This poem reflects on the many unhurried, enjoyable, inexpensive things to do anytime, anywhere.
I wrote this poem on a postcard-perfect day while living in Broome, Western Australia, on my journey around Australia in a motorhome. The love story of Grace, titled Wilted No More, continues. Hundreds of tourists come each day, during the dry season, to Cable Beach at sunset to watch nature's breathtaking
Grace and her husband, Darren, have travelled right across the top of Australia to the northwest coast. They feel relaxed, having left their troubles way back east in Queensland. They have travelled through small country towns and desert land, climbed mountains to take in majestic views and walked through lush green valleys along the way. Now, for a few months, they are staying on the coast where the sun sets over the ocean.
Some chose to sit inside a beachfront restaurant, and others sat on the back of a camel for a sunset ride along the ocean's edge. A select few sail out on a yacht, sipping champagne and caviar. Some drive further up the beach in their four-wheel drives, while many others sit on the beach.
Late in the afternoons, Grace and Darren would perch on their favourite 'rock,' along the foreshore away from the crowds, sipping cheap wine and snacking on crackers and cheese while they waited for nature's show to begin. Beverley Joy.
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Happy Valentine's Day.
