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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

From the Point Nepean Quarantine Station...

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A view across Port Phillip Bay from Point Nepean's old Quarantine Station newly opening for tourists, Mornington Peninsula
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Outdoor Wednesday #78
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Calm winter morning
Calm seas by past lost lifestyles
Hints of tragedy
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Hosted by Susan @ A Southern Daydreamer

3 comments:

Suz said...: loved your honest to goodness haiku
so wonderful it contains a season
Lovely photo; July 7, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Indrani said...: Looks like a great spot for vacationing. Love the haiku.; July 7, 2010 at 1:08 PM
eileeninmd said...: A lovely view and scene, Gemma!; July 8, 2010 at 7:24 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