Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Flowers growing wild by the roadside in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Today's Flowers #113
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White yellow and red
Pretty petals uncurling
Small drop of beauty
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Hosted by TODAY'S FLOWERS TEAM
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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)
Monday, October 4, 2010
Flowers Growing Wild
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- Damien Leith - his citizenship ceremony in Tenterfield + he sings "Tenterfield Saddler" - Australia Day 2007
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- Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
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- 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
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- Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
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8 comments:
Beautiful. You always take such amazing photographs!
"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." (Jesus - Matthew 6:28-29)
Beautiful wild lilies!
A white with a yellow color lilies, so beautiful.
Lovely flower photo.
Paz
A very beautiful lily.
Farmers dont like them going feral in their pasture but they are a balm to the traveller's eye.
Nice capture.
an interesting reverse to the petals... L
Love those wildflowers. Yours are splendidly captured in this photograph. Thanks for sharing and have a great week Gemma.
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