doing before traveling

Am travelling, by car, tomorrow.
Always have the urge to get a million
tasks done before a trip. This time,
I am trying to focus on the traveling.
Photo: At Wellington airport

shine shine shine

Yesterday I walked
among tree and river
and sun and fern
and all was shining.
Today, with four writers
reading their work aloud,
also.
Photo: Wairarapa tree
The four writers: Michele Leggott, Fiona Farrell,
Owen Marshall, Murray Edmond

one angel, two

We've been making wings 
for our two angels.
Almost ready to fly.
Photo: In our living room 

wisteria

I first saw Wisteria in China
but now see it as very English.
Photo: Wisteria in New Zealand

this and that

Hope. Please come 
this way, that.
Photo: Along a driveway, 
Masterton, New Zealand

for the wild things

This mural was beside 
the honesty one (below).
And today, we are looking
after the eels in the rivers 
and the seas.
Photo: Pirinoa School, New Zealand

be honest

Honesty is necessary for writing. 
I always say this. 
So, when I went to this school
to work with kids, I smiled
at their school motto.
Photo: Pirinoa school, New Zealand

wet colours

It's rain, shine, rainbow time.
Photo: Flowers and glass, England

jazzy red

I wonder what the services
are like at the church.
Photo: At a church in England

bright love

I send this to my sisters.
Photo: Flowers every day

trying

This plant looks like it is trying
to be several things at once.
Photo: In England

as dear as

Fill in the blank.
Photo: At The New Dowse, New Zealand

sweet

Sweet Jesus. An expression 
I don't hear much these days.
Photo: At a museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

unit 6

I met the person who lives in unit 6.
Photo: Shamshuipo, Hong Kong

we are here to love

We are here to love, and I
am doing so, fully, happily.
Photo: Wairarapa sky

happy legs

It was a deliriously bright day 
today after wind rain storm.
Thank you.
Photo: my legs, mini-skirt, tights, car

country

I am filing my tax return today
in this country. Ouch.
Photo: AIr New Zealand plane, Wellington

eternally beautiful

Today, a woman I love was saved
and she is so very happy
to continue receiving 
this gift of life. Thank you
dear friends of hers and ours.
Photo: A table top, Lyall Bay, New Zealand
For my dear sister e

around

A photographer loves to look 
around.
Photo: The back of a coffee machine, Wellington

waves and planes

We sat and watched waves 
of water and seagulls riding 
waves of wind, and in another 
direction: an airport.
Photo: Lyall Bay, near Wellington airport

the time

It's springtime here.
Thank you.
Photo: Location forgotten

after

I can't remember where 
I saw this, but it feels like
'after'.

tinge

The purple tinge reminds me of wisteria, which are blooming all over the Wairarapa.
Photo: Worcestershire, England

bright bush

Such a bright day.
Everyone.
Everything.
And I belong
to a group named
Glistening Waters.
Photo: Along a riverbank, Wairarapa

wonder

To walk into this square

is to walk into wonder, and I love 

the building covered in white,

as if the sky

is also playing.

Photo: An installation in Paris, 2012

live, lively

Today, we'll hear 
music live
and it'll be happy,
happier.
Photo: At a fair, England

corner

The other day I said edges
and corners are important.
I was talking about photographs,
but this whole room is important.
Photo: Toilet at a cinema, England

sweet smoke

I like the smell
of cigarette smoke,
outside. There 
is a sweetness,
somehow.
Photo: Location forgotten
somewhere in New Zealand

bright wing

Today, we talked about nothingness 
and life and death and angels. I said
my angel is my heart
on a bright morning.
Photo: Gravestone, England

tall, taller

When I teach, I feel
tall, taller.
Photo: Trees in Greytown, New Zealand