Is that a Coolibah tree beside the abandoned house? Every Australian knows about Coolibah trees because the bush ballad Waltzing Matilda is nigh on our unoffical national anthem but most of us live nowhere near the inland where they grow. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
I love the rocking horse tucked in right at the bottom of the beautiful blue hydrangeas.
ReplyDeleteAh yes - the appeal hits the heart instantly. And the depth of colour of those hydrangeas.
ReplyDeleteI love any town that does not blush having a rocking-horse like that outside and "antiques" shop.
Blue hydrangeas are one of my wife's favourite flowers.
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely photo! Brick walls, blue flowers and even the rocking horse stay perfectly together.
ReplyDeleteAren't they absolutely magnificent?
ReplyDeleteI came to refresh my memory. She must have lots of rusty tin in that there soil.
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