Still pond

January 16, 2023 mattcanberra, haiku, painting, poetry, pond, summer, water, writing, zen6 Comments

A tiny ripple
remains where the dragonfly
kissed her reflection

Spring rain

November 6, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, clouds, cockatoo, haiku, painting, poetry, spring, writing7 Comments

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

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

Autumn lullaby 🍂

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

Chilly evening 
Birdsong lullaby 
The sun falls asleep

Wary basker

January 25, 2022 mattcanberra, haiku, lizard, painting, poetry, writing, zen1 Comment

Vigilant lizard 
Agrees to share her sunshine 
Just don’t touch her rock!

Dawn ceremony

January 15, 2022 mattbirds, canberra, cockatoo, haiku, mountain, painting, parrot, poetry, sumi e, summer, tree, writing, zen1 Comment

Reverent attendees 
honour this dawn, except the  
Loudmouth cockatoos