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 30, 2008

Symbols of Fortune


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ This Chinese dragon has lived with me on my front verandah for a number of years. He has travelled well through a couple of house moves.
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Two fer Tuesday meme
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Superstitious foams
Riding the breakers of hope
2009

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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ To celebrate our new home, the dragon now has a Chinese jade plant right beside it.
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6 comments:

A Wild Thing said...

Funny how our lives parallel in so many ways...through our photos and writings, as I drag my Buddha to all of my homes hoping for the good luck to be with me always...I think it's worked on so many levels, how 'bout you?

Happy to see you are settling in and putting important things in their place.

Many hugs,
sharon

Unknown said...

I love Chinese dragons. A fitting two-fer! Thanks for playing today!

Leslie said...

Love the dragon and the good luck money tree. :)

I have a lemon tree on my porch now.

Mojo said...

Did somebody say "money tree"?

I need one of those!

Love the dragon. though I have to confess when I first saw him, I flashed on the "Great Stone Dragon" in Mulan

storyteller said...

Kewl Chinese Dragon ... Jade is an amazingly hearty plant isn't it!
Hugs and blessings,

Cloudia said...

Dragons & Kwan Yins are a MUST in any home of mine - even a floating home like mine. Blessings to you Gemma! Aloha-

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