the summer weather has changed...

3 days ago, the skies and waters at Dromana beach were a radiant summer blue...
Yesterday, the winds were wild and cool and the waters chopped up a sandy kind of blue...


summer moods stirred by
restless fickle winds and
soupy blues


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday

strapped on...

kayak? strapped on to a car parked in the Dromana Hub carpark...


little red boat
do you ache for a
different journey


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too

it's fun to slide...

attraction at the Westernport Festival at Hastings earlier this year...


it's fun to slide
thrill of accelerated
progress


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

Coolart summer garden...

a view of the summer garden and old homestead at Coolart, Somers...


summer garden
celebrates 
new warmth


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

where the waves sigh...

a view of Dromana beach early Christmas morning...


where the waves sigh
sliding softly into
a special morning


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

Christmas by the bay...

Christmas Day skies at Portsea Hotel, Portsea overlooking Port Phillip Bay...
Here we have our Christmas lunch each year...
Great food and great views...


Christmas
celebrated in warmth and
a gentle sea breeze


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday

reason for the season...

sign at St Mark's Anglican Church in Dromana...


the reason
and the feeling sparks
the meaning of Christmas


Linking to:
Signs, Signs


Artwork by Knipsa

dreaming of cruising...

view of Martha Cove marina...


dreaming of cruising
on a private
adventure


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday


Artwork by Knipsa

little street characters...

Christmas decorations in the main street of Hastings...


little characters
dressed in their finest
tinsel colours


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too


Artwork by Knipsa

little yellow duckies...

part of an attraction at the Westernport Festival at Hastings earlier this year...


cute little duckies
huddled in hope that they
become special


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows


Artwork by Knipsa

by the channel...

a view of the boardwalk at Martha Cove marina...


little boxes
scrunched into line for
a grand view



Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2


Artwork by Knipsa

mural colours...

section of a mural in a laneway at Hastings on Westernport Bay..
This is part of a memorial walkway and garden for Dermot O'Toole tragically killed when he tried to protect his wife from a burglar in their jewellery store at Hastings...


sea worlds
cleanse 
shady memories


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday


Artwork by Knipsa

marina boardwalk...

a view of the boardwalk at Martha Cove marina...


marina
some walk to boats
some walk by dreams


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday


Artwork by Knipsa

bakery on a bike...

unusual way to advertise a bakery at Flinders...


bakery scents
tempt the hunger juices
unexpectedly




Linking to:
Signs, Signs


Artwork by Knipsa

fountain and a classical lady...

figurine at the Enchanted Adventure Garden, Arthurs Seat...


graceful figure
enjoying sanctuary
in a garden


Linking to:
Water World Wednesday


Artwork by Knipsa

umbrellas and a boat...

a recent scene of early summer at Dromana beach...


umbrellas and a boat
signs of indulging
in summer


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too


Artwork by Knipsa

colour attraction...

umbrellaed bike roundabout attraction at the 2014 Westernport Festival at Hastings earlier this year...


colours
entice the curious and
the daring


Linking to:
Monday Mellow Yellows

table setting...

shadowy table setting at the Enchanted Adventure Garden at Arthurs Seat...


geometrics
balancing the play
of light


Linking to:
Shadow Shot Sunday 2

warming sands...

early summer view of Dromana beach...


warming sands
enticing the hunger for
summer 


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

where clouds roll...

view of Dromana beach...


where clouds roll 
and waves rumble
beauty still smiles


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday