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
A frosty fire. It looks like a Thai noodle dish.
ReplyDeleteThat textured landscape is amazing.
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I can almost smell that ash ... lovely combination of black and white.
ReplyDeleteI must be half asleep - I read the firewood/dog one first - then this one, and then thought I saw "an old dog still smouldering"!!!
ReplyDeleteLetty, what a macabre mind you have!
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