crossroads...

crossroads
a time to change
places
lifestyle
and faces#tanka

📷 2022 - August - My window view at Temora Hospital, not long after moving from the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria pic.twitter.com/opYovgWver

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

a small circle of light...

a small circle of light
in a larger
dark landscape
commands the stage
the moment#tanka

📷2022 - August - Temora pic.twitter.com/XEaJLrksHm

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 12, 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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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

life is a balance...

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

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

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

wheat and wool...

wheat and wool
birth pangs of
a once new nation#haiku

📷2022- June - Ariah Park is a 1920's village near Temora... In Davey Park, near the railway line, is a grand display of old machines for handling wheat. Ariah Park is the birthplace of bulk wheat handling... pic.twitter.com/mWMi9tpA9Z

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

sleepy country road...

sleepy country road
content to ease the venture
from here to there#haiku

📷2022 - June - Temora pic.twitter.com/t2cLRGxnsR

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

more than a patch...

more than a patch of
sheltered water
my soul space#haiku

📷2022 - 2years ago today, on a wintry but sunny walk not far from my Temora home, I found this patch of water, and a lone bird...cormorant? pic.twitter.com/CT8YgYie3i

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

special sign for mid-2022...

I guess this sign represents mid-2022...
It may be facing an honorable place in some future museum... https://t.co/reGiMrNghl

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) June 13, 2022