EQUINOX SKIES

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SPRING SKY

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PLUM BLOSSOM

The first wild plum blossoms have appeared even as the cold weather and the rain persist. It is Winter, but the scent of Spring is already in the air. As Japanese Edo Period poet Hattori Ransetsu (1654-1707) remarks:

One plum blossom

brings us just one more step

to the warmth.

This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme.

ANTARCTIC BLAST

We are in late Autumn, so colder weather and short days are to be expected. This week, we've had an Antarctic blast that caused leaden skies, wet weather and cold temperatures.

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SUNSET SILHOUETTES

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and also part of the Skywatch Friday meme.

SUNSET FLIGHT

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AEGEAN SUNSET

Sunset on a Greek island with the Aegean Sea beckoning in the distance... 

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SUNSET

Sunset in the Melbourne suburbs.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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COUNTRYSIDE

Victorian countryside in Gippsland, about 100 km East of Melbourne.

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TREES

At the Darebin Parklands, in suburban Melbourne, Australia.

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the My Corner of the World meme,

and also part of the Nature Notes meme.

SPRING MORNING

 In the Darebin Parklands, suburban Melbourne.

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and also part of the My Corner of the World meme,
and also part of the Nature Notes meme.

SUNRISE SILHOUETTE

A noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae, enjoying the sunrise in Melbourne.

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GOLDEN MOON

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SURVIVOR

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FIERY SUNSET

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SEASONS

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and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

SUNSET

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MOON

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and also part of the Photo Sunday meme.

MELBOURNE SUNSET

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