999 Verandakus: #248 from Veranda Life

Donut nibbled by

passing hungry birds and ants

Feast today, and then?

999 Verandakus: #247 from Veranda Life

Bird beneath a tree

takes a shady rest and an

early morning tea

999 Verandakus: #246 from Veranda Life

Every morning

Trees leaf through musical notes

Violins hiding

999 Verandakus: #245 from Veranda Life

Flowers bloom for Spring

I notice as they fall, stilled

near my front gate

999 Verandakus: #244 from Veranda Life

On the long walk home

Seeing a woman I knew

Not stopping to talk

999 Verandakus: #243 from Veranda Life

After the deluge

gutters run like athletes in

search of a big race

999 Verandakus: #242 from Veranda Life

In most of our yards

ants build empires inches high

Summer’s rising damp

999 Verandakus: #241 from Veranda Life

Man with a backpack

disappears in a blink

He’s turned the corner

999 Verandakus: #240 from Veranda Life

The wind chimes rattle

as August Westerlies start

Annoying so soon

999 Verandakus: #239 from Veranda Life

When I hear a

palm frond falling, I wonder

Who is gardening?

999 Verandakus: #238 from Veranda Life

The retaining wall

fell with help from gravity

Rain trickled it down

999 Verandakus: #237 from Veranda Life

If whales were music,

what do you suppose they’d be –

Cello notes, swimming?

999 Verandakus: #236 from Veranda Life

A single magpie’s

warble sounds like many more

A one bird quartet

999 Verandakus: #235 from Veranda Life

Cat’s paw raised and flexed

is a furry white puffball

Sunlight between toes

999 Verandakus: #234 from Veranda Life

Nasturtiums dawdle

their way towards the footpath

Their shadows beat them

999 Verandakus: #233 from Veranda Life

Raindrops move the leaves

Each drop and leaf devoted

to one another

999 Verandakus: #232 from Veranda Life

An empty playground

anticipates movement and

laughs – children arrive

999 Verandakus: #231 from Veranda Life

Sunday afternoon

The smell of mown grass competes

with warm carrot cake

999 Verandakus: #230 from Veranda Life

Some Stop/Go guys speak

Others keep their own counsel

Shift change tells their tale

999 Verandakus: #229 from Veranda Life

When westerlies blow,

palm fronds wave and leaves quiver

Playing to their strengths

999 Verandakus: #228 from Veranda Life

A rainbow arrives

after weeks of flooding rains

Hope colours the sky

999 Verandakus: #227 from Veranda Life

Down the steepest hill

I feel the age of my knees

Otherwise, joyful

999 Verandakus: #226 from Veranda Life

Dogs out for a lark

inspect other dogs’ driveways

Home smells much sweeter

999 Verandakus: #225 from Veranda Life

The frangipani

cut-out decorates the deck

and offers a view

999 Verandakus: #224 from Veranda Life

After dark, the scent

of night flowers comes to me

A lover with gifts

999 Verandakus: #223 from Veranda Life

Before you arrive

our cat strolls to the front door

Anticipation

999 Verandakus: #222 from Veranda Life

New names, fresh pages

Phone books: shrink-wrapped, weather-proofed,

await old readers

999 Verandakus: #221 from Veranda Life

Butterflies, knowing

it’s Spring, cavort shamelessly

with us as we walk

999 Verandakus: #220 from Veranda Life

After the rain, blue

sky, a windless, clean today -

white clouds painted on

999 Verandakus: #219 from Veranda Life

The soles of my shoes

contact mysterious worlds

with every step

999 Verandakus: #218 from Veranda Life

A car driving past

squeaks out every wheel turn

Secondhand love call