Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ One of the many roses in the rose maze at Ashcombe Maze, Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula
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Mellow Yellow Monday #102
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Today's Flowers #126
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Macro Monday #119
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Buttery lemon
Waves of beautiful petals
Sweet rose perfection
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Hosted by TODAY'S FLOWERS TEAM
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Hosted by Lisa @ Lisa's Chaos
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)
Monday, January 3, 2011
Summer Yellow Rose
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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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29 comments:
Great macro shot!
Happy 2011!
Such a pretty bloom!
My Entry, happy new year!
A beautiful rose Gemma. It would also have been perfect for a shadow shot.
Blessings . . . Arija
Looks like the sun kissed it.
Lovely flower & thought! felz ano novo!
beautiful silken petals! gorgeous color, too.
http://savorthebite.blogspot.com/2011/01/todays-flowers-22.html
lovely poem to go with your beautiful rose!
Summer. Oh how I dream of you.
It's very pretty.
Happy MYM!
Liz @ MLC
That's a rose? It's gorgeous!
It's a beauty, Gemma, especially with the grey area behind it.
-- K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
Being in the cold north, a beautiful yellow rose is a breath of sunshine to day. Beautiful petal details.
Gorgeous, cant wait for spring to see such pretty flower again
The yellow rose is really sweet and gorgeous. Happy New Year 2011 to you!
What a beautiful rose, the yellow brings sunshine to my winter.
Happy New Year!
beautiful beautiful petals!
Happy Bless New Year!
Lifemoto MYM
Gorgeous rose and my favorite flower.
The color, the lighting...you always have such wonderful macro photos!!!
Happy New Year to you. Hope you can stop by and see my "Japanese Kitty" I set up for my macro, today.
Offf,ce frumusete ai tu acolo!
La multi ani!
one of my favorite flower,Rose.
http://www.acchong.com/2011/01/mellow-yellow-monday.html
Simply Beautiful!!! Cathy
Such a beautiful rose. Yellow in sunlight. :-D
Happy New Year!
AH! The joys of summer! :)
I can't wait for our summer to get here...That rose is stunning!
Pretty yellow rose...Happy MYM!
Wow this is beautiful!! And it's summer at your place that is great! Happy New Year!
Macro Monday
Mellow Yellow Monday
Beautiful, brilliant yellow color!
Rosas amarelas são sempre especiais!
Lovely Rose
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