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, January 14, 2009

Summer's Rite of Passage


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Today, with a little summer in the air, people flocked to Dromana beach, Mornington Peninsula
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3WW prompt #CXX ~ entwine + forfeit + tryst
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tryst with sand and sea
forfeit burns
entwine heat and ice
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6 comments:

Thom Gabrukiewicz said...

Simple. Sweet. Lyrical. I like it.

PJD said...

Nice. Compact yet rich.

Sherri B. said...

What I wouldn't give to have a tryst with sand and sea right now...loved this. And what a beautiful photo!

quin browne said...

this was crisp and a real delight

Norma said...

I agree--a little sand and sea tryst right now would be wonderful. Great job.

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Anonymous said...

sweet gemma... what i wouldn't do to see the sunshine lounging at the beach, smelling the salty air... we're still under snow here... today's probably the first day i've seen the sun in a long time... it is the simple things in life that are most important... beautiful g...

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