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
...*grin*...
ReplyDeleteIt even cleans one's slate mid masterpiece!!
I have not walked along a sandy beach all this year ... that I can remember ... ah yes yes ... Palm Beach last January!
My how time flies ...
I'm glad to back here, your latest photos are wonderfully atmospheric. Are you wayfaring for a while still?
ReplyDeletePS I put the swallow on my desktop, really lovely.
ReplyDeleteHi Paula, we are so happy to have you back in the blogosphere. We just go wayfaring on the weekends but as my work has dropped off a little lately I've been getting in a few extra long weekends.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked the swallow. I've been exploring people shots recently and finding that rewarding but am thinking it's time to go down to the waterfalls again and do some more nature or - dread the thought - get up early and try to take some dawn shots in the mountains.
It makes one wonder what the activities were that left such traces in the sand.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes ... dawn shots in the mountains.
ReplyDelete... *chuckle* ...