A morning walk on the cliff top. Small birds hopping about in the sun.
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...
posing just for you ...great capture!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute little bird. Great image.
ReplyDeleteReally good composition with this one, Joan. I like it.
ReplyDeleteWhat sort of bird is that? Looks like a Willy Wagtail but wrong colour. Are the females that dun colour?
Love the rusty spring ... and the gridwork ...
Very cool composition and lovely little bird!
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Julie I am not sure what type of bird it is. A female wren I suspect.
ReplyDeleteLooks like this was a favourite with everyone I rather like it too ... suggests a walk in the English countryside to me.
"Willy Wagtail" made me grin. I like this photo, with the rusty spring and the geometrical pattern of the fence it is original and distinctive from the usual "cute bird" photo.
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