Gemma's ~~~~ "Greyscale Territory" ~~~~ Poetic Songlines: Winter Lily in Sepia

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Winter Lily in Sepia

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A winter lily now blooming in my Dromana Hills garden, Mornington Peninsula
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Sepia Scenes #37
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Snow white innocence
Flower of ancient legends
Sacred memory
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9 comments:

napaboaniya said...: Almost looking translucent :)
Love your sepia scenes logo with the cat as well!; July 1, 2009 8:35 PM
paisley said...: lovely photo and verse.. snow white innocence indeed...; July 1, 2009 9:21 PM
The Dark Lord said...: Beautiful photo, complimented by wonderful lines.... the ambience you create is .. overwhelming! Thank you for sharing...; July 1, 2009 10:15 PM
Ralph said...: The sepia mutes this view of the flower a bit, which allows our imagination to work a bit, giving us look at something radically different. I almost see a conch or some king of mollusk. This is a nice view and exercise (for me anyway...); July 2, 2009 11:25 AM
Bryan said...: Very soft and pleasing to the eye. Wonderful capture.; July 2, 2009 4:35 PM
Melli said...: It's gorgeous. I've never heard of "winter" lillies -- but it looks very similar to a calla lily - I'm going to have to google it!; July 3, 2009 12:54 AM
Donna Williams said...: This looks great in sepia. It looks very artistic, and a bit abstract. Really lovely photo!; July 3, 2009 1:03 AM
Dianne said...: beautiful shape and texture; July 3, 2009 5:53 AM
@nemonen said...: Very nice indeed; July 4, 2009 2:07 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