On a drive out from Canowindra I found a new shot for my haystacks series. I think it's my best so far.
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
The utilitatian becomes art. I like to think that this was done deliberately, that someone is a would-be installation artist but mostly I think you have a great eye, JE. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI've been scrolling up and down, testing the proportions of earth and sky. You could prolly crop some of the sky but ask Julie, I think she's more precise.
ReplyDeleteI just came back from a tour of the haystacks. You're definitely onto something JE. I can't wait to see where it takes you.
ReplyDeleteI have to think about that!
ReplyDeleteFirstly, the series is a joy. No one does country as well as you, Joan ... well Letty is bordering-on-okay but works on the trickle-down effect!
Proportions here are not classical ... but they do emphasise the wide-open spaces that western NSW is reknown for. I love the plough furrows in the foreground: well it has probably been scarified but let's not quibble. You get the sense that man is not in control out here: that there is another master.
I love this one!
ReplyDeleteI love the shadows the clouds have made and I love the little house in the background.
Oh yeah - and the haystack too.
(Hey Julie!
"works on the trickle-down effect" - waz that mean?)
Hiya Letitia m'dear ... shall comment at your place ...
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!
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