Grace Forde © 2014 Perth Daily Photo BLOG
Today Perth reached 44.4 degrees just before 2pm – 36.7 degrees by 11am and the 3rd hottest day for January on record.
I’ve copied one of my sister-in-law’s excellent beach photos to show you what is just down the road from here… but you won’t find me there – I don’t go out in extreem heat!
Everything in the garden is wilted – I’ve just replenished the bowls of water for the birds again and given all my pot plants a good soaking. I know the birds will find the bowls and take a dip later… to cool down. Whether I can save my plants is another thing entirely… that sun was brutal today.
Sun kissed
Like a cobra,
I am coiled
ready to strike
any who dare
limit my growth.
Germinating new
species hidden
deep in the earth
waiting to bloom
coloured with sun.
Tensioned taut,
fire ravaged, I am
nature harnessed
before springing
back to life.
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2012
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