Bathtime during a camping trip to Cape York, June 2013.
Pause for paws – SavvyCat gets playful, June 2017.
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I am always getting caught out with Carol Varsalona’s Seasonal Poetry Collections – because I’m not ‘living’ in the season at the time poems are being collated. Last week I went trawling past photos taken during Winter in Australia (June/July/August). Here are a couple of poetry bites I’m happy with, for the current collection. You’ll note there is no snow in my winter poems. 🙂 (There is no snow, in my winter! 😦 )
This post is a part of the Poetry Friday link-up.
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Kathryn Apel 
We don’t have any snow here either, but it sure is cold. Enjoyed the photos you shared! I’ll bet the first one did make quite a splash. Thanks for sharing your (and your kitty’s) perspective.
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I wonder if it’s colder in places without the snow – because we aren’t set up for it. We don’t have heating. And because winter is for the shortest time, we don’t have proper winter gear. So when it IS cold, you really feel it!! 🙂
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Thank you for sharing your season through poetry postcards. Here in New Hampshire we have 8 inches of new snow. I’ll send you some!
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Yes please! What fun!! #youmaynotthinkso
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Now that is my kind of winter! We very rare;y get snow here, but when we did, the entire city pretty much shuts down in a panic! We are the least Canadian part of Canada. 😀
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I think if it ever snowed here, the whole town would shut down and go play!!
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Wow. Your winter looks like our spring. Lovely. Love the cat, too.
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We don’t usually go swimming in winter – but that was at the northern most tip of Australia, and it was so balmy beautiful. In fact, at times it was even stinking hot!
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Wow. In awe of your beautiful country.
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I love pause for paw! Fun and sweet. I wish I was experiencing an unseasonable warmth. 🙂
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Impossible to ignore SavvyCat in playful mode! Sending you ⚡️warm wishes⚡️ for a beautiful day. 🌞
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Oh, that jump into the water looks sooooooooooooooooooo good! We are in cold mud season right now. It’s just yucky. Enjoy every moment. I love the image/word pairings. Cute kitty!
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We’ve just hit a heatwave here – so I couldn’t agree more with you about how good that water looks! 🙂
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I like the snow, but I think I could adapt to such winter as you share here. That leap looks incredible.
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The few times I’ve seen snow have been a real thrill. But I don’t know that I’d like to live with it for extended periods. The cold, for one thing…
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Always fun to see what’s going on in your country, Kat. I’d love to “jump in”, my kind of swimming! Glad you’re joining up with Carol!
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It’s amazing the courage it took to make that leap, Linda. #scaredofheights #ididdoit #theremayhavebeenscreamsinvolved
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I’m so Northern-Hemisphere-centric…it still bends my mind to think June, July, August = winter AND winter=warm!! I guess the bottom line is, wherever we live, we adapt, eh?
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It’s funny, because in Australia we’re almost used to adapting to the American way of doing/seeing things. Though I did get caught out with those moon pics last week – was momentarily surprised that the pics on the web were all upside down…
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Like Joyce Ray said above, in NH we had some snow this week. I’m about 45 minutes south of Joyce, so we got rain on top of the snow. It all froze, so we’ve been contending with ice. I think I would welcome a winter without snow! Your cat looks intimidating in that photo! I wonder what he/she is plotting?
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I’ve heard about ice – but not experienced it. As to that cat; there was definitely plotting involved. Good spotting! And claws. He was seriously into play mode, from tree, to tank, to timber supports…
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We live on the Southeastern US coast, and had a very unusual four or so inches of SNOW a month ago! But low 70s today. ;0) SavvyCat looks full of mischief – what a great pic. That looks like a lion paw, actually…..
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I think that would be my kind of snow. The exciting and unexpected! 🙂 And funny you should comment on his lion paw. Hubby calls him ‘Little Lion’.
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lol, I was surprised when I saw ‘winter’ in your title, but it all makes sense now. I love the play on words with ‘pause’ in your cat poem!
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I thought it might give you pause, Sally. (The blog title, that is. 🙂 )
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I think the must uncomfortable winter I may have ever experienced was living in Sydney with no insulation or heating! 10 degrees indoors is no way to live! Love your “Pause for paws” :o3
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Which just goes to support what I’ve been suspecting, as mentioned in my comment to Tabatha. 🙂
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Your Cape York poem and photograph combination made me remember fun times at various rivers– I could almost feel the cold water and warm sun. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for visiting, Sara. Glad you liked. I couldn’t comment on your post, as I’m not on FB, but it seems I’m not the only one who has a scarcity of snails – and a fascination for them. I hadn’t realised they were active at night – which may explain their ‘scarcity’. (After rain I’m often surprised to see them, criss-crossing the roads – which is hardly a safe place to be!!) Your book looks gorgeous. Congratulations!
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Kat, these photos are so special. Thank you for sharing winter in Australia with no snow. I am going to backtrack and add your work to my Winter Wonderland Gallery. Stay tuned for the insertion and posting on social media.
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Thanks, Carol!
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