Margaret Barbalet
@margaretbarbalet.bsky.social
Writer, grandmother, former diplomat
Hibiscus blowing in the wind.
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Hibiscus blowing in the wind.
Sunday and a pelargonium
November 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Sunday and a pelargonium
Modernism in a vase.
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Modernism in a vase.
So glad to be back on the Bicentennial Trail, up behind my 'hood.
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
So glad to be back on the Bicentennial Trail, up behind my 'hood.
Aurora Australis tonight in the ACT.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Aurora Australis tonight in the ACT.
Michelangelo, Roald Dahl and The Poet's Wife, in the same vase. Captions please!
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Michelangelo, Roald Dahl and The Poet's Wife, in the same vase. Captions please!
Doing my bit.
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Doing my bit.
Peace in
bloom, Aranda, Australia.
bloom, Aranda, Australia.
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Peace in
bloom, Aranda, Australia.
bloom, Aranda, Australia.
While the world falls to pieces, roses don't
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
While the world falls to pieces, roses don't
Summer almost here.
October 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Summer almost here.
Wet purple glory. Spring!
October 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Wet purple glory. Spring!
A quiet life
September 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A quiet life
The way back into my suburb. I took it.
August 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The way back into my suburb. I took it.
Sunday afternoon.
July 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Sunday afternoon.
Feijoas basking in the sleek sun like seals on a wharf.
May 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Feijoas basking in the sleek sun like seals on a wharf.
I do love a suburban frontage with more than 20 gum trees on it.
April 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I do love a suburban frontage with more than 20 gum trees on it.
The last of the late summer figs, and autumn crop begins.
April 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The last of the late summer figs, and autumn crop begins.
Lewis Carroll was here.
March 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Lewis Carroll was here.
Where is Alice when you need her? Some humour on the bush trail up behind Hawker, Australia.
March 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Where is Alice when you need her? Some humour on the bush trail up behind Hawker, Australia.
At the Palais Royale, Katoomba, during the Blue Mountains Music Festival.
March 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
At the Palais Royale, Katoomba, during the Blue Mountains Music Festival.
The trail at the end of summer.
March 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The trail at the end of summer.
My beloved cat Habiba is twenty today. That's about 115 in human years.
March 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
My beloved cat Habiba is twenty today. That's about 115 in human years.
Figs again. A blessing.
February 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Figs again. A blessing.
Helen Garner at the booked out National Library talking about The Season. 200 on the waiting list.
February 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Helen Garner at the booked out National Library talking about The Season. 200 on the waiting list.