Although it’s Autumn here in Western Australia, so many of my readers in the Northern Hemisphere, are enjoying the first flush of Spring, enjoying the gorgeous flowerings of a new season.
Hopefully you’ll find lots of moments to be outside in the glorious sunshine.
Thought I’d share one of my ‘Spring’ poems and a couple of my photos of our WA Wildflowers
Western Australia is the only place you’ll find different species of Blue flowers growing in the wild.
Photo taken in Australian Spring,
our wildflower season, September. © 2014
WA Wildflowers: Everlastings © 2014
WA Wildflower: ‘Onion Weed’ © 2014
Painting Spring
Fluffy yellow balls appear
near long thin leaves
signaling an Aussie spring.
Jacarandas show specks
of green – soon purple petals
will carpet my patio floor.
Orchid-like the humble
Onion Weed reveals its
stubborn beauty
Forest search for Harden
bergia – purple creeper
where blue wrens flit.
No wonder I’m drawn
to spiky leaf and wild
flowers Everlastings.
Frances Macaulay Forde ~ 2014
