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Falling Wood
The trees sometimes leave gifts for us at Olvar Wood: driftwood from the sky. Branches and fragments bleached pale grey and rubbed smooth not by the tumble of the ocean but by wind and sun and rain. They fall to … Continue reading
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Tagged driftwood, eucalytus, firewood, inga simpson, landscape, nature writing, nike bourke, olvar wood, tree, trees, wood, writers retreat
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ash and cupcakes
15 August 2011 The woodpile is shrinking. I had planned to chainsaw more wood today, but I’m tired and it is raining. Yesterday we cleaned out the ash from beneath the fireplace, which had piled right up to within an … Continue reading
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Tagged ash, birds, cupcakes, fire, inga simpson, landscape, nature writing, nike bourke, Nike Sulway, olvar wood, queensland, red belly black snake, snakes, trees, winter, wood, writers retreat, writing
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