The Beehive At '"The Cedars'

Beehive at The Cedars, Hahndorf , South Australia (Photo BPorteous)

If you ever come to South Australia
do yourself a marvelous favour
and walk the gardens at 'The Cedars',
explore the cottage of Hans Heysen
and all the views across the valley,
artistry and inspiration
are everywhere..........
you will just love it there.

And The Studio on the hill,
the wild kangaroos at 'the deep pool'
and plenty of time to stroll along
be absorbed by the cottage garden
or landscape art on every wall
I was just so enthralled.

When you leave 'a place with heart'
you feel you have been 'gifted' with a spark
of creativity,
there within
and breathing free.

Now any place in the great outdoors
will lead me on
to explore
the inner nature
and how I feel
when I am walking, in the real
and very essence of the living world
let me be amongst the green
and dream,
and listen to all around
and find myself 
abounding
in
all that is outside
is within.

So a beehive in the grass
is not something I will walk past
without noticing,
and marveling
at the creation there before me,
timber glory.

The Beehive (Photo BPorteous)

You Train, You Peddle To Win 'The Tour Down Under'

Tour Down Under cycling by

underneath South Aussie skies,

anticipation of the wait

and then they ‘whoosh’ by

for heavens sake

wheels so fast

and legs just peddling

and there I was beside the road

clicking my camera

all the time

hoping for an amazing shot

but then it’s over

before I look up

and ask me not

who was in the lead

it all went by me

at a speeding speed…..

But I was out

amongst the locals,

ringing the cowbell

and wearing my hat.

I was so in the moment

for that time outside

Now I am home

and moving on with my day

feeling energized

by that athletic display.

(Written January 22, 2013)

Going Beyond.....Going in there, is going out there

I come to write

what I do feel

I come to express

myself as real.

And all along

I have wondered who

I was

and who would know

other than me,

why I came here

and what I will be?

Well God knows

and so will I,

when I

surrender

and just become

who I am,

a living Spirit

here to follow

my sweet heart,

so I will be so,

that’s where I’ll start.

Agapanthus Blue

Agapanthus, African Lily

Agapanthus Blue

I love to see you

flowering there

with your strength

of colour and stem

and wide awake

as you look at them

the honeyeaters

hovering,

enjoying your nectar,

what a pleasure

it is for me

to see your welcome

to the birds and bees.

If all of life

was so accommodating

there would be blooms

everywhere

and faith

in finding

all your needs

are met without fear or greed.

So if you see this lovely flower

know it symbolizes world harmony

and beauty, here,

for all to see.

Singing Your Song

There’s a voice within,

calling you, calling you to truly sing.

Bring your voice with melody,

let your Spirit truly free.

There was a girl

who loved to dance and sing

Find that girl, herself,

and let her bring

her tender voice,

is everything.

She is humming beside the stage,

it is time to sing at any age.

Any day is where you start,

any day to live with heart.

Take a deep breath, draw air in,

your life expands

when you begin

to let your sweet voice

sing your soul to rosy pink.

Now let freedom flow and you will know

the forgotten song

that calls you home.

This very day sing joyfully

as every moment brings the best,

live your life with the harmony

of being you and swimming free.

As I did write,

in the pre-dawn moonlight,

ducks came through the sky,

with honking calls,

flying by >>>>

with their own voices sounding true

they call for all,

they call for you.

Gratitude, For the Fruit as Food

A cumquat!

Yum!

still half orange and half green

tucked where it was

barely seen.

But I know to watch and wait

and enjoy first fruit

at the pot-plant gate!!!

Well, you see

it was ‘the only’,

a single fruit from the tree.

a single fruit

mindfully,

eaten,

and enjoyed by me.

But wait I think there’s more,

the only fruit on this tree

and I ate it,

so purposefully.

I have never tried

nor seen this fruit.

I looked up close

and then I touched

and it came

into my hand

so easily.

I stood there looking at this cumquat,

and first bite

I saw,

tiny segments, and half was gone,

second bite was the green half

and it too

was pleasurable,

these two bites

so measurable.

Thank you to the small tree

for the gift of fruit you gave to me.

(Written on January 12, 2014)

Breathing Blossoms

Breathing In

your delicacy and sweetness

Breathing Out

I am inspired,

Breathing In

your palest pink

Breathing Out

you are alive,

Breathing In

I feel your beauty

Breathing Out

I feel my beauty,

Breathing In

the flower is with me

Breathing Out

the flower is Within me,

Breathing In

my intuition is alive,

Breathing Out

my intuition flows,

Breathing In

I smile to the garden

Breathing Out

the garden is in my heart………