like spikey balloons...

like spikey balloons
like peeling cotton buds
like white spindles


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like echoes...

like echoes
like duelling realities 
like reflections


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Own Worlds

Mum and daughter were at Portsea to watch the tall ships sail out of Port Phillip Bay two weeks ago.
But then there was this moment when both seemed to be in other worlds.


the world is there
tempting me
but I am here


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Floral Display

Spring display of flowers at the Melbourne Conservatory in the Fitzroy Gardens.


floral display
a tiny magic space
laden with beauty


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Refugees

Sign on the wall of St Paul's Cathedral opposite Federation Square in Melbourne.
At the time I took this photo last Sunday morning,
the carillon was playing, making the moment more poignant.
Outside the British Isles, St Paul's has one of the few peals of 13 bells.
St Paul's Cathedral is built on the site
where the first public Christian service in Melbourne was conducted in 1835.


in some ways
we are all refugees
fleeing our fears


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Fountain Waters at Play

Fountain waters at play in a Melbourne park.


waters at play
dancing in the light of
a Spring morning


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Artistic Facade

Artistic facade at Federation Square in Melbourne.


artistic facade
like an invitation
to keep walking round


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like white brushes...

Amazing what flowers can grow along a coastal walkway.
I believe this is a white grevillea coming into bloom near Dromana beach.


like white brushes
combing the warmth of Spring
with soft beauty


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Shadowy Network

disciplined life
soulless metal on wheels
shadowy network


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old sails...

Last weekend, tall ships, part of the Tall Ship Festival in Melbourne, sailed out of Port Phillip Bay heading for Hobart in Tasmania.
This is a view of one tall ship sailing past Portsea on the Mornington Peninsula.
For more photos of these tall ships, see my Boats and Boatsheds blog.


old sails
drifting on glittering waters
are new again


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Flower By Night Light

even by night light
the beauty of a small bud
blossoms


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Double Happiness

An odd little restaurant in the Moorabbin area (Patterson) near the railway.


double take
double double toil and trouble
double happiness


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where light softly glows...

Early evening skies at Dromana beach


where light softly glows
and waters shimmer quietly
Spring ev'ning romance


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The "M" World

Children's playground at Rosebud's McDonalds

the "M" world
cacophony of colour
to tempt the young


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when the itch calls...

when the itch calls
it's always a good time
to scratch


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where shadows play...

Shadows near the walkway at Dromana Hub shopping centre.


where shadows play
delighting in their spotlight
a moment of fame


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just a wild flower...

just a wild flower
just invading my garden 
just beautiful


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White Fluff

small white fluff
framed in drops of gold
wildflower beauty


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Lots of Stuff

I was sitting in the car at Moorabbin, waiting for hubby, so thought I would amuse myself by taking a few photos of nearby signs.
This sign was OK, but didn't seem particularly exciting.
I guess the use of the "$" sign was kinda creative, so I clicked the photo.
Still viewing through the lens, I moved the camera a little
and saw...


this sign.
It was by the turn from the carpark shopping centre to the road running by the shop in the first photo..
I chuckled.
A great play on words and a great "connection" with the shop sign.
Even the police are cashing in on "stuff".
Was that purely coincidence I wonder?
Check out what this last sign is really all about HERE.


it's all about stuff
from bits and pieces to
being stuffed


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Spring Skies on the Wing

skies more blue
seas more sparkling
Spring light is brighter


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Strange Garden Feature

This is a view from the front gate of a Red Hill property.
What the red covered feature may be I don't know.
Any guesses?


like a tree house
standing high and firm
without the tree


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I am held...

I am held
in my cradle of thought
and serenity


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Stretches of Reality

Early morning light stretches the art of table and chair legs into long shadows


like wind chimes
like intricate shadowy mobiles
like marionettes


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through the window...

through the window
waiting idly for
movement


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Australian Federal Elections today. 

UPDATE

Picture Source: AAP
Nova Peris has been elected as the first indigenous woman in Federal Parliament.
She is a former Olympic gold medal hockey player and athlete.
She won gold in field hockey at the 1996 Atlanta Games before moving to athletics and winning gold in the 200m and 4x100m relay at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.
Now she represents the Northern Territory for Labor in the Senate.


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beginnings...

beginnings
slowly unfolding
weeping by night light


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Private Balcony

This sign at Frankston for the Kon Thai Restaurant seems to be set like a framed, balconied window.
Small but eye catching above the shop front.
This was the first Thai restaurant - 1989 - on the Mornington Peninsula.


private balcony
creative advertising
a special sign


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last light in the sky...

Late winter, evening skies


last light in the sky
like a frenzy of brush strokes
last art of the day


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Toilet Art?

Not often do you see any form of art - other than graffiti - gracing exterior toilet walls.
But this one is in a park at Moorabbin, an inner suburb of Melbourne.

flowers
gracing toilet walls
smiling under glass


It features images of Australian plants with glass protection.


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Tap Up Close

humble school tap
useful on demand
unpretentious art


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Seagull Walks the Street

Seagull wandering the early morning Mornington Street.


wide awake feathers
enjoying a morning walk
before the crowds


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