Grit is Good
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This is (now) my local crag, and the place my dear old Dad first took me climbing 14 years ago. I often pop up for sunset because it's frustratingly hard to photograph, and I'm never happy with my images!
This made me laugh happy though. Incredible how far we've come in a matter of months:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Y2naxoRt4
Taking back control and getting rid of all that red tape, eh? 😆 Happy weekend!
"What does it take to be the first female anything? It takes grit, and it takes grace." - Meryl Streep
Model: Julia McIvor
John Wayne received an Oscar for his portrayal of Sheriff Rooster Cogburn in the movie "True Grit" filmed near Ridgeway Colorado in 1969. The final showdown of the movie was shot in this meadow, below Chimney Peak. Other scenes in the movie were shot in nearby Ridgeway and Ouray, and each year a festival is held to view the film and to photograph this meadow. The 50 year anniversary of the film will be at the Old West Fest in September of 2021.
My 3rd candidate idea from this week's Macro Monday "Texture" theme. Five 2" sandpaper discs arranged in ascending grits.
From last year, hope I've not posted before, as getting out is proving hard.
Today's edit sounds the haunting Streets of Arklow by Mr Morrison:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR3orob9xtE
Or this stunning version:
Here on the Pennine Way...
Millstone Grit is the name given to any of a number of coarse-grained sandstones of Carboniferous age which occur in the British Isles. The name derives from its use in earlier times as a source of millstones for use principally in watermills. Geologists refer to the whole suite of rocks that encompass the individual limestone beds and the intervening mudstones as the Millstone Grit Group. (Wiki)
The area adjoining this above Rochdale is known as Blackstone Edge.
I love the geology of this bit of coast just south of Aberystwyth (Aberystwyth Grit Group) and the hearty plants in the vicinity are a delight.
Thrift or Sea Pink
Armeria maritima
The County Flower of Pembrokeshire
It's cold, raining, and I'm waiting for a train to show.
But how often do you get to stand on a cobbled road over an ancient bridge, in gritty countryside?
31st January 2020
Taken near Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada.
He didn't care about his personal safety while picking grit in the traffic zone of a busy parking lot, nor did he mind the photographer condescending to rest on his duff in the middle of the traffic zone of a busy parking lot, ...nor.... as it would seem.... that he cares a fig about his personal hygiene.
Red Crossbill
It’s grandchild minding time and I have two choices To send Carla on the train to Derbyshire and mope at home or grit my teeth and attempt the drive. I’ve decided on the later, if I don’t try I never know. Hopefully when I get back and get to eventually see the NHS MSK I can be referred to get some scans much needed to get to the root cause of my issues. So I leave you with a wave and wish me luck :-)
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Oare Marshes Kent
One of the more elusive reedbed residents has to change its diet completely in order to survive the long, cold winter.
Bearded Reedlings spend the summer months feasting on insects. However, to avoid having to migrate south in winter as birds such as swallows and warblers do, the bearded reedlings change their diet to reed seeds in winter. The seeds are extremely tough so the birds use a nifty trick to make the seeds easy to digest - they eat grit. Grit trays are provided at Oare and it is a good place to get a view of these beautiful birds.
Ukraine
A crowded Marshrutka bus in central Kyiv. The flags from a pro-Tymoshenko Rally can be seen reflected on the windows
Better viewed large on black.
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Thoughts - comments - critiques - always welcome.
This photograph was taken while I was in Ukraine researching for a project about the nuclear catastrophe Chernobyl.
A trip to Clinton, Iowa today found a wet brick street down in the industrial part of town. The Iowa Machine Works is ghosted on the wall. The Lincoln Highway crosses the Mississippi on the bridge.
Soy grito y soy arrullo, quietud y movimiento,
arrumbo a las llanuras para buscar descanso,
retozo entre las quiebras y canto con el viento,
reflejo en mis cristales el vasto firmamento
y acorto mi carrera tomándome remanso
Chavarría, L.
It's another shot from last month's Chicago Grit bike races in Mundelein, Illinois. Much of the sliding was done in camera by zooming the lens during the exposure.
Happy Sliders Sunday!
The Bride Stones
Near Todmorden, West Yorkshire
Located on the moors between Burnley and Todmorden are the Bride Stones. An outcrop set of mill stone grit rocks weirdly carved by the wind of countless ages
First described in local deeds as early as 1491 there are a great number of severely weathered boulders all round here, many like frozen rock giants haunting a magical landscape. The modern lore ascribes the stones to be dedicated to Bride, goddess of the Brigantian people.
Once sporting a waiting room with awnings more in keeping with its LNWR heritage, the station at Sandbach, like many on the West Coast Mainline, was significantly rebuilt to accommodate the electrification programme of the early 1960s.
The more austere structure visible now still comes with a certain charm however, possibly because it's brick built and rather more substantial than the prefabricated minimalist, and often drafty, bus-type shelters that would be used from the mid-1970s. And at least someone has taken the trouble to put a plant box in front of it.
Completing the scene is the 3.10am Felixstowe North - Trafford Park (4M21) containers, no doubt bringing in a few more white goods for our delectation. Doing the honours at the sharp end is GBRf Shed 66710 'Phil Packer'.
The yellow box is securely locked - it would seem that the northern grit contained within is unlikely to be required for a few more months yet. Well that's good to know.
10.29am, 9th July 2020
Wet road after the storm, then when the sky cleared before dawn the rain water froze leaving black ice. Not good for driving when applying the brakes doesn't slow you down!
Only grit is put on roads here as salt causes cars to rust.
This location was used as the home of character Mattie Ross in the opening and closing scenes of the 1969 production of "True Grit." Why they thought anyone would think the San Juan Mountains of Colorado looked like anywhere in Arkansas is a mystery to me. The owner restored these buildings in honor of the 50th anniversary of the movie.
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The summit cairn of Grit Fell in the Forest of Bowland. The hill in the background is Ward's Stone, the highest point in this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Blackstone Edge
Millstone Grit is an informal term for gritstones which are found in Pennines and the Peak District. These sediments were laid down in the Paleozoic era, in the Carboniferous period, about 360 million to 300 million years ago. Gritstone is a hard, coarse grained, siliceous sandstone, the name is given to sandstones which are quarried for building material. British gritstone was used for millstones to mill flour, to grind wood into pulp for paper and for grindstones to sharpen blades.
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