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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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Rise and Fall of Modern Society


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Spring skies in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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3WW #CLVII ~ ambitious + incredible + ugly
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Ambitious means skies
Incredible means progress
Wastelands mean ugly
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Legendary Spring in Sepia


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Calm spring waters over Port Phillip Bay as viewed from Dromana beach, Mornington Peninsula
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Sepia Scenes #50
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Sepia legend
Like a rejuvenation
Spring always returns
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A White Swan in My Garden


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A swan that has travelled many garden journeys with me.
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White Wednesday #15
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Gentle peaceful wings
Quiet garden ambiance
Magic of a swan
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Portsea Hotel ~ A Grand Old Lady


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ The front of Portsea Hotel, Mornington Peninsula on Port Phillip Bay
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Window Views #24
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Old Portsea Hotel
Grand old lady by the bay
Eyes by the waters
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Heaving Seas


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Heaving waters in a corner of Port Phillip Bay near Portsea, Mornington Peninsula
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Watery Wednesday #55
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Beneath the surface
Troubled currents heave and fall
Rough and raw beauty
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

A Red Four Wheeler


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Interesting vehicle parked on a pier at Mornington
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Ruby Tuesday
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The sunny day car
Ready for wind in the hair
Ready and waiting
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Monday, September 28, 2009

Golden Fanfare


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Always a sign of Spring! Golden flowers!
These are in Dromana's streetscape, Mornington Peninsula
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Mellow Yellow Monday #38
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Golden flowerings
Like a fanfare for springtime
Leading the parade
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Light Fall


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Last lights after a strangely moody Spring day in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Monochrome Monday/Monochrome Maniacs
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Like fading embers
Where light crumples into dark
Like a fading kiss
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Sunday, September 27, 2009

A Kookaburra Story


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Two of our kookaburra friends from Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula
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Carry on Tuesday #20 ~ This week, the prompt is a quotation from the Austrian dramatist Friedrich Halm:
Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one

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Two souls together
Same pass on the same air line
I wing what you wing
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Two souls are lower
My questions are your questions
But who has answers
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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I see a new way
But I see the old way still
Where do we fly now
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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I say old is best
Do you hear me loud and clear
You must take my way
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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It's cool my old soul
Two hearts still beat best as one
Lets share our ideas
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Test the new and old
Two souls could mean just one thought
One dream one heartbeat
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Where the waves roll free...


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Misty view across Westernport Bay from Flinders beach, Mornington Peninsula
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Scenic Sunday #63
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Where the waves roll free
Where mist gently cradles light
There my soul will rock
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Scenic Sunday

Feeling Older But Feeling Regal


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Shadow is deep somewhere in his birthday thoughts?
Or is he pretending it's all not happening!
October 1 is near!
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Hmmmm... And She thinks I even look like the number 6 right now!
Hmmm....

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Pet Pride meme
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Birthdays celebrate
The soul in a cat's nine lives
Wise gems from Shadow

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Dark and Shadowy Light


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Shadows with storm clouds overhead in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Shadow Shot Sunday #71
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Beneath a dark sky
Spindly shapes scale a white wall
Creeping mystery
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

It's Spring Outside I Believe


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ My upper verandah deck with Spring golds blooming behind in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Six Word Saturday meme
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Spring grows and my cold grows
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My cold grows in Spring holidays
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Fun spending holidays at the doctor's
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Fun watching Spring from the inside
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Red Hill Twisting Walkway


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Wonderful twisting walkway through bushland at Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula
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PhotoHunt #181 ~ Twisted
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Twisting bushland track
Invitation to new sights
New wonders new dreams
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Poefusion of the Seasons


Collage by Gemma Wiseman of Spring and Autumn on the Mornington Peninsula
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Poefusion Friday 5 ~ autumn + sovereign + subtraction + distinction + nectar
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Seasonal sisters
Autumn leaves like falling wines
Bright ruffles of Spring
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Distinction of time
Cool decline and warm nectar
Beauty of contrasts
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Collage by Gemma Wiseman
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Opposite landscapes
Subtraction and addition
Absolute beauties
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Sovereign women
Natural alter egos
Life's Poefusion

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Collage by Gemma Wiseman
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NOTE: This is the last Friday 5. Michelle of Poefusion has been a wonderful hostess, so, in some small way, I wanted to use her last prompt as a celebration of Poefusion.
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Friday, September 25, 2009

Moody Late Afternoon Skies at Balnarring


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Dramatic, late afternoon Spring skies at Balnarring Shopping Village, Mornington Peninsula
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SkyWatch Friday #53
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Late afternoon moods
A silent brewing drama
Magic mystery
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Nature's Water Art


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ The waves crashing over Mushroom Reef, Flinders, Mornington Peninsula, make a wonderful swirl of patterns.
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Nature Notes #28
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Wild entrance to shore
Waves alive with energy
Mushroom Reef beauty
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A place of beauty in the Western Tiers

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View near Blackwood Park Cottages, Mole Creek

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Archive of Blog Quotes

  • A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
  • Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
  • Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
  • Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
  • Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
  • Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
  • Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman

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