Category: Flora

Two aspects within the hour

Don’t let the blue sky with its billowy white clouds — that appear to be floating serenely on a sunny afternoon — deceive you into

August 20, 2018

Flora

Same flower, different colour

Throughout my 30 years living in Tasmania, my painting friends have constantly talked of the quality “light” found only in Tasmania. Not being a painter,

May 5, 2015

Flora

On the eve of Christmas in Tasmania

We four friends went looking for hints of Christmas on an island so far from the North Pole that snow and Santa’s sleigh could only

December 24, 2014

Flora

Caged memories

Tasmanian only has one small deciduous shrub — nothofagus gunnii / Deciduous Beech — whose tiny leaves turn golden yellow in the autumn of our

May 20, 2014

Flora

Changing perspective

Take more time, cover less ground. Thomas Merton One thing about growing older is that a consolation prize for a weakening body is that I’m

April 8, 2014

Flora

It’s all there. Right beneath our feet.

If there is a God, my guess is that God has no other option but to be fairly pissed off with us humans. “I send

November 11, 2013

Flora

Who are Inanna and Dumuzi?

In the garden this morning an unfurling apple blossom held a bit more significance than normal. It’s wispy pink blushed beauty has all the hallmarks

October 22, 2013

Flora

Atheist or agnostic?

My rational, left hemisphere brain is atheistic. Through science, it’s convinced that the workings of the universe will ultimately, if not totally at present, be

September 10, 2013