Are you going to write a poem about that?

My newest passion is gardening. I only started a few weeks ago after spending most of my life saying 'I'm not a gardener'. Now I'm finding it quite enjoyable. It started with a mini garden in a polystyrene box and then some radishes. Then on Mother's Day Alysha presented me with some snow pea seedlings. What a wonderful gift! We planted them that afternoon in a barrel in the backyard. That was super easy given that previous tenants had set up a climbing frame. So the toddler snow peas were right at home. Much love was showered on them by all including night visits with a torch to check they were settling in. Then a couple of days later after talking about the snow peas excessively and many visits Alysha asked "Are you going to write a poem about them?" Well I do write poems about lots of different stuff! That definitely seemed like a challenge though! A few days later a poem was completed. Here it is:

Tendrils

On Mother's Day
with smiling anticipation and
travelling on tenderness
toddler snow peas arrive
with love
toddler snow peas
holding gifts to share
deep knowledge of growth
tiny tendrils reaching out
rich promises of possibilities
and thoughts
the tendrils of my own
tiny pieces of me
reaching out
twirling and curling
wrapping around significance
tendrils with offers of stability
as growth continues on

Introducing my family

This is my family!

This is me, Kylie. I am 38 years old. I have a pen and paper as I like to write. I also enjoy different types of art/craft, particularly paper crafts. My newest passion is gardening.

This is Alysha with her iPod. She is nearly 14 years old and likes listening to a variety of music and also loves singing and making music herself. She also loves to draw and is a whiz on the computer. Thanks must go to her for teaching me how to use the snipping tool for this post.

This is Brianna. She is nearly 10 years old and she is in year 4. Her favourite colour is green and she loves gymnastics. She has a gymnastics competition today and is very excited.

This is Chester the cat. He is about six months old. He used to be really shy and scared but not anymore. He loves cuddles and also loves to eat.

These are our snow peas. They are a few weeks old. The picture doesn't really do them justice. They like to climb but don't like whoever is eating them.

Thankyou to Alysha for choosing the characters to represent everyone (and including the snow peas). Create your own stick family at www.facebook.com/familystick

Conversations with Myself - why?

How can you know what I want when you've never asked and I've never offered to tell you? How can I know who I am when I've only had conversations with myself?

Why am I writing this blog?

Why is it called Conversations with Myself?

What is this blog about?

Conversations with Myself is a piece of writing that I wrote a few years ago and is one of my favourites. I wrote it at a time when I was realising how little I had spoken to others throughout my life up until that time and how that had affected me. I wrote it just for myself about me not talking very much and how this made it difficult for me to know myself well. A few years on and I am very aware of how social connections help me to know myself better. This piece is also a reminder to me that if I am feeling misunderstood by others I can speak up and maybe clarify the situation. I cannot expect others to know what I need or want if I haven't told them. By sharing who I am with others they get to know me and I also get to know myself better. This piece of writing serves as a strong reminder to me to keep sharing who I am while I keep working it out. This is also a main aim of mine in writing this blog.
I'm sure there will be plenty of conversations with myself as I write. Working out what I want to say and how I want to say it. Like the piece of writing, this blog is also about social connections as I invite others to read and maybe add to what I write. It is a way of writing with an audience in mind. I hope to share some of my ideas and perceptions and learn lots along the way. It is not about any one thing in particular but rather a glimpse into my unique perspective on life which is, of course, coloured by my experiences.

The Start

The Start

Starting Right now
It is time to begin
Preparation time is over and now
There is nothing left to do
But to begin. To start. To go.
Am I ready? Or not?
No turning back now
On your marks
Get set and
Go...
Leaving safety and moving forwards
Leaping and flying, soaring towards
Another safe landing
Where the climb to the
Next start begins.

This blog begins now. For quite a while I have thought about beginning a blog. I have wondered what I would write about and what form it would take. I am still wondering about that quite a lot but if I keep thinking about it too much and wanting it to be just perfect then it won't ever actually happen. So I am just starting. My main idea is to share some of my art and writing more than I am currently doing. Maybe I will look back with embarrassment or maybe I will be happy with how this blog started but the important thing right now is that I am actually starting. I wrote this poem a few months ago as my life currently seems to be filled with many beginnings. I think that writing this blog will add even more. I am looking forward to that!