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My family name - Figueiredo - use to mean, in medieval times, a figtree forest :-)
I'm adding this legend about my surname (pardon my english):
In medieval times, Christians and Moors occupied the Iberian Peninsula in a mosaic of small kingdons, fighting each other.
Mauregato, son of D.Afonso the Catholic and a Moor slave decided to takeover his nephew (another) Afonso kingdom and for that he asked help to the Moor Khalifa from Cordova, Abdel Raman, known by it's fierce fights against the Christians.
Relying on Mauregato's ambition, the Khalifa established a cruel tax: the half Christian/half Moor King would be kept on throne but should provide 100 Christian virgins, every year, to Abdel Raman harems at Cordova.
Meanwhile, Mauregato forgot completely Christianity and embraced the Islam. Em 783 DC, after selling his captured nephew as a slave, Mauregato was acclaimed by a terrified people that feared his army... the same people that, in private, considered him as the most despicable and obnoxious character of his times.
And, the legend says, Mauregato's "hunters" ravaged the countryside searching for 50 young noble virgins and 50 young plebeian... virgins. After fetching the first 5 victims the "hunters" arrived at the noble D.Ramiro fortress who recently had lost it's two sons in battle and was left with young DªMécia. Although exalted and proud of his old conquests, D.Ramiro was old and weak. Powerless, he had to let his daughter go...
On the way to Cordova's harems the group made a short stop in the middle of nowhere, around 15 kms from the city of Viseu.
It was a hot July afternoon and the six captives where thrown into an old shack while the moors rested under the shadow of a nearby figtree forest - in those days called a "FIGUEIREDO".
Some girls wept, other cursed the kidnappers and Mauregato. The moors answered with a full report of their future at the harems. Finally, under the heat, the moors fell asleep...
Sometime later, a group of noble horsemen approached the area leaded by the Knight Sir Goesto Ansures, a valiant warrior searching for glory and for some Muslims to behead.
Before he was noticed by the Moors and hearing the crying girls, Sir Goesto approached the shack and was surprised seeing the six young ladies and one of them was his beloved DªMécia, daughter of the noble D.Ramiro... enraged, he cried havoc and slipped the dogs of war!
The surprised and sleepy Moors were resisting the attack and suddenly, in the heat of the fierce battle, Sir Goesto sword broke into the steel of a Muslim helmet. Defenseless, the Knight looked around to find a weapon and grabbed a figtree branch... with it, the Knight slaughtered the surviving Moors and claimed victory and it's beloved Dª Mécia.
The Lady, mounted on Sir Goesto war horse, followed the Knight to her father fortress. D.Ramiro promised her to Sir Goesto but long and bloody battles delayed the wedding until the cruel 100 virgin tax was abolished by the force of the blades.
In memory of this gallant and chivalrous act a village was built around the old shack and was called FIGUEIREDO DAS DONAS (meaning the young ladies figtree forest).
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On October 26th 2022 I discovered that a new galvanised walking track bridge had been built at the mouth of Browns Creek, where it enters the Manning River.
A wide concrete path leads to the bridge from the western end of Pitt and Nelson Streets near the old Peters Milk Factory Wharf.
The pathway and bridge allow new access in 2022 from the east across Browns Creek to the Taree Bicentennial Gardens, which up till now have been tucked away and underutilised on a peninsula between Browns Creek and the Manning River.
Presumably the path will eventually be continued east to the proposed future redevelopment of the old Peeress Butter Factory site fronting the Manning River. That project, which has been in the planning phase for many years, will potentially revitalise the historic Chatham Manning River front and will be known as 'Figtrees on the Manning'.
In the longer term it will also extend to Taree Recreation Centre at Chatham.
For now, the bridge gives access from Pitt and Nelson Streets west through the Taree Bicentennial Gardens.
Those who might explore a little further will find that the path through the gardens extends to a new walking cycling trail completed in December 2021 which links from under Browns Creek Bridge along the western side of Browns Creek through mangrove swamp forest and rainforest all the way to Muscio Park.
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A question about the impact on me of seeing the giant Agathis australis (New Zealand Kauris) in Waipoua Forest NZ made me search for some photos I had taken over the last few months of some very big trees in Australian rainforests such as Wingham Brush (Ficus Macrophylla),Dorrigo National Park (Sloanea woollsii or Yellow Carabeen) and Myall Lakes National Park Tops National Park (Eucalyptus grandis or Flooded Gum).
The two smaller trees are Dendrocnide excelsa (Stinging Trees)which are very common in Wingham Brush.
Shots of these massive trees follow this photo.
The different perspectives of the shots however do not provide a valid comparison between the photos and while the Australian trees were comparatively taller they may not have been as large in terms of cubic metres of timber capacity.
This Ficus macrophllya tree was by no means the largest in Wingham Brush with one tree possibly getting close to Te Matua Ngahere for girth at the ground level,however it was impossible to photograph it.
NATIONAL REGISTER of AUSTRALIA'S BIG TREES
This is an amazing must read article
EXPLORE #339 MAY 30TH 2009...Thank you everyone
Ficus benghalensis, also known as Indian fig, Indian Banyan is a species of banyan endemic to Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. It can grow into a giant tree covering several hectares. The Great Banyan in the Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, is considered to be one of the largest trees in the world in terms of area covered. Ficus benghalensis produces prop roots which grow downwards as slender vine. Once these roots reach the ground, they take root and grow into woody trunks that can become indistinguishable from the main trunk.
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A causeway spans the moat in front of each tower: these have a row of devas on the left and asuras on the right, each row holding a naga in the attitude of a tug-of-war. This appears to be a reference to the myth, popular in Angkor, of the Churning of the Sea of Milk. Перед воротами в ряд выстроились боги (деваты) слева и демоны (асуры) справа, держащие в руках многоголового змея (нага), олицетворяющего мост между небом и землей. Богов и демонов поровну с каждой стороны, по 54, боги держат змея за голову, а демоны – за хвост. Перетягивая на себя они, таким образом, приводят в движение священную гору (Байон).
This is the beauitful Banyan Tree that is located in Riverbend Park in Jupiter, Florida. HDR photography photo processed in Photomatix Pro using tone compressor.
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Straight out of the drone this image rendered as a circular panorama enabling zooming to any part of the image for incredible detail.
When I tried to down load it to Flickr the image presented as a panorama as seen above as it appears Flickr doesn't support rotating display at this time.
While the image was taken with my long closetted drone it was taken by my son.
I've hopefully moved a step closer to actually using my drone as I've now finally acquired an IPad Pro as a screen and a new remote control holder. The IPad Pro will allow display of images considerably larger than previously possible with my old IPhone X which I found difficult to work with due to the smaller screen size.
Yesterday was T's birthday :) My husband, but I call him boyfriend :)
And I didn't post a photo in honor of him. I will need to do that...
I was cleaning up the kids outdoor kitchen when I looked up and saw the light coming through these string lights....yummy.
I am behind on visiting you this week.
Got some new client work that will take me to San Diego :) it's a fast and light scope project but I'm excited as my clients are a lovely family and the space will be fun to work within.
I ordered T a new bbq for his birthday, it's coming today...excited to grill our first steaks on it this weekend :)
Wishing each of you a magical Friday, a wonderful weekend, and I'll be checking in with you later today on all your loveliness, light and flickr goodness (:
Peace
Unloading in the steelworks. My brother John drove this 1418 Mercedes Benz from new and I spent a lot of time in the passenger seat during school holidays. A couple of years later another driver "dangles" had his CB radio confiscated by the police as at the time they were being operated illegally. Don Bradford and Terry Ashby also had their radios seized. Illawarra truckies fought to have CB radios legalized and the Illawarra CB Radio Association was formed so drivers who belonged to the club could legally have CB radios in their trucks
Sitting around for a few pictures. It was small which leads me to believe it's a Damselfly. I am aware that I could be wrong with it being a small Dragonfly.
The zulu envoys - guarded by two elite warriors (this can be deduced from the white shields) and accompanied by two porters. Note that the envoy and the warriors are married - denoted by their headrings - an honour only granted by King Cetshwayo himself.
The Brown Cuckoo-Dove was once called the ‘Pheasant-tailed Pigeon’ because of its long tail, which is sometimes used as a counterbalance or as a support when foraging in the treetops, especially when hanging upside down or making some other acrobatic manoeuvre to reach a distant fruit or berry.