LOL Michelle. Keith actually grew up in a town only 1 and 1/2 hours from where I live - but I don't actually *know* him, unfortunately.
Glad you liked it Julie, I thought a fellow aussie would get the sentiment I was going for with this layout.
Michaela....you never cease to amaze me! That too, is one of my fave poems, and I am wiping tears as I type! Such a beautifully simple layout...much like our beloved land! LOVE it! :)
This journaling is so rich and I do envy you for having the awesome fortune to visit such beautiful places. I hope you took photos of all these wonderful places and will be uploading lo's like this one. I love the poem, and I'd never read that one. I've always loved the "down under", and lol, you don't know Keith Urban do you? lol... Love this picture, love this lo!
This layout was inspired by a poem about Australia that I have always loved. It is titled "My Country", written by Dorothea MacKellar. The poem is hidden underneath the photo.
The poem is very long, but two of the verses read: I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of rugged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding plains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror - The wide brown land for me!
A opal-hearted country, A wilful, lavish land - All you who have not loved her, You will not understand - Though earth holds many splendours, Wherever I may die, I know to what brown country My homing thoughts will fly.
My journalling reads: At only eighteen, I have been blessed with the opportunity to travel overseas on more than one occasion. I have witnessed the awesome power of Niagara Falls and the wondrous beauty of the Rocky Mountains. I have enjoyed the bright lights of Los Angeles, the attractions of San Francisco and the rolling green pastures of New Zealand. I have experienced the culture of the Philippines and the hustle and bustle of Singapore. And as much as I have loved every minute of my time abroad, and intend to experience many more cultures in the future, I could not imagine a better place to live than this great country. I love its wide expanses, its small country towns. It is in my blood, it’s where I’ve grown up, it is my home.
I took the photo near where I live, however I edited it in Photoshop to make it look "sunburnt" - it's not that brown IRL!!
I used: BG Aged & Confused pp MM foam stamps Bumble Bee Crafts bloom (inked with Bazzill ink) Karen Foster biggie brad All My Memories jute Computer fonts: Dear Joe & Cataneo BT
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