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Sand castles, phase 1. (Alas the siren sound of the waves overcame them and it never got much past "moat" stage.)
Perhaps another reaction to the news of Idaho's senior senator, who is not resigning and who has never met an interest group he didn't like unless it benefited wildlife, the environment, minorities or poor people...Photo by Frank
It was quite comical that we got stuck the first 15 minutes driving through the dunes. Some were more helpful than others as seen in this photo. 😂
Rochdale is currently undergoing central works. It has claimed to be home to the widest bridge in Europe after the industrial Roch was covered in the town centre in 1908.
Now work is afoot to allow the now clean river to be seen in the Town Centre (at The Butts).
This summer evening shot shows the Town Hall to advantage. The pretty colours in the foreground are, of course, not flowers but reinforcement bar markers. I knew you'd like it!
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
This book begins as the story of two infant girls adopted from Korea and evolves into a story of one of their grandmothers, which is really a story about learning who you are and where you belong.
Jin Ho and Susan are the children, adopted into two families in the USA. The families become close through the shared adoption/arrival experience, celebrating "Arrival Day" as well as various other conventional and non conventional holidays. Not only do the immediate families attend, but siblings and their families, grandparents and other relations. Susan's adoptive family is of Irani origin and Jin Ho's family is long time American, which leads to interesting gatherings and interactions. Through a series of events, Susan's grandmother and Jin Ho's grandfather become involved, which causes much questioning of identity: self, woman vs. man, expectations and assumptions, land of birth, land of adoption.
I found much to identify with in this book: the adoption of an Asian child, growing up in America, emigrating to a new country and the difficulty of fitting in and the questioning as to why, and the ultimate surrender to being a part rather than apart. I loved it.
The title comes from something one of the little girls says when they are digging and the old cliche about "digging to China" is said. She wonders if right then there are little girls in China "digging to America."
Pvt. Kristopher Orr, tank driver, Company C, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, uses a pick mattock to dig a trench, Aug. 19. Orr helped build one of three log crib walls, or retaining walls, to help prevent sediment and debris from traveling down the stream during heavy rain and potentially clogging water channels in Manitou Springs. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Henry W. Marris III)
Went out lunch time with Ruby, took my camera but it didnt even come out of the bag, dull and wet, raining to hard for the camera, not a dicky bird in sight, these were taken last week, a Chaffinch was scratching about in the grass for seeds that had fallen to the ground