Zebra Crossing

a zebra painting
memories of abbey road
musical crossing



Source: Wikipedia


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Youngling

to swim with life's flow
a youngling means a freedom
ungroomed and unchained


NOTE
The photo above (December 2011) is a young seal pup that stayed awhile with Mum near Anthony's Nose
- a rocky ridge near Dromana beach on Port Phillip Bay.


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my days may be grey...

my days may be grey
I may be shrouded in mist
but somewhere sun  shines


NOTE:
The photo above was taken on the Dromana foreshore track - December 2011.
Summer was just beginning.


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Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

Xerox

nature's London Bridge
xerox of a famed name but
a diff'rent beauty


NOTE
This beautiful rugged piece of coastline with the sculpted arch is on the Mornington Peninsula.
The beach is called London Bridge Ocean beach and this arch is the highlight..


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Waterfall

waterfall surprise
no river or stream nearby
coastal landscape art


NOTE
The above photo is a section of the wondrous rugged coastline of London Bridge Ocean Beach on the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula.
The coastline is festooned with mini mountains, valleys, waterfalls (when the tide rushes in) and fascinating rock pools.


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Volcano

Scottish Arthurs Seat
extinct volcano system
shaped by glaciers

my Arthurs Seat world
soars above Port Phillip Bay
close to a fault line


NOTE
There is an Arthurs Seat in Scotland.
It has a volcanic heritage.
My Arthurs Seat mountain is on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.
It does not have a volcanic heritage.
 It was named by Acting Lieutenant John Murray when he entered Port Phillip Bay in the ship Lady Nelson in February 1802.
 Murray thought that it resembled the hill of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh (which was his home city).
My Arthurs Seat mountain is close to the Selwyn fault line running along the ridge of the peninsula.
The photo above is a view from my Arthurs Seat of the bay, looking down on Dromana.

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Uproot

crazy cold weather
spawns no reason to uproot
a walk on the beach


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Tsunami

rising winter tides
boiled by roaring icy winds
tsunami feeling


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Shadow

when daylight nestles
in the shadow of sunset
night music wakens


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while vines are sleeping...

while vines are sleeping
cooling skies and lonely art
exchange their sad sighs


NOTE
Montalto Vineyard, on the Mornington Peninsula near Red Hill, pictured above, has many unusual  artworks scattered through the vineyards.
Somehow in the Autumn/Winter season, those artworks seem quite stark - with the leafless vines as a backdrop.


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Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ OPEN DAY
Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

Rosemary

Sea mist envelops London Bridge Ocean Beach at Portsea on the Mornington Peninsula


when sea mists drift in
do you yearn for distant lands
lady rosemary


NOTE
Rosemary is from a combination of 2 Latin words
(ros = dew + marinus = sea) which together mean dew of the sea.
Rosemary is a plant native to the seaside regions of the Mediterranean and North Africa.


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Qutub Minar

Lighthouse at Cape Schank at the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula


tall lonely lighthouse
like the famed qutub minar
do you light prayers


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Pariah

do you feel unloved
pariah of feathered worlds
do you crave some love


NOTE
In my peninsula world, the crow is chased away by kookaburras, magpies and even little wattle birds.
It is not only we humans who feel that the crow is far from acceptable to our psyche.
Many link the crow with death and sorcery.
And yet, legends suggest that the crow as a totem, could be the key to life's mysteries and the potential of energies within.


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Owl

Athena's wee owl
do you hide her wise treasures
close to her shoulder


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Nightingale

butcher bird songsters
piping loud their magic flutes
like dawn nightingales


NOTE
Butcher bird territory spreads across mainland Australia.
The one pictured above is a youngster (photographed on my verandah rail).
All those brown tones will darken to black.
Their song impressed Olivier Messiaen, who incorporated pied butcherbird song into his last work,
Éclairs sur l’au-delà.
More detail about the butcher bird and their musical range of song is HERE
(scroll down to just above the WARNING ad for their swooping habits!)

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Morning Mist

sea mist of morning
wild waters roar in hushed tones
like muted feelings


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I wish I could frame...

I wish I could frame
our bright skies and precious leaves
in a crystal ball


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Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

Lily

Tiger lily art
Demands instant attention
Like a baby's wail


NOTE
I made this comparison because the tiger lily in my garden seems to flower for a very short time.
It needs immediate appreciation or it is missed.


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Koi Pond

The koi pond landscape
Like a webbed watery sky
Lit with swimming stars




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Jasmine

When I burn the oil
I touch the jasmine of youth
Brief scents of old loves


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Incense

Speeding travellers
Incense the serenity
Of gentle spirits


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Hunter

On wave riddled rocks
Hunter needs a line of thought
Fish for the future


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Grasshopper

This is the largest stick insect I have ever seen.
The inside curtain folds acted a great backing contrast for photographing him.
(He was about 2 hand lengths)


An earthed living stick
I will me vision'ry lives
As a grasshopper


NOTE
Grasshopper Totems - grasshoppers are innovators and visionaries in spiritual symbolism
Stick Insects - are relatives of grasshoppers

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A drowning...

waves, my dogs and I
we choose our rhythms and sounds
your music's drowned out


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Haiku Heights ~ April Heights Haiku Month ~ OPEN DAY
Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

Fire

in my secret fire
I see faces and feelings
burning from my mind


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Eggshells

Blissful cockatoo
Feasts on liquid amber fruits
Like cracking eggshells


NOTE
This is a feature of our Autumn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Waves of cockatoos invade the Autumn liquid amber tree to snap, crackle and pop the conkers and make a decidedly nauseating mess.
Their dining manners are not really up to scratch.


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Drone

Storm riddled cloud worlds
Like an army of darkness
The drone of weather





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Candle

Candle glow magic
Bathing in a spa of light
Dimming world's shadows


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Butterfly

Like wings of music
Colours of a symphony
Butterfly magic


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Ascent

An ascent struggles
Demanding patience and time
Always rewarding


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