cockatoo and his crime...

Yes...Cockatoos are very fond of 'plucking' cacti...Mine have been steadily demolished...But now I have discovered that they are fond of the tops of geraniums too...
This guy is trying to hide some of his crime, but couldn't quite manage to hide all of it... pic.twitter.com/GmqlxJQm7l

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) September 17, 2021

Naughty b*ggers. I had a beautiful lily out there once. Came home and saw a cockatoo had bitten all the flowers stems off, with one flower and stem still in his mouth, like a tango dancer.

— Stace Jarman (@stacejarman) September 17, 2021

freeze-frame...

freeze-frame
fragile necklets of
morning rains #haiku pic.twitter.com/LUCf1biUfn

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 30, 2021

ivy and art...

Half of the wall was taken over by a plant and someone finished painting a beautiful picture.https://t.co/0r8s9z62sp pic.twitter.com/7GA2ynQASD

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 9, 2021

spirals of magic...

And right there
in the humble dandelion
are endless spirals
of magic... https://t.co/5AJGGpRE6A

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 3, 2021

in the Sonoran Desert...or Maui, Hawaii?...

If ever there is a plant with attitude and spunk, this one from the Sonoran Desert, Mexico must be it... https://t.co/G1YXIyUurN

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 28, 2020

Further investigation of this image - found to be endemic to Maui. It is known as Haleakala Silversword. A website states it is a protected plant in Hawaii. This very image and more details: https://t.co/kKcQaU5Ggz
(Still, the plant has spunk and attitude. Love it.)

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 28, 2020

love-in-a-mist...

If ever a plant lives up to an alternative name...love-in-a-mist... this one does... Such a mystical view of the flower...
Just lovely... https://t.co/WCle7V7Vcp

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 23, 2020

yellow bottlebrush...

There are some flowerings in winter...

Here is a yellow bottlebrush from the Dromana foreshore...It is sometimes called 'candle glow'? pic.twitter.com/FXAi0U8xjE

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020

I love seeking out winter flowers...It is interesting to see what colours favour winter... There seems to be a dominance of yellow and a pale lime green...I think they are called hellebore...Haven't seen too many in Melbourne, but saw quite a few in Tasmania... 

a glimmer of life...

a glimmer
of life
can be enough
for growth
to begin#tanka https://t.co/V5Pd8xvJN5

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) June 13, 2020

reverie...

reverie
some thin green
pushing through
hefty mountain rocks
willing to survive #tanka #MayTanka #MaTankaMo #5lines pic.twitter.com/yENpDRQYZA

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 24, 2020

plant with attitude?...

In your own neighbourhood...there can be wonders...On a recent brief walk, I saw this plant by a neighbour's driveway... My first thought was it reminded me of a doll...or maybe a scarecrow in a crinoline dress...or maybe nature's voodoo doll...(Remote learning vertigo maybe) pic.twitter.com/m2CYt44CAU

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 13, 2020

I passed this plant twice on my brief walk recently...
there and back...

each time it struck me
with impressions and symbolism...

poor plant...so alone...

but maybe the plant enjoyed
being grounded in its own special identity...

with no competition...