Mysterious

close up photo of a dried banksia flower on a tree — A dried banksia flower

A grumpy old hag:
bit sinister, magical;
well-lived banksia.

Question

Photo of a street light with a as witch’s hat on it.

What’s the point of life
if you’re lighting others’ paths
yet not lighthearted?

Leaning in

Photo of a gum tree on the sidewalk, leaning across the road.

The leaning tower
of South Australian suburbs:
ancient eucalypt.

Oops

Photo of a main road with sunset in the horizon ahead, taken from the front passenger seat of a car.

Weekend getaway;
driving into the sunset,
missing the exit.

Hail

Photo of the sun, just after sunrise with the cranes from two construction sites turned towards east, at the sun.

Crisp autumn morning:
city under construction—
all cranes hail the sun.