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
*g* - both of these could have been shot in Mainz. The first one in autumn or winter, the second one in summer.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful garden shot!
ReplyDeleteThis is the most beautiful place you have visited on your trip. Click your heels together three times and say, "There is no place like home, there is no place like home".
ReplyDeleteOh, what a wonderful garden! Glad there's rain after the heat of Sunday.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful, Joan. I wish my yard was even half as nice.
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