Standing There
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'I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.'
- Thomas Hood
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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 had to sit down for this one and I was wishing that more gardeners would use raised bed gardens ... )0: This poppy was spotted on a recent neighbourhood walk.
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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!
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.’
Historic Scotland
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“It is better to be alone than to become a person that loses his soul to the fear of loneliness.”
― Shannon L. Alder
I am not certain, but I believe these birds are Diamond Doves, which are native to Australia. One bird was on the nest, while its mate was in a seemingly protective stance keeping a close eye on the photographer. These birds were photographed early this year at the Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory, in Key West, Florida.
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... :))
This is cormorant which could easily see them around in Adelaide~~so wonderful bird!
Hope you enjoy your weekend so far my dear friends! Cheers!
It is always wonderful to see these beautiful owls. The excitement is the same as the very first time I saw one.
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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
This is a view of a few of the stones that make up the cruciform structure of the Callanish Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
These stones have been in place for millennia and the oldest section of the structure predates the famous Stonehenge in Wiltshire by centuries. The stones themselves do not have the same impact of size of it’s the better known counterpart but it would still have been a monumental effort (sorry about the pun) to move the pieces and assemble this structure.