I love doing this bench thing. Today, I walked down to the lily pond with my gumboots in a plastic bag because I wanted to get a close up photo of a flower. I waded in. The mud at the edge was that special kind of thick, goopy, slimy pond mud. I made my way […]
Month: October 2021
Day 53 – Switchback Bench
With the higher river level it’s pretty impressive down here at the cascades. The footbridge has water lapping at the bottom of it, and it is strewn with debris on the top from when the water flowed over it. The cascades are pretty much all underwater except for one big boulder and the water is […]
Day 52 – Private Bench
The sky’s uniform grey. It’s a cold spring day. I’m sitting here in a thick wool jumper, smelling the faint smoke from someone’s wood heater. I saw a platypus today. As I first sat down, I saw his sleek little brown shape, and a rather large splash as he dove quickly. There’s also so many […]
Day 51 – Lily Pond Bench
It’s exciting! I’ve been wondering if this would happen. The last time I walked past the Lily Pond, I saw something that either looked like new rolled up lily leaves, or the buds of flowers. It turns out, it was the buds of flowers and this is just the first of them. I imagined the […]
Day 50 – Back Deck Bench
It’s sunset and the colours are soft. There’s a bunch of birds having noisy argument in the primrose near the back fence. The frogs are also really loud in the field behind. It’s cool, and the breeze is blowing the golden clouds swiftly across the sky. I felt like I didn’t have time to sit […]
Day 49 – Northern Bench
My son seems happy to throw stones into the river for hours. It’s quite amazing. He’s just enjoying the splashes and the ripples they make. He also thinks he can skip stones but he can’t. Today, it keeps going from hot sun to rain. It rained gently while I was sitting on the Bench. I […]
Day 48 – Back Deck Bench
Today, it’s rained all day. Sometimes I feel slightly relieved when it’s a rainy day, because then it’s acceptable to just have a quiet day at home. It’s windy and rainy, with the rain blowing in under the veranda and wetting most of the deck. I have so many ideas on this wild and stormy […]
Day 47 – Private Bench
The river is completely back to normal. All of the trees that were flooded are now far from the water’s edge. The little islands in the river are back now. There’s some magnificent river gums on this river. Today, while I was taking photos of bark, I put my hand on the huge old tree’s […]
Day 46 – By the Way Bench
As always it feels so good to sit on the By the Way Bench. I’m not sure how, but I think this random Bench in the middle of nowhere has become one of my favourites. It’s slightly muggy and humid. The overcast sky has a little bit of blue here and there. A light plane […]
Day 45 – Back Deck Bench
The sun is so warm. It permeates my body and makes all my muscles relax. Whenever I sit on the Bench and just take a deep breath, I feel all the tension I didn’t know I was carrying fall away. It has to be good for our bodies to take the time to sit each […]