A Flower Moment

For just a week, these flowers bloomed in my garden in early January 2012.
A brief flowering, just like our summer!

Transient beauty
Dramatic flecks of colour
Like a bold fanfare





Click on the badge to view MORE!

City Reflection

Building in Melbourne's CBD

City reflection
Like multi tiered parking slots
Like strange postal grids


Hosted by James
Click on the badge to view MORE!

Remembering Summer Beaches

These were the skies closing our first summer day in November 2011.
They coloured the world of Safety Beach on the Mornington Peninsula.
It seems fitting to use them now when summer has slipped away into the wings.

Remembering time
Time when summer light lingered
Long into the night


Hosted by Sandy Wren Sylvia

Click the badge to see MORE!

Dog and a Pizza

This sign appears in the main street of Mornington on the peninsula.
I'm sure it attracts a few comments.

Dog and a pizza
Never should they share this meal
The sign tells me so


Signs, Signs is hosted by Lesley
Click on the badge to see MORE!

Nature's Rugged Gallery

A view of Nature's London Bridge on the eastern side of the Mornington Peninsula at Portsea.
This photo is taken from a small walkway at the top of the cliff!

Wild and rugged coast
Waves and winds shape new artwork
Nature's gallery


Sensational Haiku Wednesday is hosted by Jenn
CLICK on the badge to view MORE! - Prompt - Nature

A Homely Grave

As soon as I saw this grave in Sorrento Cemetery, on the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula, I thought that it looked like the shape of a home.


When I read the inscription, I thought that it was intended to look like a home.


Here is a view of the grave's position in the cemetery.
Right next to the grave is a seat for staying awhile.

But the real surprise came when I checked out Suzanne's death notice with her funeral directors.
There were some words of high praise.
A heroine of our time.
I had a feeling that there was more story to be told.

And in The Age April 15, 2008, I found an article entitled An Active Mind Blooming With Ideas. It was all about Suzanne Hunt.
Hunt practised as a museum curator, archivist, garden historian and writer. Her community activities ranged from involvement in her children's scout group to keep it from folding, to presidency of her local Liberal Party branch.
For her, history was not an academic pursuit but a lively exploration of ordinary people, things and places, and of the tales they could tell.

She sounds like a beautiful person loved by far more than her own family.
And in the midst of all her achievements, she had a 19 year battle with cancer.
See more of this article HERE!

Perhaps the building shape may represent a museum - protecting treasures.

Lively achiever
Challenges inspired her day
Sharing energy


Taphophile Tragics is hosted by Julie
Click on the badge to view MORE!

Norm Clarke Walkway

The Norm Clarke Walk is like a narrow alley between the shops at Rosebud on the Mornington Peninsula.
It features art on both sides, so that the artwork becomes like a mural - almost impossible to photograph collectively.
This is most of one side.


And this is most of the other.

And here is a selection of the ones I particularly liked!
The walkway just seems to be the opportunity to post any artwork?



Monday Mural is hosted by Oakland Daily Photo
Click on the badge to view MORE!