similar

Looked today at Jo Whaley's site, & was struck by the

similarity in our work at a certain time. I painted a lot of

butterflies about 1977, while living in India;

she was or is photographing, & playing with

the patterns or conjunctions with the backgrounds.

I like them a lot. Tell me what you think?

Mine (5 above) began with Chuang Tzu's famous

words, I exhibited them in Sydney, in 1978.

one day old baby (elephant)

peach blossoms

Have lost track of the days, these peach blossoms

were at the farmers' market I go to each week.

wombs, waxes & wonder cabinets

breathing

I like to think of them breathing, don't you?

Helping us breathe. We are lucky here, the air is clean.

Yesterday & all night, I was breathing with a young friend

giving birth , what an amazing experience.

Seems to me it must include a dash of amnesia, otherwise who

would willingly go through with that?

It was a privilege to be there, too

great old maps

trees

Needed to go to Mullumbimby, which I do by bus, so

was looking at the trees while waiting for the return.

They get interesting patterns of lichens

because it rains a lot.

you can't kill a planet & live on it too

play

The palm is from somewhere exotic,

perhaps Madagascar.

The clouds seemed to be playing a game across the sky.

these are fun

nature's

Still from my days away; we walked on the beach

where there is always something different to notice,

though perhaps I do go overboard with photos.

(No, that's not true)

do you like this?

wild

The ocean was often quite wild for the days I was away,

one afternoon we went to one of the headlands, it's unusual

to be able to look down on the waves, here,

more dramatic.

You must listen to this!