banksia bird heaven

soft banksia cones
rainbow lorikeet crisps
ready for snacking

We have a local indigenous Banksia tree growing by our front gate. Currently it is flowering and a variety of birds, Noisy Miners, Wattle Birds and Rainbow Lorikeets are daily visitors. The Lorikeets are big in numbers and very noisy so when they arrive anyone else feeding tends to disappear. This is my contribution to Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 349 CRISP and Soft. Visit this site to see how other poets respond to Ronovan’s challenge.

sharing beauty

delicate

petals reaching out 

from the heart

This beautiful flower and its siblings  caught our eye in a nursery garden at Pomonal recently when we visited Gariwerd/Grampians national park.

There was some debate when Jill asked for ID help online with Isopogon Cone Bush and Granite Petrophile offered. It seems to be the latter and is native to Western Australia.

This is my contribution to Ronovan Writes weekly Haiku challenge  to visit at https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-120-heartpetals/