sunny for once...

Spring shadows - a rare glimpse of Spring sun this year - by old Coolart homestead at Somers...


in shadow networks
secrets of yesterdays
linger


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Shadow Shot Sunday 2

homestead and buttery...

rear view of old Coolart homestead buttery in the foreground at Somers...


still waiting for bursts
of spring colours
waiting and watching 


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SkyWatch Friday

in the silence...

spring skies over a part of old Coolart homestead at Somers...


in the silence
I feel the voices of
old farm days


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday

magic of Coolart...

a view of old Coolart homestead on a beautiful property at Somers...


old grandeur
when life was about
enjoying the land


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Scenic Weekends
SOOC Sunday

Coolart Homestead

An upward perspective of part of Coolart homestead, Somers


More than bricks and glass
Grand Victorian lady
Connects other lives


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Weekend in Black and White

 

Streaky Skies

A side view of the old homestead at Coolart, Somers


Pale streaky Spring skies
Gently hovering above
Like a kiss of light


Linking to:
SkyWatch Friday
Himmelsk

 

Coolart Verandah

A section of the verandah at Coolart Homestead, Somers
It is a late Victorian homestead surrounded by wetlands with access to a beach area on Westernport Bay.

Verandah refreshed
Old homestead beauty relives
Old lifestyles wonder

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Theme Day: Perspective

Here is a perspective - living Spring worlds beyond old worlds.
This is the rambling property of Coolart at Somers viewed from inside a room in the old homestead. The property extends all the way to the shores of Westernport Bay.
In 1895, Frederick Sheppard Grimwade bought the estate and built the imposing homestead as the family's country retreat. After various owners from 1907, Tom Luxton purchased the property in 1937 and immediately had the property declared a sanctuary for native wildlife.
Thousands of white ibis nest here each year in Spring.
Now the property is open to the public to view the extensive wetlands and the glorious old homestead.
Often special events such as concerts are held in the grounds of Coolart.
The original inhabitants of Coolart were the Bunurong tribe of Aborigines and it is from the word "Colourt" or "Callert" - their name for nearby Sandy Point - that the present name of Coolart is derived.


A view of the old homestead


Spring breeding in the Coolart wetlands.

Some lifestyles may fade
But living cycles through time
Renewed perspectives
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