In Rebecca's Garden

PINK SATURDAY

IN REBECCA'S GARDEN

Clad in all its rich regalia,

In the summer in Australia,

Here we see a charming dahlia,

Opening in the sun.

Petals merge both pink and yellow,

In a scheme both bright and mellow.

Each bloom vying with its fellow

To be 'the one.'

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THE LONG WHITE CLOUD

(Written before Australia's terrible floods last year!)

We visited the Land of the Long White Cloud about a year ago;

New Zealand, a land of plenty, where everything seems to grow.

Australia is often a golden brown, when drought  is holding sway,

And so we love to visit that green haven 'across the way'.

A quick flight over the Tasman and we find ourselves surrounded

By fertile acres, rolling streams and fecundity unbounded.

But the Kiwis have to pay a price for all their moisty mist;

They get an awful lot of rain while we are so sun-kissed!

Here you see The Long White Cloud, which looks distinctly grey!

I'll visit that South Seas Paradise, but I don't intend to stay!

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