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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Distorted Beauty

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Thick haze of smoke over Port Phillip Bay as seen from my back verandah this Sunday afternoon in the Dromana Hills.
This is just a sign of the ongoing fires still burning north and east of Melbourne.
Usually, this is a beautiful view.
But to see such smoke almost paling out the waters of the bay and Mount Martha in the background is quite frightening.
And then there are the dramatic gusts of wind blurring the leaves.
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Sunday Scenery meme
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In this smokey world
Light seems just a slave to fire
Distorted beauty
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Another view
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6 comments:

Aileni said...: Tragic and disturbing. There will be an influx of fans, etc. for Phillip Island within a short while. I wonder if they will cancel.; February 15, 2009 11:17 PM
WillThink4Wine said...: Having lived through a few wildfires here, I can relate. It is quite frightening and surreal to see everything familiar suddenly seem so eerily foreign.; February 16, 2009 2:00 AM
Tarheel Rambler said...: These images, though troubling, are nice additions to Sunday Scenery, because they remind us that besides the beautiful scenes in the world there are also areas of heartbreak and loss. Thanks for sharing with us, and know that the people of Australia are in our thoughts and prayers.; February 16, 2009 2:31 AM
Flo said...: Wow, that is heartbreaking. Having been near a few of those in my life I understand how devastating they can be.

Mine is up over at Flo's Place; February 16, 2009 5:15 AM
Chriss said...: Wow, this is tragic. Have a wonderful weekend.; February 16, 2009 10:49 AM
SacredRuminations said...: I remember how hard it is to breathe after such massive wildfires ... and how ash covers everything for a long time. It's so sad ...
Hugs and blessings,; February 20, 2009 2:35 AM

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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