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Lexington Community Farm hosted a folk singer at sunset today, but this doodle wasn't interested. I discretely waved at him to get his attention for a moment.
Frente al hostal del Espitau de Vielha se encuentran el establo y el almacén donde se guardaban animales y mercancías de los viajeros alojados en el refugio.
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Vielha, Lleida.
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Elles sont en floraison...
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how many daffodils comprise a host I wonder?
"For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils"
William Wordsworth - 1804
One of seven images of wildflowers I saw when I visited Wilton Wildlife Preserve in Gansevoort, New York, USA for the second time this Spring on May 31, 2020. The Lupine were blooming & the first hatch Karner Blue Butterflies were present.
As a B&B host (not an Air BnB Superhost! no thanks) I get asked many questions: where to go, what to see, what's the weather going to do today, etc? Fortunately, having an interest in photography has helped me in that, as I regularly recce the area to check roads, where deer are, highland coos, etc, and taste the local whisky so that I know!
Sometimes I'm powerless to help. When people (French) travel from the south of France to the Scottish Highlands and then decide it's too far to go 25 miles to explore the end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Or they only bring white trainers and no walking boots with them as if expecting to only walk on city pavements and not across unspoilt and rugged Mother Nature. I despair sometimes with the lack of 'nous' or planning. Of course they also expect to get up late and then set off for a day trip of all of Skye....and haven't even thought to book a ferry in peak season.
Some, a few, arrive better prepared, some with teenage kids more interested in staying in the room and playing Call of Duty on the Playstation. To them, I might say, why not go far off the beaten trail out to Glendrian?
Your kids can get some lungfulls of pure, fresh highland air, some exercise and some education (why do people come here with big plastic bottles of Highland Spring water bottled from some drain near the Ochil Hills near Glasgow? How could it be more pure than what we have come out of the mountains around here? At least I'm reasonably confident our water hasn't already passed through several other human beings, and only filtered after flowing through the whole sewage system and chemically recycled).
Glendrian is an abandoned crofting township in the centre of the Ardnamurchan peninsula centred on grid reference NM480687. It is a Scheduled Monument, Historic Scotland describing it as “of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of post-medieval settlement and economy. Although only abandoned in the 1940s the settlement incorporates information for the earlier expansion and contraction of the community who lived here. The buildings are varied in date and style and contain evidence for the complex history of settlement on the site.”
Glendrian’s lands occupy the eastern half of the low land within the circle of hills formed by the main ring dykes of the Ardnamurchan Tertiary Volcanic Complex. Even in winter, when the vegetation has died back, the buildings are difficult to see.
But take your teenagers out there and ask them to imagine it was their home, completely isolated and cut off in the low land where there is total silence within the circle of hills formed by the main ring dykes of the Ardnamurchan Tertiary Volcanic Complex. There's no road to it. No electricity. The running water is in the form of a burn along the bottom of the shallow valley. No shops. And apart from feeding and tending to the animals kids still had to go to school in Kilchoan, six miles over the hills. And they didn't have modern water and windproof clothing to cloth them as they walked to school in winter darkness, and rain, hail and snow. And shock-horror: tell your teenagers they had no phone signal or wifi either!
People lived in Glendrian until the 1940's until the convenience of motorised transport links, shops and electricity lured them to living in towns and villages. 80 years on, if they were still alive would they move back, valuing the quality of life in Glendrian: no noise, no traffic, no crowds, no crime, no rape, no knife crime - a peaceful way of life? That's what 'civilisation' should be. Indeed the movement of people to live in towns and cities has heralded the end of civilisation! A visit to Glendrian can teach modern youth, and city and town folk a lot! I scuttled off home before the rain arrived.
A more comprehensive history of the settlement is here : heritageardnamurchan.co.uk/glendrian/
Stunning autumn colors from Sweden and the Nordics.
Photo Credit: Lars Ling
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URBAN ART FESTIVAL
Website: www.urban-art-festival.com
The Urban Art Festival Amsterdam presents and exhibits artwork by contemporary urban artists, including paintings on canvas, sculptures, photography, designer toys, video installations and video mapping.
Each night, an electronic music party alongside live and synchronised video performances will complement the exhibition.
The last day will host an artistic trade-fair called “underground market” where local artist labels, collectives and individuals will sell and promote their own art pieces such as clothes, jewellery, toys, music, publications and handcrafts.
The artist line-up guarantees an exciting and diverse exhibition. Many of our artists will paint three murals on Saturday @ OT301.
> Graffiti * Streetart * Illustration
Besok, Eazy, Help, Jeroo, Law One, Nychos, Ogre, Philipp Jordan, Reaz, Revolt77, Riko, Royale Belleville, SatONE, Snar, Tasso, Thijmen, Tshunc, Zone56
> Video Installation * Mapping
LotteZ, Roborant&Goto10
> Photography
Nils Mueller
> Sculpture / Designer Toys
Kamer, LilShy, Maoma