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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Monday, May 18, 2009

Crow and Cockatoo


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Two together but separate on an old flag pole near my verandah, Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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One Single Impression #64 ~ Tolerance
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Above and below
No white flag on peeling pole
Brittle tolerance
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12 comments:

The Summer Kitchen Girls said...

What a funny picture Gemma! We don't think we've ever seen a cockatoo & crow together....ever!

paisley said...

i love that last line... sounds like a marriage to me......

Ebie said...

A perfect capture! I wonder how the two got together up there.

SandyCarlson said...

Yin and Yang hanging in together! Lovely.

gabrielle said...

the antipodes that keep us whole, the dialectic ever renewing

Jim said...

Hey Gemma, I am glad they are keeping some distance. If I was the bird on top I would be nervous and make the other leave (very brittle tolerance).
She looks a little nervous at that. I think the white bird is looking for a place to jump down to. :-)
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Anonymous said...

What a neat shot! Which one took off first?

SmilingSally said...

They don't look like friends.

Tumblewords: said...

Perfect, perfect! A great shot indeed -- what could be more 'tolerant' than the black and the white sharing a post.

irenet said...

A unique picture contrasting black and white, balanced, like tolerance..

Maria Berg said...

Blake and white - up and down.

I like the photo of the beach it is nice that you have so much of the sky.

Perfect also with the red between the boats.

It is difficult to think that you have autumn and we have started summer here... (I have worked in New Zealand on summer and it was winter home.)

/Maria berg, Sweden

Patti said...

I love the phrase "brittle tolerance"...so very true! Great contrasts in words and picture

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