Still pond

January 16, 2023 mattcanberra, haiku, painting, poetry, pond, summer, water, writing, zen4 Comments

A tiny ripple
remains where the dragonfly
kissed her reflection

New year

January 1, 2023 mattbirds, canberra, haiku, New Year’s Day, painting, poetry2 Comments

New year's dawn 
a warbler sings its heart out 
undaunted

Spring rain

November 6, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, clouds, cockatoo, haiku, painting, poetry, spring, writing6 Comments

Cockatoos fly home 
earlier than yesterday - 
the smell of Spring rain

Dotterel

October 13, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, collage, dotterel, haiku, painting, poetry2 Comments

Alert and wide-eyed
Faster than a roadrunner
Legs ablur; worm lunch 

✏️ + 🎨 by Lisa

Solstice

July 7, 2022 mattcanberra, haiku, magpie, painting, poetry, winter1 Comment

Purple solstice sky -   
my only companion is
a fluffed up magpie

Winter robins

June 10, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, haiku, painting, poetry, robin, winter2 Comments

the dappled path - 
poking under melting frost 
yellow robins

Autumn storms

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 mattautumn, beach, birds, canberra, coast, haiku, painting, poetry, watercoloursLeave a comment

the churning ocean - 
oystercatchers examine
the eroded shore

Autumn leaves

May 20, 2022 mattautumn, canberra, haiku, poetry1 Comment

Beautiful colours
Soften the impending doom
Of raking up leaves

✏️ + 📸 by Jarrad

Fish at Broulee

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 mattcanberra, fish, haiku1 Comment

Rainbow fish swimming
Through the ocean while getting
Chased by an anchor

✏️+🖍 by Oscar (age 8)

Canberra Day

April 25, 2022 mattautumn, balloons, canberra, haiku, painting, poetry, watercolours2 Comments

Dawn lights the lake  
Boats float with reflections 
Of autumn balloons