Gemma's ~~~ "Greyscale Territory" ~~~~~~~ Poetic Songlines: Spirit of Celebration

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Spirit of Celebration

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Today we celebrated Christmas with lunch at the grand old Portsea Hotel, Mornington Peninsula overlooking Port Phillip Bay.
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Writer's Island 2010 #35 ~ Celebrate
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Colours celebrate
Red, green, silver and gold shine
Christmas connections

The heart returns home
Family, memories, dreams
Longing of the soul
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Hosted by Rob Kistner

LOCATION: in the Sea of Words
LONGITUDE: Imagination
LATITUDE: Creativity
CLIMATE: Warm winds of wonder

4 comments:

Leovi said...: "Peace, love and friendship. " Gemma from my blog celebrate this special day with you.; December 25, 2010 at 11:06 PM
Anonymous said...: Namaste!

I hope you had a great time. Your little poem made me think about my love of colour and the things we should be celebrating. Thank you.
ViV; December 26, 2010 at 9:39 PM
Elizabeth said...: Love the picture and the poem. Yes, the colors of Christmas call us to remember and to celebrate family, friends, and loving,

Thank you,

Elizabeth; December 27, 2010 at 1:28 AM
Lynn said...: Lovely poem and a great photo.; December 27, 2010 at 2:25 AM

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