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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Snowy Wings

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Wild cockatoos on my verandah in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Sepia Scenes #26
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Arc of snowy wings
Like a frieze of long petals
Cockatoo beauty
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12 comments:

Ralph said...: These white birds are beautiful. I like how by just flapping their wings they have doubled (or more) in size. They have given you a wonderful show!; April 16, 2009 9:23 AM
maryt/theteach said...: I can't imagine wild cockatoos on your back porch! When we were in Australia we saw then in the zoo! Lovely sepia surrounding the white cockatoos!; April 16, 2009 9:55 AM
ewok1993 said...: Oh I have seen these Australian wild cockatoos and other birds on a nature program once and I can't believe in some parts their population needs to be lessened. Oh I love this photo.; April 16, 2009 11:05 AM
napaboaniya said...: Wow!! That's not a common sight I must say. I'll love to have them as visitors instead of those pigeons that do their poo-poo around my window ledge everyday!!
Wanna trade? *kidding*; April 16, 2009 12:16 PM
dot said...: You caught it just right with it's wings spread like that! Wonderful sepia!; April 16, 2009 12:20 PM
kden said...: Oh, how magnificent! I can't imagine seeing wild ones; the way they were meant to be. So beautiful, thanks for sharing.; April 16, 2009 12:54 PM
Melli said...: Every time I see people with WILD cockatoo's it just AMAZES me! You have NO idea how CRAZY that sounds! I'm sure WE must have something going on over on OUR side of the world that just amazes you too -- but cockatoos and macaws that just fly around wild... You are blessed! LOVE the shot!; April 16, 2009 1:10 PM
Tricia said...: Wonderful sepia scene - They're so white, even w/ the sepia shading!; April 16, 2009 1:39 PM
Karen ~Georgia Angel said...: Great photo! Love the white surrounded by the sepia tones. Thanks for sharing.; April 16, 2009 3:33 PM
kaye said...: beautiful pair of birds-great in sepia

Stop by to see mysepia scene; April 17, 2009 3:37 AM
Kahshe Cottager said...: I can't imagine being able to see these lovely birds in the wild. What a show they put on for you and how lucky for us you had your camera! It looks lovely in sepia.; April 17, 2009 7:04 AM
barb said...: What a treat to have the cockatoos living free, for them as well as you!; April 23, 2009 4:03 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