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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Saturday, October 4, 2008

Not Autumn Leaves


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Spring new leaves, Balnarring, Mornington Peninsula
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Manic Monday prompt ~ Leaf
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Until Autumn days
A leaf is just some green shape ~
Many leaves make shade
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But some are rebels ~
Some Spring leaves are pinky red
And then change to green
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And some unique leaves
Wax in pearl grey wonderlands
Throughout the seasons
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Grey leafed plant at McCrae, Mornington Peninsula
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5 comments:

Jules said...

Hi -thanks for popping over to my new blog!!!

I always enjoy catching up on your week of great posts!!

Have a happy weeekend

Sue Seibert said...

Beautiful photos!

A Wild Thing said...

Reminds me of the flora in California...ahhh to live where plants don't go crisp and lifeless in the winter...grey, grey, grey...and white, ick!

sharon

Anonymous said...

unique leaves indeed. :O

Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardens said...

Fantastic picture of a Protea; lovely, thoughtful words. The grey plant shows its toughness, used to dry soil and lonesome; a beauty!
Thank you Gemma for stopping by my SWF. I appreciate it very much.

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