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
Just lovely.
ReplyDeleteSo delicate.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen this light at Ikea?
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/90190449
I wonder what was their inspiration.
Joan, I think you have made me look at weeds with a different eye. Yesterday I took a shot at an amazing bloom, but it was too much wind and the photo was awful. This one is a beauty!
ReplyDeleteSo exquisite when we can look this closely.
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