Holiday…

What does a writer do when she’s having a holiday away from fiction for awhile?

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She picks freesias as a reminder that spring is only 6 weeks away!

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She looks at the view over the Derwent River from the house in town.

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She approves the garden’s stirling efforts at regeneration after fencing off from the wallabies and after being mulched copiously.

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She checks the white daphne and notices it’s not far off flowering.

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And sees the first primrose!

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And wonders if she should pollard the pin-oak this year or just let it grow to block view of new neighbour’s ugly house, blockwork terraces, no garden and industrial size water tanks.

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She thinks she might do some demanding stumpwork…

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But opts for the free and easy thread painting of a bird, for a cushion.

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Basically she just chills out and lets her mind wander on spring, summer , the water, the beach, boating, kayaks, swimming…