Shades

Close up phot of a couple of daisies in the bush.

Perfect gradients,
masterclass in designing
stop—watch the flowers.

Stretch

close up photo of a flower bud, partly open

Stretching its tired limbs,
waking up to face the world,
spring emerges, thawed.

Bursting

close up photo of a buch of wattle flowers

At first sight of warmth,
wattle pops in full colour—
bursting into song.

Spring

close up photo of a purple flower bud with white micro organisms in the crevices between the petal and the base of the flower — It’s the first day of spring in the Southern Hemisphere

Budding garden poised:
hands bowed in pious prayer;
safe home to microbes.

Consistent

Close up photo of a lemon and a few buds on the same branch, as seen from below.

The mature rise up;
learning is perennial—
the young ones watch on.