yellow in the rain...

the touch of yellow on the umbrella glows in misty rain at Rosebud...


misty winter rain
demands that the spirit
stays warm


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

bird bath...

unusual bird bath at the Enchanted Maze Garden, Arthurs Seat...


fanciful leaves
serenade
a touch of water


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

tall ship passing...

as evening falls, tall ship passing Dromana beach last September...


tall ship beauty
connecting with
old world enchantment


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

taunting clouds...

mornng winter light over Port Phillip Bay seems to be hovering low, with dark clouds looming...


patchy dark clouds
taunting the beauty of
morning light


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday

Aero Bounce...

large sign in Mornington Park, Mornington...

aero bounce
the chance to fly high and low
without wings


Linking to:
Signs, Signs

tumbling winter waters...

tumbling winter waters at Dromana beach...


rumbling and tumbling
winter's icy energy 
is alive and well


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday

yes it has been raining...

yes it has been raining
yes I have been out...
yes I have taken photos
mostly from the car...
Aaaaaaaaargh.........


red umbrella
a happy handle
to grip tightly


Linking to: Ruby Tuesday Too

some yellow trim...

yellow door and roof trim on a boat shed in Dromana...


a little ageing
but yellow still connects with
sunny worlds


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

shadows and leaves...

outdoor dining tables and chairs waiting early on a Sunday morning at Mornington...


shadows and leaves
waiting and longing for
company


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

scenic archway entrance...

scenic archway entrance to Mornington Park...


invitation
to wander garden worlds
and water views



Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

two skies?

interesting how the sky in the Main Street, Mornington seems so pale
and yet, in the shop reflection on the left,
the clouds are so defined in a blue sky...


two skies
gracing one street world
an enigma


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday

welcome to Mornington...

attractive welcome sign near the main Mornington shopping carpark...


welcome to 
shopping worlds and
sea views


Linking to:
Signs, Signs

a winter beach run...

enjoying a winter run on the sands at Schnapper Point...


the waters are cool
but a run on the sands
warms the spirit 


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday

Hoodoo Mayhem...

Hoodoo Mayhem warming up to play in the 2014 Mornington Winter Jazz Festival...


music for the mind
and rhythms for the soul
are always welcome


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too

where the music plays...

street musicians playing in last weekend's Mornington Winter Jazz Festival...
The banners behind them represent the old Mornington post office that has been converted into a museum...


where the music plays
beauty in the street
I will follow


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

shadows of yesteryear...

one of the old hospitals used for quarantine at Point Nepean in the 19th century...


tragic lives
shadows of yesteryear
linger sadly


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

scenic window...

the Bloom Room at Mornington always offers a scenic window on the street...


window
an opportunity 
to find beauty


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

a Sunday moment...

wintry skies over Main Street, Mornington last Sunday morning...


slow Sunday pace
time to drift with
the moment


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday

damaging...

so sad that such a sign needs to hang around a small wetlands...
sadder still, the sign appears to have been vandalised
- pulled out of the ground and propped against a tree trunk...
This sign is in the Hillview Community Reserve wetlands in Dromana...


damaging
earth treasures means
ruining our own


Linking to:
  Signs, Signs

swimming coot...

coot swimming in the Hillview Community Reserve wetlandfs, Dromana...


swimming coot
blithely enjoying
winter beauty


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday

where leaves lie idle...

a view of wintry Mornington Main Street...


where leaves lie idle
and traffic slows
sunlight whispers


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too

art gallery...

sign for Philip Ayres and his extraordinary landscape gallery in Mornington...
To explain the name...Philip Ayres is a buddhist monk...
His gallery showcases the photography of Philip Ayres
and the paintings of an indigenous artist, Jumba Jimba...


deep within our earth
is our soul
our dreaming


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

flurry of shadows...

cockatoos taking off from my back yard...


wings
beating a hasty retreat
flurry of shadows


and then they settled...
all except one...


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

uncluttered...

not really anything particularly interesting in this landscape...
no particular view....
and yet the simplicty of just pale yellowed grasses framed in greens beneath a blue sky
offers quiet beauty to the spirit...


uncluttered
no sign of life's pressures
just earth life and sky



Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday