AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Just a Yarn

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Bookshop at Dromana, Mornington Peninsula
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ABC Wednesday prompt ~ Y ~~~ I am using the word YARN
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A good, well-told yarn
Imagination in words
Unbelievable?
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A yarn is a tale
Reality on winged wheels
Wishing it is true?
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Focal black and white books
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14 comments:

Ralph said...

A well told yarn gets better and better after each re-telling by the protagonist. The more one hears it, the more real it becomes to the listener.

Storytelling seems to be a lost art. But not totally lost.

Reader Wil said...

It's a good yarn you tell us. You like reading I see, just like me. I read the book "Songlines"and liked it very much, but I forget the name of the author. Next week I shall follow the songlines to Cairns as I do every year.

Rosebud Collection said...

I think I lost my last comment..here I go again..Nice picture of b/w books. I kind of like telling yarns to the grandchildren..and I tell them better the older I get..

Anonymous said...

A yarns that intellects :)

Anonymous said...

A good ole yarn once in a while is fun...

A Wild Thing said...

My life, my yarn...it makes me feel a little more on the edge, that brave, hungry person I want to become...when I grow up.

sharon

Kyanite said...

A very novel interpretation!

Anonymous said...

Everyone enjoys a good Yarn.

me ann my camera said...

There is nothing more relaxing than to be swept away between the pages of a good book. A good book is my coffee break, my time in between tasks, my adventurous spirt's response. A unique Y!

Jane Hards Photography said...

It is a novel idea. A strong black coffee and good book is simoly the best way to relax. Nice lateral thinking

mrsnesbitt said...

Great idea Gemma.
I am often told by hubby I tell a good yarn! Guess he has heard them all before bless. He still laughs!

esnorway said...

nice y

Anonymous said...

I just love your header! It suprises me every time I come by. Thanks for stopping by my place. Good morning from Mississippi, USA. I hope you have a wonderful morning!

Katney said...

Paulie did yarn but WAY different!

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