I think I'm a downstairs person. Much as I love grand houses I am always drawn emotionally to the more humble worn parts. |  |
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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...
Did you borrow my eyes for this post? How exquisite ... yes, I shall put my hand up as sympatico. Definitely downstairs not upstairs.
ReplyDeleteYou would know it if you got a splinter from that bench. And look at that mangle ... what a find!
Such amazing textures in every wonderful shot!
ReplyDeleteI read "worm" as the title. Than I looked for the woodworm in the bench.
ReplyDeleteThe colours in this little series are so nice. The blue tonality works well with the objects shown.