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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Blotchy Beauty

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Martha Cove and Marina, Mornington Peninsula is a beautiful, scenic world of shining boats waiting for journeys.
But all is not as it seems.
Look closely at the expensive, coloured, same "little boxes" along the waterway leading to Port Phillip Bay, and you will find many are empty.
Nearby, is another new development where streets of blocks of land can't be sold.
The developer went into liquidation over this 92 hectare $650 million "nightmare project"!
{Ref: Bad Developers ~ Martha Cove Development (Tassels Creek)}
Today, we spoke to a man with a yacht moored in the marina!
He said that there were no accessible retail facilities (such as for washing) so he was just stopping awhile before moving on to Queenscliff across the Bay!
A sign says retail is coming soon!
It has been there for about two years!
Enough said!
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3WW #CCXXII ~ plausible + taint + willingly
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Smudge plausible worlds
Greed will taint beauty
Sour dreams willingly
~

Hosted by Thom @ Three Word Wednesday

12 comments:

Mona Sweden said...: It's sad. Unfortunately, there are bad developers all over the world. The photo is beautiful.; January 5, 2011 at 11:24 PM
Lilibeth said...: And such a beautiful picture to have been tainted by greed!; January 5, 2011 at 11:52 PM
Uma Anandane said...: Lovely poem !!; January 6, 2011 at 5:32 AM
Sheilagh Lee said...: Sheilagh Lee said wow you managed to get that point across in such few words bravo and so true!Such a shame; January 6, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Irene said...: Lovely post! So different from my white and cold world :); January 6, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Thom Gabrukiewicz said...: your haiku is very sad, and very true.; January 6, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Unknown said...: Oh! Sad!; January 6, 2011 at 10:07 AM
christopher said...: Namaste,

you have captured a twist in our affairs. Thank you.; January 6, 2011 at 2:57 PM
Nanka said...: Nice Haiku with a message. A willingly tainted blotch that is plausible.; January 7, 2011 at 4:52 AM
JanePoet ~ Deborah said...: You captured this tragedy so well.

peace,
JP/deb; January 7, 2011 at 5:10 PM
gautami tripathy said...: Well captured...

curtain of pebbled path; January 7, 2011 at 9:08 PM
faith said...: How sad! Beautiful photo!; January 9, 2011 at 10:29 AM

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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
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Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
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Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
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