Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Mailbox at Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula
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Mailbox Monday #30
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Small mailbox chalet
Deep in an ivy mountain
Hidden messages
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I measure out my life with haiku. My camera films my soul. ~ Gemma Wiseman
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)
Monday, August 31, 2009
Mailbox on Ivy Mountain
Raindrops on Leaves
Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ I know I have posted one version of rain on leaves before!
But I am fascinated by the artistic patterns of raindrops!
I had to post another!
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Macro Monday meme
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Beauty of raindrops
Bright leafy jewelled bubbles
Tiny silvered tears
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Blue Sky and Blue Cloud
Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Even the clouds are blue!
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Blue Monday meme
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Blue sky and blue cloud
An ocean of blue heaven
Like singing the blues
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Spring Rains on Spring Blossoms
Mosaic of Blossoms
Winter Water Chaos
Sunday, August 30, 2009
A Patch of Blue
Three Bells

Multiple exposure collage of phone at Tyabb Art and Craft Village + night lights in Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Carry on Tuesday #16 ~ It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night ~ Opening to Paul Aster's City of Glass (1985)
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Monday Poetry Train Revisited #43
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In the dead of night
Telephone ringing three times
Like the dead walking
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Heavenly chaos
First love was a swirling place
No rhyme or reason
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Far away island
Just clumps of rhododendrons
Coloured packaging
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Island castaway
Eden was a savage place
Second chance crumbled
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Skimped reality
Cold telephone reminders
Wrong number wrong place
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Three chances to love
Last life is ringing now
For whom the bell tolls
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White Blossoms in the Rain
Watcher on the Shore
Bowl It To Me!
Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Shadow loves to play with his "all star" ball!
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Pet Pride meme
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Let them bowl the ball
Be a serious goal keeper
Wise gems from Shadow
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Poetic Waves in Motion
Nearly Spring Sunlight and Shadows
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Flight of Seagull Wings
Surprise Performance

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Programme cover of my school's musical performance.
Last night, after a long and weary Friday of teaching, I attended my school's performance of Grease.
SURPISE! SURPISE!
The performance was professional!
Talented dancers and singers created a "feel good" atmosphere.
The musical score was beautifully presented, adding some quirky extras to the original.
There was a real old car on stage for the well known song "Greased Lightning".
Brilliant choreography, costuming and lighting effects!
It was uplifting!
I felt proud to be a part of Casey Grammar School!
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PhotoHunt #177 ~ Surprise
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A new Greased Lightning
Surprise bolt of energy
Brilliant drama storm
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Reflections Beyond Reflections
Friday, August 28, 2009
More Late Winter Beauty
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Dogs in a Beer Garden
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Folded Summer
Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ 
Tables and umbrellas waiting for summer warmth at Portsea Hotel ~ overlooking Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula
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3WW #CLII ~ fracture + noise + vanish
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Umbrella army
Summer noise and sights vanish
Like a wrapped fracture
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Portsea Hotel
Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Side view of Portsea Hotel, Mornington Peninsula
This hotel is huge with many dining areas.
Old and new window styles blend to create a charming mix of worlds.
On the terrace you can enjoy sweeping views of Port Phillip Bay.
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Sepia Scenes #45 + Window Views #19
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Multi-framed windows
Nostalgic views are within
Seas from then till now
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Dive Victoria
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My Poetry Videos on TeacherTube + Google Video
SONGS ABOUT AUSTRALIA
- Damien Leith - his citizenship ceremony in Tenterfield + he sings "Tenterfield Saddler" - Australia Day 2007
- "I Still Call Australia Home" - Peter Allen's beautiful song sung by the Outback Singers - absolutely stunning!
- "I Am Australian" - delightful Australian images synchronise with a song of the Australian spirit - The Seekers
- "Great Southern Land" - the deepest wells of the Australian spirit - Icehouse (1989)
Australian Photography, Painting & Music Links
- Tia Kane Art - Chinese art through Australian eyes
- Kieran Murphy - Amazing 19yr old (2008) guitarist - Melbourne = "The Chase"
- Ian Wallace - Award winning photographer from Tasmania
- Lindsay Buckland - Music - Eclipse of the Common Sense - Melbourne, Australia
- Andonis - Heroic Mosaic Art - Melbourne Australia
- Michelle Wrighton - Pet Portrait Artist - Perth, Western Australia
- David Webb's Nature Photography - Queensland
- Robert Todonai - Painter of Australian Life & Landscapes - Western Australia
General Interest Australian Websites
- Australia's Weirdest Wineries
- Mornington Peninsula Tourism
- HaikuOz
- Unusual Facts About Australia ~ Some serious, mysterious and fun
- Desert Art - Broken Hill NSW
- The True Blue Roo Poo Company - Funny gifts from Down Under
- Scribbly Gum
- Truly Australia - Travel Australia
- ABC Rural Australia
- ABC Northern Tasmania
- Australian Snapshots
- Message Stick - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Online
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- Mailbox on Ivy Mountain
- Raindrops on Leaves
- Blue Sky and Blue Cloud
- Spring Rains on Spring Blossoms
- Mosaic of Blossoms
- Winter Water Chaos
- A Patch of Blue
- Three Bells
- White Blossoms in the Rain
- Watcher on the Shore
- Bowl It To Me!
- Poetic Waves in Motion
- Nearly Spring Sunlight and Shadows
- Flight of Seagull Wings
- Surprise Performance
- Reflections Beyond Reflections
- More Late Winter Beauty
- Dogs in a Beer Garden
- Folded Summer
- Portsea Hotel
- Dive Victoria
- Grand Old Bookshelf
- Peeling White Mailbox
- Whispers of Spring
- Blue Dromana Boatsheds
- A Touch of Spring
- Mosaic of Lilies
- Silent Bell of Spring
- Fragile Wings
- Pom Pom Flowers
- Wings more than wings...
- Horse Illusion
- Shadow's Pouting Place
- Headland Near Queenscliff
- Frieze of Shadows
- Queue Up for Fast Food
- Cockatoo Railway Station
- Ripples
- Skies Through the Windscreen
- Cows Wander Home
- A Touch of Butterfly Wings
- Shadow of a Dove
- Gallery of Windows
- Winter Water Journey
- When a journey begins badly...
- Reading Figurines
- Winter Walk by the Sea
- Mailbox Chalet
- Legendary Blues
- What Am I?
- Golden Bells are Ringing Silently
- Rugged Winter Waters
- Sun and Moon on Earth
- Hurdles
- Shadow's Shoulder Comfort
- Cupped Blush of Beauty
- Art in Progress
- A Ripple in Time
- Candleholder Shadows
- Waiting Eyes
- Artificial Beauty
- Petrol Pumps
- From Soft Morning to Glowing Evening
- Blemishes
- Rosebud Sign
- Whimsical Night Sky
- Misty Rainy Morning Window
- Seawinds Reflection
- Secrets of Queenscliff Pier
- Mini Fishermen
- Blue Mosaic Water Feature at Tyabb
- Wattle Means Spring
- Mosaic of Patterned Woods
- New Sunshine
- Shades of Beauty
- Old Baby
- Morning Salts
- Moonlight is Reflected Light
- Late Winter Agapanthus
- Shadow's Garden Thoughts
- Leaving on the Wings of a Ferry
- Ferry View of Sorrento
- Fallen Camellias, Beautiful Shadows
- Fetch
- Morning Meltdown
- Colour Your World...
- Mystical Night Sky
- To pier or not to pier...
- Special Wings
- Sales Pitch
- Furling Petals
- Sorrento Watercolours
- Musings on a Golden Eagle
- Garden Art at Tyabb
- Rosella Enchantment
- Seahaze
- Media On Call
- Cockatoos in the Rain
- Colour in Motion
- Blues in Another Lifetime
- Shadow Patterns
- Window Impressions
- The story is the journey...
- White Bells of Winter
- Determination ~ or is that stubbornness?
- Creative Soul in a Garden
- Early Spring Pinks
- Shadows of Winter
- Beautiful Eyes Waiting...
- Train Fantasy
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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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