Gemma's ~~~ "Greyscale Territory" ~~~~~~~ Poetic Songlines: A River of Stones #3 ~ Gardening

Monday, January 3, 2011

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ My gardening tools...waiting!
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A River of Stones #3 ~ Gardening
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Gardening is such an earthy tournament
Thorns and mud
Trophies
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Click to see my other stones!
A River of Stones #2 ~ New Colours
A River of Stones #1 ~ New Wings

Laura Lawless said...: How wonderful! Gardening is one of my favorite past-times. It's very meditative. Love your small stone!; January 3, 2011 at 12:45 PM
SandyCarlson said...: Your world is a bouquet!; January 3, 2011 at 2:26 PM
Linnea said...: Beautiful scene...it really makes me miss my old gardening days. Enjoy summertime. It looks warm and sunny where you are. Happy new year and thanks for all your visits and nice comments...; January 3, 2011 at 4:48 PM
Anonymous said...: Lovely poem. I used to help my parents when gardening while I was a kid. I used to enjoy it a lot. Would love to do it again sometime.; January 3, 2011 at 5:21 PM
elena nuez said...: greetings and wishes all the best for 2011 from across the world!; January 3, 2011 at 8:42 PM
TrevorW�� said...: A wonderful image - it reminds me a lot of my Father who was a keen gardener.

By posting this photo from half way round the world you have triggered such great memories for me.

I wish you a really good 2011
Greetings from the UK
Trevor.; January 3, 2011 at 10:15 PM
Kuvalaya said...: I love this photo! There's a balance to it that is so pleasing...; January 4, 2011 at 10:32 AM
Unknown said...: Beautiful ivy!; January 4, 2011 at 2:05 PM

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