Category: Writing

  • The Bumblebee

    Oh to be Like a small bumblebee; How different The world must seem I took this while we were in Hobbiton. It was a beautiful day and with all of the flowers blossoming there were lots of bumblebees buzzing around and I managed to snap this just as this bee paused and looked up. It…

  • Welcome to Hobbiton

    To live simply And eat and laugh With friends – A hobbit’s life is for me We visited Hobbiton, near Matamata while we were in New Zealand. It’s the movie set from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies and has been carefully maintained since filming ended on The Hobbit films. It’s a…

  • Travelling Across New Zealand

    Nature’s beauty Is like a woman’s smile: It says so much With no words I just got back from a trip to New Zealand for two and a half weeks with my partner. It was my first time visiting NZ and it was a lovely trip. We spent the first week travelling across the North…

  • Sydney Tower in Black & White

    Oh! To stand as tall As a skyscraper And weather The winds of time I took this a couple of months ago when I was in Sydney for a few days. It was a lovely day and I liked the contrast between the clouds and sky and Sydney Tower juxtaposed against them. I thought it…

  • Santa Matey (an Aussie Christmas song)

    I didn’t get a chance to do an Aussie Christmas song last year but I thought I’d do it again this year. I wanted to do a fun song and Santa Baby was one of the first songs that came to mind. It’s just such a fun, cheeky song and I could immediately see how…

  • O Christmas Tree (2014)

    Early Christmas morningI sit and listenTo nothingBut silence Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you have a lovely day today wherever you are in the world. This is our Christmas tree this year. We couldn’t find all the pieces to our tree from last year so we decided to get this one. I’d love to have…

  • Lightning Over Caves Beach

    Thunder and lightning Crash across the evening sky Like two gods at war We’ve had a couple of huge thunderstorms over the last week. This was on Friday night and the lightning strikes were spectacular. The storm lasted for at least a good hour and there must have been hundreds of strikes like this lighting…

  • Wood Chips

    Trees and grassNature’s beauty -How much will be hereIn a thousand years? I took this while going for a walk the other day. I was taking some photos of roses and liked the way the light was falling on the wood chips and made some interesting shadows and textures. I almost missed the shot as…

  • Blood Moon

    A blood red moon Hangs in the night sky,A rare sightPrecious few have seen The blood moon from earlier this evening. I’d been looking forward to the eclipse all evening but was a bit worried for a while as it was quite overcast but luckily it cleared up enough to see it and for me to…

  • Morning in Swansea

    Sitting with my thoughts My mind wanders to past times And where you are now I was in Swansea for an appointment this morning and had some time to kill, so I went for a quick walk along the waterfront near the bridge. It was very peaceful and the water was this incredible clear blue.…