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)

Followers

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Pelican Dreaming

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Pelicans at Hastings, Mornington Peninsula
~
Camera Critters prompt
~

I am elegant
A picture of quality
Classy quantity
~
My beak is my joy
A master of gluttony
Prime utility
~
Sleeping is a skill
Locking my beak in feathers
Protective measures
~
I am unique
An awesome sight by the sea
Nature's odd critter
~

13 comments:

david mcmahon said...

Nice shot of the pelicans.

Re: The Ricketts sanctuary. It's an amazing place.

Raven said...

They really are very elegant classy pelicans... those black and white feathers make me think of a flapper dress from the 1920s.

Nature's odd creature... well, one of them.

Nice post.

Michele said...

You have taken a very nice photo of the pelican... nice to see that shot!
Mountain Retreat Photos

Christy said...

Cool shot of the pelicans. Really nice to see.

Anonymous said...

They're cute, but I surely won't go near them -- I am afraid of birds' beaks!

My CC is posted HERE.

I would appreciate it if you would check it out as well. Thanks!

Happy Weekends!

Jane Hards Photography said...

This is mind kind of photograph. I am huge bird photographer, and these are fantastic.

Reader Wil said...

I love the sight of pelicans! I saw them in Cairns near the beach, but they were too far away!

Sandy Kessler said...

your prose and picture made my morning special sandy

Anonymous said...

Monochrome birds... conjures the sort of image that might spark one of my portic episodes though I haven't written poetry in a good while.
Nice post.

Misty DawnS said...

Gorgeous photo! They are very beautiful and neat looking!

Gretchen said...

Really nice shot. Never been lucky enough to see any pelicans in person.

Coy Hill said...

Interesting pelicans, the colors are much different than those found here in the states.

Sand Shadows is a great shot, very artistic!

Unknown said...

Beautiful Pelicans !!

CALENDAR

Tasmania

Tasmania
A place of beauty in the Western Tiers

Tasmania

Tasmania
View near Blackwood Park Cottages, Mole Creek

New Landscapes

New Landscapes
New Worlds

Archive of Blog Quotes

  • A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
  • Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
  • Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
  • Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
  • Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
  • Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman

Google Analytics

The Inner Light of the Spirit

The Inner Light of the Spirit
The Spirit of Inner Light

Lady Gemma

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:
Lady Gemma the Unique of Walk upon Water
Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

LinkWithin

Related Posts with Thumbnails