As a writer I find remainder shops very sad ... some author's passion and work in the junk pile of cheap books. As a photographer this frame at D'arcy's makes me feel the same way.
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.
I know what you mean.
ReplyDeleteI feel that way when I see someone's embroidery work at the op shop.
All that work and just discarded.
That is a good comparison Letty. I know how many hours go into the embroidery ... having done quite a lot of it myself when younger.
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