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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Friday, August 8, 2008

Llama Drama


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Llamas at Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula
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PhotoStory Friday prompt
~

For a long time
I have wanted
A pic of
Llamas ~
Especially the beautiful llamas at
Red Hill
~
Finally
I noticed
They had wandered down
Their hillside property
Fairly close to their fence ~
I had a chance
~
I begged the streets to
Get close ~
Closer
~
At last
As rain began to fall
Yet again
I found
A muddy spot
Parked the car
At some odd angle
Dived out and
Sank deeper and deeper in
Mud
~
Every excited step
Shook and shook with
Cold ~
But I wanted that pic ~
Won't the camera zoom in further?
I'm frozen
So frozen ~
The rain will tumble
Any minute
Must get that pic
Any pic of llamas
~
CLICK!
~
Squelching "run" to the car
And a peek at my prize!
There!
I think you can tell they are llamas!
They look so nonchalant
So peaceful!
And they didn't even notice me!
Sighhhh
~

PhotoStory Friday
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3 comments:

MomOf4 said...

I am glad that you got your picture! That would be something to see!

Indrani said...

Glad, you dared in the rains to get that shot for us. :)

Cecily R said...

Fabulous shot!! Glad you braved the rain!

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