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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

AMAZING NATURE


Every now and then you come across something that is too good not to be shared...
Monkey Face Orchid (Dracula Simia)






Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis)






Naked Man Orchid (Orchis Italica)








Hooker's Lips (Psychotria Elata)




Dancing Girls (Impatiens Bequaertii)  




Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid (Ophrys bomybliflora)






Swaddled Babies (Anguloa Uniflora)



Parrot Flower (Impatiens Psittacina)



Snap Dragon Seed Pod (Antirrhinum)

Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana Major) 




An orchid that looks remarkably like a tiger



Happy Alien (Calceolaria Uniflora)

And his friends...






Angel Orchid (Habenaria Grandifloriformis)






Dove Orchid Or Holy Ghost Orchid (Peristeria Elata)



White Egret Orchid (Habenaria Radiata)




The Darth Vader (Aristolochia Salvadorensis)



An Orchid That Looks Like A Ballerina 






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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

100 YEARS AGO..THE WORLD STOPPED...



THE DAY THE WORLD STOPPED..

…and held it's breath
hoping that time would stop 
and peace would resume..

It was not to be
and would not be that way again
for five long years.

So much heartache, tragedy and death
broken dreams, families, 
and so many broken bodies and minds.

Brave men and women  
at the front and at home
fought and waited and hoped.

100 years ago 
it was to be the war 
that would end all wars..

If only that were true.

©Crissouli August 2014





Many have written, and will write, of the history of World War 1. I have chosen instead to revisit some earlier posts.

SING TO ME MOTHER



CAN YOU HEAR ME SWEETHEART?




THOSE WITH NO TOMORROWS






A SMALL SELECTION OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SERVED IN WW1

The photographs used were from the Public Domain. 

ANZAC Mounted Div (B01518) Frank Hurley

FrankHurleyAustralian8inchHowitzerBattery   Public Domain







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