last summer...

At this time last year, early summer morning...
the sea was a rich blue at Dromana beach and the day began sunny...

moody summer morning...

View of Safety Beach and pier looking toward Dromana beach
and Arthurs Seat rising in the background...

small space...big view...

a view overlooking Schnapper Point at Mornington yesterday...

it's just a phase...

I can't believe it was at this time 2 years ago,
Rosebud pier was getting a long anticipated make-over...
Even a couple of seagulls seemed to be taking a passing interest...

For a little longer, I have to delve into my archives for photos here...
I have an abcess - horribly painful - like an intrusion - on my ankle bone
and I'm supposed to keep off my foot...
This has been going on for many weeks...
Love seeing the doctor twice a week to get it dressed after school hours...very entertaining...
But I can only stay off the foot at weekends... Impossible as a teacher during the week...
So my photo collection is feeling rather frozen at the moment...
Little opportunity to get out PLUS it's stressful report time and marking...

Did I mention I have flu as well?

I'm sure all this excitement will pass eventually and life will level out into some kind of routine...

Meanwhile...

Sighhhhhhhhhh....

other days...

view of an old farming property at Main Ridge...


memories
distant days when the land
was a close friend


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by the bay...

view of Westernport Bay from Stony Point...


by the bay
once a fishing village
now a naval port


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when summer fades...

autumn view of a property at Red Hill...


when summer fades
autumn colours
spring to life


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a silvery day...

view from the back of Portsea Hotel of Port Phillip Bay...


a silvery day
cloud light is a soft sheen 
and waters rustle


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light with depth...

view of Rosebud beach...


deep moods
silently bathe the sands
an anxious light


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distant view...

view of the Port Phillip Bay coastline looking down from Seawinds at Arthurs Seat...
The view is of the area between Dromana - bottom right - and Rosebud...


lure of the sea
living
snuggled close


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glittering waters...

view across Port Phillip Bay,
from the Searoad ferry travelling to Queenscliff,
looking back to the Mornington Peninsula...


shapes of life
sleeping
in the mists of time


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in the dreaming place...

view of Rosebud beach...


in the dreaming place
waters tempt
new journeys


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perfect stillness...

view from Churchill Island looking back to the Gippsland mainland in southern Victoria...


on a clear day
skies glow and waters
melt


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shopping precinct...

view of the parking area in the main shopping precinct in Dromana...


shopping precinct
tucked sweetly beneath
a friendly mountain


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shoreline mangroves...

view of mangroves at Hastings on Westernport Bay...


shoreline mangroves
fragile sanctuary
for waterbirds


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dusky greens...

view of the cactus garden at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat...


dusky greens
sharp and pointed life
bristly beauty


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gardens and trees...

a view of the wide areas at Seawinds, Arthurs Seat...


gardens and trees
a fine place to breathe sea air
high on a mountain


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tiny white sailors...

a view of boats by Rosebud beach...


tiny white sailors
dwarfed by big skies and
tempting wide seas


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ringside views...

view of Westernport Bay at Hastings...


ringside views
waters and skies
interact


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soft waters...

view of Westernport Bay waters at Hastings...


soft waters
gently murmuring
a morning song


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