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Monday, August 31, 2009

Spring Rains on Spring Blossoms

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Blossoms damp with Spring rain in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Mellow Yellow Monday #34
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Damp mellow yellows
Drinking fresh wine of Springtime
Glistening jewels
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9 comments:

Lucy the Cat said...: Thanks for visiting my blog. :)

Your photos and poetry are beautiful! I especially like your winter picture and the verse that goes with it.; August 31, 2009 3:19 AM
Leo said...: how i wish, i had the eye for detail like u Gemma! :)

i love the pics u take! its so beautiful! and u match it with words beautifully as well...

it might be boring, seeing the same comment over n over again, but it makes me at a loss of words, seein ur pics! :); August 31, 2009 3:58 AM
Hampers said...: Wow...You have posted wonderful picture of flowers that is appreciated. keep it up the good work. Cheers :); August 31, 2009 3:13 PM
Anne said...: My 1st time to see this kind of flowers... very nice..
Here's My MYM entry.; August 31, 2009 11:59 PM
Mary said...: That photo is very beautiful. It's perfect for Mellow Yellow Monday. I hope your day is filled with sunshine.; September 1, 2009 4:27 AM
Dianne said...: they seem weighted down with the rain which gives them a whole new texture
very pretty

we are having a very fall like day here in NJ; September 1, 2009 6:25 AM
Drowsey Monkey said...: very pretty photo :); September 2, 2009 10:59 AM
Annie said...: Battered and bowed but not defeated. I'm guessing that with time, these pretty blossoms with perky right back up.; September 2, 2009 4:02 PM
Jan's Place USA and Mt Forest Pictures said...: rain can do that! I live in the wet pacific NW.. and our poor plants know that feeling much of the year! Very nice wet shot!; September 8, 2009 2:12 PM

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