Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Morning light in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Sky Watch Friday #113
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Bursting morning light
A flare of illumined hope
Charm of a new day
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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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SONGS ABOUT AUSTRALIA
- Damien Leith - his citizenship ceremony in Tenterfield + he sings "Tenterfield Saddler" - Australia Day 2007
- "I Still Call Australia Home" - Peter Allen's beautiful song sung by the Outback Singers - absolutely stunning!
- "I Am Australian" - delightful Australian images synchronise with a song of the Australian spirit - The Seekers
- "Great Southern Land" - the deepest wells of the Australian spirit - Icehouse (1989)
Australian Photography, Painting & Music Links
- Tia Kane Art - Chinese art through Australian eyes
- Kieran Murphy - Amazing 19yr old (2008) guitarist - Melbourne = "The Chase"
- Ian Wallace - Award winning photographer from Tasmania
- Lindsay Buckland - Music - Eclipse of the Common Sense - Melbourne, Australia
- Andonis - Heroic Mosaic Art - Melbourne Australia
- Michelle Wrighton - Pet Portrait Artist - Perth, Western Australia
- David Webb's Nature Photography - Queensland
- Robert Todonai - Painter of Australian Life & Landscapes - Western Australia
General Interest Australian Websites
- Australia's Weirdest Wineries
- Mornington Peninsula Tourism
- HaikuOz
- Unusual Facts About Australia ~ Some serious, mysterious and fun
- Desert Art - Broken Hill NSW
- The True Blue Roo Poo Company - Funny gifts from Down Under
- Scribbly Gum
- Truly Australia - Travel Australia
- ABC Rural Australia
- ABC Northern Tasmania
- Australian Snapshots
- Message Stick - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Online
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
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13 comments:
What a picture of hope for and faith in the new day! Breathtaking, Gemma! And the perfect words as always! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Sylvia
What a fabulous sky shot, cold and gray and windy here in Iowa today, but it'll be toasty at my Dad's house where the turkey is browning and all will soon meet!
Enjoy that wonderful sunshine for me too, I'll be back later, I want to tour your neighborhood...smooch!
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Stunning photo and haiku :))
Great shot, I liked very much, best regards :)
Wonderful, Gemma. Beautiful light, beautiful clouds, everything!
-- K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
This has been a great start to the day, a delightful sight that show up in the sky.
Gorgeous shot!
My Skywatch, hope you can visit? Thank you!
gorgoeus shot.
Wow wow and wow! Magical light - a gorgeous shot that takes my breath away.
Oh, what a beauty! This gorgeous sunrise is really worth to get up early. Beautiful shot Gemma.
I can hear the choirs! That is simply divine!
What an absolutely glorious morning sky. I do hope you had time to stand and gaze and drink it all in.
Positively huge shot!!!! Glad I checked it out -- brava!
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