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 inc...
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
These are terrific, Joan. Both singularly and as a tryptch (?sp).
ReplyDeleteThe sand ripples are just gorgeous. See you can do the seaside ... and people ...
My WV is plashism ...
Fantastic collage! I would have that hanging on my wall. Love it!
ReplyDeleteAhhhhhhh.
ReplyDeleteSoothes my soul.
Thanks for the nice comments. I am getting much more comfortable with the beach. There is so much lovely texture and form which I think are a tad boring of themselves but work perfectly as trios. So I taken to snapping away and seeing what comes together as a theme when I get back home.
ReplyDeleteNice contrastions. A pleasing combination of forms and colours.
ReplyDeleteI think I like the footprints the best. Textures on the beach are great.
ReplyDeleteYour triptychs were inspiring before, and you've done it again! I couldn't pick a favourite, each work so well with the others.
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