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Fertile Hydrangea flowers in the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. Hydrangeas also have large, showy fertile flowers. See the Gallery in the link below for examples of these two types of flowers.
I am pleased to be the curator of a Gallery of photos of Hydrangea flowers, by other photographers.
Thanks for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
There are a few houses in Balnacra but there is evidence of a bigger population as there are a few ruins such as this one.
The ruin is near the River Carron and Loch Doughaill and they would have been an exceedingly good source of water. I suspect the ruin pre dates the railway line and the road I was travelling.
Cisternino sits in a historic zone of Itria Valley (in Italian: Valle d'Itria), known for its prehistoric conical, dry stone roundhousess called trulli, which are preserved under UNESCO safeguards due to their cultural significance, dry stone walls (muretti a secco), and its fertile soil which makes it the home of the Salento wine region. In 2014, Cisternino was declared the cittaslow city of the year
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A fabulous old mill -found in Fertile, Iowa along the Winnebago River.
Unfortunately to save this grand old place - they converted to apartments hence the decks on the side.
Still though, a quaint setting with the morning light!
Oberschwaben in Süddeutschland ... Äcker und sattgrüne Wiesen wechseln mit Wäldern und fruchtbaren Obstgärten, da und dort blitzt ein Weiher oder ein kleiner See, Hügel reiht sich sanft an Hügel. Dazwischen schmucke Dörfer und kleine Städte eingestreut, Burgen und Schlösser, Klöster und Kapellen und die fernen Alpen, bei Föhn zum Greifen nahe.
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Upper Swabia in southern Germany ... fields and lush green meadows alternate with forests and fertile orchards, here and there flashes a pond or a small lake, hill joins hill gently. In between, pretty villages and small towns interspersed, castles, monasteries and chapels and the distant Alps, with hair dryer at your fingertips.
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Souabe supérieure dans le sud de l'Allemagne ... Les champs et les prairies verdoyantes alternent avec les forêts et les vergers fertiles, çà et là un étang ou un petit lac flamboie, les collines tapissent doucement les collines. Entre les villages soignés et les petites villes entrecoupées, les châteaux et les palais, les monastères et les chapelles et les Alpes lointaines, près de Föhn à portée de main.
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Gyantsé རྒྱལ་རྩེ། county
The fertile valley of the Nyang chu River, which is the principal tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་ or Brahmaputra in Tsang, The valley is divided into upper and lower reaches; Upper Nyang, corresponding to present-day Gyantse county, and Lower Nyang to Panam county. Upper Nyang therefore extends from the watershed of the Khari La pass as far as the town of Gyantse, and includes the peripheral valleys formed by the tributaries Nyeru Tsangpo, Lu chu, and Narong Dung chu. The county capital is at Gyantse, a strategic intersection of great historic importance. Area: 3.595 sq km. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...
Undeveloped fertile heads of Cordyceps entomorrhiza, emerging from body of larva of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.
Found within rotting wood.
Gyantsé རྒྱལ་རྩེ། county
The fertile valley of the Nyang chu River, which is the principal tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་ or Brahmaputra in Tsang, The valley is divided into upper and lower reaches; Upper Nyang, corresponding to present-day Gyantse county, and Lower Nyang to Panam county. Upper Nyang therefore extends from the watershed of the Khari La pass as far as the town of Gyantse, and includes the peripheral valleys formed by the tributaries Nyeru Tsangpo, Lu chu, and Narong Dung chu. The county capital is at Gyantse, a strategic intersection of great historic importance. Area: 3.595 sq km. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
By 1350, the castle had passed to a younger son of the Earl of Sutherland through marriage. It may have been then that the keep was abandoned, possibly because it was beginning to slip down the mound, and a new residence established at the north of the bailey.
Viscount Dundee, leader of the first Jacobite Rising, dined in the castle as a guest of James, Lord Duffus in 1689, prior to his victory against King William II’s government forces at Killiecrankie. Soon after, Lord Duffus moved to the nearby Duffus House. The castle quickly fell into decay
Elk Mountain offers sub-alpine vegetation, with superb views. It is moderately challenging year-round destination for hikers in the Abbotsford, Chilliwack area, and can be enjoyed in a half or full day excursion. In the distance is Sumas Prairie, part of the eastern Fraser Valley, with the Coast Mountain Range on the horizon.
Oberschwaben in Süddeutschland ... Äcker und sattgrüne Wiesen wechseln mit Wäldern und fruchtbaren Obstgärten, da und dort blitzt ein Weiher oder ein kleiner See, Hügel reiht sich sanft an Hügel. Dazwischen schmucke Dörfer und kleine Städte eingestreut, Burgen und Schlösser, Klöster und Kapellen und die fernen Alpen, bei Föhn zum Greifen nahe.
Upper Swabia in southern Germany ... fields and lush green meadows alternate with forests and fertile orchards, here and there flashes a pond or a small lake, hill joins hill gently. In between, pretty villages and small towns interspersed, castles, monasteries and chapels and the distant Alps, with hair dryer at your fingertips.
Souabe supérieure dans le sud de l'Allemagne ... Les champs et les prairies verdoyantes alternent avec les forêts et les vergers fertiles, çà et là un étang ou un petit lac flamboie, les collines tapissent doucement les collines. Entre les villages soignés et les petites villes entrecoupées, les châteaux et les palais, les monastères et les chapelles et les Alpes lointaines, près de Föhn à portée de main.
The translation from German to English with ImTranslator
Traduction de l'allemand en français avec ImTranslator
Happy Wednesday everyone!
I'm feeling today like I need a bit of clarity, space, flow, simplicity, and sunshine. That's how I feel when we're out in the Palouse region of southeastern Washington state. There you can take in views like this from area buttes and see for tens of miles in any direction. Rolling hills and fertile farmlands contribute to the landscapes of the area. Clouds cast shadows upon the landscape which keep it ever-changing. Most of all though is the simplicity of the land and life in general. :-)
Sometimes you just need to clear out your head ... and this image helps me do just that. Thanks for stopping by to view. Will be catching up on photo streams soon. Thanks also for your patience. :-)
© 2014 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
Oberschwaben in Süddeutschland ... Äcker und sattgrüne Wiesen wechseln mit Wäldern und fruchtbaren Obstgärten, da und dort blitzt ein Weiher oder ein kleiner See, Hügel reiht sich sanft an Hügel. Dazwischen schmucke Dörfer und kleine Städte eingestreut, Burgen und Schlösser, Klöster und Kapellen und die fernen Alpen, bei Föhn zum Greifen nahe.
Upper Swabia in southern Germany ... fields and lush green meadows alternate with forests and fertile orchards, here and there flashes a pond or a small lake, hill joins hill gently. In between, pretty villages and small towns interspersed, castles, monasteries and chapels and the distant Alps, with hair dryer at your fingertips.
Souabe supérieure dans le sud de l'Allemagne ... Les champs et les prairies verdoyantes alternent avec les forêts et les vergers fertiles, çà et là un étang ou un petit lac flamboie, les collines tapissent doucement les collines. Entre les villages soignés et les petites villes entrecoupées, les châteaux et les palais, les monastères et les chapelles et les Alpes lointaines, près de Föhn à portée de main.
Being a scenic train we moved slowly across the fertile Canterbury plains at about 50 kph (30 mph) towards the mountain chain that divides the South Island. The guy in the seat in front of us looked like a Viking. My wife gave me a frown for asking if he came from Norway. Just wanted to know if a shield wall might be needed :)
Keremeos, a fertile valley, is known for its plentiful bounty of fruit throughout the summer months. Continue south and the fruit orchards are replaced by corn fields. This corn field is being cut and minced up for winter feed for cattle. Nothing goes to waste. Today we did our part in the recycling scheme and went home with a dozen corn, 10 pounds of honey crisp apples, 2 litres of freshly squeezed cherry juice, 6 gala apples and 2 plums. Ok the plums we didn't pay for, they somehow ended up in the bag on the way out the door.
Like all honey bee species, the western honey bee is eusocial, creating colonies with a single fertile female (or "queen"), many normally non-reproductive females or "workers", and a small proportion of fertile males or "drones". Individual colonies can house tens of thousands of bees. Colony activities are organized by complex communication between individuals, through both pheromones and the dance language.
The western honey bee was one of the first domesticated insects, and it is the primary species maintained by beekeepers to this day for both its honey production and pollination activities. With human assistance, the western honey bee now occupies every continent except Antarctica. Because of its wide cultivation, this species is the single most important pollinator for agriculture globally[citation needed]. Western honey bees are threatened by pests and diseases, especially the Varroa mite and colony collapse disorder. As of 2019, the western honey bee is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, as numerous studies indicate that the species has undergone significant declines in Europe; however, it is not clear if they refer to population reduction of wild or managed colonies. Further research is required to enable differentiation between wild and non-wild colonies in order to determine the conservation status of the species in the wild.
Western honey bees are an important model organism in scientific studies, particularly in the fields of social evolution, learning, and memory; they are also used in studies of pesticide toxicity, to assess non-target impacts of commercial pesticides.
De honingbij komt van oorsprong voor in Afrika en Europa. In Europa loopt het natuurlijke verspreidingsgebied tot ongeveer 60 graden NB. Door toedoen van de mens komt de honingbij inmiddels wereldwijd voor. Honingbijen worden door de mensen die zich met de studie van de wilde bijenfauna bezig houden niet in kaart gebracht Een verspreidingskaartje van de honingbij ontbreekt dan ook. Ongetwijfeld is de honingbij in elk 5 x 5 km-hok aan te treffen. De honingbij is de hoogst ontwikkelde sociale soort onder de bijen. Een volk bestaat uit een koningin met een groep werksters. In bepaalde tijden van het jaar ontwikkelen zich tevens jonge koninginnen en mannetjes of darren. In de vrije natuur wordt vooral in holten genesteld (o.a. holle bomen). De soort bouwt uit was verschillende verticaal naast elkaar hangende raten per nest. De koningin kan enkele jaren oud worden. De werksters vliegen op allerlei planten (uitgesproken polylectisch) en communiceren met elkaar door middel van een speciale bijentaal. De vliegtijd van de honingbij in ons land ligt tussen februari en november met pieken in april - mei en augustus wanneer de volken hun grootste omvang (tot 60.000 exemplaren) bereiken. Afgelopen jaar is er ook in ons land enige discussie ontstaan over de concurrentie van honingbijen met andere bloembezoekers.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
By 1350, the castle had passed to a younger son of the Earl of Sutherland through marriage. It may have been then that the keep was abandoned, possibly because it was beginning to slip down the mound, and a new residence established at the north of the bailey.
Viscount Dundee, leader of the first Jacobite Rising, dined in the castle as a guest of James, Lord Duffus in 1689, prior to his victory against King William II’s government forces at Killiecrankie. Soon after, Lord Duffus moved to the nearby Duffus House. The castle quickly fell into decay.
The farmer turns the rich fertile soil over to provide the seagulls breakfast, painting patterns as he goes.
A view at Wasdale Head in the Lake District, North West England. The stone walls are a feature of the Cumbrian landscape.
Fertile Township - Iowa
There is nothing romantic or interesting about a ditch until the light plays with contrast, color and composition. On this pristine sunny late afternoon, I found this to be quite pleasing . . .
simple, but interesting!
Nope, I'm not in Holland by a canal, just northern Iowa and a late autumn view to the east! :)
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The more fertile part of Pahranagat Valley is a narrow ribbon of green) like an oasis in the vast Nevada desert. The southern half of the valley including two lakes, Upper Pahranagat Lake and Lower Pahranagat Lake, is home to the Pahranagat Valley National Wildlife Refuge. In the late 1850s, the area was a haven for outlaws who pastured hundreds of head of stolen cattle and horses on its meadows.
Gyantsé རྒྱལ་རྩེ། county
The fertile valley of the Nyang chu River, which is the principal tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་ or Brahmaputra in Tsang, The valley is divided into upper and lower reaches; Upper Nyang, corresponding to present-day Gyantse county, and Lower Nyang to Panam county. Upper Nyang therefore extends from the watershed of the Khari La pass as far as the town of Gyantse, and includes the peripheral valleys formed by the tributaries Nyeru Tsangpo, Lu chu, and Narong Dung chu. The county capital is at Gyantse, a strategic intersection of great historic importance. Area: 3.595 sq km. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...
Oberschwaben in Süddeutschland ... Äcker und sattgrüne Wiesen wechseln mit Wäldern und fruchtbaren Obstgärten, da und dort blitzt ein Weiher oder ein kleiner See, Hügel reiht sich sanft an Hügel. Dazwischen schmucke Dörfer und kleine Städte eingestreut, Burgen und Schlösser, Klöster und Kapellen und die fernen Alpen, bei Föhn zum Greifen nahe.
Upper Swabia in southern Germany ... fields and lush green meadows alternate with forests and fertile orchards, here and there flashes a pond or a small lake, hill joins hill gently. In between, pretty villages and small towns interspersed, castles, monasteries and chapels and the distant Alps, with hair dryer at your fingertips.
Souabe supérieure dans le sud de l'Allemagne ... Les champs et les prairies verdoyantes alternent avec les forêts et les vergers fertiles, çà et là un étang ou un petit lac flamboie, les collines tapissent doucement les collines. Entre les villages soignés et les petites villes entrecoupées, les châteaux et les palais, les monastères et les chapelles et les Alpes lointaines, près de Föhn à portée de main.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
By 1350, the castle had passed to a younger son of the Earl of Sutherland through marriage. It may have been then that the keep was abandoned, possibly because it was beginning to slip down the mound, and a new residence established at the north of the bailey.
Viscount Dundee, leader of the first Jacobite Rising, dined in the castle as a guest of James, Lord Duffus in 1689, prior to his victory against King William II’s government forces at Killiecrankie. Soon after, Lord Duffus moved to the nearby Duffus House. The castle quickly fell into decay.
Gyantsé རྒྱལ་རྩེ། county
The fertile valley of the Nyang chu River, which is the principal tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་ or Brahmaputra in Tsang, The valley is divided into upper and lower reaches; Upper Nyang, corresponding to present-day Gyantse county, and Lower Nyang to Panam county. Upper Nyang therefore extends from the watershed of the Khari La pass as far as the town of Gyantse, and includes the peripheral valleys formed by the tributaries Nyeru Tsangpo, Lu chu, and Narong Dung chu. The county capital is at Gyantse, a strategic intersection of great historic importance. Area: 3.595 sq km. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...
Known for its fertile and gently rolling landscape, the Nicola Valley has many farms. While travelling through it, we could see the various agricultural crops near or at their state of maturity. When we came across this section, it occurred to me there was a chance to combine both crop and rolling hill.
There was an undulating rhythm to this area. Like a wave frozen in time, corn stocks seemed to have captured that same pattern. Ready for harvest, other fields were in the process while we caught this one just prior to its next stage.
Gyantsé རྒྱལ་རྩེ། county
The fertile valley of the Nyang chu River, which is the principal tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་ or Brahmaputra in Tsang, The valley is divided into upper and lower reaches; Upper Nyang, corresponding to present-day Gyantse county, and Lower Nyang to Panam county. Upper Nyang therefore extends from the watershed of the Khari La pass as far as the town of Gyantse, and includes the peripheral valleys formed by the tributaries Nyeru Tsangpo, Lu chu, and Narong Dung chu. The county capital is at Gyantse, a strategic intersection of great historic importance. Area: 3.595 sq km. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...
Fertile shoots of the field horsetail.
field horsetail or common horsetail
Acker-Schachtelhalm
[Equisetum arvense]
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The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
By 1350, the castle had passed to a younger son of the Earl of Sutherland through marriage. It may have been then that the keep was abandoned, possibly because it was beginning to slip down the mound, and a new residence established at the north of the bailey.
Viscount Dundee, leader of the first Jacobite Rising, dined in the castle as a guest of James, Lord Duffus in 1689, prior to his victory against King William II’s government forces at Killiecrankie. Soon after, Lord Duffus moved to the nearby Duffus House. The castle quickly fell into decay.
Gyantsé རྒྱལ་རྩེ། county
The fertile valley of the Nyang chu River, which is the principal tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་ or Brahmaputra in Tsang, The valley is divided into upper and lower reaches; Upper Nyang, corresponding to present-day Gyantse county, and Lower Nyang to Panam county. Upper Nyang therefore extends from the watershed of the Khari La pass as far as the town of Gyantse, and includes the peripheral valleys formed by the tributaries Nyeru Tsangpo, Lu chu, and Narong Dung chu. The county capital is at Gyantse, a strategic intersection of great historic importance. Area: 3.595 sq km. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...
Gyantsé རྒྱལ་རྩེ། county
The fertile valley of the Nyang chu River, which is the principal tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་ or Brahmaputra in Tsang, The valley is divided into upper and lower reaches; Upper Nyang, corresponding to present-day Gyantse county, and Lower Nyang to Panam county. Upper Nyang therefore extends from the watershed of the Khari La pass as far as the town of Gyantse, and includes the peripheral valleys formed by the tributaries Nyeru Tsangpo, Lu chu, and Narong Dung chu. The county capital is at Gyantse, a strategic intersection of great historic importance. Area: 3.595 sq km. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
#AbrahamLincoln
Don't Fall Down
I will bring you stagnant words
Words that devastate a wizened world
words, some are feathers, some are iron
Because I know it will keep you upright
grip, hammer and dip
The poem that shines from where it is held.
I had a hard winter, bad as yours
I'm hungry, I have lice, I have pain somewhere.
did not dismantle the crude rules of fascism
Because my heart would crack and split from love.
Every morning, the darkness would retreat from my forehead by fighting.
I didn't even feel pain in front of empty hearts
My brain was the revolutionary's brain every morning
My feet are frozen, but let's go
Are you in good health?
The crust of the wounds is easily removed
By diving into the fertile world of the people
who does not understand their sun-shining voice
Owners of the four walls, the fence, the famous prohibitions
While we can't even watch the festival inside us
When terror does not approach us
While life is waiting for us
Is it in your power to collapse?
Was he allowed into banks for nothing?
arson on oil pipes
Did the bullet bruise the worker's side for nothing?
Let the noise of the dungeons hit our ears
to live
It's not a touching song for us.
Once this heart is used to living in peace with the sky
and to the madness of the stubbornly surrounded land
Unfortunately, the city that is ours with its birds and streets is far away
But the only thing that puts a curse on a person is not being able to scythe with ambition.
kisses, falling into bed suddenly
Even if it is remembered fondly.
It's the fallow of a foaming, foaming life, my brother.
the suffering of all revolutionaries
We know that the fatigue in the world is constantly being speared
Our friends' death is a strong death in the mountains
For now, your glory has faded away, no matter how glorious we are
But as we are pruned, we are the ones who burst out
We are dying, so we will live...
By Ismet Özel .
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
By 1350, the castle had passed to a younger son of the Earl of Sutherland through marriage. It may have been then that the keep was abandoned, possibly because it was beginning to slip down the mound, and a new residence established at the north of the bailey.
Viscount Dundee, leader of the first Jacobite Rising, dined in the castle as a guest of James, Lord Duffus in 1689, prior to his victory against King William II’s government forces at Killiecrankie. Soon after, Lord Duffus moved to the nearby Duffus House. The castle quickly fell into decay.
" appoggio il mio sguardo
sulla terra fertile
del tuo desiderio "
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i lay my eyes
on the fertile ground
of your desire
"L" ON BLACK
Chianti, 2015
"Ce n'est ni en architecte, ni en jardinier, c'est en poète et en peintre qu'il faut composer des paysages".
Marquis de Girardin
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
By 1350, the castle had passed to a younger son of the Earl of Sutherland through marriage. It may have been then that the keep was abandoned, possibly because it was beginning to slip down the mound, and a new residence established at the north of the bailey.
Viscount Dundee, leader of the first Jacobite Rising, dined in the castle as a guest of James, Lord Duffus in 1689, prior to his victory against King William II’s government forces at Killiecrankie. Soon after, Lord Duffus moved to the nearby Duffus House. The castle quickly fell into decay.