THE MEANING OF AUTUMN
WINTER is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist
WINTER is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul
- Gemma Wiseman
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
Tasmania
A place of beauty in the Western Tiers
Tasmania
View near Blackwood Park Cottages, Mole Creek
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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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10 comments:
Weird but true... this is the kind of scene I could see myself coming upon while hiking in Hong Kong! ;O
Hi Gemma, that's a wonderful photo set against a quaint beach. I would love to visit Australia one day.
Have a wonderful weekend.
What a lovely different capture, Gemma! Beautiful! And, yes, I too would love to be able to visit Australia and seeing your photos over the past couple of years has only made the desire stronger! Such a lovely country you do have!
Sylvia
I love this! It's not that common to see a tree on a beach here in NC - that''s a special one. I love the haiku too.
Thanks for visiting mine and have a great week!
Beautiful tree!
Girl, it sure looks like summer in your neck o the woods, we've had an unusually warm Dec. and Jan. so far, but we aren't deluding ourselves, it'll still be here in full force, just when is the question!!!
Yes, I've been so busy trying to work and still get stuff ready for the Asylum...perfect name huh, that was my creation as well...go figure!!! I have another truck load ready to head out with, my backseat is filled with soap and smalls, so I will play again all day long in The Asylum(I love saying that) it's sooooo me!!! This restless spirit is always in need of change, I get bored with the same ol same ol and this is just way too much fun! I figured out what my tattoo will be...just one small word...FERAL...definition, once domesticated, now wild...LOVE IT, it's so me, this wild child!
I hope to get back to SSS soon, as soon as my living room gets back in order, but there's always sumthin creative cookin' in my world...I can't make it stop!!! I blame it on my Dad, he's the same way, we always have to be workin' on sumthin'!
Too late with the Scratchy thing, she already got her hair cut. She's 11 1/2 now, so anything I can make easier on her I do...I'll need to get her a collar with skulls on it...or spikes...LOL!
Enjoy your summer sister, breathe in some of that ocean breeze for me...K...I'll be back soon!
Big ol Iowa(not Idaho)hugs from your like mind...
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Beautiful picture ! what a wild nature !! May I ask you to put the logo and a link to my blog on your post when you pare participating ? Thank you !
So nice, Gemma--a beautiful place to sit and watch the ocean (as the tree does all day long!). Have a great week. Mickie :)
That's a beautiful tree. I love the scenery too.
That's my sort of beach - one where you can potter around and explore, maybe even climb a tree. :) The red, red, earth stands out - it always spells Australia to me.
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