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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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Summer Christmas Nature's Way


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Beautiful summer red coming into flower in my Dromana Hills garden, Mornington Peninsula
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Ruby Tuesday meme
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Nature's bright brushes
Heralding summer Christmas
Beautiful streetscape
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13 comments:

poefusion said...

this photo certainly fits the Christmas season in the states. hard to believe it's summer where you are. have a great day.

EG CameraGirl said...

I can't imagine having Christmas in summer but I bet you feel the same way about a winter Christmas.

The flowers of Australia seem so exotic to me!

Leora said...

This looks so exotic a plant - wonderful to see it flourish.

Ralph said...

This is a wonderful look at Christmas. The red seems to be the negative picture of the green pines we see up here in this season. The holiday colors of Oz are the same as us, but modified beautifully!

Diane AZ said...

Beautiful and fascinating to see those blooming at Christmas time. So festive and exotic looking.

Dimple said...

I remember bottle brushes from my childhood. Of course, in California they didn't bloom at Christmas!
Nice shot.

EJ said...

That's a fine looking flower.

My Festive Rubies says Merry Christmas.

The Cunning Runt said...

Very cool - unlike anything we have around here!

Dianne said...

I loved the way the light plays on the flower
there's tons of snow here right now, I think I'm a bit envious of your summer :)

Marice said...

what an interesting flower is that!

u may view mine here

moosh said...

Beautiful summer red flower

Helena said...

That's a really colourful photo! Nature really does give us wonderful colours. :)

Happy Christmas!

Coffeeveggie addict. said...

beautiful!i love its color....

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