you are my earth...

you are my earth girl but still I must reach for the stars #tanka

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 10 July 2026 at 18:14

being alone...

new beginnings

often involve meditating

with the usual coffee

being alone

with your own thoughts 

does not mean

being lonely

laced

in your own dress style

does not mean

being laced up

new beginnings

often involve being watched

by the usual watchers

 

the winds may howl...

the winds may howl
the sea may rage but
keep walking tall#haiku

📷 2021 - October - Dromana veach pic.twitter.com/zAoMULACM0

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

she surrounds herself with select people...

she surrounds herself
with select people
select people with arty intelligence

she hopes to tap into their skill
by osmosis
but arty intelligence involves
emotional intelligence
maybe wisdom
which sadly
she has none

her progress bows
to being
a victim of
others' journeys

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 31, 2024

pole dancing with a difference...

This really is a daring, creative performance...
She won Australia's Got Talent in 2019...and then this...

LEAKED! Kristy Sellars Sexy Australian Pole Dancer Puts A Twist On Pole ... https://t.co/XxKGMryAsF via @YouTube

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 8, 2022

verandah reading + spotting today...

Recent rainy day photography tended to be limited to taking photographs of  'whatever' from the verandah...

There were a few macros...

But today was different...

I returned to reading the long-neglected but wonderful  'The Book Thief'... in verandah sunshine...

Revelled in verandah light and shadows...

Great to see some winter afternoon street travellers enjoying the sunshine...

Loved the company of my neighbour's fluffball...(I call her Munchkin for now)...

Once afternoon cool emerged, I was quite content...happily returning to the indoors...

My soul felt nourished...

with a little help from my daughter's delightful, home-made chicken and vegetable soup...