Nature's wild spirit unleashed...

PASSING THOUGHT: The winds are vicious tonight...as they have been for most of the day... But there is a lovely cosy feeling being warm inside and just listening respectfully to the wild spirit of Nature unleashed in the darkness...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 13, 2021

a strange Monday...

PASSING THOUGHT: Very strange day...no power for some time this morning...+phone wouldn't work for 2 hours...Hoards of cockatoos screeching + wheeling overhead this afternoon...about 100...My friend said she had a similar performance from corellas this afternoon...All a sign of?

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 12, 2021

Mt Buller's winter in Autumn...

And now Mt Buller adds to Mt Hotham's overnight of snow...
And this is autumn???
Just checked the temperature on my computer...13°C... Nope...Didn't reach the predicted 15°C on my peninsula. It's mid-afternoon + the temperature is bound to turn around and go down... https://t.co/p1SfFQRdz2

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 11, 2021

official rise of indigenous names...

Indeed, a gorgeous goanna...
More 'gorgeous' still, for me, is the official rise of indigenous names for places, rivers+even landmarks e.g. opening June, the Yawa Aquatic Centre at Rosebud.
For Australia to really find her identity, she needs first to dig deep for her soul... https://t.co/yXN2m3Z6Tu

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 11, 2021

Naree is part of the traditional Country of the Budjiti people. It's a former pastoral property found in one of the least disturbed parts of the Murray-Darling Basin in north-western NSW. It lies in the Mulga Lands bioregion, 150km north-west of Bourke, on the Cuttaburra Channels that connect the Paroo and Warrego rivers. Its southern boundary is the Cuttaburra Creek, and Yantabulla Swamp adjoins the property to the west... Naree helps protect nationally significant, arid-zone ephemeral wetlands...Naree Station Reserve

in arguing mode...

My little furball likes to air her views...
Here she is in arguing mode...
The 'sit firm and simply glare between ongoing protests' is the norm... pic.twitter.com/GUJcRwH0La

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 11, 2021

winter in autumn...

It's still only autumn...
But the predicted 15degrees is still elusive (a mere 12 late morning on my peninsula)...
And Mt Hotham recorded snow last night...????
This is going to be a long and icy winter methinks... https://t.co/GP6jS3xCFo

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 11, 2021

icy grains of hail...

icy grains of hail
some reflections
are needled with
shards
of pain#tanka #NaPoWriMo2021 pic.twitter.com/MBZKTjlDcR

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 10, 2021

Saturday reflection...

My Saturdays (+ drifting into Sundays) tend to be marked as impulse days...a major impulse or a barely noticeable impulse... Apart from Saturday morning supermarket shopping, nothing is tightly pre-planned and there are plenty of open spaces for 'something' or merely 'nothing'... https://t.co/hp79YqWO3R

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 10, 2021

a long and deep roll of thunder...

out there
in the dark rain
a long and deep
roll of thunder
grumbles#tanka #NaPoWriMo2021

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 10, 2021

Prince Phillip has walked on...

Just watching SBS 'Secrets of the Royal Servants' when Twitter news popped up that Prince Phillip has passed away at age 99...
I felt an eerie shiver around a frozen moment...
An era has closed...

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