Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ View from my front verandah, Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula. Spring/Summer has disappeared for now. There is just beautiful mist and cool, light rain. Fantastic weather to be inside packing boxes! Grrrrrrrrrrr
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Scenic Sunday meme #22
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Sadness of parting
Collect the beauty of now
Move quietly on
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I measure out my life with haiku. My camera films my soul. ~ Gemma Wiseman
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)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Beauty of Tears
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- Damien Leith - his citizenship ceremony in Tenterfield + he sings "Tenterfield Saddler" - Australia Day 2007
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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
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11 comments:
lovely view, what a peaceful sight!
Gemma, your flowers are so lovely! :)
Beautiful colours!//Eva
What a beautiful view from your verandah with the flowers in front
The combination of the orange canna lilies and the soft fog is wonderful. Very scenic!
I love this photo! The mist in the background and the sharp colours up front - spectacular. Love the orange!
I can just smell the morning dew migled with the sweet smell of flowers. Very nice photo Gemma!
This place is beautiful! That's also a beautiful shot, Gemma. I love the flowers surrounding the house. :)
As usual, I really do enjoy your poetry a lot. I look forward to reading more of it.
what a beautiful place to stay, great shot gem!!!!
Lovely place....nice picture...enjoyed the poem.Keep Posting!!
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