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 really like that lower photo, Joan. I like the way she is rugged up, and just eh way she walks. She will grace a small country town as she ages.
ReplyDeleteI like the lower photo as well. With a real estate guide in hand, are you sure she isn't from Sydney? Hehehe...
ReplyDeleteOr maybe she's just picking out the new family weekender? They wouldn't DARE choose it without her, would they??!!
ReplyDeleteHappy travels!!
She's choosing a house with a big bedroom for her. Nice pic. Mudgee was a hick town when I visited for school holidays in the fifties. It was much more up market when i visited the wineries there a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteGreat young and older portraits. The lower photo is absolutely lovely!
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