Australia Day is tomorrow, but today is rather special...

Tomorrow is Australia Day, but today has been rather special...
There is no bushfire, smoke-laden air...
There are no gale force winds...
It is not autumn-chilled and grey on my peninsula, while other parts of Australia swelter and burn...
The sun is shining and sharing friendly warmth in a blue, blue sky...
And I can actually breathe freely...
Outside...
This morning, for the first time in many months,
I took a walk on the Dromana foreshore by the sea...
(As did many others...)

And took photos...


Nippers were lining up to learn how to surf...




Even the seagulls looked happy and relaxed in the sunshine...


The foreshore trail seemed to have a mystique that touched the soul...

I loved seeing foreshore trees gently flowering...


Finally...some cuteness overload...

may the wings of peace..........dona nobis pacem

For many years now I have been involved in Blog for Peace...

It is a story that must never end...

(And read Mimi's wonderful celebration of being who she is... I need trees...)

As many of you know, the last couple of years have been emotionally rugged for me,

dealing with a very ill man...

Early this year, he slipped away from me...

So my blogging has been at best sporadic and certainly very half-hearted...

I have felt not only continuously exhausted but lost...very lost...

But now, slowly, I am finding 

some purpose

some light

some glimpses of peace...

Today is Blog 4 Peace day
Below are previous postings on this day, on this blog...part of my ongoing tradition...


2015



2014


2013


There can never be
too much peace...






PAST GEMMA'S GREYSCALE TERRITORY BADGES


hashtag #blog4peace #blogblast4peace


Linking to:
Mimi Writes

Easter weekend...

Traditionally, my husband and I always began the Easter weekend on Good Friday
with an early morning walk on Balnarring Beach...
I decided to still maintain the tradition this year...
The day dawned sunny....(usually misty and cloudy and a little rain but becoming sunny...)
That was surprising...


The scenery was so peaceful...


And the waters were a radiant, rich blue...


Especially loved the different wave patterns...

a short, refreshing walk...

Yesterday morning was sunny...perhaps a little brisk...
but glowing with the spirit of a Summer-going-in-to-Autumn morning...
Before the day unfolded with my other life, I took a walk along my beloved Dromana foreshore...


I hadn't checked out the mural of old Dromana in a while,
so decided to see if it was still faring well...
Clearly, plants had grown, obscuring one large section of the mural on the right...


But my favourite section of the mural was still clearly visible...
The rails that used to run along the pier - to load goods on steamers bound for Port Melbourne - were there in the foreground...
and quaint little shops gathered opposite the pier...
It was built to facilitate the regular landing of Port Phillip Bay’s Steamers – firstly to transport the produce of Arthurs Seat’s logging trade to Melbourne, as well as transporting passengers around the bay. In the latter half of the 19th century, as the tourist industry grew, steamers such as the: PS ‘Ozone’, PS ‘Hygeia’, PS ‘Edina’, PS ‘Weeroona‘ carried passengers to the Mornington Peninsula, whose beaches became a very popular seaside holiday destination. Source: Dromana Pier c. 1860's


As usual, casual runners, cyclists and walkers were active...


and those running to a fitness routine...


and dogs of course...


But I was really there for the quiet walk with trees and the sea views...

it's the season for jet skis...

With each passing summer, it seems that jet skis are becoming bigger and more flashy...
Some seem to be a cross between the original, nifty jet ski
and a mini, jet-propelled boat...
This one was recently parked by Dromana beach...
temporarily of course...

last summer...

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

just chatting...

 This early summer morning image of Dromana beach has a little story attached...
The old man had been wandering alone, but chatted easily to anyone here at the beach...
He had just spoken to me and pointed to the large cargo ship offshore...
'More cars...more pollution' was his comment on the cargo...
He then wandered to this little family group and admired the children's attempts
to build a sandcastle...
He seemed to be enjoying a chat with Dad...
I noticed that neither Dad nor the old man had a mobile in sight...
How refreshing...How lovely...

2019 beach season...

A view of Dromana beach and Anthony's Nose - early this morning before the crowds swarmed in...

Yes...It has been awhile since last I posted here...
Life circumstances have demanded more and more attention...
Sadly, they will continue to demand attention, so posting here will be at best, spotty...

if the beach is empty...

You know it must be winter if the beach is empty and the seas are wild...
This morning I took a brief, few photos of the beach and seas in Dromana
and then scurried back to the relative warmth of the shopping centre carpark and my car...
I felt I was breathing icy, stormy air down on the beach, but I had to grab a few desperate photos...

layered waves...

layered waves at Gunnamatta Beach...


overlays
waters create
waved dimensions


Linking to:
Wednesday Waters

light with depth...

view of Rosebud beach...


deep moods
silently bathe the sands
an anxious light


Linking to:
Scenic Weekends
Just Be



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