Day 65 – Big Old Tree Bench
There’s a tiny, tiny little cascade near the Big Old Tree Bench. It’s not rocks though, it’s a fallen tree. When the river flooded last year, the fallen tree’s branches…
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Day 64 – Private Bench
It’s been raining today. The river level is starting to rise for winter. The little causeway is still just above the water level though. Today, it’s about 10 degrees Celsius.…
Day 63 – Northern Bench
Today I don’t feel quite as present as I often do on the bench. Having a really busy day just gets your mind all caught up in the busyness. There’s…
Day 62 – Lily Pond Bench
A gorgeous, gorgeous afternoon. It’s quite windy, and the wind is fresh, but the sun is warm and the sky is blue. And it’s that wonderful late season low afternoon…
Day 61 – Back Deck Bench
I’m out here tonight. It’s very still and already the air feels icy. I think there’ll be a frost tonight. I can see Orion, the constellation, but mostly I’m just…
Day 60 – Lily Pond Bench
It’s the time of year when the little woody pods of the hakeas have split open and released the papery thin envelope that contained the seed. They released them out…
Day 59 – Lily Pond Bench
It’s a windy day down at the Lily Pond. It’s been raining on and off. And the showers are coming and going, but right now there’s a little bit of…
Day 58 – Elliot Bench
Another a sunrise at Elliot Bench. The big red sun is literally just coming above the trees to the east. There’s a big group of kangaroos in the field behind,…
Day 57 – Lake Island Bench
I’m going to call it Lake Island Bench even though there’s no bench here, but there’s a lot of fallen logs that you could sit on. There’s also a really…
Day 56 – Elliot Bench
Sunrise at Elliot bench. The bird songs are so sweet. A fox came to the dam earlier. It’s colder this morning and there’s this wonderful gray smudge of cloud, stuck…