G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer.
I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.
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23 thoughts on “Golden Wattle Tree”
How beautiful, Ivor! Lovely photos, a gorgeous poem, and a sweet, sentimental song. This post made my morning! β€
What a beautiful tree…and what a lovely name for the tree!
I enjoyed your photos, poem and song choice, Ivor! π
Your poem is a beautiful tribute to the tree! So descriptive and emotion-igniting! Your poem made me smile and sigh contentedly. π YAY for the Golden Wattle Tree! π
Aren’t trees so wonderful! They give so much to all of the creatures living on earth, including us Human-Beans! π
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Thank you for your lovely comments Carolyn β¦ the Wattles are extra special as they cover us in brilliant colour in the middle of winter ππ€ππΌ and I am so pleased you liked my poem β¦ I wrote this one at the Moorabool Valley Chocolate Cafe, where I took the Featured Photo πΌπππΆπ
Basically a southern hemisphere tree and here in southern Australia they bloom in the winterβ¦ a brilliantly bright yellow πΌπ€π β¦ thank you Lori π
I took the Featured Photo at the bucolic cafe I go to for a coffee and cakeβ¦ the Moorabool Valley Chocolate Cafeβ¦ just 15 mins walk away β¦ π€ππΌ
How beautiful, Ivor! Lovely photos, a gorgeous poem, and a sweet, sentimental song. This post made my morning! β€
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The wattles add brilliant colour to our winter β¦ Iβm so pleased you enjoyed my poem and the photos π€ππππΌ
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Thank you for such a beautiful introduction to a gorgeous tree
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Thank you Jez for appreciating my words β¦ ππ€
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Most welcome, Sir
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What a beautiful tree…and what a lovely name for the tree!
I enjoyed your photos, poem and song choice, Ivor! π
Your poem is a beautiful tribute to the tree! So descriptive and emotion-igniting! Your poem made me smile and sigh contentedly. π YAY for the Golden Wattle Tree! π
Aren’t trees so wonderful! They give so much to all of the creatures living on earth, including us Human-Beans! π
(((HUGS)))
πππ³ππ
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Thank you for your lovely comments Carolyn β¦ the Wattles are extra special as they cover us in brilliant colour in the middle of winter ππ€ππΌ and I am so pleased you liked my poem β¦ I wrote this one at the Moorabool Valley Chocolate Cafe, where I took the Featured Photo πΌπππΆπ
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The plants and trees that keep colour in winter are so lovely. We have some outdoor plants that stay leafy green and leafy bright yellow in winter.
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I call them the happy trees of winter ππ
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I am a tree lover. The trees deserve our poetry.
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Hugging a wattle tree is gorgeousβ¦ you come away covered in golden flowers πΌπΌπ€π
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Even better. How fun is that!
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Indeed π€ππΌπΌπ
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Never heard of this type of tree Ivor, golden wattle tree – love the name & your poem! – eco
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Basically a southern hemisphere tree and here in southern Australia they bloom in the winterβ¦ a brilliantly bright yellow πΌπ€π β¦ thank you Lori π
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so many blooms of colour ! beautiful
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I took the Featured Photo at the bucolic cafe I go to for a coffee and cakeβ¦ the Moorabool Valley Chocolate Cafeβ¦ just 15 mins walk away β¦ π€ππΌ
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well that sounds like a perfect day π
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Some days are more perfect than others π€ππΆπ
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Hooray for such beautiful trees, which should be our guiding lights!
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Thank you Ingrid for appreciating my little poem … ππ€
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A fine tribute to the tree
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Thank you very much Derrick
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