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 sea and wish we lived closer to it.
ReplyDeleteI wonder where it came from.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful composition! The shades of whitish blue on both this and the previous post are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteAs to the kelp, some species grow as fast as half a meter a day, isn't it amazing?
Brava!
ReplyDeletelove ya
ReplyDeletepost free classified ads