CRAYOLA....BROWN

 

 memories
of elocution lessons
at school

it would be so nice
to cook a brown rice dish
in this brown kitchen
wish it were mine

nice way
to survive winter
cosy
under a big brown fur rug

memories
of my grandma's
record collection

the wide brown land
for me
not really
more than 85% of aussies
live near the coast

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/22/we-swooped-and-soared-over-our-wide-brown-land-so-vast-it-felt-like-a-dream

Thursday Doors June 25th

 Pavia Italy

all things
italiano
still in my thoughts and mind
piace l'italia che
bello

Czechoslovak Room University of  Pittsburgh

transfixed
by lovely paintings
in the classroom
a relaxed lecturer
nods off

CRAYOLA ..BLUE

 

blue budgies
are boy budgies
there was a time
when every home had one
before caged birds became
a no no

the blue mountains
60 kms from sydney
a different world
from blue sea blue sky
and white sand on the coast
where 85 percent of  aussies reside

Sammi Cox Weekend Prompt #473....RAINBOW

 

 

sometimes
if we are lucky
a rainbow appears
on our horizon
that gives us hope

in this instance
it was Mr Juarez 

a teacher
at a mexican school
for children from poor families
a  very special teacher
a very special person

'The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education"

Einstein
he most likely would have loved  to have had a teacher like this

THURSDAY DOORS JUNE 17

 Assisi Italy

This is not St Francis but he is Italian and would be most welcome at my door.

Spello Umbria

CRAYOLA... GREEN

lovely
our green parrot
a popular aussie
we are very lucky to have
these birds

life in
the rainforest
a dream come true for some
been there done that in my home state
nsw
a distant memory now

HAIKU FRIDAYS # 7 ... J DUB

crackled dead dry leaves
now in our  cold winter months
yet so beautiful

THURSDAY DOORS JUNE 11

 ARLES FRANCE

unusual fence
from recycled doors
hippie heaven

PORTUGAL

a work of art

CRAYOLA ... YELLOW

 

a yellow beauty
espied 
by a mellow yellow
golden oldie
on a morning walk

yellow
a droplet of magic
gift from the sun

The Yellow House

famous cool hangout for artists
at Potts Point Sydney
in the 70s
more than half a century ago now
sobering thought

THURSDAY DOORS JUNE 2026

an aussie sheila in her hand painted van
likes red and writing poems in bed
outside the scarlet honey eater sings

reminding her that her day must begin