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Cascading purple coral pea
He walked through the heat, hoping the coastal breeze would return to lift the sweat from his skin. It was the start of spring and the plants around him were partly green, the fresh growth, and part straw-brown, the older growth from last season. He came across a branch that had been broken, perhaps due…
Two cockatoos amongst the she-oak
The mist was coming and going with the breeze rolling up and down the mountain, with the blue sky seeping through. He walked the trail along the cliff face, taking in the views of the valley below when the cloud allowed it. He was surrounded by she-oak trees with their long clumps of needles and…
Fluffy galah on the branch
He was breathing in the fresh air by the muddy river on a bright, sunny day, enjoying the beautiful bird calls all around him. He stopped to look up into the branches to try and find the source of some of the melodies and squawks. His gaze was drawn to the pink, fluffy breast of…
Young fern in the forest
He was walking down a steep gravel path in the forest, trying to step slowly and not let his shoes slip from underneath him. He reached the bottom where the dirt had turned to mud from groundwaters building underneath. There was a patch of new fern fronds thriving in the moisture nearby. One was standing…
Three bees in the grevillea
He was on a quiet street where people had put personality into their front gardens. One had an English-style garden with three rose plants, perfectly pruned, behind a picket fence. Another had a miniature orange tree with cute round fruit, and a collection of wind chimes. He was passing one that was all green, sturdy…
Swallow perching at the lake
It was a windy day after heavy rains. The lake had overflowed and formed puddles on the path. The birds were out in numbers, swooping over the choppy water, standing firm in swaying branches; some hovering effortlessly mid-air as they faced into the wind with wings spread. A swallow with a bright orange neck was…
Sheltering behind the ferns
The air around him was cooling and feeling moist in his lungs as he walked further down the trail into the rainforest. He stopped behind a row of tall, fern fronds. They were stretching as high as they could while their fiddleheads gradually unfurled, trying to tickle the sky with their delicate leaves. He felt…
Magenta and white paper daisy in the urban garden
There was a messy garden beside the footpath. It was only three meters wide with a wire fence on the other side. He wasn’t sure if somebody from the neighbourhood had attempted to start a garden here, but they had lost interest and it had become unkempt and uncontrolled, or if an arrangement of flowers…
Lacebark in the park
He stopped under the long branches of the tree. Here the large flowers were positioned to catch the morning sunlight and had been the first to open on the tree, revealing powder pink petals around luscious magenta centres. He found two growing closely together from different branches and thought it looked like one had reached…
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