honey[s], i'm home...well nearly...

i've been away a while and now have the luxury of blobbing in the Q lounge and catching up on a veritable avalanche of mail

the interpixies weren't available to play in Mansfield [or Healesville]

so i had the luxury of catching up on writing and stitching

without the de'il's tempting me astray

i dawdled my way to Healesville

gathering fragments from railway lines

and pockets full of windfalls

[birds-eye view above]

the venue they'd organised was delightful

with a lovely deck overlooking the Maroondah Dam

and distant hills

here's proof

in a reflection

one of the students brought her dog

and

since everyone was happy to have pet therapy

we encouraged her to bring the dog in

when said hound realised that sticks were needed for the wrapping of bundles

she brought in LOTS

but was so busy and fast that all my shots are but a blur

after each day's work

i walked in the beautiful forest

ferns and small blue flowers

flourished amidst tall blackened trees

this koru

reminded me of my soul home across the water

Aotearoa

whereas the one below brings back another one

San Francisco

and the purple-leaved plum trees

up by Grace Cathedral

on Nob Hill