Musing:
From The Cormorant in its Element by Amy Clampitt
"Plummeting waterward, big black feet splayed for a landing
gear, slim head turning and turning."
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 increase in his land to 300 acres. William developed a r
Oh, what a joy. We have sugar white beaches and no rocks here... just condos. I do miss the variety find at other seashores so this is wonderful to contemplate.
ReplyDeleteOh the exquisite pleasure watching a bird open up its wings to the wind - at the same time opening up its frail chest to predators ...
ReplyDeleteAll three shots look fantastic and they perfectly match. Great collage, well done! I like the framing too.
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