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Friday, December 26, 2008

Variety of Skies on Christmas Day 2008


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Early Christmas morning on Dromana beach, Mornington Peninsula
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Skywatch Friday #24
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Soon, the skies over the coastline were filled with low, bright, white rolling cloud.
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Slowly the white deepened to wells of pearl grey
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ By the time I returned home mid morning, the view from my verandah of Port Phillip Bay revealed more and more blue sky.
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Bright Christmas Day skies
Whispering warmth of summer
Mellow happiness
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ And Christmas Day held a very special warmth and brightness
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34 comments:

Joseph Pulikotil said...

Hi :)

Lovely photos!

Many thanks for sharing.

Have a nice day :)

paisley said...

just dropping by to wish you a merry christmas... thank you for all of your love and friendship and inspiration over the course of the last year.....

Leslie said...

Merry Christmas Gemma. I have had black cockatoos lately. ;)

Redzlan aka Tabib said...

Bright Christmas sky there.
Happy Holidays!

Steffi said...

Great pictures!Merry cHristmas to you!

??? said...

Beautiful shots of the clouds, thanks for sharing.

Redzlan aka Tabib said...

Beautiful and bright sky series.
Happy Holidays!

Torsdag 1952 said...

There is a big difference between your christmas-skys and german winterskys. Love your shots.
Happy Holidays
Hartmut

Gerald (Ackworth born) said...

what a lovely set of skys

Unknown said...

Lovely set of shots!
Merry Christmas Gemma.

imac said...

Amazing set of photos.

Cactus Jack Splash said...

Nice warm skies

SandyCarlson said...

Lovely skies. Merry Christmas, Gemma!

Ruth said...

Merry Christmas. I like your warm skies. We have more white on the ground than in the sky.

The Good Life in Virginia said...

beautiful series of shots...happy holidays from botetourt county virginia.

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas, Gemma. Thank you for all your wonderful poems and photos this year. Much love to you and your famly. XXX

Anonymous said...

Beautiful sky shots!

Season's Greetings!

Paz

Anonymous said...

Lovely skies you've got on Christmas Gemma :)

Happy Boxing Day Gemma!!

DeniseinVA said...

Hi Gemma, beautiful series of photos. Hope you had a lovely Christmas.

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Arija said...

Great skies Gemma, and I lile the bathing huts.
Happydays of Christmas.

Lilli & Nevada said...

These are all beautiful and bright photos.

Niina said...

Thank you for sharing the lovely and warm photos. It makes me to think about summer and wish it was that season...Happy Holidays!

Michele said...

Indeed bright and cheerful skies for Christmas day... snow and more snow here on Christmas Day...
I hope you had a wonderful season.
~Michele~
Mountain Retreat- Canada

Eleanor said...

Our Christmas skies started out grey and the weather blessedly cool but by midday (and Christmas lunch on the verandah) they looked a little like yours. Blue, with great puffs of white cloud. The weather was perfect - not too hot. I hope your Christmas was perfect too!

Anonymous said...

It's nice to see your pictures of the Christmas sky, Gemma. Must be quite warm where you live, while it's quite cold overhere.
Merry Christmas and enjoy your holidays!

Linda Jacobs said...

Yes, "mellow happiness." That's how I feel this morning now that the holiday is over. You take the best pictures!

ChrissyM said...

Excellent series of photos! Look at those clouds! happy holidays!

Mojo said...

All awesome as usual, but I especially love the first one. I could wake up to that every morning. Definitely!

Cloudia said...

Gemma: you live in a lovely country; on many levels.
Aloha-

Anonymous said...

You saw more BLUE in your skies on Christmas Day than WE did ... but our skies are blue today. Love your Haiku ... already thinking of summer?
Hugs and blessings,

Pearl Maple said...

Lovely collection of photos for Sky Watch Friday, always something interesting to see in the sky if we remember to take the time to watch.

Thanks for sharing with us all.

Julie said...

Looks nice and warm there with those beautiful skys, cold and snowy here. Lovely shots.

Maria Verivaki said...

hi gemma
hope your christmas was a restful and peaceful one like ours was here
hoping the new year is a better one for you!
greetings from a cold wet hania

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