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Saturday, July 4, 2009

New Primeval "Forest"

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Dromana Hub Shopping Centre carpark on a cold, wet, sea misty, Winter Saturday morning.
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Sunday Scribblings #170 ~ Human/Humanity
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Chilled crowded carpark
No Winter deters shopping
New primeval urge
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Hunter gatherer
Trolley loads of packages
Registered treasures
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Human right and need
Shopping for basics or joy
Distilling Eden
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12 comments:

Understanding Alice said...: very good - the primeval urge to shop...; July 4, 2009 at 7:03 PM
poefusion said...: Strong observations on one of many common everyday things. I like that second haiku best. Have a great day.; July 4, 2009 at 8:33 PM
irene said...: We've adapted our hunting gathering urges to the urban landscape..

Happy 2nd anniversary of blogging.; July 4, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Dee Martin said...: And our primeval instincts really kick in if it is a shoe sale :)

Happy 2 year bloggiversary!; July 5, 2009 at 1:44 AM
b+ (Retire In Style Blog) said...: A picture well painted!

b; July 5, 2009 at 5:09 AM
a mouthy irish woman? ridiculous! said...: me, me, me. stuff, things, possessions.; July 5, 2009 at 7:03 AM
floreta said...: great triptych of poems; July 5, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Americanising Desi said...: happy bloggin anniversary :)

and this was a prompt well done :)

Nostalgic Human; July 5, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Sherri B. said...: These were very cleverly done...that urge to shop can certainly take over, especially in winter when cabin fever takes over and you must get out of the house.

P.S. Beautiful music playing on your blog...; July 6, 2009 at 4:51 AM
Thom Gabrukiewicz said...: Shopping as the new hunter/gatherer. So clever.

Finality; July 6, 2009 at 1:50 PM
when the musics over said...: "Distilling Eden". Great line, among others here!; July 7, 2009 at 2:46 AM
Nara Malone said...: I spent the weekend giving in to that primal urge. :); July 7, 2009 at 9:33 AM

Archive of Blog Quotes

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