Ashes

A poem I wrote about a war, no war in particular but having said that it's in the desert.  You can draw your own conclusions as to what it is exactly about and perhaps comment your views. 

 ASHES


i was their rainbow, but where is the sun,
where is the bright light
that's supposed to shine down?,
it's all gone now, it's gone.
the desert calls them in the night
angels come,
my body burns to have them near
to be their rainbow once more
it's not going to happen,
been used and abused
from afar.
now the sunlight shines for others
till that bright light goes out,
then I will be left alone
sorrow with grief
wondering why,
why I was abused and used
by men from afar who promised me all,
maybe some are dead and buried
in the war.
who knows if they are lost in the desert,
ashes by now,
so, I walk in the sand, sand between my toes
thinking of those men
from afar,
lost and alone I walked and walked,
bodies everywhere,
clothes tattered and torn
on bodies everywhere,
fire ahead, ashes hot ashes and sand,
all that was left were just ashes,
ashes and sand,
but I'm not there.
© jmd

Sunset out the back door!

 Sitting doing comments on my blog list and looked out the window to see this ever so orange/red sunset about 8.30pm remembering our days are becoming shorter as we head into late summer, grabbed my Canon Camera and headed to the back door.  The photos are the result, and I moved further into the yard and captured a rainbow included in the sunset over the next door house to the east. 

Above, looked south west. Below, looking east.

Below, looking north west. Sorry about the hydro wires but that is how it is.

Food

 Into showing what we eat sometimes.  

The first photo, new potatoes, carrot, beans, broccoli, pork and crackle with gravy.

I love cracked pepper, potatoes, seafood and pasta salad and salmon.

Lunch, salad and meat sandwiches.

Chicken kababs, chips, salad.

Below, seafood salad, potato and pork.

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all.

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14.  It originated as a Christian feast day honouring a martyr named Valentine, and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.

A sunset at Wynard

 Wynard is on the northwest coast of Tasmania, it's lovely little town and the hill is called Table Cape. Wynard has a tulip festival in the springtime.  Wynard has a sea view and many times we stayed in the caravan park there for a few days or more at a time.  This time I captured a calm sunset.

It's been cherry time here and we've been to the cherry orchard several times, these cherries are called Van.

Barron Falls,

We've been many times to Barron Falls near Cairns in Queensland, Australia.  It's a very long way from home here in Launceston, Tasmania, 3,429 km.  Cairns is in the tropics on the Eastern side of Australia. There is only one photo that I've shown before in past posts and that was in 2017, so many years have passed since then. 

Barron Falls is a steep tiered cascade waterfall in Kuranda, Queensland. The falls are created by the Barron River descending from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain. 

You can travel there via Skyrail, Train or your own vehicle and take many of the walks in that area.  We always had a good time when there and always finding a different path with different views.  

In the wet season the falls below, photo from the Internet.

They seemed to be having great fun in their rafts. I couldn't get a better view than through the palms and trees.

The Hydro Power Station, it's been in operation since 1963