Canberra Day

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

Dawn lights the lake  
Boats float with reflections 
Of autumn balloons

Kookaburra

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, crayon, haiku, kookaburra, Lisa, poetryLeave a comment

Your laugh emerges
Often when I’m serious
A light reminder 

✏️+🖍 by Lisa

Parrot paradise

April 18, 2022 mattbeach, canberra, haiku, parrot, po, poetryLeave a comment

Parrot paradise
Where the forest meets the sea
And sands signal change 

✏️ + 📸 by Po

Red-browed finch

April 6, 2022April 25, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, finch, haiku, Lisa, painting, poetryLeave a comment

Small, feathered and masked 
Alert… darting through foliage 
A brave flash of red 

✏️+🎨 by Lisa

Pardalote hidden in the canopy

April 3, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, haiku, painting, pardalote, poetry, writingLeave a comment

Shy and elusive 
Yet such a fancy outfit 
A jewelled treasure

✏️+🎨 by Lisa

Hopeful herald

March 29, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, cockatoo, haiku, Lisa, painting, parrot, poetry5 Comments

A white feathered friend 
Has a lot of news to share
Busy beak; sharp screech

✏️ + 🎨 by Lisa

Autumn lullaby 🍂

March 26, 2022 mattautumn, birds, canberra, haiku, painting, poetry, rufous whistler, watercolours, writing7 Comments

Chilly evening 
Birdsong lullaby 
The sun falls asleep

Fate defied

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 mattautumn, birds, canberra, haiku, painting, poetry, watercolours, weebill4 Comments

Tiny yellow leaves  
Flutter inevitably 
No wait! They're weebills!

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I’m a weebill I'm
a weebill I'm a weebill
Squeaks the proud weebill

Spotted tail quoll

March 6, 2022 mattcanberra, haiku, painting, poetry, quoll2 Comments

The spotted tail quoll 
Once widespread on the mainland.
But they will be back...

✏️ Paula
🎨 Gus (8 years old)

Moonlighting

February 23, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, cockatoo, haiku, painting, poetry, summer, watercolours, zen3 Comments

In a cloak of fog 
the sun impersonates 
the full moon