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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 Interiors said...: What a funny picture Gemma! We don't think we've ever seen a cockatoo & crow together....ever!; May 18, 2009 10:05 PM
paisley said...: i love that last line... sounds like a marriage to me......; May 18, 2009 10:10 PM
Ebie said...: A perfect capture! I wonder how the two got together up there.; May 18, 2009 10:19 PM
SandyCarlson said...: Yin and Yang hanging in together! Lovely.; May 19, 2009 12:02 AM
gabrielle said...: the antipodes that keep us whole, the dialectic ever renewing; May 19, 2009 1:20 AM
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. :-)
..; May 19, 2009 3:09 AM
fourwindshaiga said...: What a neat shot! Which one took off first?; May 19, 2009 4:27 AM
Smilingsal said...: They don't look like friends.; May 19, 2009 7:48 AM
Tumblewords: said...: Perfect, perfect! A great shot indeed -- what could be more 'tolerant' than the black and the white sharing a post.; May 19, 2009 7:58 AM
irenet said...: A unique picture contrasting black and white, balanced, like tolerance..; May 19, 2009 4:38 PM
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; May 20, 2009 7:04 PM
Patti said...: I love the phrase "brittle tolerance"...so very true! Great contrasts in words and picture; May 21, 2009 8:51 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
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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