Standing There
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One of my favorite locations close to home. To me, this one old tree appears to be protecting the suroundings.
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I have gone past this old house on the Molson Chesaw Road many times in my Washington State adventures, but it never really stood out to me. Normally, this area of the Okanogan Highlands is very dry and brown. A few days ago, I once again was in the area and the old house looked different, maybe it was the angry clouds or the tall green grass that drew me in to stopping. I parked and walked up and down the road as I took a few shots from different angles. I settled on this shot as I think it conveys more of the mood I was looking for.
This photo shows a part of the standing stones and doesn't cover the whole site.
The Calanais Standing Stones are an extraordinary cross-shaped setting of stones erected 5,000 years ago. They predate England’s famous Stonehenge monument, and were an important place for ritual activity for at least 2,000 years.
We don’t know why the standing stones at Calanais were erected, but our best guess is that it was a kind of astronomical observatory.
Patrick Ashmore, who excavated at Calanais in the early 1980s writes: ‘The most attractive explanation… is that every 18.6 years, the moon skims especially low over the southern hills. It seems to dance along them, like a great god visiting the earth. Knowledge and prediction of this heavenly event gave earthly authority to those who watched the skies.’
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Still standing with a lean - this old farmhouse deserves more respect but think it days will be delegated to housing raccoons, skunks or other vermin!
Happy Mono Monday!
“It is better to be alone than to become a person that loses his soul to the fear of loneliness.”
― Shannon L. Alder
Daisies from the meadow by White Lake with a cloud layer and textures. The cloud may come back in a Magritte image with apples - we'll see though.
Textures by Lenebem-Anna.
No was her name
No was the lion that no one could tame
But Faith was his name
Faith came around with a smile on his face anyway
He said, tell, tell me now
Tell me the worry that knit up your brow
She said slow down this train
Slow down the iron that runs in my veins
I can hear you tap tappin' at my kitchen door
I can hear the river run, and the river want more
Don’t you know, I’m already sure
I can hear you tap tappin at my kitchen door
But No kept her name
No got so quiet she put out her flame
But Faith stayed the same
Faith came around with that smile on his face the next day
He said, follow me down
Follow me down with your pick and your plow
I can hear you tap tappin' at my kitchen door
I can hear the river run and the river want more
Don’t you know, I am already sure
I can hear you standing quiet at my kitchen door.
Lyrics from Wolf Larsen - Kitchen Door
*pose made by me... :))
Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursorat)
Taken at Masirah Island, Oman.
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Distinctive wader of desert areas, uniform sandy-brown with a blue back of head framed by a white and black stripe meeting at the nape. Bill is slightly down-curved. Very tall and slim with long legs that it uses to run across desert and semi-desert areas with its head held high. Dramatically patterned in flight with black flight feathers and underwings contrasting with its sandy body.
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This is cormorant which could easily see them around in Adelaide~~so wonderful bird!
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I hope you have been enjoying the Jubilee celebrations looking forward to the darleks on parade today…
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"Let me keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished."
~Mary Oliver
Autrefois, les radeliers de la Durance transportaient par flottage les grumes de bois nécessaires à la construction des maisons des cités provençales et à la construction navale de la Marine Royale notamment pour les chantiers de Toulon et de Marseille. Il leur fallait plusieurs jours pour rallier la Provence depuis les Hautes-Alpes, debouts sur les radeaux, sans autre protection que leur courage et leur détermination. C'étaient souvent des paysans qui trouvaient dans cette activité un complément de revenu.
Aujourd'hui, les radeliers qui veulent perpétuer la mémoire de cette activité disparue depuis plus d'un siècle, passent plusieurs mois pour reconstruire des radeaux selon les techniques de l'époque. Cette année a eu lieu la 22ème reconstitution historique entre l'Argentière la Bessée et Embrun. Mais le niveau de l'eau de la Durance est très bas, à cause de la sècheresse. Hélas, le radeau de tête a heurté des rochers et s'est mis en travers de la rivière au niveau d'Embrun, empêchant la poursuite de l'événement. Pas de blessé, heureusement ! Cet incident rappelle combien cette pratique du flottage du bois sur la Durance était périlleuse.
Pour en savoir plus sur la pratique du flottage : www.persee.fr/doc/mar_07584431_1999_num_27_1_1681
et sur la reconstitution du flottage sur la Durance : www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbPxm5vFmjE
Formerly, the rafters of the Durance transported by floating the logs necessary for the construction of the houses of the Provençal cities and the naval construction of the Royal Navy in particular for the sites of Toulon and Marseille. It took them several days to reach Provence from the Hautes-Alpes, standing on the rafts, with no other protection than their determination. They were often peasants who found in this activity a supplement of income. Today, the rafters who want to perpetuate the memory of this activity, which disappeared for more than a century, spend several months rebuilding rafts using the techniques of the time.
this dewy lavender serves as a holding pillar for several spider webs 😄 HMBT!☀️
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