We passed through Bakers Swamp without noticing anything. Then reached our last dot on the map for this trip - Larras Lee and saw this. The roadside monument says: In Memory of WILLIAM LEE (1794 - 1870) of "Larras Lake" a pioneer of the sheep and cattle industry and first member for Roxburgh under responsible government (1856 - 1859). This stone was erected by his descendants. --- 1938 --- This is a repost from a few days ago. Thinking I would use this for this week’s Taphophile Tragics post I dug a little further into William Lee’s story, it’s a very colonial Australian one. William was born of convict parents, living his childhood years around the Sydney region. In his early 20s he was issued with some government cattle, recommended as a suitable settler and granted 134 acres at Kelso near Bathurst. He was one of the first in the area and did well. A few years later he was granted a ram and an inc...
Hats make a statement. You can make assumptions about people based on the hat they wear. The same is true about hair I suppose. How in the world does a person with straight blonde hair manage to twist it into dreadlocks? It must take forever.
ReplyDeleteLove the first one. I had one on my MEMES blog a few posts back that would fit in here well.
ReplyDeleteI love all those hair styles. They all seem to have been done with lots of care and attention.
ReplyDeleteAaaah to be young and able to grow hair...... :)
ReplyDeleteHats first, then no hats! Very clever sequence, Joan Elizabeth!
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