The Long Table

feature board at the entrance to the boutique The Long Table restaurant at Red Hill...


dining in the hills
local produce and wines
tasty atmosphere




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Shadow Shot Sunday 2

boats clustered...

winter view of boats in the marina at Blairgowrie...


boats clustered
musing on seas of
yesterdays


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Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday


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shining winter...

winter skies over Blairgowrie...


sparkling waters
rich light warms
winter gems


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday

art show...

street sign for an art show in Mornington earlier this year...
Mornington is on Port Phillip Bay - hence the beach boxes featured in the sign...


art show
brushed with stray salts
from the sea


Linking to:
Signs, Signs

reflecting on past and future...

a view of the old fish shed (now a tourist information centre) and pier at Hastings...


by waters
memories archive and 
new ones evolve


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Wednesday Waters

red umbrellas...

umbrellas in the main street of Sorrento...


red folds
waiting for the summer
to open


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Ruby Tuesday Too

o that beak...

Pacific gull resting on the sea wall at Anthony's Nose...


a bulky bird
enjoys
lone time


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Monday Mellow Yellows

missing...

memorial to Prime Minister Harold Holt at Point Nepean...
His disappearance while swimming at Cheviot Beach in December in 1967
has prompted many strange theories...
A few still rumbling in December 2015 are HERE...

swimming
a journey of excitement
and risks




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Shadow Shot Sunday 2

evening light on the bay...

evening light over Anthony's Nose looking out to Port Phillip Bay...


sleepy light
touches the evening with
peace


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Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday


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more mid winter skies...

mid winter skies in the Dromana Hills...


angora light
softly brushes ev'ning skies
with pink


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SkyWatch Friday

special milk claim...

sign outside Woolworths supermarket at Rosebud...


milk
claims to boost
health status


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Signs, Signs

fountain fantasy...

fountain at Ashcombe Maze, Shoreham...


old horses
frozen in
yesterday's dance


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Wednesday Waters

a mushroom home...

feature at the Tyabb Art and Craft Village, Tyabb...


a mushroom home
a touch of whimsical
magic


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Ruby Tuesday Too

in the zone...

artwork by local artist Michael Leeworthy...
This one is on display in his Red Hill studio garden...
Michael uses his garden to display his paintings and sculptures...


a face
of many hot colours
in the zone


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

bridge steps...

little boating channel bridge at Frankston beach...


bridge steps
sharp rise to
distant views


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Shadow Shot Sunday 2

a flurry of waves...

a view of waters at Safety Beach...


flurry of waves
a playful game with
the winds


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Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday


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cold blues...

mid winter skies over the Dromana Hills...


midwinter dreaming
huddled in hope
cold blues


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SkyWatch Friday

The Ultimate...

sign on a boat moored at Mornington...


ultimate
the finest way to sail
opportunity


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Signs, Signs

a symbol of distance...

new - as of early Spring last year - pier at Rosebud beach...


distance 
the sign of freedom
for the soul


Linking to:
Wednesday Waters

Himalayan Journey (2)...

Himalayan Journey was a business in Mornington in 2010...
(Above was the sign on a large pillar)...
Now it is based at nearby Somerville...
Another view is HERE...


dreams
from far away mountains
some village magic


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too

like pools of colours...

reflections of lingering autumn leaves in a pond at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat...


watery colours
sail nostalgically
through the seasons



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Monday Mellow Yellows

winter shadows...

a view of wintry Dromana beach from just inside the little covered entrance of a beach box...


winter shadows
welcome sign of 
some sunny warmth


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Shadow Shot Sunday 2