A striking colour of pink long pointy petals with purple tips surrounded by broad long stemmed green leavs.
A bromeliad is known to only flower once in its lifetime. Captivated by its wondrous blossom in my garden today!
For now, losing myself in painting to see where it takes me! Floral rhymes and rhythms!
I've just finished writing, and for the first time, illustrating a children's story which I hope to self-publish soon. Happy to reach the end of tackling InDesign and Photoshop to get it finished. The technical process takes way longer than my writing!
I believe creativity is not relegated to just one sphere. Being drawn to write, paint, sing, dance, cook, garden ...is to follow and be immersed in one's creative voice and sense of playfulness and discovery.
Can't get over whenever I see this supersize bird perched high on a street light. With a wingspan up to 3m, the pelican is Australia's largest flying bird with an elongated bill that measures up to 47cm – the longest in the world, I believe.
László Krasznahorkai awarded Nobel Prize in Literature for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Good Morning Sunshine!
Front cover of children's novel, 'Unstoppable'
Just published a fun & thought-provoking novel for children,called 'Unstoppable'
A review of it reads: "Poignant & hilarious in one!..allegory of courage in the face of adversity..funny, but..empathetic..reflective of society’s greatest imperfections"
Thanks!
animaginarium.com/unstoppable-...
Magpies may not be a pesky Australian import – new research finds their ancestors thrived in NZ a long time ago
theconversation.com/magpies-may-...
Just wanted to share with you this article in the local newspaper, Kiama Bugle, about my children's books, Shirley's Imaginarium Series.
Appreciate the challenges all self published authors have in eating all the hats getting to this stage. Thanks.
thebuglenews.com.au/NewsStory/di...
Aymara Indigenous people hold up their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight marking the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, ushering in the Andean New Year 5533
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Good Morning from a Spotted Turtle Dove on a Wire
Australian Pelican and Cormorant standing on rocks in a lake
Breakfast buddies - the mighty Australian Pelican and underwater-acrobat Cormorant
"For goodness sake, will you stop talking over me and just listen for a moment." 🤗
Mystery as 'iconic' sound vanishes from Aussie city's streets. A mystery illness has been infecting Magpies in suburbs in the west of the country, and as they die, so too does their melodious call. au.news.yahoo.com/australians-...
A mouse, Michael! Mega cute.
More Happy Earth News!
This week includes wildlife highways, renewable energy, and a new bioplastic!
If you have good news about our planet from around the world, send it my way! I'm dedicated to finding things that give us hope.
youtu.be/l6e-7UXeJig
#environmentalism
Of the many glimpses I catch of birds, that are personified in my Shirley's Imaginarium Series, here is a playful video compilation of some sightings that I did when I first published the series as ebooks.
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Thanks so much Natsky!!
Covers of 4 books in Shirley's Imaginarium Series
Excited to announce my whimsical new Imaginarium and Shirley's Imaginarium Series!
The stories gently unravel the adventures, relationships and mystery between the flora, fauna and the human gardener, Shirley, as their lives intertwine. #NewRelease animaginarium.com/paperbacks/
