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Menorca contiene muchas muestras de una cultura prehistórica única en la región: pequeños poblados, enterramientos… que se denominan Menorca Talayótica.
Desde el día 18 de septiembre de 2023 Menorca Talayótica forma parte del Patrimonio Mundial por la UNESCO, ocupando el puesto número 50 de la lista de lugares Patrimonio de la Humanidad de España.
La naveta de Es Tudons es el monumento funerario más emblemático de Menorca, un tipo de tumba que sólo se encuentra en esta isla.
Se llama “naveta” por su forma de pequeña nave invertida.
Recently visited Oldmoor Wood, Nottinghamshire. Oldmoor Wood is a woodland in Nottinghamshire, near the village of Strelley. It covers a total area of 15.11 hectares. It is owned and managed by The Woodland Trust.
I went primarily for the beautiful Bluebells. There is a mix of Native and Spanish Bluebells.
Native Bluebells are protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.
How to tell the difference.
English Bluebells: Flowers on one side of the stem.
Spanish Bluebells: Flowers all around the stem.
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My photo for today is from our excursion to Ft. Ticonderoga, New York. For you history buffs, three countries-three wars-one fort. It stands above Lake Champlaign with a direct trade route to Canada.
Anyway, enough of that. :-) It was reenactment day and as I looked to my left I saw this perfect human still life set up. I snapped a picture with the lens I happened to have on (lensbaby-no surprise). They almost immediately dispersed when they saw me taking their picture.
Le premier qui, ayant enclos un terrain, s'avisa de dire : Ceci est à moi, et trouva des gens assez simples pour le croire, fut le vrai fondateur de la société civile. Que de crimes, de guerres, de meurtres, que de misères et d'horreurs n'eût point épargnés au genre humain celui qui, arrachant les pieux ou comblant le fossé, eût crié à ses semblables : Gardez-vous d'écouter cet imposteur ; vous êtes perdus, si vous oubliez que les fruits sont à tous, et que la terre n'est à personne.
J.J. ROUSSEAU
Album "Human Borders":
What does it mean to be human?
A MUST SEE masterpiece documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdb4XGVTHkE
An extraordinary collage of about 2000 people from 60 different countries answering to questions covering heavy subjects such as religion, family, ambition, failure and homosexuality...
Amazing emotional photography...touching stories...breathtaking music and sceneries...
“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.”
~Roy T. Bennett~
Happy week-end everyone!
And remember when you have to choose between being right or being kind always choose to be kind!
Be HUMAN! Lots of love...xoxo
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This marina restoration is part of a much larger ecological project being done in an area of Upstate NY that hosts a huge variety of migrating birds. The entire project will help humans and nature by providing more food and habitat for our local and migrating wildlife, while also providing a better marina for the boaters. I am hopeful that this will be a positive change for our wildlife, but honestly, I always worry when mankind attempts to "improve" nature. Time will tell.
"Over 100 acres of coastal wetlands have been eroded from Braddock Bay since the loss of the spits of land that extended partially across the bay mouth in the early 1900s. In addition, extensive emergent wetlands have become dominated by the aggressive cattail species (Typha angustifolia and Typha x glauca). These alterations have substantially reduced the suitability of Braddock Bay habitat for many fish and wildlife
species such as the state endangered black tern (Chlidonias niger) and the northern pike (Esox lucius). The goal of this project is to protect and restore the suitability of Braddock Bay for these and many other fish and wildlife species."
Excerpted from the project plans: www.lrb.usace.army.mil/Portals/45/docs/BraddockBay/FigA-B...
Bright-eyed & Bushy-tailed Hunter
Chesterfield County, Virginia
Significant rainfall several weeks ago brought a good mushroom crop, which squirrels loved; seen in our yard in late afternoon after another heavy rain, this fellow -- although slowed a bit by human intrusion -- found and ate a mushroom (zoom lens at 400mm on crop-sensor 80D for 640mm effective focal length). Nearing 1 foot of rain so far in August (as of August 13), mushrooms are even more plentiful now, and more rain is forecast over the next several days.
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'Monumento al Encierro' by Rafael Huerta Celaya, 1991 - instalación 21 abril 2007.
Iruña-Pamplona.
Materiales y técnica: Bronce patinado sobre plataforma de granito y hormigón armado
Materials and technique: Patinated bronze on a granite platform and reinforced concrete
Globalism is currently working in two distinct ways. One is an attempt to submerge the world into a singular "global" political-economy. Here the corporations that power the markets have the upper hand, and so it is possible to see international architecture that now looks the same everywhere; famous franchises all over the world where the food and coffee is the same; worldwide media that is essentially controlled by six major corporations. This is the standardised, one-size-fits-all model. And I loathe it.
But there is also a countercurrent at work - often referred to as multiculturalism (though I'd rather lose the "-ism"). This is where local cultures are cherished and encouraged. Real difference is acknowledged and relationships through mutual understanding are key to a peaceful community. There are photographers working in this field in Australia right now. Here is some of their work.
From top left we have Shirin Neshat (born Iran 1957) "I am its secret" 1993 from her series "Women of Allah".
In the middle is Zhang Huan (born China 1965) "1/2 Text" where the body is inscribed.
The wonderfully colourful portrait of young African men is by Leonce Agbodjelou (born Benin 1965).
Underneath those are the evocative portraits of Greek mourners by Georgia Metaxas (born Australia 1974).
On the right we have an interesting presentation with a trigger warning. You can read all about it by enlarging this collage. It tells us a great deal about a society that is more offended by the image of a dead worker, than the fact that a real person was murdered.
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