RagTagChallenge-Rush

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rush

move with urgent haste.

an erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers.

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Discovered during a sedate walk around

the Geelong Botanic Gardens,

I feel certain that these are members

of the bull rush family.

 

Melbourne Laneways provide access to rush

between the city’s main shopping streets.

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RagTagChallenge:...Rush

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FOWChallenge-Gratify

The most you can have is the maximum”: that’s the noun. In “the maximum amount is the most you can have,” it’s used as an adjective.~~~~~

gratify

give (someone) pleasure or satisfaction.

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Christmas is one of the main times during

the year that we hope to give someone,

usually close to us, some pleasure.

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Fandango’s One Word Challenge:…Gratify

One-Word-Sunday23-Barrier

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I debated abut including this image of the Great Barrier Reef,

then decided that it does form a barrier between

the Pacific Ocean and Queensland.

Window or balcony bars…

…form a safety barrier

in Arras,

France.

 

A sturdy steel fence forms a secure barrier around

a Nineteenth Century grave. 

Back in the nineteen fifties this cemetery trust

used sheep as lawn mowers,

so it is conceivable that the fence

was erected as a barrier to livestock.

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One Word Sunday Challenge:…Barrier

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Which Way

*****Rural railway lines just out of Geelong.

 

While not exactly billed as a ski-lift, the…

…Whistler Peak to Peak Gondola Ride…

…surely served as a ski lift during

the Winter Olympics.

Interior of elevator in

Burj Al Arb,

Dubai

 

Hot Air  Balloons over Melbourne.

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