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A Very Sexy Nature
What once was a day
now gets back forward
to thinking of heightened array
down on the westside
ready to flow and portray
nature said yeah! yeah! let's go
next thing I knew,
she was all upon me in a steady glow
keeping it real (for now)
nature's leaf is as good as an essay you know,
coming to get us all in earnest
subtle, sensuous seeds
nature's timeless birthday suits the freshest
taste of that temptingly fragrant
scream of our element's finest -
and sincerity's happiest quest
undone before now
but blossoming into June's best;
opuscule to gigantean
it's hands to the pump till harvest
touching bare toes, ...exposed sensuality
getting down when peace's up
a VIP at nature's club of vitality
the sexiest dancers never drop
stemming desires throughout pumping tonality
take that! nature says yeah! yeah!
in real time presently arresting
the foreplaying silhouetted dahabeah
is but sedge beside fertile fields
of the imaginations sparkling glare
rain falls like sweat on earthen dancefloor
tempting vows of survivals swift ascent
for I swear passion is all She wore
and the soft touches were all well meant
now I can't part with Her luscious moves anymore
my mind is a buzzing breeze with which the ease
of Her ways excite me
l-l-let me s-s-see more please
the air is heavy with expectation
ready to blow away any reprise
for no shy shining away from here
there's no next time to express this one
caught up in this you-dimensional sphere
all barriers and convensions are undone
and there's no longer anything left to fear.
by anglia24 (in praise of She, Mother Nature)
10h50: 06/06/2008
©2008anglia24
Brodiaea Queen Fabiola
Also known as Triteleia Queen Fabiola or, in Dutch, Triteleia Koningin Fabiola, and commonly referred to as Ithuriel's Spear, this fabulous cut flower is best grown in moist, fertile, well-draining soil in full sun to partial sunlight (never shade) with winter and spring moisture and summer dryness. Award-winning Queen Fabiola has clusters of delicate, star-shaped, blue-violet flowers with darker midveins and grass-like foliage. Unlike most bulbs, it can handle, and may even prefer, soil that has a bit of moisture, but never in a spot that gets waterlogged at any time. Brodiaea naturalizes by bulb offsets (called bulbils: baby bulbs on the sides of the mother bulb you’ve planted). It will naturalize readily if it’s happy where it’s planted and left undisturbed. It’s terrific planted en masse in sunny woodland borders, natural wild flower settings and rock gardens (that have moisture-retentive soil). Since it’s not tremendously hardy, you may want to apply no more than a 2 inch layer of mulch after the surface of the ground freezes to protect it from winter temperature spiking in the event of inconsistent snow coverage.
You’ll need nine bulbs per square foot. (Square footage is determined multiplying the planting site’s length times its width.) Bulb size: 6 cm/up. Full to partial sunlight. Height: 18” to 24”. Bloom time in horticultural zone 5: May/June. Plant 4” deep and 3” to 4” apart. HZ: 6-9.
Brodiaeas are The Art & Soul of Spring.
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Brodiaea also known by the common name cluster-lilies, is a monocot genus of flowering plants in the Themidaceae family, in the Asparagales order.
It was formerly classified within the Brodiaeoideae subfamily of the Asparagaceae family, in the Asparagales order. The USDA Plants Database currently classifies the genus 'Brodiaea in the family Liliaceae.
Brodiaea species occur along the Pacific Coast region of North America, from British Columbia throughout California into the Baja California Peninsula. They are especially common in northern California.
Brodiaea species are herbaceous perennials, growing from corms. Between one and six narrow leaves are produced from the corm. The bare flowering stem (scape) carries an umbel of flowers. Individual flowers have six blue to purple tepals, joined at the base to form a tube with free lobes at the mouth. The outer three tepal lobes are narrower than the inner three.
In almost all species, inside the tepals and joined to their bases are three sterile stamens (staminodes), resembling small petals, each opposite one of the outer tepals. Three normal stamens are also joined to the bases of the tepals and are placed opposite the inner ones. The base of the filaments of the stamens may be expanded into various shapes, such as flaps or wings. The size and shape of the staminodes and of the structures at the base of the filaments are important diagnostic characters. The compound pistil is formed of three carpels forming a superior ovary with three locules. The style which emerges between the three stamens has a three-lobed stigma. The seeds are black.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodiaea
An old Palouse barn I photographed in the beautiful, fertile farmland of the Palouse Valley of eastern Washington (see the proceeding daytime images). I did 3 other nightscape barns on this trip—all securing permission from their respective owners. Unfortunately, I had to pass on many barns because they had the curse* of a bright mercury-vapor barn/yard light near the structures, which overpowers the night sky. This old barn, in the northern section of the valley, did not.
TECHNIQUE & EXIF: A single exposure @ 2:00am with my Canon 5DM3 and a Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 @ 15mm • f/2.8, 20 sec, ISO 6400 • Add’l Low Level Lighting foreground illumination with a single filtered LED light panel
*In the 1960's the power companies heavily promoted these unshielded, blue-green lights as a "security" feature every farm should have to flood their property with light. Today, there are shielded lights that provide better color rendition (with less strain on your eyes), are much less light polluting, and more power efficient.
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More of my night photography techniques (my specialty) are available in my ebook, Milky Way NightScapes, which gives extensive details on my style of starry night landscape photography. Four chapters cover planning, scouting, forecasting star/landscape alignment, light painting, shooting techniques and post processing.
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For the ''Gon challenge'' :]
Original photo by gbenard.
Manip. by me.
Thanks Gonzalo :-)
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Palavras chave: corpo, solo, fresco, fertil, mãos, raizes, seiva, alimento, vida, segredos, chave, misterio, paixão
key Words: Body, ground, fresh, fertile, hands, roots, sap, food, life, secrets, key, mystery, passion
The land is fertile, but the rolling hills are what has attracted vineyards to the area. It is always best to grow grapes on a hillside facing the sun for most of the day. Here the iconic brand Penfolds has established a vineyard. Because the grapes ripen later in Tasmania it produces the crispest white sparkling wines. The other grape that thrives in this climate is Pinot Noir.
The valleys and mountains of Stellenbosch.
The town was founded in 1679 by the Governor of the Cape Colony, Simon van der Stel, who named it after himself – Stellenbosch means "(van der) Stel's Bush". It is situated on the banks of the Eerste River ("First River"), so named as it was the first new river he reached and followed when he went on an expedition over the Cape Flats to explore the territory towards what is now known as Stellenbosch. The town grew so quickly that it became an independent local authority in 1682 and the seat of a magistrate with jurisdiction over 25,000 square kilometers (9,700 sq mi) in 1685.
The Dutch were skilled in hydraulic engineering and they devised a system of furrows to direct water from the Eerste River in the vicinity of Thibault Street through the town along van Riebeeck Street to Mill Street where a mill was erected. Early visitors commented on the oak trees and gardens.
During 1690 some Huguenot refugees settled in Stellenbosch, grapes were planted in the fertile valleys around Stellenbosch and soon it became the centre of the South African wine industry.
In 1710 a fire destroyed most of the town, including the first church, all the Company property and twelve houses. Only two or three houses were left standing. When the church was rebuilt in 1723 it was located on what was then the outskirts of the town, to prevent any similar incident from destroying it again. This church was enlarged a number of times since 1723 and is currently known as the "Moederkerk" (Mother Church).
Stellenbosch is in a hilly region of the Cape Winelands, and is sheltered in a valley at an average elevation of 136 m (446 ft), flanked on the west by Papegaaiberg (Afrikaans: Parrot Mountain), which is actually a hill. To the south is Stellenbosch Mountain; to the east and southeast are the Jonkershoek, Drakenstein, and Simonsberg mountains. Die Tweeling Pieke (Afrikaans: The Twin Peaks) has an elevation of 1,494 m (4,902 ft); the highest point is Victoria Peak 1,590 m (5,220 ft) #7DWF
Aquaculture ponds occupy land once covered by gallery forests in the headwaters of the Xingu River in Querência, Mato Grosso.
These fish ponds belong to the Bom Futuro Group (see video):
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"Intervale" is a local term for a low lying field beside a river. Fields such as this one are seasonally flooded by Spring meltwater (the "freshet") which recedes and creates fertile land for planting and grazing.
Workers harvest the colorful tulip flowers in this fertile agricultural area of western Washington state.
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Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
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.
Archidendron lucyi is a small tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). The native range extends from North Eastern Australia, Eastern Malesiahe Solomon Islands. A. lucyi grows in the understory of lowland rainforest.
As with other members of the genus, A. lucyi produces large pinnate leaves. The species is cauliflorous, producing flowers directly from the trunk. The white filaments are 3–5 cm long and form the showiest part of the flowers. The flowers are followed by highly conspicuous red or orange seed pods, which split open when ripe to reveal blue to black seeds.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Sunshine being plenty in Cyprus most of the year, most homes get their hot water via a system of solar panels. The eastern part of the island has large alluvial plains with terra rossa soil, hence this whole area is called kokkinochorio. This red soil is very fertile and allowing farmers to achieve more than one harvest per year. Voigtlaender NC 1.4/35.
COUNTY KILKENNY, IRELAND.
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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...
The Green Man makes a vital vibrant verdant connection between the fresh furious fertile growth of Spring and the return of the warmer months that will host the beautiful burgeoning, blossoming and blooming rich splendour of Mother Nature. The Man in the Green, Jack to some and also answering to many other names too, sleeps through the Winter and his somnolent spirit is felt aroused and known to be risen as the plant energy rushes to reach out for the warmer brighter stronger sunlight. The Green calls to the azure Blue and the skies respond with heat and water, with longer days and calmer winds.
The Sun has been brightly out and about so far this Spring. The new lush growth and the dead resilient stems are generating wonderful colours, tones and textures all together. Here with arboreal splendour and road made art they all flow into a reflected image that stands proud as a Green Man discovered in the landscape of Midlothian Scotland.
This is taken through a Minolta 16mm Fisheye Lens that modern software believes is a Sony 16mm Fisheye Lens.
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Zwischen 6 und 6:45 Uhr im unteren Illertal nahe Tannheim in Oberschwaben/Süddeutschland – ein grandioser Sonnenaufgang wie selten so gesehen, die Sonne rot bis tief gelb und das in einer grandiosen Intensivität
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.
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Full view of Glamis Castle in the village of Glamis near the little town of Forfar, Angus, Scotland
Some background information:
Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis in the Scottish council area of Angus. It is set in the broad and fertile lowland valley of Strathmore, which lies between the Sidlaw Hills to the south and the Grampian Mountains to the north, approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) inland from the North Sea. The castle is also located about 22 kilometres (13.6 miles) to the north of the city of Dundee. Glamis Castle is the home of the Lyon family, whose head is both the Chief of Clan Lyon and the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
The estate surrounding the castle covers more than 57 square kilometres (14,000 acres) and, in addition to parks and gardens, produces several cash crops including lumber and beef. There are two streams running through the estate, one of them the Glamis Burn. An arboretum overlooking Glamis Burn features trees from all over the world, many of them rare and several hundred years old.
Alread in the 11th century, there was a royal hunting lodge at Glamis. The Scottish King Malcolm II was murdered there in 1034. By 1372, a castle had been built at Glamis, since in that year it was granted by Robert II to Sir John Lyon, Thane of Glamis and husband of the king's daughter. Glamis has remained in the Lyon (later Bowes-Lyon) family since this time. In the early 15th century, the castle was rebuilt as an L-plan tower house.
The title Lord Glamis was created in 1445 for Sir Patrick Lyon. In the early 16th century, John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis, married Janet Douglas, daughter of the Master of Angus, at a time when the Scottish King James V was feuding with Clan Douglas. In December 1528, Janet was accused of treason for bringing supporters of the Earl of Angus to Edinburgh. She was then charged with poisoning her husband, Lord Glamis, who had died three months before. Eventually, she was accused of witchcraft, and was burned at the stake at Edinburgh in 1537. James V subsequently seized Glamis, living there for some time.
In 1543, Glamis was returned to John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis. In 1606, Patrick Lyon, 9th Lord Glamis, was created Earl of Kinghorne. He began major works on the castle. The English architect Inigo Jones has traditionally been linked to the redesign of the castle, though Historic Scotland consider the King's Master Mason William Schaw a more likely candidate, due to the traditional Scottish style of the architecture.
During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Oliver Cromwell’s troops occupied the castle and soldiers were garrisoned at Glamis. When Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, returned to the castle in 1670, he found it uninhabitable. Restorations took place until 1689, including the creation of a major Baroque garden. The present building dates largely from the 17th century and hence, its archtiectural design is mainly the result of these restoration works.
In 1767, John Lyon, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, married Mary Eleanor Bowes, heiress to a coal-mining fortune. A stipulation of her marriage contract was that her future husband should take the name of Bowes. The Earl complied, but the "Lyon" surname reappeared when his youngest son, Thomas succeeded as 11th Earl, firstly as Lyon-Bowes, gradually evolving into "Bowes Lyon". The 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne set about improving the grounds of the castle in the picturesque style in the 1770s.
In 1900, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the later "Queen Mom", was born. She was the youngest daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his wife Cecilia. She spent much of her childhood at Glamis, which was used during the First World War as a military hospital. She was particularly instrumental in organising the rescue of the castle's contents during a serious fire on 16th September 1916. In 1923, she married Prince Albert, Duke of York, second son of George V, at Westminster Abbey. Their second daughter, Princess Margaret, was born at Glamis Castle in 1930.
Glamis Castle has come to fame for different reasons: In William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth", the eponymous character resides at Glamis Castle, although the historical King Macbeth had no connection to the castle. Furthermore, since 1987, an illustration of the castle has featured on the reverse side of ten pound notes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland. Glamis Castle is currently the home of Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, who succeeded to the earldom in 2016. However, both building and gardens are open to the public.
Glamis Castle and its hauntings:
The Woman with no tongue:
There are several legends and tales about Glamis, which has had a reputation as being haunted for hundreds of years. Even today, it is said to be Scotland’s most haunted castle. At least nine ghosts in total call it their home. As there are so many, I just concentrate on some of them: Perhaps the most reported, indeed the most chilling haunting, is the ghost of the woman with no tongue. She has been seen wandering around the grounds pointing to her badly wounded face. She has also been seen looking out from a barred window within the castle. It is not clear who this spirit might be or what may have happened to her.
The Monster of Glamis:
A well-known legend connected with the castle is that of the Monster of Glamis, a hideously deformed child born to the family. In the story, the monster was kept in the castle all his life and his suite of rooms bricked up after his death. An alternative version of the legend is that to every generation of the family a vampire child is born and is walled up in that room. Guests staying at Glamis once hung towels from the windows of every room in a bid to find the bricked-up suite of the monster. When they looked at it from outside, several windows were apparently towel-less. Though this is more likely due to the owners removing them in order so that the guests would not find the rooms, according to several relatives of the family.
Janet Douglas, the Gray Lady:
And do you remember Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, who was burned at the stake on Edinburgh’s Castle Hill and who I have already mentioned before? She is said to haunt Glamis Castle, in particular the castle’s peaceful chapel, as the "Gray Lady". In addition, visitors to Edinburgh Castle may also meet her ghost, as she’s known to visit the site of her death too.
Earl Beardie:
Another legend tells of the 15th-century "Earl Beardie", who has been identified with both Alexander Lyon, 2nd Lord Glamis, and Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford. Several versions exist, but they all involve him offering to play cards. However, nobody wanted to take him up on his offer on a Sabbath, so he finally raged he’d play the Devil himself. According to the legend, a stranger then appeared at the castle and joined Lord Beardie in a game of cards. The stranger was identified with the Devil, who took Earl Beardie's soul and, in some versions, condemned the Earl to play cards until doomsday. "Earl Beardie" is said to be still playing cards, apparently in a secret room in the castle. His shouts have been reported throughout the castle to this day.
The young servant boy:
A further Glamis ghost is the one of a young African servant boy, who has been seen sitting on the stone seat by the door of the Queen’s room on several occasions. He is thought to be the ghost of a servant who was treated unkindly at Glamis in the middle of the 18th century. This mischievous lad is reputed to trip up passers-by outside the Queen Mother’s bedroom. And people who have slept in a small dressing room off the main bedroom have often felt their bedclothes being pulled off in the dead of night.
The members of Clan Ogilvy:
And finally, there are the ghosts of Clan Ogilvy. During a Clan conflict in 1486, members of Clan Ogilvy fled to Glamis Castle to seek refuge from Clan Lindsay’s aggression against them. Lord Glamis welcomed them and told them to hide in a secret chamber. However, as a friend to the Lindsays, the Earl sealed the door and left the Ogilvy’s to die. It wasn’t until years later that the skeletons of the Ogilvy’s were discovered after noises were heard coming from the then still sealed room. To this day, visitors often feel extremely uneasy in this room.
Baby Tooth Moss is usually found growing on stream banks, rotting logs, tree bases and rocks and basically most shady places. This moss looks like a tiny vascular plant with its leaves growing out from either side of the stem in its non-fertile form appearing flattened, but the midrib is obvious in leaf and tiny single tooth on the top half of the leaf are visible. If the plant is fertile with a nodding capsule at the top of the stem it is erect with the leaves clustered around the top of the plant and group of these plants form a loose green cushion.
Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
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.
Polder of fertile organic soil grows onions, leafy greens, celery, carrots and other crops
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Das Bergdorf Chipude in der Hochebene gilt als älteste Siedlung La Gomeras und war noch vor 200 Jahren der bevölkerungsreichste gomerische Ort. Den Mittelpunkt bildet der große Dorfplatz mit der bereits im Jahr 1540 gegründeten Iglesia Virgen de la Candelaria.Schon in vorspanischer Zeit schätzten die Bewohner das fruchtbare Land nahe des Kultberges La Fortaleza. Heute ist Chipude beliebter Startpunkt für Wanderungen. 2019-12-31
The mountain village of Chipude in the plateau is considered the oldest settlement in La Gomera and was the most populous Gomeric town 200 years ago. The focal point is the large village square with the Iglesia Virgen de la Candelaria, which was founded in 1540. Even in pre-Spanish times, the inhabitants appreciated the fertile land near the cult mountain La Fortaleza. Today Chipude is a popular starting point for hikes.
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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.
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Traduction de l'allemand en français avec ImTranslator
The fertile Copán River valley was long a site of agriculture before the first known stone architecture was built in the region about the 9th century BC.
A kingdom seems to have been established in Copán in 159. It grew into one of the most important Maya sites by the 5th century. Large monuments dated with hieroglyphic texts were erected in the city from 435 through 822.
Xukpi was one of the more powerful Maya city states, a regional power, although it suffered a catastrophic defeat at the hands of its former vassal state Quirigua in 738, when the long-ruling Xukpi ruler Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil (18 Rabbit) was captured and beheaded by Quirigua's ruler K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat (Cauac Sky). Though Copán's rulers began to build monumental structures again within a few decades, both cities withered in the face of unsustainable population growth bringing about the depletion of natural resources, factors that brought several of the Classic-Age Maya city-states to their end. The area continued to be occupied after the last major ceremonial structures and royal monuments were erected, but the population declined in the 8th century - 9th century from perhaps over 20,000 in the city to less than 5,000.
The ceremonial center was long abandoned and the surrounding valley home to only a few farming hamlets at the time of the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century.
he 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.
Looking over Powell River Valley of Virginia (left) and Tennessee (far right) to North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains (far background) from Kentucky's Cumberland Mountain at dawn, I stand on Pinnacle Rock of the Cumberland Gap. This is the valley where Daniel Boone passed through a gap in the mountains into the fertile land of Kentucky.
🎵"Daniel started shoutin', shoutin':
Kentucky she's a-waitin' on the other side
Give you the fever, put the daylight in your eyes
Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap"🎵
–lyrics from the song Cumberland Gap by songwriters David Todd Rawlings / Gillian Howard Welch
Consecutive images in a 7 frame/sec burst. I started as the Snowy Egret Egretta thula, changed posture, thinking that it might be ready to take off in flight. Turns out it was more interested in making a deposit.
May Spring lighten your burdens, and prove creatively fertile!
21 Mar 2023; 03:00 UTC
"Everything that is overlooked is fertile." This is how Goethe once described it when he looked down at Heilbronn from the Wartberg. That is more true today than ever. The oldest wine town in Württemberg is on the move. State-of-the-art educational institutions are being built here. In the capital of the world market leaders there is a lot of tinkering. That is why products and ideas from Heilbronn are convincing worldwide. And the landscape that Goethe raved about on Heilbronn's local mountain back then is enjoyed every day here - in the vineyards or on the Neckar in the middle of the city center.
"Alles, was übersehen wird, ist fruchtbar." So hat es Goethe einmal beschrieben, als er vom Wartberg auf Heilbronn herabblickte. Das gilt heute mehr denn je. Die älteste Weinstadt Württembergs ist in Bewegung. Hier werden hochmoderne Bildungseinrichtungen gebaut. In der Hauptstadt der Weltmarktführer wird viel gebastelt. Deshalb überzeugen Produkte und Ideen aus Heilbronn weltweit. Und die Landschaft, von der Goethe damals auf Heilbronns Berg schwärmte, wird hier jeden Tag genossen - in den Weinbergen oder am Neckar mitten im Stadtzentrum.
These Canada goslings are just too adorable. There seem to be a lot more this year probably due to the heavy rainfall that brought early blooming of the wildflowers and grass. I spotted three big families early this afternoon. Be careful when you walk past these goose families. The parents are super aggressive if you get a bit too close. I almost got attacked by one of them when I didn't walk fast enough around them as they were blocking the trail.
Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
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 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.
This is a section near Coober Pedy in South Australia. The old grey coloured posts are original ones from when it was first constructed in the 1880s.
The Dingo Fence or Dog Fence is a pest-exclusion fence in Australia to keep dingoes out of the relatively fertile south-east part of the continent (where they have largely been exterminated) and protect the sheep flocks of southern Queensland. It is one of the longest structures in the world. It stretches 5,614 kilometres (3,488 mi).
It has been partly successful, though dingoes can still be found in parts of the southern states.
India, Kerala or Kēraḷam, Backwaters.
Kerala’s rich in fish, fertile unique backwaters, South India, a network of interconnected five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade, fed by 38 rivers & brackish lagoons extending nearly half the length of Kerala state. A labyrinthine system formed by almost 1.000 km of waterways lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, known as the “Malabar Coast”.
The backwaters have an exceptional ecosystem; freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea, formed by the action of waves & shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
A Thannermukkom Salt Water Barrier, preventing salt water from the sea is entering the deep inside, keeping the fresh water intact. Such fresh water is extensively used for irrigation purposes.
Numerous unique aquatic species including mudskippers, crabs, frogs, water birds such as kingfishers, darters, terns, darters & cormorants, animals like otters & turtles live in the backwaters area. Palm trees, pandanus bushes & other leafy plants grow alongside the backwaters, providing a green shade to the surrounding landscape.
📌….The unique backwaters are a network of interconnected five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade, fed by 38 rivers & brackish lagoons extending nearly half the length of Kerala state. A labyrinthine system formed by almost 1.000 km of waterways lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, known as the “Malabar Coast”.
The backwaters have an exceptional ecosystem; freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea, formed by the action of waves & shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
In the middle of this landscape there are a number of towns & cities, which serve as the starting & end points of backwater cruises. The backwaters are one of the noticeable tourist attractions in Kerala.
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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.
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India, Kerala or Kēraḷam, Backwaters.
Kerala’s rich, fertile unique backwaters, South India, a network of interconnected five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade, fed by 38 rivers & brackish lagoons extending nearly half the length of Kerala state. A labyrinthine system formed by almost 1.000 km of waterways lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, known as the “Malabar Coast”.
The backwaters have an exceptional ecosystem; freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea, formed by the action of waves & shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
A Thannermukkom Salt Water Barrier, preventing salt water from the sea is entering the deep inside, keeping the fresh water intact. Such fresh water is extensively used for irrigation purposes.
Numerous unique aquatic species including mudskippers, crabs, frogs, water birds such as kingfishers, darters, terns, darters & cormorants, animals like otters & turtles live in the backwaters area. Palm trees, pandanus bushes & other leafy plants grow alongside the backwaters, providing a green shade to the surrounding landscape.
In the middle of this landscape there are a number of towns & cities, which serve as the starting & end points of backwater cruises. The backwaters are one of the noticeable tourist attractions in Kerala.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
17 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments
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.
India, Kerala or Kēraḷam, Backwaters.
Kerala’s rich, fertile unique backwaters, South India, a network of interconnected five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade, fed by 38 rivers & brackish lagoons extending nearly half the length of Kerala state. A labyrinthine system formed by almost 1.000 km of waterways lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, known as the “Malabar Coast”.
The backwaters have an exceptional ecosystem; freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea, formed by the action of waves & shore currents creating low barrihttps://www.flickr.com/photos/franck-chilli/52137451080/in/photostream/er islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
A Thannermukkom Salt Water Barrier, preventing salt water from the sea is entering the deep inside, keeping the fresh water intact. Such fresh water is extensively used for irrigation purposes.
Numerous unique aquatic species including mudskippers, crabs, frogs, water birds such as kingfishers, darters, terns, darters & cormorants, animals like otters & turtles live in the backwaters area. Palm trees, pandanus bushes & other leafy plants grow alongside the backwaters, providing a green shade to the surrounding landscape.
📌….The unique backwaters are a network of interconnected five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade, fed by 38 rivers & brackish lagoons extending nearly half the length of Kerala state. A labyrinthine system formed by almost 1.000 km of waterways lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, known as the “Malabar Coast”.
The backwaters have an exceptional ecosystem; freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea, formed by the action of waves & shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
In the middle of this landscape there are a number of towns & cities, which serve as the starting & end points of backwater cruises. The backwaters are one of the noticeable tourist attractions in Kerala.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
17 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments