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
We often stay in cabins but I like to see some shady trees.
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of trees around the perimeter so the outlook is nice.
DeleteCan't say that looks terribly inviting.......
ReplyDeleteI'd feel like I had to get up every morning and stand at attention outside the front door.
I know how you feel. Curbing and guttering alone make me feel like that. I dread the day it reaches our house in the mountains.
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