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We made it here on a kayak and a canoe. It was a tough paddle for 4.5 hours, so we started with the sunrise to bit the unpredictable winds on Lake Maligne, with only one stop for 15 minutes. Do I have big muscles? Nope! You can make it too! We met a few canoeists on the way there, and they were singing “Yellow Submarine” to add to the rhythm of paddling. What a treat and motivational tool to keep paddling!!! We started singing too. I guess, it helps to be determined to get to your destination. It just gets easier!!! Enjoy it!
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Hydra, built in the shape of an amphitheatre on a slope overlooking the Argosaronic gulf, is one of the most romantic destinations in Greece. Traditional stone mansions, narrow cobblestoned streets, secluded squares and above all the banning of cars and the use of around 500 donkeys as means of public transportation, explain the reason why Hydra preserved its distinctive atmosphere through the passage of time.
... Herbstmorgen an der Insel im Romansee .... Gassirunde in der Höllohe in Teublitz
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" Take me away from this city, To where I can be on my own.
We wanted a good life and now that its done, I just want to be left alone,
Ill still remember your kind word and ill rememer your name,
For Ive felt your twisting and turning, And for me it just wont be the same"
So Im leavin` here next Sunday mornin`, To a place where I know I can hear,
The cry of the gulls and the sea on the shore, With all of the things I hold dear.
And if ever I tire of this quiet life, Ill just walk right back up that hill,
And Ill head out that road and stick out my thumb,
For someone is waiting there still! "
Pat
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Ive used a lot of poetic license on this poem and changed the words a good bit, as it fits my past life accurately which still hurts a bit, and and always will, that's being honest!
The words and idea are partly borrowed from a wonderful song by Liam Reilly with a group called "Bagatelle" and was called "Summer in Dublin" It was a huge hit here and in the UK and deservedly so in my opinion!
I hope you like this late evening photo which I took from Howth Headland through the Sycamore trees, across the sound to Irelands eye, County Dublin. I have wonderful childhood memories of this place as we used to holiday here as children, on Howth head. I spent a lot of time on the island and travelling up and down to "the hill" on the open top electric tram that used to run there. Sadly gone now!
It took me over 50 years to get back to see it again and its still as beautiful as ever. Its another one of "my places!" Lucky me!!
Do hope your week ahead is cracking!!!!
Thank you everybody!!!!
Update; Wow! Im very touched by the reaction to this.
I don't know if its the photo or the words, but hopefully both.
Im pleased with it and inspired and amazed by all you great genuine flickr people!
Pat.
I took a walk up Sheeaun hill which is quite close to home, on Friday eve. flic.kr/p/2kvQkUe
The views were lovely all around. This is a pano I made of Clare Island which sits in the middle of Clew bay. As the crow flies the nearest point would be > 30Km from the little cairn I was standing on. When allowed I hope to get out there for a photo visit. There's spectacular cliffs, beach and a lovely lighthouse all waiting for me to photograph them!
Watsons Bay, Sydney, Australia
Sherkin Island Lighthouse
Dieser Leuchtturm wurde 1885 erbaut, es ist eine gusseisene Konstruktion mit einem gusseisernem Balkon.
Der Turm bildet zusammen mit dem Leuchtturmwärterhaus ein historisches Architekturdenkmal.
Ynys Llanddwyn (also known as Llanddwyn Island) is a small tidal island off the west coast of Anglesey
Boat leaving the harbor of Heimaey, Westman Islands, Iceland
Westman Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) main islands is called Heimaey it has the population of around 4200. Westman Islands are surrounded by 15 other uninhabited islands (although 6 of them have single hunting cabins) and around 30 rocks and skerries making our seabird life very rich and bountiful.
View from Hilbre Island which is one of 43 (unbridged) tidal islands that can be reached on foot from the mainland of Great Britain.
Minamijima is a limestone island located south of Chichijima. It embraces an emerald green pond that is popular for boat tours. On this day, however, mood of the island was different from tourist brochures.
The pond can be accessed through a narrow channel as seen in the right. It is a doline of Karst topography.
I took this a few days before Hurricane Matthew so I don't know how this forest looks now. I read that the park was scheduled to reopen October 13.
We were back home up the coast west of Savannah when Matthew visited us. It was a windy and scary night. The stairwell provided a safe spot in the center of our house as the winds whipped the trees and bushes all night and battered the house with pine cones and branches. We were lucky. No downed trees and no damage, just lots of storm debris to clean up.
"Spirit Island"
Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park.
The island is a spiritual place for the Stoney Nakoda First Nation, who believe mountains are physical representations of their ancestors. The fact that Spirit Island is surrounded on three sides by the same mountain range is very rare and makes it particularly significant to the Stoney. The color of the water is different at Spirit Island than where cruises depart at the Maligne Lake docks. The further south on the lake you travel, the closer you get to glaciers, and the more emerald-colored the water becomes due to the presence of rock flour from the glaciers.
For this image, I smoothed out the water to give it a more peaceful environment. This was one of top three bucket list locations from this adventure. Moraine Lake at sunrise, walking on a glacier on the Icefield's Parkway, and Spirit Island in Jasper NP. We ended up driving over 4k miles from KC to the upper parts of Alberta, Canada. What an adventure.