From the Files...

I was ratting around my Lightroom catalogue and found a few snaps that i hadn't put anywhere. There is no rhyme or reason as to whats here. It is simply a mish mash of photos from over the years.

Remembrance Day

Today marks 99 years since the end of the First World War. Today we observe a minute's silence at 11am to honour and remember those who have died in world wars, the significance of wearing a poppy so we never forget sacrifices made by others, the lives lost and also for the people who returned from war alive.

The reason poppies are used to remember those who have given their lives in battle, is because they are the flowers which grew natively on the battlefields. Ever since then, they have become a symbol of not only those who gave their lives in The War, but all those who have died on behalf of their country.

In Flanders fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place: and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

John McCrae (1872–1918)

Rock Tour

A quick trip over to Narrabri and then back to Bingara via Moree, i like to call it a Rock Tour. Took a couple of snaps on the way. Nothing too exciting, but the journey was more than pleasant.