You know I love reoadside grass. We've gone quite a long way down the road, time we headed back to the caravan park and my warm cabin. We are not quite done yet, i have a few more shots back at the camp.
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...
I love all the blues and greys.
ReplyDeleteI love grasses too. These definitely look blue with cold.
ReplyDeleteI would not have ventured out of my warm cabin even for blogging.
Is that a ray of light in the background? Whatever it is it looks fantastic amidst all that blue.
ReplyDeleteSimply glorious. There's usually a good measure of tranquility in your photos, and this one has it too. I love how peaceful it is.
ReplyDeleteLovely lovely lovely ... the light in the background adds a quasi-religion aura to the entire scene.
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