Rainy Night

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Rain Again...

It rained all yesterday
and extremely heavily overnight
so that schools in the SE Queensland area
were closed today
for fear of further rain and winds
and flooding

By early afternoon
the rain has ceased
blue skies crept back
and little creeks were running
down beside those steps

and even underneath those steps...

The sound of running water
took me back
to the Japanese countryside

But the skyline
was still distinctly Australian

The universe knows
that I am always on the look out
for a koala within close proximity
to snap for you...

Part way up the steps a young woman
coming from the opposite direction stopped
and said, "Are you looking for a koala?"

To which I replied,
"That I am."
And she gave me the directions.
I took 'the path less travelled'
to the eucalyptus tree
But alas I could not find him...

But I did see these beautifully
frosted tree trunks





And a rotting log
with limey green moss

The rain run-off cascaded
down the path edges

creating little washouts
and tumbles of rocks

then collecting in all sorts of receptacles.


It was a solitary walk:
just me
a single frog croaking,
one bird piping ,
and a sole cicada's shrill call...

But it was not lonely...

I crested the brow of the hill,
to a heavenly smell
of damp earth, wet vegetation and eucalypts
which rose up from the valley facing east

and followed me
as I made my way down to the ocean

passing by the Rubber trees
and their leafy occulus

looking at the sky
from an insect's perspective...

And on my way around the edge of the park
on the ocean boardwalk
high in a gum tree
I did find you another butt...

A Koala butt,
so far away his furry face
through the gum leaves
is a trifle fuzzy -

but still adorable...




Post Script: For those of you in Qld and Northern NSW who are wondering about the weather variations I wrote this story yesterday, after the rains had abated. Today the sun shone brightly. Tomorrow we expect more rain...



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