betterdays

betterdays Jan 1

Another year passes.
with fireworks and
beach bonfire
The smell of saltwater
and champagne
My partners arms about me
Watching my son running with sparklers leaving a trail of white light behind him
I reflect on that
year just past
as mostly good but a little dark 8
in places
and hope for better
in the up coming one

For all I hope a year That has better days than the one before

betterdays Dec 2024

Riot Squad

Kookaburras swoop
And settle in chorus row
Riot in session

Cacophony rises
As claim and
counter claim bursts
From sharp shiny beaks

Beady eyes upon
garden beds
and morsels there
Ding on the wing

A group or flock of kooka's is lso known as a riot...

betterdays Dec 2024

Boxing Day Blues

1.
Christmas bugs litter
the verandah's floor glittering S
Season's memories

2.
Recycling bins
Full of spent wrapping paper
Await removal

3.
Bleary eyed I sit
Nursing coffee, eating ham leftover Christmas

4.
Deck the halls with all
things beautiful n' shiny
Just to take them down.

Xmas 2024 the next day let down in haiku form
Hope everyone had /has a woderful holidays seson

betterdays Dec 2024

LightShow (snack's included)

Fly to the brightness
Say the spider to the moths
Snack bars now open

betterdays Dec 2024

Garden Warfare Games

Shiny black tailless skink
Victim of moggy hoodlum
Lives to fight again

Skink ; small black l lizard that when under threat loses it's tail that then wriggles to attract attention of attacker whilst lizard scurries away.
They are the favoured preu of the one year old kit as he loves to play with the wiggling tail.
Note the tail grow back ... So there are always long tailed lizards left to convert to short tailless lizards

betterdays Dec 2024

Evacuation

Storm clouds gathering
Big ants carry baby ants
To safe high ground