Monday, August 30, 2010

The Song Remains

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The Song Remains...







Perching on a blooming branch of rose
The bird sang a melodious song





Spreading the cry of joy
Across the void of silence






The rose vanished,
Without leaving a trace
Of its colour,
Of its smell;






But when the bird vanished,
Its song remained.






The Song Remains
by Mahmud Kianush

1934-
Iranian Poet






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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Kookaburra

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I was walking over the hill
this afternoon
and noticed this sign
at a block of holiday apartments












and sure enough
right out the front
I saw this...
I am pretty sure
I know who it is...
Do You?













Another friendly kookaburra










who laughs



just like this...



Happy Days
everyone




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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

An Old Fisherman

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An Old Fisherman











An old fisherman spent the night here
under the western cliff
He dipped up water from the pure Hsiang
and made a bamboo fire
And then, at sunrise, he went his way
through the cloven mist
With only the creak of his paddle left,
in the greenness of mountain and river
... I turn and see the waves moving as from heaven,
And clouds above the cliff coming idly, one by one















An Old Fisherman

by Liu Zongyuan,
Poet of the Tang Dynasty



Top Painting by Wu Zhen
1280-1354
Painter of the Yuan Dynasty



Bottom Painting by Wang Su
1794-1877
Happy Fisherman






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Monday, August 2, 2010

Sydney for a Day

I went to Sydney today...
Got up at 3am
drove to Brisbane 1hr 45mins away
flew to Sydney
which took 1hr 20mins

Visited the US Consulate
for a multiple entry-long term visa
and had time to walk down Pitt Street
to the harbour
take a few pics on my iphone
before returning to the airport
delayed one hour because of high winds
flew to Brisbane
drove home to Noosa
~ What a long Day ~

But look at Circular Quay



the area of the Sydney Harbour


between the Sydney Harbour Bridge


and the Sydney Opera House
two stunning pieces 


of man made engineering
and architecture

we mingled with the tourists
walking the shoreline


near the very Bay
that Captain James Cook
stepped foot on 
way back in 1788
222 years ago


Cook sailed into Botany Bay
just south of Circular Quay
on the HMS Endeavour



The British planned 
a penal colony for Botany Bay
which in time became the first 
European habitation of Australia
 
 
 
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