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, August 25, 2009

Grand Old Bookshelf


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Lovely old bookshelf for sale at the Tyabb Grainstore Antiques, Mornington Peninsula.
It displays beautifully with all those red bound books!
~
Ruby Tuesday meme
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Stylish old bookshelf
Open to words of wisdom
Still waits patiently
~

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

very nicely chosen words! :)

lovely pic...

maryt/theteach said...

It's beautiful, Gemma! And so are the books! :) Happy Ruby Tuesday!

Anonymous said...

Nice haiku! Lovely photo too.

EG CameraGirl said...

Beautiful bookshelf but I have no idea where I'd put it in my house. How thoughtful of the store owner to to place ruby red books in it. ;-)

Dimple said...

The red books look good on the lovely shelves. Wood is such a beautiful substance!

Felisol said...

Red leather
embracing words
of life and death.
Handcrafted shelves
to enhance its contents.
From Felisol

Unknown said...

Lot of detail in that shelf! BeautifuL!

Miranda said...

oh love this, very nice!

Leora said...

"Still waits patiently" - I think the books are waiting to be appreciated. I can smell a bit of their antiquity from here.

Quilly Unshuttered said...

This is a wonderful bookcase. Did you buy it? I don't know that I could have resisted it.

life's journey said...

It is beautiful shot of the red books. My first entry is up.

Dianne said...

the books are beautiful!

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

Sturdy old bookshelf
holds wisdom of the ages
between red covers.

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