MUTTERINGS #52: FLOWERS

By Veen
Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ11

Tis my faith that every flower....

Enjoys the air it breathes!

~ William Wordsworth, "Lines Written in Early Spring" 1798

MUTTERINGS #52: FLOWERS

MUTTERINGS #51: BEAUTY

By Veen
Motorola Handphone
"JAPANESE GARDENS, COWRA NSW"

There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly,

that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an

impression of beauty and delight.

- Gertrude Jekyll

MUTTERINGS #51: BEAUTY

MUTTERINGS #49: ROSES

By Veen
Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ11
"MY ROSES"

Juliet:

O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;

Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,

And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

Romeo:

[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

Juliet:

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;

Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.

What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,

Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part

Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!

What's in a name? that which we call a rose

By any other name would smell as sweet;

So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,

Retain that dear perfection which he owes

Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,

And for that name which is no part of thee

Take all myself.

Romeo

I take thee at thy word:

Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized;

Henceforth I never will be Romeo.

From: Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare

MUTTERINGS #49: ROSES

MUTTERINGS #48: COCKATOOS

By Veen
Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ11
"YELLOW CRESTED COCKATOOS"

WHITE COCKATOOS

Now the autumn maize is growing,

Now the corn-cob fills,

Where the Little River flowing

Winds among the hills.

Over mountain peaks outlying

Clear against the blue

Comes a scout in silence flying,

One white cockatoo.

Back he goes to where the meeting

Waits among the trees.

Says, "The corn is fit for eating;

Hurry, if you please."

Skirmishers, their line extendiing,

Shout the joyful news;

Down they drop like snow descending,

Clouds of cockatoos.

At their husking competition

Hear them screech and yell.

On a gum tree's high position

Sits a sentinel.

Soon the boss goes boundary riding;

But the wise old bird,

Mute among the branches hiding,

Never says a word.

Then you hear the strident squalling:

"Here's the boss's son,

Through the garden bushes crawling,

Crawling with a gun.

May the shiny cactus bristles

Fill his soul with woe;

May his knees get full of thistles.

Brothers, let us go."

Old Black Harry sees them going,

Sketches Nature's plan:

"That one cocky too much knowing,

All same Chinaman.

One eye shut and one eye winkin' --

Never shut the two;

Chinaman go dead, me thinkin',

Jump up cockatoo."

Andrew Barton ('Banjo') Paterson
Australian Poet 1864 - 1941

MUTTERINGS #48: COCKATOOS

MUTTERINGS #47: ROSELLA

By Veen
Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ11
"ROSELLA IN PLUM BLOSSOM"

ROSELLA

Rosella bursts out of the tree like a flower.

I want to live in that time spiral.

You don’t even know you’re alive:

the sap flowing through your veins’

deathless insight.

These jasmines overhead,

flying by my wooden home.

~ Paul Magee

MUTTERINGS #47: ROSELLA

MUTTERINGS #46: TREES

By Veen
Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ11
"TREES OF REMEMBRANCE - AUST. WAR MEMORIAL"

TREE

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

~ Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)

MUTTERINGS #46: TREES

MUTTERINGS #45: IN THE NAME OF LOVE...

By Veen
Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ11
GALAHS - "LOVE ON LINE"
Thanks LW for the caption!

Check out this news article from NineMsn.

A public servant in Canberra is facing disciplinary action after he emailed the entire immigration department to track down a girl he met at a party. Apparently this girl left such an impression on Steve Tucker. Poor Steve is now facing disciplinary action for the e-mail

Call me a romantic...well I am...but I think Steve should be applauded instead of disciplined...the fact that the poor man still went ahead and sent an e-mail, knowing very well that he would be in trouble for breaching work Internet protocols.... and not forgetting that he would be rubbished for the rest of his life, from his mates for his gesture! Sigh, things you only read in M&B and see in Bollywood movies.

Then comes the bureaucrat to meddle in the matters of the heart. Cut the boy some slack, I say.

What do you think?

MUTTERINGS #45: IN THE NAME OF LOVE...

MUTTERINGS #44: TUMULTUOUS...

By Veen
Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ11
"TUMULTOUS"

"Nothing is more beautiful than the love,

 That has weathered the storms of life.

The love of the young for the young,

That is the beginning of life.

But the love of the old for the old,

That is the beginning of things longer."

~ Jerome K Jerome ~

MUTTERINGS #44: TUMULTUOUS...

MUTTERINGS #43: APOCALYPSE NOW?

By Veen
Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ11
"BLACK HAWKS OVER WODEN VALLEY"

APOCALYPSE NOW?

Remembrance Day 11.11.2010

MUTTERINGS #43: APOCALYPSE NOW?

MUTTERINGS #21: HAPPY SPRING 2010

Awake, thou wintry earth -

Fling off thy sadness!

Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth

Your ancient gladness!

~ Thomas Blackburn

 

 
Pictures Of Plum Blossoms In My Garden

MUTTERINGS #21: HAPPY SPRING 2010