Australian copywriter, poet and musician Mel Irvine living between the Philippine Western Visayas and Australia. Blogging haiku poems and artistic photography.
stories of my family (and sometimes yours).
below eucalypts butcherbird plucks out a hymn bush cemetery the wattle lingered late that August year you left winter’s long goodnight © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Pluck I’m part of Post A Day …
inside simple space we find creative moments family type stuff © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Simple
The township of Nambucca is uneven and hilly and I set out this afternoon (my last few days in town for another year or more) to put those bitumen striped hills and gullies to good. …
A Grandfather sends his Grandson off to bed. No ovation tonight. © 2016 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Ovation PS: for all you chess enthusiasts out there, I caught them mid-post mortem so my photos don’t capture …
My aunt 40 years gone: abandoned, excluded for birthing treasure. © 2016 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Treasure
My driver’s licence expired back in October, but I only realised yesterday. According to my Australian driver’s licence I am a resident of the state of Queensland, but I’m currently staying in the state of …
Fundraising to adopt Jerry has really binded my family as we all search for once sacred relics to sell. This little wooden bear was handed over enthusiastically with detailed instructions for pricing (which I will strictly adhere to …
My parents are avid collectors so the challenge for today’s prompt wasn’t what to photograph, but how to photograph the panoply that is their house. I decided to concentrate on small section of the buttons. © 2016 Melinda …
A hard days work done. Little construction worker’s imagination. © 2016 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Construct
I’m about 97 miles north-west of Goondiwindi I’ve got a road-train indicating: time to move along and as I pass him on his right I dip my headlights into the night and the voice in …