I am here...

I am here
always here for you...

I had to let you go
Just so you would be close...
We loved the sea
The waves...the salts...the sands...
And now
We can ALWAYS love the sea...#Orenda made it so...#vss365 pic.twitter.com/tt6A5B1Kns

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 14, 2020

lone cyclist...

Some friends say he took the wrong turn...
Some say he lagged far behind...

Some say he wasn't even in the race...

A stranger claims he was far ahead...
Long before they even thought of starting

The long long climb...#vss365 pic.twitter.com/YbgOzWWrn3

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 14, 2020

public shout...

public shout
community dream
on a street fence
mining progress for some
is not gain for us#tanka #MayTanka dream #NaTankaMo #5lines pic.twitter.com/3V2HQV5L3s

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 14, 2020

There is quite a number of these signs scattered around my neighbourhood...
They have been there for some time...

The Peninsula Preservation Group has devoted a website to this protest.

let it go...

Always have loved Leunig... especially his earlier cartoons...aaah Mr Curly and that inimitable duck... But the cartoon below must be high on my list of favourites... It is jaunty, devil-may-care and so very simply uplifting... https://t.co/ez8iQ7pbve

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 14, 2020

P.S. I have also found Leunig's cartoons a great source for helping secondary students recognise, and form an understanding of, satire...

Natalie and her piano...

A story of stories...a living Melbourne treasure...Natalie plays on the streets because 'It's something that's nothing to do with money'. For her, speaking of her ongoing closeness to departed family members, death is not 'the end'... 'Nothing has changed. It's just re-arranged.' https://t.co/xVkJ8ccCPi

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 14, 2020

Her full name is Natalie Trayling.
'Melbourne’s love affair with Natalie Trayling began in the 1990s when she wandered into the David Jones department store one day and began to play its grand piano.' - 'The Australian' - July 13, 2019.

This musical piece below was composed between the age of 13 and 14 and finished some years later.

    

Natalie's YouTube channel is maintained by her son Matthew.

the universe and coffee...

After all, the universe is the seer of seers... https://t.co/wgU8Pko1vf

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 14, 2020

Sometimes it's best to leave
the revolutions of time
to one who knows time best...

steampunk rabbit...

I don't really know why I love it ... but I do... I can only explain with a smile... https://t.co/ImxchHr5J1

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 13, 2020

A little quirky always generates a little smile or two...

in praise of winter...

Winter is the season of soft lights and hibernating souls...a dreaming season... https://t.co/oiEiGjAeZv

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 13, 2020

Winter may be the season of cold outdoors...
But bring some warm inner light
and the view
can be quite cosy...

beauty of a child...

Young ones can demonstrate what unconditional love is really all about...without feeling a need to polish the ego and publicise the fact... dance as if nobody is watching... So tender and beautiful... https://t.co/H9tIj6bYMu

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 13, 2020

As soon as I saw this image
I felt the feeling...
the bond
so close...
needing no words...