Monday, June 15, 2009

Don't Change



I hope Ararat never gets fancified.
I love all its make-do fences and corrugated iron sheds and dirt streets.




Photo: Ararat - 15 June, 2009.

18 comments:

  1. Oh, yes. This is just right! The colour of the rust and the general higgeldy-piggeldy-ness of the laneway.

    I hope it can remain like that for considerably longer too.

    The morning light here is gorgeous.

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  2. Oh wow, you live in a place like this, fantastic.

    Here in the mountains we still have quite a lot of dirt tracks once you get a block or two beyond the highway but they are getting progressively paved. We are becoming more and more suburban every day.

    This is a wonderful shot, the light, the colour, the composition, the subject matter. Beautiful.

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  3. I agree, the shot is just gorgeous.

    And I agree with you - how nice to have landscapes and townscapes that aren't all homogenized.

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  4. I also like the color of the fence and the street!

    PS: I think you will like to know that I return to my blog Leaves of Grass.

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  5. It's perfect just the way it is.
    Any beautification would ruin its character.

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  6. Isn't it glorious? What a lovely photo you've taken.

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  7. Julie - yes, it is the higgeldy-piggeldyness of daggy country towns that I love.

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  8. Joan Elizabeth - I do NOW but before I lived in the city - in the 'burbs, in fact. It just wasn't me but at least I gave it a crack.
    Thanks you for the lovely compliments - I suspect I've been channelling some of your photos into this photo.

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  9. Thanks Ruth - it's amazing how daggy everything is once you get out of the cities (just how I like it!)

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  10. Sonia, so glad you returned to Leaves of Grass!

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  11. Jayne - yeah and you can always tell it's the country when there is a Pepperina tree in the photo.

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  12. I agree - there is something about country town scapes - there are a few suburban spots like that around me, but they are fading fast - even front grass is disappearing under paving. I hate all those hard surfaces.

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  13. Hey cuzz! I'm back in blogspot world.
    As usual I LOVE your photo's. You've really inspired me to get into the camera-taking-with-me-whereever-i-go world.

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  14. Hi Letitia! Amazing place!!

    Long time no see...
    Blogtrotter is showing some sights of the most northern capital city in the world. Enjoy and have a great weekend!

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  15. Olá amigos! Tens um espaço muito bonito com belas fotos, porém seria melhor se colocasses um tradutor, pois ficaria mais fácil para entender e comentar.

    Abraços,

    Furtado.

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    http://daily-dublin.blogspot.com/2009/07/no-parking-ringsend-dublin-click-on.html?showComment=1248169455306#c7602956088767764380

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