St James is a small, tranquil church on the outskirts of Oddingley village, surrounded by beautiful Worcestershire countryside. An earlier wooden church was first mentioned in 1288. In the 15th century the wooden construction was replaced with the current stone building, constructed from limestone that was probably quarried nearby. Originally there was no tower, but the wall at the back of the nave was removed and a tower introduced in the 17th century.

The church is the final resting place of many souls, most famously the Reverend Parker, the village parson who was gruesomely murdered nearby in 1806. The hunt for his killer gripped the attention of the nation, but the case remained unsolved for nearly three decades before the truth was, at last, revealed…

Martkopi Monastery is located 35 kilometers from Tbilisi, Georgia in a resplendant mountain forest of Kvemo Kartli Region. Founded in the 6th century by Assyrian Father Anton Martkopeli, the complex holds cultural significance to Georgians and is the site of one of the country’s most infamous unsolved murders.

Martkopi Monastery Complex consists of the Deity, Virgin Mary, St. George and Father Anton Churches, as well as a belltower and living quarters for monks. The icon of St. Anton Martkopeli, the site’s most sacred relic which is rumored to possess miraculous powers, is also on display. To the east of Martkopi Monastery is Anton's Pillar, which overlooks dense forest from atop a mountain precipice. The pillar can be reached with a 20-30-minute hike on a well-marked trail up the mountainside. From the top, one can enjoy breathtaking views of the monastic complex year-round.

Anton Martkopeli was one of the thirteen 6th-century Assyrian missionaries who traveled from Mesopotamia to Georgia to strengthen Christianity in the country. Upon arrival, Father Anton opted to live in a secluded enclave on Mount Akriani, where he would pray fervently day and night. In the coming years he converted many people to Christianity before living out the last 15 years of his life in the place where Anton’s Pillar now stands. He lived as a hermit, which is also implied by the name Martkopeli (Martomkopeli), which in Georgian means "one who lives in solitude". The nearby village of Martkopi also adopted this name in the 6th century, having previously been known as Akriani. Father Anton became known in the region as a miracle worker and was soon surrounded by a crowd of followers, which in time led to the revival of Martkopi's monastic life.

Martkopi Monastery has come under attack multiple times over the centuries by various invaders, suffering partiuclarly extensive damage during Tamerlane’s conquest in 1395. A century later, Georgia was officially dissolved into smaller kingdoms. Martkopi was annexed to the Kingdom of Kakheti, where it was highly regarded by Kakheti’s kings.

In the 17th century, restoration efforts helped to reverse much of the damage which Marktopi had sustained since the Tamerlane era. The monastery went on to serve as an educational center until the mid-18th century. Extensive renovations were carried out in the 19th century, at which time a new builing for Church of the Deity was built to replace its crumbling medieval prededessor. Kirion II, head of the Georgian Orthodox Church from 1917-1918, resided there in his final days after becoming a monk toward the end of his life. In the summer of 1918, he was murdered in his chambers at Martkopi in a senseless killing which remains unsolved to this day.

Martkopi Monastery continued to function as a hermitage until 1934. It served as a shelter for homeless children in the 1950s - 1960s and a recreational home in later years. In 1989, the monastery was again restored to the Georgian Orthodox Church by Patriarch Ilia II.

Currently, Martkopi Monastery Complex remains open for visitors and is a worthwhile stop for travelers passing through Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli Region.

I visit Stagno's Bakery, st the corner of Auburn and Lowell in Larimer now and then, to see if it is still there. It has been closed for many years. In 2007, an employee was murdered here in broad daylight and the crime remains unsolved. I think of this every time I'm there so it is a kind of memento mori for me. I love the various weathered and dented blues of the facade and the earlier sign partly revealed by a missing panel.

This little building was once a country store. It is also the location of an unsolved murder. In January 1976, according to the store owner, "Tiny" Denton, a customer, Gordon D. “Bubba” Howell, Jr. was shot in the head during an armed robbery. Five young African-American men were arrested and charged. The charges were eventually dropped in a case that received national attention. The young men were called "The Dawson Five" since Dawson, Georgia is the nearest town to the store and where they were jailed. No one else was ever charged, and some suspected that the store owner was the killer, but it was never proven. The store has been closed for as long as I can remember.

Here is a link to a much more detailed look at the story vanishinggeorgia.com/category/terrell-county-ga/page/5/

Overcup Creek, North Carolina, USA

I have been busy trying to catalogue all of the hundreds of thousands of photos I have taken over the years as they are not in any semblance of order other than by date - some don't even have keywords m- my bad. I found this one and gave it a bit of an HDR preset boost in Lightroom Classic just to bring out the stone on the Parliament Building and the trees. It is still one of my favourite photos of my childhood hometown Ottawa Ontario's iconic Parliament Buildings as taken from across the Ottawa River at the museum in Gatineau Quebec. I grew up just blocks from Parliament Hill in downtown Ottawa until we moved to the Westboro area of Ottawa where I spent my high school years.

The rounded dome structure that you can see is the Library of Parliament which was the only part of the original building not destroyed by a fire on 3 Feb 1916 which, to this day, has been unsolved as to how the fire started. Canada, was in the midst of World War I and many believed at the time it had been deliberately set by German saboteurs.

Just weeks before the fire, an unsavory American businessman told a newspaper editor that Germans were planning an attack on Ottawa's capital buildings — the U.S. was not yet at war. American justice officials had received the tip, but the message apparently never made it to Canadian authorities.

Still, an official inquiry came up with no firm conclusion on whether it was arson, a careless smoker, or maybe faulty wiring.

I may not always have time to thank you all for your visits and comments but rest assured, that I do read them and am very appreciative that you took the time to pop by and see what I see here "North of 7" in Rural Eastern Ontario (North Frontenac Township) or, where ever else I might be with my camera now that I am retired and loving it.

Ⓒ Sharon Wilkinson aka Sharon’s Shotz, All Rights Reserved

Jungfrau Park is an amusement park located near Interlaken, Switzerland. It opened as the Mystery Park in 2003, and closed in November 2006 due to financial difficulties and low turnout. The park was designed by Erich von Däniken, and consisted of seven pavilions, each of which explored one of several great "mysteries" of the world. Von Däniken opened the theme park to present his interpretations of unsolved mysteries involving extraterrestrial life that he believes took place around the world.

New cafe above the original Thelma Todd Sidewalk Cafe on Pacific Coast Hwy where, in 1935, the actress/restauranteur--best known for comedic roles in two Marx Bros films--was found dead at age 29. News coverage of the day suspected murder, case unsolved.

There is no silence in the unspoken word

no grating wounds

no effacement about turns

no...this is nature,

where all is welcome

from efferent souls

to Oak cunning

shading the season, or...

lighting up the unsolved Winter

calculary days fade away

eventually

now run with the Sunlight

there's no time to waste it...

by anglia24

10h55: 08/10/2007

© 2007anglia24

☀

©Teddy’s Adventures

Episode CII

Hi Folks,

Last week, I reported about my Candlelight Party with LUNA and the Red Heart of mysterious origin

Hugs all around

🐻 LIM (The Inspector BearNaBy)

[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]

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please respect my ©copyright : Do not use any image or text without my previous written authorization, NOT even in social networks. If you want to use a photograph, please contact me!

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Meine Fotos und Texte sind ©copyright geschützt (alle Rechte vorbehalten) und dürfen ohne meine vorherige und schriftliche Zustimmung NICHT von Dritten verwendet werden, auch nicht in sozialen Netzwerken. Falls Interesse an einem Foto besteht, bitte ich um Kontaktaufnahme!]

Two kids do the rainy walk of whimsical life on their way to Sharpstein Elementary School during the early hours of a rainy morning, in an ecelectic little, three collage, rural town in southeastern Washintgton state.

To this day, the reason for their costumes remain a beautiful, unsolved mystery.

Photographed with a Nikon D750 and custom-mounted, vintage (40-year-old) manual focus, Olympus Zuiko 28mm f/2 lens at f/2.

A glass cup is divided into three parts: the base or the foot, the stem, shaft or leg and the chalice, balloon or body of the cup.

Did you know that the crystal cups are not 100% polished, but the base and shaft are left unpolished? This is so that the cup doesn´t escape from our fingers. In this pic we can see the stem of the cup and the details of the crystal.

Ok.. is this real? Is this verified? Maybe yes. Maybe not. But it makes sense by simply believe that everything has a reason, a why. That everything is there for something.

So.. There are still unsolved questions? Have to keep looking..

maybe not the questions themselves, but directly the answers: because this world has them. At least until I discover that it is not necessary to answer them all.

Maybe simply living is the threshold between doubt and certainty. Maybe "live" is the answer to everything.

. #MacroMondays

. #Glass

HMM!!

=)

The ultimate motive which leads the believer to Mary is, as already said, the desire to be within the orbit of her holy life. The believer desires to dwell in her proximity, in the aura of her being, and in the intimacy of her mystery. The word mystery does not stand here for a riddle in the sense of something still unsolved. It conveys rather a quality, a potentiality, a sphere: the governance of God in man, the breath of eternal life. Here the worshipper wants to enter; here he wants to dwell, to breathe, to become quiet, and to receive comfort and strength to continue his life with renewed courage.

-The art of praying : the principles and methods of Christian prayer : formerly entitled Prayer in practice / Romano Guardini.

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart… - Rainer Maria Rilke

Martkopi Monastery or Martqopi monastery is located 35 kilometers from Tbilisi, Georgia in a resplendant mountain forest of Kvemo Kartli Region. Founded in the 6th century by Assyrian Father Anton Martkopeli, the complex holds cultural significance to Georgians and is the site of one of the country’s most infamous unsolved murders.

Martkopi Monastery Complex consists of the Deity, Virgin Mary, St. George and Father Anton Churches, as well as a belltower and living quarters for monks. The icon of St. Anton Martkopeli, the site’s most sacred relic which is rumored to possess miraculous powers, is also on display. To the east of Martkopi Monastery is Anton's Pillar, which overlooks dense forest from atop a mountain precipice. The pillar can be reached with a 20-30-minute hike on a well-marked trail up the mountainside. From the top, one can enjoy breathtaking views of the monastic complex year-round.

Anton Martkopeli was one of the thirteen 6th-century Assyrian missionaries who traveled from Mesopotamia to Georgia to strengthen Christianity in the country. Upon arrival, Father Anton opted to live in a secluded enclave on Mount Akriani, where he would pray fervently day and night. In the coming years he converted many people to Christianity before living out the last 15 years of his life in the place where Anton’s Pillar now stands. He lived as a hermit, which is also implied by the name Martkopeli (Martomkopeli), which in Georgian means "one who lives in solitude". The nearby village of Martkopi also adopted this name in the 6th century, having previously been known as Akriani. Father Anton became known in the region as a miracle worker and was soon surrounded by a crowd of followers, which in time led to the revival of Martkopi's monastic life.

Martkopi Monastery has come under attack multiple times over the centuries by various invaders, suffering partiuclarly extensive damage during Tamerlane’s conquest in 1395. A century later, Georgia was officially dissolved into smaller kingdoms. Martkopi was annexed to the Kingdom of Kakheti, where it was highly regarded by Kakheti’s kings.

In the 17th century, restoration efforts helped to reverse much of the damage which Marktopi had sustained since the Tamerlane era. The monastery went on to serve as an educational center until the mid-18th century. Extensive renovations were carried out in the 19th century, at which time a new builing for Church of the Deity was built to replace its crumbling medieval prededessor. Kirion II, head of the Georgian Orthodox Church from 1917-1918, resided there in his final days after becoming a monk toward the end of his life. In the summer of 1918, he was murdered in his chambers at Martkopi in a senseless killing which remains unsolved to this day.

Martkopi Monastery continued to function as a hermitage until 1934. It served as a shelter for homeless children in the 1950s - 1960s and a recreational home in later years. In 1989, the monastery was again restored to the Georgian Orthodox Church by Patriarch Ilia II.

Currently, Martkopi Monastery Complex remains open for visitors and is a worthwhile stop for travelers passing through Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli Region.

63x stereomicroscopy. Original photo: www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2021-photomicrography-c...

I trimmed the ragged left edge and adjusted the levels a bit. The photos are impressive pieces of work, that I thought deserved wider attention. Here are all 10 of his entries into the Nikon contests. 7 are agates, most related to this one: www.nikonsmallworld.com/people/douglas-moore

Douglas Moore, the photographer, has granted his permission to reuse his copyrighted image here. He made the following comments:

"The Belosov-Zabotinskii reaction (one theory) involves oscillating fibrous crystallization forming the bands, which force the iron particles out to the periphery of each band. In macro view, you see a red agate made up of these iron particles alternating with the banding. No one knows how agates form, although Peter Haney of Penn State has the best understanding of the complexities of agate genesis, as evidenced by his presentation in a recent GIA symposium. The Teepee Canyon and Fairburn Agates (actually the same, although the latter was weathered out of the Minnelusa Formation in the Black Hills and deposited in the Badlands/Grasslands) are my favorites to photograph under the microscope. They are marine sedimentary agates (as opposed to volcanic agates) that feature wide bands and sharply defined structures.

I've kind of given up trying to figure out how agates form, and just collect them for their beauty, antiquity and as objects of scientific curiosity."

After thinking about those 'raspberries', I came up with this idea:

I know little about agates except that they are a variety of chalcedony and quartz with various coloring agents. I know that there is a "fire agate" with clear chalcedony layered over iron oxides. So the red 'raspberries' could be hematite aggregates 'floating' in clear chalcedony?? What do you think?

I'd never heard of the Belosov-Zabotinskii reaction. Have you? The GIA is the Gemological Institute of America.

Aha, actually I had. Putting on my chemist's hat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o72GGxQqWt8

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL3kVtc-4vY -- if you skip over to ~ 8 min in, this has even more dramatic patterns.

Pretty interesting, and you can see the relevance to patterns in agates.

Anyway: interesting photo. Glad to see some discussions of it, even if it seems likely to remain as another of the many Unsolved Mysteries of SCIENCE!

الدهر أدبني والصبـر رباني

والقوت أقنعني واليأس أغناني

وحنكتني من الأيــام تجربة

حتى نهيت الذي قد كان ينهاني

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“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions

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تعلـمت :

ان وجود المـودل بالصـورة مهم .. بس بنفس الوقت مب هو اللي يحدد اذا كانت الصورة حلوة و الا لا ..!

بمـعنى :

مهب جمـال المودل يساوي جمـال الصـورة ....!!

فالمصـور يشوف الاشياء من زاويه ثانيه بالاخص يشوف الدنيا من عدسته

فيظـهر الدنيـا بمستوى من الجمـال .. محد غيره يشوفه ..!

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>> شي بس بخـاطري

يـوم كـلن يوقف ضـدي

اكون عـارفه ان لي من يوقف وياي

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Edit : me

Model : rjal fee al so8

Place : soo8 wa8f

ممكـن تحطون دعايـة لاخر صوركم بس

في 188 pix مايكـون المقاس اكثر من250

It's a photo of something visible in real life, unenhanced except for some upping of the saturation. You'll never guess!

November 2019.

Martkopi Monastery is located 35 kilometers from Tbilisi, Georgia in a resplendant mountain forest of Kvemo Kartli Region. Founded in the 6th century by Assyrian Father Anton Martkopeli, the complex holds cultural significance to Georgians and is the site of one of the country’s most infamous unsolved murders.

Martkopi Monastery Complex consists of the Deity, Virgin Mary, St. George and Father Anton Churches, as well as a belltower and living quarters for monks. The icon of St. Anton Martkopeli, the site’s most sacred relic which is rumored to possess miraculous powers, is also on display. To the east of Martkopi Monastery is Anton's Pillar, which overlooks dense forest from atop a mountain precipice. The pillar can be reached with a 20-30-minute hike on a well-marked trail up the mountainside. From the top, one can enjoy breathtaking views of the monastic complex year-round.

Anton Martkopeli was one of the thirteen 6th-century Assyrian missionaries who traveled from Mesopotamia to Georgia to strengthen Christianity in the country. Upon arrival, Father Anton opted to live in a secluded enclave on Mount Akriani, where he would pray fervently day and night. In the coming years he converted many people to Christianity before living out the last 15 years of his life in the place where Anton’s Pillar now stands. He lived as a hermit, which is also implied by the name Martkopeli (Martomkopeli), which in Georgian means "one who lives in solitude". The nearby village of Martkopi also adopted this name in the 6th century, having previously been known as Akriani. Father Anton became known in the region as a miracle worker and was soon surrounded by a crowd of followers, which in time led to the revival of Martkopi's monastic life.

Martkopi Monastery has come under attack multiple times over the centuries by various invaders, suffering partiuclarly extensive damage during Tamerlane’s conquest in 1395. A century later, Georgia was officially dissolved into smaller kingdoms. Martkopi was annexed to the Kingdom of Kakheti, where it was highly regarded by Kakheti’s kings.

In the 17th century, restoration efforts helped to reverse much of the damage which Marktopi had sustained since the Tamerlane era. The monastery went on to serve as an educational center until the mid-18th century. Extensive renovations were carried out in the 19th century, at which time a new builing for Church of the Deity was built to replace its crumbling medieval prededessor. Kirion II, head of the Georgian Orthodox Church from 1917-1918, resided there in his final days after becoming a monk toward the end of his life. In the summer of 1918, he was murdered in his chambers at Martkopi in a senseless killing which remains unsolved to this day.

Martkopi Monastery continued to function as a hermitage until 1934. It served as a shelter for homeless children in the 1950s - 1960s and a recreational home in later years. In 1989, the monastery was again restored to the Georgian Orthodox Church by Patriarch Ilia II.

Currently, Martkopi Monastery Complex remains open for visitors and is a worthwhile stop for travelers passing through Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli Region.

Martkopi Monastery or Martqopi monastery is located 35 kilometers from Tbilisi, Georgia in a resplendant mountain forest of Kvemo Kartli Region. Founded in the 6th century by Assyrian Father Anton Martkopeli, the complex holds cultural significance to Georgians and is the site of one of the country’s most infamous unsolved murders.

Martkopi Monastery Complex consists of the Deity, Virgin Mary, St. George and Father Anton Churches, as well as a belltower and living quarters for monks. The icon of St. Anton Martkopeli, the site’s most sacred relic which is rumored to possess miraculous powers, is also on display. To the east of Martkopi Monastery is Anton's Pillar, which overlooks dense forest from atop a mountain precipice. The pillar can be reached with a 20-30-minute hike on a well-marked trail up the mountainside. From the top, one can enjoy breathtaking views of the monastic complex year-round.

This a view of Coldingham Priory from within the bounds of the parish church of Coldingham which is part of the Church of Scotland. The stones gathered with the 2009 date stone are a marvellous collection of head scratchers and bright lighting up solved and dark dismal unsolved moments with consideration of curious potential galore. Such odd stones are quite often reused in secondary service and then further reused over and again with adjustments to fit their next desired placement. Here the stones are fantastically arranged into a fully fabulous collection. Details of the Priory are linked below. It is just in land from Coldingham Sands and St Abbs.

These ruins are next to New Asgard from Marvel films including Thor enjoying a new place by the sea.

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phhsykes@gmail.com

Coldingham Priory, claustral remains SM383

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Coldingham Priory Church including former hearse house and store, graveyard, boundary walls, gatepiers and gates and excluding scheduled monument SM383, Coldingham LB4059

portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB4059

Coldingham Priory plan Canmore

canmore.org.uk/collection/1532083

COLDINGHAM PRIORY TIMELINE 1098 -2015

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The John Gray Centre brings together East Lothian Council’s Archaeology, Museum, Archive and Local History Services, alongside Haddington’s branch library.

www.johngraycentre.org/

Dig Timeline Daily updates and up-to-the minute action from Coldingham

projects.digventures.com/coldingham-priory/timeline/

Isle of Lewis, Scotland

This Neolithic site is the main and more articulated among a number of other similar sites, scattered within few kilometers in this area of Isle of Lewis. (For a more and detailed info, visit the relevant Wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callanish_Stones)

It is a fascinating place given the myths, legends, speculations and historical facts which support its incredible atmosphere. I had the chance to wander for a few hours through the stones in a beautiful afternoon until sunset. These 5,000 yrs old stones transmit a fantastic 'time' sensation, along with the unsolved mystery of what was their meaning or use.

And there's a song I think perfectly fits this Callanish 'mood': 'The Wire' performed by the Scottish band RunRig in their 1985 'Heartland' album .

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSr1mmtUu70

Jungfrau Park is an amusement park located near Interlaken, Switzerland. It opened as the Mystery Park in 2003, and closed in November 2006 due to financial difficulties and low turnout. The park was designed by Erich von Däniken, and consisted of seven pavilions, each of which explored one of several great "mysteries" of the world. Von Däniken opened the theme park to present his interpretations of unsolved mysteries involving extraterrestrial life that he believes took place around the world.

Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland.

I saw this interesting stone stood alone at the side of the track. No one was able to tell anything about it. The purpose of it being there is a mystery that so far remains unsolved.

The unsolved case of the chocolate theft. Macro Mondays theme for this week is CRIME.

"be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. and the point is, to live everything. live the questions now. perhaps you will find them gradually, without noticing it, and live along some distant day into the answer."

~ rainer maria rilke

Jungfrau Park is an amusement park located near Interlaken, Switzerland. It opened as the Mystery Park in 2003, and closed in November 2006 due to financial difficulties and low turnout. The park was designed by Erich von Däniken, and consisted of seven pavilions, each of which explored one of several great "mysteries" of the world. Von Däniken opened the theme park to present his interpretations of unsolved mysteries involving extraterrestrial life that he believes took place around the world.

I took this picture not too long ago at the rooftop of the parking garage in front of the Belvedere hotel. My girlfriend noticed the white “orb” thing by the lower right corner of the picture and claims it maybe a “spirit”. She jokingly thinks it is because the Belvedere hotel is haunted. If anyone tuned into the first episode of Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries exploring Rey Rivera’s death, Rey supposedly committed suicide and fell somewhere close to where the white light is shown in the picture. One thing for certain is there’s nothing wrong with my lens. The lens is clean and I’ve taken multiple pictures that night without issues. I’m going to say it’s more a lighting issue which caused the “orb” in the pic. However, Halloween is coming so I might as well go with the “orb” being a ghost!

Jungfrau Park is an amusement park located near Interlaken, Switzerland. It opened as the Mystery Park in 2003, and closed in November 2006 due to financial difficulties and low turnout. The park was designed by Erich von Däniken, and consisted of seven pavilions, each of which explored one of several great "mysteries" of the world. Von Däniken opened the theme park to present his interpretations of unsolved mysteries involving extraterrestrial life that he believes took place around the world.

Zurich, Switzerland

Mysterious ancient stone statue in the Bada Valley, Central Sulawesi.

The killer sent coded messages to local newspapers about his killings, which increased interest in the case.

While the side windows were missing, the windshield was intact. Since the rear bed wall was also intact I wonder if the shooter shot the cab back windows from inside the cab. So many mysteries remain unsolved.

This fascinating workshop in Easey Street, Collingwood shows a flair for vexillology (flag collecting).

Easey Street also has a dark history in Collingwood. In 1977 it was the location for a double stabbing murder of two young women. This cold case remained unsolved until 2024, when DNA evidence linked it to a person who has since been extradited from Rome. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-03/suspect-in-victorias-easey...

The Crooked Forest (Krzywy Las in polish), the locals affectionately call it the "dancing trees"

Kink in botany

Two hours from Berlin on the autobahn, in a forest in Poland the pines don't grow straight, but bent at 90 degrees - and facing north. The explanation for the puzzle was probably lost in World War II.

The trunk of dozens of pines is bent by 90 degrees a few centimeters above the ground, only to then grow back upright in an arch. Like in a fantasy film, the trunks climb up. By the way, the pines grow normally around the Crooked Forest - for whatever reason. The bizarre trees leave room for speculation.

There are myriad theories about the causes, from sorcery to magnetic fields. Targeted manipulation by people: Workers could have planted the trees and bent them deliberately in order to make special furniture from them. How exactly this should have worked, however, is unclear. There is the beating of the stick. But this practice was common 100 years before these trees were planted.

These trees were planted around 1930. But then the war came - and large parts of the nearby village were destroyed. It is quite possible that the workers of yore took the secret of the trees with them to the grave. And so the puzzle about the pine trees will probably remain unsolved in the future.

In any case, he exudes an indescribable fascination when I touch his cracked bark and curved body

Jungfrau Park is an amusement park located near Interlaken, Switzerland. It opened as the Mystery Park in 2003, and closed in November 2006 due to financial difficulties and low turnout. The park was designed by Erich von Däniken, and consisted of seven pavilions, each of which explored one of several great "mysteries" of the world. Von Däniken opened the theme park to present his interpretations of unsolved mysteries involving extraterrestrial life that he believes took place around the world.

for all you unsolved mysteries

IQ - The Wrong Side Of Weird

A sudden unpredictable sky contains the dawn

Seconds in an hour

Counting down before the day is born

Long enough in the grave to be sustained

Science or belief

Reminders of a time we can't regain

Have all the idle dreamers awoken from their dreams

To find they're not alone?

Nothing now is really as it seems

This would always arrive somehow

Problem left unsolved

Radiating in the here and now

And in my memory

Only just begun to understand the reasons why

A one in ten degree

Alternate between the faithful and the fearless

If all the riches and ransoms coalesced

As one were intertwined

You would be the brightest I possess

If all the gold and the silver came combined

You would still define

The colors I imagine in my mind

And in my memory

Under the same moon, lighted on a lunar sea

A one in ten degree

Alternate between the faithful and the fearless

I can't remember

Can't even be him

And chances are slim

That I'm found

No finer substance

No final demand

I'm tired and know

No bounds

Thought that I was pulling through

Though I never had a chance of winning at all

Caught between the heard and the seen

Something out of quarantine beginning to call

In silence, I'm drowning

I'm spinning around and round

Oblivion lies unrevealed

More than flesh and bone can bear together to feel

In silence I'm sinking

I don't think I'll make it down

Riding the meltdown, right in the fallout

And I turn to the fire when I'm spurned

Send out the thing that is driving me crazy

I can douse it and leave it to burn

Daylight dissolving, crawling miasma

On a spellbound and desolate prayer

Somebody somewhere stop me before

I rip away all the soul they've repaired

Time already grows heavy, gravity won't hold steady

Pole people cry for their lives passing by darkly

This belongs to you for he would have loved you as I do

Life as we feared on the wrong side of weird

Binds us two

And in my memory

Only just begun to understand the reasons why

A one in ten degree

Alternate between the faithful and the fearless

Where are you now? Who are you now?

I can't go there

Thought that I was pulling through

Though I never had a chance of winning at all

Caught between the heard and the seen

Something out of quarantine beginning to call

Riding the meltdown, right in the fallout

And I turn to the fire when I'm spurned

Send out the thing that is driving me crazy

I can douse it and leave it to burn

Once every lifetime shadows are lifted

And the daylight disperses the dark

Want to be sure that all I've endured is put away

But where do I start?

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I made these pictures of Albert Levy on 2-26-2000, he was murdered in his business on 5-11-2001. You will need to Copy and Paste this address into your Browser to read the Story about the murder of my friend in this portrait, Albert Levy in front of his 50+ Year old business in Kansas City, Missouri. This was a great place to shop for "Pure Junk!" Albert was friendly and helpful to every person who stopped at his business. blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2006/01/13/index.html

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Letea forest in the Danube Delta

Letea forest is a natural reservation, covering an area of approximately 2,825 ha (6,980 acres). It is the oldest protected area in Romania. It was established in 1930, and not by accident: it is the northernmost subtropical forest in the world, and only of its kind in Europe, home of about 3,500 species of plants and animals.

It has a rich flora and fauna, described incompletly, but it is sure that rare and endangered species including endemic species (found only here) find their home here, such as Centaurea pontica. Visiting the forest is a unique experience as in a continental climate you will find a subtropical deciduous forest, interwoven with lianas. We can admire 4-700 years old oaks, poplars, elms, alders or lindens, but going in forest we can see sand dunes too. The sand dunes are home to many rare and endangered flora species as well.

The fauna of Letea forest is also rich, about 70% of the Danube Delta fauna can be found here: is the nesting site of over 150 species of birds such as the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), tawny eagle (Aquila rapax), black kite (Milvus migrans), herpetological rarities such as the steppe racer (Eremias arguta), or meadow viper (Vipera renardi).

The forest is famous for its “wild horses” that are actually released by locals and become broncos (semi-feral horses). Approximately 2,000 broncos are found in the forest, unfortunately causing serious damage to the local biosphere. The capture and transportation of these horses is an unsolved problem.You can find a detailed descriptions of the species from Danube Delta here.

Access: we arrive to Letea from Tulcea by navigating on the Sulina branch, then the Magearu canal. Transport through the forest can be done with dray. Locals make available tractors for transportation, but keep in mind that tractors disturb the flora and fauna of the forest. Even outside the forest, we are passing by many canals and we can see nesting birds!

On the news today this story "caught my eye".

BBC News: 30 June 2025.

A 92-year-old man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a Bristol woman in a case that remained unsolved for nearly six decades.

Louisa Dunne, 75, was found strangled on her living room floor by a neighbour on Britannia Road in Easton, Bristol, on 28 June 1967.

1967: Despite the efforts of police investigating Mrs Dunne's death 58 years ago, no key suspect was identified.

Police collected about 19,000 prints from men and boys at the time with no success. They also made about 8,000 house-to-house inquiries and took 2,000 statements.

2025: It was only when the case was re-examined by Avon and Somerset Police decades later, that DNA testing of a swab that contained semen was linked to Headley.

Already convicted rapist Ryland Headley, of Clarence Road in Ipswich, has now been found guilty of Mrs Dunne's murder following a trial at Bristol Crown Court.

Det Insp Marchant added this is believed to be the oldest cold case solved in the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk3jyl5prvo

1953: James Watson and Francis Crick, using the work of Franklin, Wilkins, and others, propose the double helix structure of DNA.

Later: This discovery, and subsequent research, has revolutionised our understanding of genetics and molecular biology.

The Danube is Austria's principal river and the longest in Europe after the Volga. Although barely more than 300km/185mi of the river's total course of some 2,900km/1,800miles - from its source in South Germany to its outflow into the Black Sea in Romania - lie within Austria, the names of Austria and the Danube are so closely linked that it is difficult to think of the one without the other. As the only major European waterway flowing from west to east, the Danube has for thousands of years played an important part in the history of the many peoples through whose territory it flowed. It marked out the route of the great military highway which ran from the Rhine to the Black Sea; the Romans built a series of fortified camps such as Vindobona and Carnuntum along the valley; the legendary Nibelungs came this way; and here, too, passed the Celts, Charlemagne's Franks, Frederick Barbarossa's Crusaders and finally Napoleon. In the opposite direction, going upstream, Attila led his Huns towards France and the Avars and Hungarians pressed into western Europe. Great battles which decided the fate of Europe have been fought on the banks of the Danube: twice the West withstood Turkish assaults at Vienna, and at Aspern (now within the city limits of Vienna) Napoleon suffered his first defeat in 1809. The Danube and the regions along its banks have become threatened by attack from chemical waste and by the power stations which affect the water-balance. As a result, in recent years the idea of making the area below Vienna a protected national park has attracted considerable support; however, the problem of finance is as yet unsolved. Between the German frontier at Passau and the Upper Austrian town of Linz the Danube describes a series of great loops in the forest-fringed valley between the Mühlviertel to the north and the Innviertel to the south. Below Linz lies the Strudengau, a wooded defile between Ardagger and Ybbs, and beyond this, extending to Melk, stretches the Nibelungengau, with the conspicuous pilgrimage church of Maria Taferl. The best-known stretch is perhaps the Wachau, with a series of ancient little towns between Melk and Krems. Just beyond this, through the Tullner Basin, lies Vienna, and the low-lying area which extends eastward to Hainburg and Bratislava (the Czech Republic) begins to take on the aspect of the Hungarian puszta.

www.planetware.com/austria/danube-a-o-danu.htm

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Milky Way and the abandoned schoolhouse in the town of Govan in Lincoln County, Washington.

Govan schoolhouse was built in 1905 when the town was a rail center and had a population of several hundred. The school was abandoned in 1940, and today, Govan has a population of three people.

This is probably the best known abandoned school in Washington State. The school is a popular destination for photographers and fans of abandoned places.

Govan Schoolhouse is also well known to ghost hunters, perhaps because there were a couple of grisly, unsolved murders in the town in the early 1900s. Several 'ghost hunters' were exploring the school the night I shot this photo. From their conversations, it sounded like Govan had been featured in some ghost hunting TV show, and supposedly a murdered body was discovered in or near the school a long time ago.

The ghost hunters didn’t stay long, and after they left, I got this shot.

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