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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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Shadow Well


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Shadow games at Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula
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Shadow Shot Sunday prompt #27
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Tracey, our Hey Harriet from Brisbane who hosts this delightful meme, opens her posting this week with
In ninja fiction, ninjas are supposedly able to become "one with the shadows" or, "a living shadow." In the manga, Naruto a special shuriken is named "The Windmill of Shadows." Also in Naruto, Shikamaru Nara possesses the technique to control a person's body movements once his shadow touches theirs. He can also manipulate his shadow into several shapes. Cool huh? I think I'd like to be a ninja!
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Where the shadows play
Pocket garden locked in trees
Where secrets whisper
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Yesterdays linger
Lone well waiting for wishes
Where tomorrows dream
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Light is the shadow of god.
Plato (c.427 - 347 BC)
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14 comments:

Digital Polaroids said...

Lovely post, I never saw a wooden cistern

oximoron said...

I like your haikus. There are very lovely. :)

bobbie said...

Some lovely shadows. I like them very much, as well as your poetry.

bobbie said...

You have some lovely shadows here. I like them very much, as well as your poetry.

Alissa Nicolau said...

great shadow shot. You seem to find beauty everywhere outdoors.

Lisa's RetroStyle said...

Love this shot! All the soft greys are so nice.

Hey Harriet said...

This is wonderful! You do find the most interesting shadow subjects! The haikus are lovely also :)

I hope you're still keeping safe with the crazy weather you guys are having!

dianasfaria.com said...

a lovely little well. love the serene colors you've captured!

High Desert Diva said...

This looks like it belongs in a story book! Very charming.

Rosebud Collection said...

Wonderful shadow..I feel like I should throw a coin in and make a wish..looks like a "wishing well"..

A Wild Thing said...

A wish for a wishing well...to be one with the shadow and to know what really lurks in each dark form...

Had company for 3 days and have not been able to keep in touch...like having withdrawels...I'm back!!!

Dianne said...

the woods are alive with shadows!! I love this shot.

The Summer Kitchen Girls said...

What a peaceful shot there in the midst of the trees - the wishing well ads a bit of magic too!

Anonymous said...

Hi Gemma, another beautiful walk through your piece of paradise, beautiful colours and textures in this photo and the path behind the wishing well looks so inviting :0) happy week to you Gemma.

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