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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Friday Writing # 2 Earthweal OLW # 92

 

whales beach themselves sometimes

no one knows why

one could assume that this group of spectators

has much in common with them



it's never too late

to realise a dream of conducting

the sea symphony orchestra 

 

   

 

party time

beats the bush barn dance

in the outback




edouard cortes painted

rich warm wonderful parisian scenes

never fails to evoke a gasp

 

popular with art thieves

one turned up in a thrift shop

in Maryland




oz without our sleepy bears

would be  like

a sky without stars

a world without sunshine

 

 

SAVE OUR KOALAS

 

 

 

THANK YOU!!

 ladies from the Netherlands

making mittens for the burnt paws

of the koalas in last summers bush fires

 




16 comments:

  1. So varied and wonderful. the madaari video made my eyes pop lol

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  2. A feast, each morsel delectable.

    How sadly true, your thoughts on a world without koalas.

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  3. Those spectators look as if they are about to get un-beached!

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  4. Each vignette.. food for thought, introspection and downright entertainment!

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  5. Mittens for koala paws--what a wonderful thing!
    I do worry for the koalas, and for all wildlife, really.

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  6. Yes, it does look like those people will end up in the wrong environment, like a whale on land, they'll be in the sea.

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  7. An interesting string of reflections. Just thinking about the burnt paws of koalas is heartbreaking!

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  8. The conductor at the ocean is my favorite. I too was straining to see if I could see a whale. The mittens for burnt paws brought me back to reality.

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  9. I'm drawn to the conductor on the beach, maybe in futility, directing the sea symphony.
    Maybe it's not too late to realize the dream?

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  10. interesting treat.
    Yes, what is Oz without the koalas.

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  11. Gah! The thought of those sweet sleepy koalas with burnt paws! I hope they survive this crazy world. That huge wave and the group of people who will soon be drenched (if they are lucky enough not to be swept out to sea) is an amazing photo. We see it here all the time, tourists with no idea that waves can suddenly come in and scoop people out to sea.

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  12. I really love the sea symphony. And Oz without koalas is so very sad. Let's hope the sky remains starry and the day sunlit.

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  13. Love the painting, feel like the first koala.

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  14. You take wondrous photographic images and make them even more wonderful with your words!

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  15. i was heartbroken to hear about the koalas and the fires you suffered last summer, my part of the world was also hit pretty hard with forest fires, it has affected out wildlife quite severely

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