on a tree.

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Dawn

6 degrees today.

Frost on the paddocks.

Perfect walking weather.

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I wanted to be indoors by the fire.
Then I saw the trees,
diamond clad.

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Glimmer

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Dew

Sunlight

Dog

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I wake early because...

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The pleasure of well-worn boots.

Warm socks

Supported ankles

Dry feet

and

the first puddles of the season.

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'Walking companion'

Dog and I went for a walk at 6.30am, we were not alone. The 'Roo' jumped a fence line and hopped off into the trees. Dog sat and waited for it to pass. I stood and watched. We both know our places in the natural pecking order around here.

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It rains and all is good.

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For Call me any Name

Who requested an image of 'vibrant vitality'.

During the Spring here in Australia, I took a photo of this grass, because I knew that come the Summer, I would crave all things fresh, green and vibrant.

Right now all is brown and drear. Days of 38-40 degree heat do not sit well with this wilting woman, who grew up  in the UK, relishing days of rain, frost and mist.

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Field of webs

Walking fast,
Dog ahead of me.
I paused and there,
as the sun came out,
the field shimmered.

(click on image to see detail)

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Who lost them, I wonder?
Who placed them here?

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I continue to be astonished by this blue.

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Eucalyptus blossom