age with pride...

age with pride
once stylish
an icon of art
respect and preserve
an art treasure#tanka

2020 - July - Lovely old home in Dromana still proudly, elegantly managing to stand tall near a coastal shopping centre and the passing Nepean Highway... pic.twitter.com/yBsTFbIvV7

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 30, 2024

as if the earth...

as if the earth
was some slave
to our demands#haiku https://t.co/XVbI8xz4UA

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 29, 2024

if you wish to relax...

if you wish to relax
to find new worlds
read and read and read#haiku

2022 - Was it really just 2 years ago I rediscovered my love of reading? (not school texts?) Ironically, this first book was given to me by a teacher at the school before I retired fromm teaching... pic.twitter.com/UQXNmJ5VwX

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 29, 2024

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a dreamer survives...

a dreamer survives
and nurtures
personal visions#haiku https://t.co/bPlXuAt9s7

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 29, 2024

in the eyes of a child...

in the eyes
of a child
only the lines of
imagination
have meaning#tanka https://t.co/QUhrS4QLmR

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 29, 2024

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) - American realist painter and graphic artist/printmaker. 

old outback spaces...

old outback spaces
live on
in the dusty winds#haiku

In 2013, I saved Colin Parker (1941- )'s delightful oil painting rep. Coolgardie (2012-14) in Western Australia.
Coolgardie is a small, gold mining ghost town 558km east of Perth. Once it was the 3rd largest town in WA. pic.twitter.com/XjfW7sW2ZR

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 28, 2024

Paris Olympics 1924...

Paris Olympics 1924...
Jack Yeats was Ireland's first Olympic medallist after the Irish Free State was born. His painting The Liffey Swim won a silver medal. Medals were awarded in 5 categories (architecture, literature, music, painting+ sculpture) based on sport-related themes. pic.twitter.com/L5barIgjsE

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 28, 2024

Art competitions were part of the Olympic Games from 1912 to 1948.

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 28, 2024

National Tree Day 2024...

🌲🌲🌲🌲
there may be rain
there may be weeping sun
but even fragments of
autumn wintry trees
add colour to the moment#tanka

🌲🌲🌲🌲
National Tree Day 2024 - Sunday 28th July

📷2015 - late June - My Dromana verandah pic.twitter.com/GYrNqmVdAd

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 28, 2024

Fried Green Tomatoes...

On a grey, wintry Sunday, still robed in jammies, I'm diving into a treasured reading memory. This book still brings laughter, tears + a good mix of fascination.
p.132 'a bright red cardinal swooped out of a snow-covered tree and made a Christmas flight across the white horizon.' pic.twitter.com/DMcSv6YZ2N

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 28, 2024

artistic doorway...

Doorways are generally a sign, an invitation to explore further... a kind of 'go-between' your space+and what could be...
But then there are doors that demand a pause, appreciative attention to their unique beauty...a marvellous work of art...
This door is of the latter kind... https://t.co/BGI0kKUloi

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 28, 2024

whispering glow...

whispering glow of
morning sunrise
my secret
mystical strength
for my new day#tanka

📷2018 - July - Dromana pic.twitter.com/M7ySWweMGl

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 27, 2024

threads of lacy pearls...

threads of lacy pearls
intricate
icy greens
alluring silent chimes in
the icy season#tanka

2019 - July - My Dromana garden pic.twitter.com/NEeaoFfmM6

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 26, 2024

 

 

aging windchimes...

aging windchimes
always remind me
to gently keep
my inner music
alive#tanka

📷 2020 - July - Dromana pic.twitter.com/IygupJB6QE

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 25, 2024

a feline furball...

a feline furball
can convert any space into
a throne room#haiku

2020 - July - Dromana. My little furball, Shadow, sitting on my verandah, enjoying some royal meditation. pic.twitter.com/Lx6Mo3RqeP

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 24, 2024

burning fire pit...

burning fire pit
symbol of outdoor friendship
symbol of happiness#haiku

2022 - July - Temora - Fire pit on my daughter's and son-in-law's land + a gathering of family. We celebrated the owning of their acreage + the excitement of building their own home in months to come. pic.twitter.com/56DzkPSTPZ

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 24, 2024

stratas of life...

stratas of life
the animate
and inanimate
claim a place
in time#tanka

📷 2022 - July - Temora pic.twitter.com/hy559UdFt7

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 22, 2024

when water grows...

when water grows
it staunchly follows
its own journey of
unfettered
instincts#tanka

📷 2023 - July - Slightly flooded country road in NSW near Wagga... pic.twitter.com/FelEeUrlzH

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 22, 2024

leaf uploaded to Redbubble...

TODAY: My Redbubble upload...
I have just uploaded my photo below to Redbubble...
It may be bought as cushion or postcard, cap, scarf or even a clock.
Check it out... https://t.co/elUuU92JeJ pic.twitter.com/umj2iaju2J

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 21, 2024

where to read customer comments on Redbubble products...

❔where to read customer comments on your redbubble products❔

1. Click on profile image+select Manage Portfolio - Works
2. Number of comments under each sale item..
3. Click wheel top right of the image.
4. Select view from the drop down.
5. Click on comments under main image. pic.twitter.com/JuSmzbs2yJ

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 21, 2024

a writer never has a vacation...

“I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be a politician. A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.” Eugene Ionesco https://t.co/df7eIlj7vc pic.twitter.com/1RZFGWnOyC

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 21, 2024

an artist is...

https://t.co/sEIaaTcjOL pic.twitter.com/pVrbc4SOuh

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 21, 2024

life is a balance...

📷 2022 Balcony view at Temora Hospital pic.twitter.com/aDkALKDngD

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 21, 2024

in misty cold dull worlds of winter whites...

in misty cold
dull worlds
of winter whites
a sun-bathed white rose
is a blessing#tanka

📷 2019 - July - My Dromana garden pic.twitter.com/XKns528oG9

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 21, 2024

the true sign of intelligence...

The true sign of intelligence is not bragging about it... https://t.co/mEyLGzdr7v

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 19, 2024

sunset silhouettes...

sunset silhouettes
dark outlines tease
the imaginative spirit#haiku

📷 2011 - July - Dromana pic.twitter.com/T6nSqEueSO

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 19, 2024

National Coffee Day...

https://t.co/9m2uj9z0qL
National Coffee Day should always be celebrated..

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 19, 2024

hibernating tree trunk...

hibernating
tree trunk
detailed embossing#haiku

2023 - July - Temora pic.twitter.com/HxBDN1RDbp

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 18, 2024

subdued colours...

subdued colours
in the chilly wilds
winter landscapes
shyly stage
secret beauties#tanka

📷2019 - July - Safety Beach view of Arthurs Seat, Victoria... pic.twitter.com/Va92oT7WZZ

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 17, 2024

tireless, intelligent...

tireless, intelligent
a farmer's right-hand drover
on four kelpie legs#haiku

📷 2022 - July - Ardlethan, NSW - A memorial wall celebrating where the Australian kelpie breed was developed... I digitally enhanced my photo, extending the wall concept... pic.twitter.com/upXbhLoggx

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 16, 2024

in an emerging dystopian world...

in an emerging
dystopian world
keep building the wall round
your personal
utopian mindset#tanka

📷My re-imagined image of a feature at the children's garden - the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat, Victoria pic.twitter.com/jh1j74nztv

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 16, 2024

rumpled ideas...

pic.twitter.com/PMlnhy1zFn

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 16, 2024

I've never desired to be famous...

PASSING THOUGHT: I've never desired to be famous. Rather, I take pleasure in reaching those who may feel hurt, alone or confused...mainly with my poetry or my selected Twitter reposts. It's nice to know at times that someone has benefitted, but not essential.
That's my mission. pic.twitter.com/Oi2ReuHMzb

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 16, 2024

creative bike art...

creative bike art
subtle snapshot
of the rider#haiku

2018 - July - Melbourne - Bike parked by Fawkner Park, opposite the Alfred Hospital. (The 41 hectare park was created in 1862.) pic.twitter.com/lGOMCZogTF

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 15, 2024

retribution...

retribution
she squeezed her old plan into
his shiny new army boots #haiku

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 15, 2024

different views...

different views
different journeys
yet still close friends#haiku

📷 2009 - July - Red Hill, Victoria pic.twitter.com/GV3sj9CcZA

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 14, 2024

as an elderly mother...

as an elderly mother
I will not tolerate
aggressive disrespect from
a son-in-law
a bully#tanka

*Sorry - had to release some emotional pain

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 14, 2024

little Mouse's back and ears hurt...

So difficult to indicate a like for this. My like means I agree with Mouse that these times can be so destructive. But I do not like the wounds of destruction. O Mouse, just keep walking...There is light for you...Believe...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 14, 2024

memories and growth...

memories and growth
a wheel of fortune in
diamonds and dust#haiku

📷2022 - July - Temora - 'Diamonds and Dust'. Originally, in 1906, known as Mee Ling Bros Ironmongery and then Man Sing and Co - General Merchants.
So the store has a history of the old and new. pic.twitter.com/omLUXZ0TNV

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 13, 2024

on this chilled but sunny day...

on this chilled
but sunny day
waves rumbled to shore
not one surfer contested
their freedom ride#tanka

📷 2017 - July - Dromana pic.twitter.com/l6NuxA4fB2

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 13, 2024

arced and straight shadows...

arced and straight shadows
can transform
the blandest places into
an ephemeral
art gallery#tanka

📷2017 - July - Rosebud pic.twitter.com/UF2tymyRds

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 10, 2024

surreal magic...

surreal magic
Nature paints
a mystical
winter's morning
in the countryside

**Temora view from my daughter's home yesterday morning pic.twitter.com/QZEYTiNAZi

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 10, 2024

coastal suburbia hideaway...

coastal
suburbia
hideaway
precious small park and
small wetlands#tanka

📷2017 - July - Dromana - Hillview Community Reserve pic.twitter.com/hPijvz6p7y

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 10, 2024

a lone tree...

a lone tree
by still waters
weeping the wonder of
dusky pendent green
winter tears#tanka

2022 - July Lake Centenary, Temora pic.twitter.com/lFWRztFxEE

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 8, 2024

tournament...

morning sea view
tournament between
restless light and
storm-driven darkness
in waiting#tanka

📷2019 - July - view of Port Phillip Bay from Dromana pic.twitter.com/y7cumX3yrd

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 6, 2024

magnetic vibe...

magnetic vibe of
huddled pine cones
and swaying pine needles
in a chilled but sunny
winter midday#tanka

📷2022 - July - Temora - winter pine cones pic.twitter.com/pCMrIs4aAz

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 5, 2024

the exquisite pleasure...

the exquisite pleasure
of ambling freestyle
is enviable#haiku

📷2019 - July - Colourful duck at Maru Koala and Animal Park, Grantville, Victoria... pic.twitter.com/Q0BCftQR7i

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 5, 2024

ground your home...

ground your home
your castle fort on
your hill
and let the world rage
far below#tanka https://t.co/NvNV0PR5PB

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 4, 2024

desolate silence of Dungeness...

desolate silence of
Dungeness
hides secret power in
a coastal plain
of shingles#tanka https://t.co/iPkDOPj4bt

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 4, 2024

fishing is...

fishing is
living the good life of
practical dreaming#haiku

📷 2019 - July - Mornington pier...
Love finding the occasional quirky scenario...
And this one must be included...
An interested fishing pose...touch and go? pic.twitter.com/rcBFGCCcdX

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 3, 2024

a broken Mother...

I am shaken, shattered and ashamed that Nature finally feels the need to turn on us...

a broken Mother
disengaging from
thoughtless,
indifferent
children... #tanka

But still I find beauty in her and respect her...
and will continue to do so while I live... https://t.co/6QnApbcRLi

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 3, 2024

in huddled winter worlds...

in huddled
winter worlds
a feathered invasion of
warm feisty colour
is most welcome#tanka

📷2020 - July - Dromana pic.twitter.com/bNzqVnILum

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 2, 2024

fear...

https://t.co/mTpeo38aJp

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 2, 2024

when a cat falls out of a tree...

https://t.co/ZE7hx5aNZU

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 2, 2024

over time I stopped talking to people who wouldn't listen...

https://t.co/FP8GpT4Qot

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 2, 2024

yesterday's colours...

yesterday's colours were
vibrant and alive
if I was lucky
today my living colours evolve
everyday#tanka

2018 - July - A sunrise in Dromana pic.twitter.com/DDrF4emWfl

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 2, 2024

resilient...

resilient
some autumn leaves
bravely cling
to colours of
other days#tanka

2018 - July 1 - Last leaves of autumn cling to my Dromana verandah... pic.twitter.com/TOCVMcaHnl

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 30, 2024