AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

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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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

First Photos of My New World


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ This is the small winding pathway leading to my new home. I am standing on the front steps and delighted to see no cars, no roadway. Just a delightful little archway. (Note to self ~ I think the green needs a touch of pruning!)
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That's My World Tuesday meme #IX
PLEASE NOTE: This is a scheduled post.
I may not be online after my move, so I may not be able to visit your blog.
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These are the first photos of my new home. (They are a little ragged because I was going through the house with the real estate agent at the time and felt a bit nervous.) It may just be a rented home, somehow I feel a special touch of magical atmosphere here. I am still on my mountain, just a little further down. I love this area of Mornington Peninsula. I can't leave.
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Back verandah view of Mount Martha across the bay. I am really looking forward to seeing the night lights from here. (And improving my photos too!)
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ One end of the back verandah has this amazing little "upper deck". I presume it is to get a better view of the bay. As yet, I have been too chicken to go up there to find out! The steps are narrowish. You can see through them. And it's high! I'm not good with heights! But I hope my love of photos will make me go up there, even if I crawl!
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ View from the kitchen window
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Already I can see sky views have creative possibilities too! Yes! There are those steps again! I have to get up there!
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New world nerves linger
A little fear basks in hope
New views of old seas

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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Even a walk up the road offers views of the water! Yahooooo!
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Ruby Shelter


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Spring beach scene at Dromana, Mornington Peninsula
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Ruby Tuesday meme ~ scheduled post. I may not be online. I moved on Monday.
Please forgive me if I do not visit you.
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String of white puffed clouds
Undulating plain of blue
A touch of red shade

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Monday, December 15, 2008

Touch of Candlelight


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ My last lit candle before I move today. I used the candle holder for a hasty Chrissy decoration display and the candle is embedded in stones. In the background is the upstairs misty, rainy street view on Saturday afternoon.
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Manic Monday prompt ~ Candle ~ Scheduled post ~ I move today.
Please forgive me if I do not visit you.
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Candlelight of warmth
Steady glow in scattered mists
Candlelight of hope
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Grand Communication


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ New mailbox at Wildcroft Restaurant and boutique winery, Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula
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Mailbox Monday meme #19
Odd Shot Monday meme
~ Scheduled post. I move today.
Please forgive me if I do not visit you.
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New giant mailbox
Grand scale communication
Barrel of deep charm

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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Flowers of Hope


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Flowers in a Dromana front garden, Mornington Peninsula
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Monochrome Monday meme hosted by Aileni ~ Scheduled post. I move today.
Please forgive me if I do not visit you.
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Corner of the world
Somewhere a sweet flower blooms
Hope in the darkness

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Celebrating Edvard Munch's birthday


Collage by Gemma Wiseman ~ Dromana pier, Mornington Peninsula + Edvard Munch's The Scream ~ 1893
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Simply Snickers prompt ~ just + joy
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Expressionism
Bridging joy of love and death
Just a silent scream

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Distractions


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Walking Dromana beach, Mornington Peninsula
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One Single Impression prompt #42 ~ Distractions
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Distractions
Divide
Routine from
Chance musings
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Distractions
Cull
Detractions and
Bless living with
Attractions
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Sometimes
Watching a bird in flight
Skittles
Stale duties
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Sometimes
Walking on the beach ~
Taking a longer walk on the beach ~
Seeing
Breathing
Feeling
Salty Nature
Eases
Erases
The tense urgency of
Time passing
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Sometimes
Wandering away is
Far more healthy than
Staying
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Birds in flight over Dromana beach
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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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