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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Friday, September 5, 2008

Celebrating New Light


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A first Spring morning at Dromana beach, Mornington Peninsula
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Sky Watch prompt #8
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Waiting for bright Spring days
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A first Spring morning light at Dromana beach, looking toward Mount Martha
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ More spring light over the sea
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A patch of Spring blue over Dromana beach
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Spring blue widens and colours brighten
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ More bright blues of Spring
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A touch of tiny Spring flowers on Dromana beach
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Spring light is coming
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Brightness
The essence of brightness
Forgotten
Until
The spirit of
Spring
Shines
Sings
Feels
Again
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24 comments:

A Wild Thing said...

Ahhh spring...I will hold it dear to my heart all winter long. Such wonderful shots of the sea and your world.

sharon

Photo Cache said...

magnificent collection of skyscapes. yes, i can feel the freshness of the coming spring with your photos.

happy skywatching. mine's up too.

Pretty Life Online said...

Perfect catch for sky watch! Clouds fill the skies above us and they are always part of our every day lives... Mine's up too hope you can drop dy!

Anonymous said...

Pretty with those typical beach houses.

Hey Harriet said...

Beautiful photos! I'm so happy it's spring!!! It's been quite overcast & dreary but at least not cold anymore where I am. Yay! Happy Spring to you :)

Jane Hards Photography said...

As you celebrate spring we mourn summer, to welcome autumn. Serene collection of such clear light.

Pat - Arkansas said...

Lovely photos, Gemma. It's difficult for me to remembers, sometimes, that it's just coming Spring where you are.

A beautiful series of photos for your Sky Watch. Thanks.

EG CameraGirl said...

The beach is lovely in spring, so peaceful. I love the ocean - you can see forever, or imagine that you can. Sky Watch Friday. ;-)

Anonymous said...

great catch of the storm

Maria Verivaki said...

those spring days are just round the corner - we are patiently waiting for autumn to cool off from the summer heat; your photos invigorate me with their refreshign air

Geraldine said...

So interesting to contemplate SPRING down under while we head into autumn way up here in Canada!!! Lovely photos Gemma. So serene and calming to gaze upon.

Happy Spring! G

www.mypoeticpath.wordpress.com

Anonymous said...

It's interesting to see photos and read comments about spring coming as I watch summer slip away in the northern hemisphere. I love your photos; particularly good set up with the row of brightly colored houses in the first one.

Louise said...

Love these photos! I epsecially love how green the sea is in some of them!

Dewdrop said...

Gemma, my favorite is the first one. I love the impressive shelf cloud of the approaching storm. I bet it was a doozy. Did you get a lot of wind?

Anonymous said...

Whoa Gemma! What a wonderful, wonderful series of skies for skywatch you have here. So beautiful. Have a wonderful weekend...

DeniseinVA said...

Hi Gemma, the photos are very impressive and love that cloud bank rolling in.

Rune Eide said...

It would have been wonderful to live in Australia from October to April and in Scandinavia From April to October

vincibene said...

Wonderful expressive photos!

Thank you for aour comment!

Anonymous said...

Aha - so we both hang around the same skywatch and poetry prompts! Nice shots.

Anonymous said...

GREAT COLLECTION THIS WEEK.

SandyCarlson said...

That looks like a magical place to be.

Catherine said...

Oh what beautiful captures! Sandy is right looks like a magical place!
Enjoy your weekend!
Happy sky~watching!
Cat

Anonymous said...

Beautiful. I especially like the one with the bench in it and the one with the spring flowers.

Max-e said...

Hi Gemma, nice that spring is back, though our's is more like winter than spring. Looks like a nice and peaceful place

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