from the fort wall...

spring skies viewed from a side wall of  Fort Queenscliff at Queenscliff...


contrast
intimidating fort walls and
welcoming spring skies


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Monday Mellow Yellows
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Wednesday Waters

spring last year...

spring skies over Rosebud beach last year...
Skies this year, so far, are rarely so friendly...


silky spring waters
soft skies
smile sweetly


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blue skies of spring...

view of a property at Red Hill...


blue skies of spring
when greens grow greener and
light is brighter


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday


My MEMES
Scenic Weekends - Links open tomorrow!
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Monday Mellow Yellows

blushing...

blushing
in love with
Spring warmth


Linking to:
Floral Friday Fotos
Weekend Flowers


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Monday Mellow Yellows

World of Children

Children enjoying time in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne on a beautiful Spring Sunday.
The little guy on the left is fascinated with noisy rosellas in the tree branches above him.


world of children
world of curiosity
and enchantment


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too


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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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Floral Love
Floral Friday Fotos
Weekend Flowers


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More Spring Blossom Joy

Awak'ning blossom
Like a burst of Spring beauty
Kissed by soft sunlight


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Sunday Snapshot
Your Sunday Best

Spring Blossom

Apricot tree blossom in my Spring garden in the Dromana Hills.
Hopefully there are more hours of sunshine than we have seen for weeks!


  White blossom dancing
Expectation of Springtime
Like white fairy wings


Linking to:
Floral Friday Fotos 
Blooming Friday ~ Expectation
Floral Art Friday
Weekend Flowers on Friday

So far...

 

So far far away
Like a shadowy dreamland
Spring is not our time


(Australia is drifting through the sleep of Autumn right now)



Sensational Haiku Wednesday is hosted by Jenn
CLICK on the badge to view MORE! - Prompt - Spring

Height of Haiku Challenge ~ Chime

The black swan is one of many bird varieties that enjoys Spring nesting in the wetlands at Coolart, Balnarring

Height of Haiku Challenge
Haiku Heights #74 ~ Chime

Sparkle in the air
Hope of fresh new beginnings
Chime of Spring joys


Haiku Heights is hosted by Leo

Her mood today...

A tree in the Dromana Hills shedding its winter coat
Mother Nature is out and about getting ready to change the seasons!

Form for All - dVerse - Rime Royal
From Gay Cannon:
To celebrate new beginnings, I thought this week we’d look at one of the oldest forms in English, Rime Royal or Rhyme Royal. Traditionally, the name Rhyme Royal is said to derive from The Kingis Quair (“The King’s Book), attributed to James I of Scotland (1394–1437), but some critics trace the name to the French chant royal.

The rhyme royal stanza consists of seven lines, (usually) in iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme is a-b-a-b-b-c-c. In practice, the stanza can be constructed either as a terza rima and two couplets (a-b-a, b-b, c-c) or a quatrain and a tercet (a-b-a-b, b-c-c). This allows for a good deal of variety, especially when the form is used for longer narrative poems; and along with the couplet, it was the standard narrative meter in the late Middle Ages.

+ Poetry Pantry #60

Her mood today's a sparkle in the breeze

She longs to feel the colours of the earth
She haunts the textured barks and greens of leaves

And from the soul of darkness springs a firth
The phoenix cycle wheels to legend's birth

A Tinkerbell awak'ning Spring's surprise
Her mood today's a scent of summer eyes




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Weekend Nature #26 ~ New Leaves

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ New Spring leaves glowing in soft green-gold at Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula
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Fresh glow of new life
New leaves are like new pages
Waiting to be loved
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Weekend Nature #26 ~ New Leaves
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WELCOME TO WEEKEND NATURE
Here you may post ANYTHING - landscapes or macros - related to Nature

trees
animals - wild or domestic
foliage
water
leaves
rural landscapes
birds - wild or domestic
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waves
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Against the Light

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Touches of light and shadow through new Spring flowers in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Blooming Friday prompt ~ Against the Light
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Cascading flowers
Pockets of shadow and light
Like weeping colours
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Hosted by Katarina

More Spring Shadows

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Spring shadows in my Dromana Hills, garden, Mornington Peninsula
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Shadow Shot Sunday #125
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White floral crystals
Shadows of Springtime magic
New light in new worlds
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Tracy included my last week's entry in one of her weekly mosaics!
Thank you Tracy!
The Shooters: 1. AngelaNZ 2. Ramblings&Photos 3. Gemma 4. DianeAZ 5. Kylie
6. TomHilton 7. Eden 8. Bariboo 9. CanadianGardenJoy


Hosted by Tracy @ Hey Harriet

Slowly Evolving Blue Spring Skies

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Slowly the blue of Spring skies is emerging in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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SkyWatch Friday #106
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Odd tangled season
A split personality
Spring's riddled with storms
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Hosted by Klaus Sandy Wren Fishing Guy Sylvia

Awakening Blossoms

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Fresh blossoms in my awakening Spring garden, Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Today's Flowers #109
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Purple wired blossoms
Earth's gems gathered on a tree
Like sparkling Earth stars
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Hosted by TODAY'S FLOWERS TEAM
LUIZ SANTILLI JR. DENISE IN VIRGINIA LAERTE PUPO SANDY CARLSON

Spring is in the Air

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Flower emerging in my garden in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Today's Flowers #107
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Fresh colours of Spring
Hints of warmth after cold rains
Welcome Nature's grail
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Hosted by TODAY'S FLOWERS TEAM
LUIZ SANTILLI JR. DENISE IN VIRGINIA LAERTE PUPO SANDY CARLSON

It's Spring Outside I Believe

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ My upper verandah deck with Spring golds blooming behind in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Six Word Saturday meme
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Spring grows and my cold grows
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My cold grows in Spring holidays
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Fun spending holidays at the doctor's
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Fun watching Spring from the inside
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Poefusion of the Seasons

Collage by Gemma Wiseman of Spring and Autumn on the Mornington Peninsula
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Poefusion Friday 5 ~ autumn + sovereign + subtraction + distinction + nectar
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Seasonal sisters
Autumn leaves like falling wines
Bright ruffles of Spring
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Distinction of time
Cool decline and warm nectar
Beauty of contrasts
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Collage by Gemma Wiseman
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Opposite landscapes
Subtraction and addition
Absolute beauties
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Sovereign women
Natural alter egos
Life's Poefusion
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Collage by Gemma Wiseman
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NOTE: This is the last Friday 5. Michelle of Poefusion has been a wonderful hostess, so, in some small way, I wanted to use her last prompt as a celebration of Poefusion.
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Spring Countryside

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Whispers of a Spring countryside in Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula
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Scenic Sunday #61
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Rolling hills of Spring
Touches of awakenings
New worlds new moments
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