Di
This week's inchie animal is Kangaroo...now, I do have rather a lot of kangaroo images taken both in the bush and at reserves with the children when they were young and liked getting up close and personal with these appealing animals. But, as I have used several photographs recently when making the inchies, I was reluctant to do so once again. I thought of all the ways these animals have provided images for this country, coats of arms, stamps, coins all over the place in fact. I had a little rummage through my stamp box and found an older orange kangaroo image on a halfpenny stamp, which I believe was in use during the early 1930's. Then a similar jingle through our old coin pot disclosed an old currency 1946 halfpenny. Spoiled for choice once again! I decided to make both, and decide once they were done... Bruny Island, my favourite place on this earth to be, has a colony of albino wallabies which are a bit of a photographic drawcard for tourists and residents alike... Today is also son number one's birthday...happy days, James! That's it for today...
Di
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Sally Miller
30/5/2017 04:44:59
What a selection of images! Never knew that there are albino ones however - somehow the orange stamp looks familiar. Maybe I have one in my collection too, I know I have an old currency note lol.
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30/5/2017 09:34:01
The halfpenny stamps were very common at the time and there are a lot of them still about, mainly at the bottom of old shoe boxes! Dixx
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freebird7100
1/6/2017 16:34:15
Awwww, such cool pics, those albino wallabies! I love that coin!
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2/6/2017 13:01:56
Thank you...they are appealing animals. When I thought about it I was a bit surprised to realise just how often the kangaroo has been used as an Australian icon...it really is all over the place! Dixx
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I love that you've used a coin and a stamp - they are awesome. Some gorgeous photos too Happy Birthday to your son albeit belated - as a mother we can never forget our children's birthdays!! A lovely walk down memory lane with you and I can't believe how the kangaroos can be so different in colour, a white one no less!!
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