One Rainy Walk

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One Rainy Walking Day...

I woke up full of enthusiasm for a long walk
but it was raining...
My camera, undeterred, was insistent
and I relented on the proviso
that we take my umbrella

Up those steps we headed once again
Everything was glistening with the rain

and so vibrantly green with life

and fresh

and cool

Once up the steps the pace slackened
as camera wanted to capture
many little treasures
that he spied with his singular occulus

I wasn't adverse to cooling my heels
so humoured his frequent stops

to look in awe and wonder

at simple little scenes
of majesty

and get close to really look
at this grassy rush plant

with brown and orange porcupine heads

Even the turkey
needed a good shake out

The eucalyptus leaf
spirals in the breeze
attached to a single invisible
thread of spider web

We've left the look out and will take
a shortcut down this leafy track

and under this barb wire string
~ watch your head ~

- see the gorgeous green moss there
on the rock under the wire

we'll make our way out to the road
and begin our descent...

But, look here first...
I have spied a new, fresh clivia
across the road at the gate

and just down the road
my camera halts for the final time
to capture a beckoning
orange bougainvillea.


My trusty umbrella
has been a talisman
and not a drop of rain has fallen
during my walk...

Oh Happy Walking Day

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Cool damp autumn walk
Fallen twigs crunch underfoot
Leaves bejewelled by rain

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