the lilliputians
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Those are really very small, lilliputian mauve flowers. They're Common Corn Salad or Lamb's Lettuce, with a variety of other names. Down through the centuries used as a salad stuff for commoners and royalty alike. Especially favored by Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626-1688), Potager du roi and director of the kitchen gardens of Louis XIV.
Olymp complained: 'The flowers are too small for me to catch them properly...' But I: 'Do your best!, and he did.
The underside of a tiny gilled mushroom growing on the forest floor. Visible are part of the stem (stipe) and gills with attached microscopic spores.
[Lilliputians are the tiny inhabitants of the imaginary country of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift's satirical novel : Gulliver's Travels (1726)]
Olympus EM5 with 60 mm f2.8 lens
Old growth forest, West Quebec, Canada
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This Swiss landscape of the hills in canton Appenzell Outer-Rhodes looks like the land of the lilliputians. You can imagine that you are the giant, walking with huge steps over these hills, looking down on the lilliputians living in their small houses, working on the fields with their tiny machines or hiding for you in the woods. Herisau, 2016.
Mid November I walked here with a Swiss friend through the hills of this beautiful area in Switserland, relatively unknown by tourists. Unfortunately the weather was cloudy, so the light was not special.
Again, I would like to thank everyone for your support, views, faves and comments!
The Quiraing, Isle of Skye, Scotland
There is an immensity to the landscape in Scotland, which initially surprised me, since I live in a place where the mountains are considerably taller. But the land had such a rugged, dominating presence, and often made me feel small in comparison. And nowhere did I feel more minuscule than walking among the geologic formations of the Quiraing.
Surrounded on every side by the giant fantastical forms of this massive landslide, I felt Lilliputian, as though my human body was completely out of scale to my surroundings. The views from here on a clear day were epic, but it was the land itself that most captivated me. Carved and created by nature’s force, the hills and stones were unlike anything I had ever seen.
I was filled with an incredible sense of awe and wonder, and I just wanted to stay in this special place forever. It will be a place and a moment I return to often in my mind, especially on those days which need a little magic in them...
... with reference to Gulliver's Travels, "Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput" where Gulliver finds himself prisoner to the 6 inch people of Lilliput!
Many thanks for faves & comments, they're much appreciated :-)
Alanya
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("Where the Sun Smiles")
Alanya (/əˈlɑːnjə/ (About this soundlisten); Turkish pronunciation: [aˈɫanja]), formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city and a district of Antalya Province on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's Mediterranean Region, 133 kilometres (83 mi) east of the city of Antalya. As of Turkey's 2010 census, the city had a population of 98,627, while the district that includes the city and its built-up region had an area of 1,598.51 km2 and 248,286 inhabitants.
Because of its natural strategic position on a small peninsula into the Mediterranean Sea below the Taurus Mountains, Alanya has been a local stronghold for many Mediterranean-based empires, including the Ptolemaic, Seleucid, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. Alanya's greatest political importance came in the Middle Ages, with the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm under the rule of Alaeddin Kayqubad I, from whom the city derives its name. His building campaign resulted in many of the city's landmarks, such as the Kızıl Kule (Red Tower), Tersane (Shipyard), and Alanya Castle.
The Mediterranean climate, natural attractions, and historic heritage make Alanya a popular destination for tourism, and responsible for nine percent of Turkey's tourism sector and thirty percent of foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey. Tourism has risen since 1958 to become the dominant industry in the city, resulting in a corresponding increase in city population. Warm-weather sporting events and cultural festivals take place annually in Alanya. In 2014 Mayor Adem Murat Yücel, of the Nationalist Movement Party unseated Hasan Sipahioğlu, of the Justice and Development Party, who had previously led the city since 1999.
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The city has changed hands many times over the centuries, and its name has reflected this. Alanya was known in Latin as Coracesium or in Greek as Korakesion (Ancient Greek: Κορακήσιον) from the Luwian Korakassa meaning "point/protruding city".The Roman Catholic Church still recognizes the Latin name as a titular see in its hierarchy.Under the Byzantine Empire it became known as Kalonoros or Kalon Oros, meaning "beautiful/fine mountain" in Greek.The Seljuks renamed the city Alaiye (علائیه), a derivative of the Sultan Alaeddin Kayqubad I's name. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Italian traders called the city Candelore or Cardelloro.In his 1935 visit, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk finalized the name in the new alphabet as Alanya, changing the 'i' and 'e' in Alaiye, reportedly because of a misspelled telegram in 1933. Wiki
Flowers construct the most charming geometries: circles like the sun,
ovals, cones, curlicues and a variety of triangular eccentricities, which
when viewed with the eye of a magnifying glass seem a Lilliputian
frieze of psychedelic silhouettes.
- Duane Michals, The Vanishing Act
So here's my obligatory Spring crocus image... see it larger if you'd like!
Enjoying the weather while it lasts...it's supposed to turn colder again in a few days...
Se mettre dans sa bulle et se tenir loin des ondes négatives.
Eh bien voilà ce soir j'ai récupéré enfin internet en panne depuis 1 mois et deux autres bonnes nouvelles me sont arrivées !! Comme quoi il faut y croire !! 😉
Comme certain(e)s se demandent si cette vue a été prise à l'aide d'un drone ou en étant dans un avion ..... La solution est plus simple : penchée du haut d'une falaise !
Every year we say maybe we won't and every year we do -the Lilliputian Christmas village! It reminds me of The Victorian style Butchart Gardens complete with skaters, strolling carolers, musicians and Mummers ( Butchart) and all the beautiful lights which is another seasonal tradition here in a town more English than England.
This year I wanted to buy a piece reminiscent of Murphy's Pub but Niko said no, more tiny inhabitants would be there instead of at the village church!!!! lol.
...ho scoperto questo nuovo mondo. Quello delle miniature. Mi spaventa un poco perché è immenso e temo di perdermici... Proviamo!
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tanti flash
Con un mio caro amico ci siamo scambiati le fotocamere. Io gli ho dato la Df e lui mi sta facendo provare la Nikon D810...
I couldn’t resist taking a pic when i got the group gift from Dench Designs for Father’s Day. So i built a Lilliputian Village around it.
On the Olympic Peninsula mosses & lichens grow in profusion. Little forests in microcosm - lilliputian in scale. Many of them are marvelous natural dye plants, no mordants required.
At just 3 to 4 mm in length as an adult, this is the tiniest ladybird I have ever come across...Apolinus lividigaster, commonly known as the yellow-shouldered ladybird, native here in Australia.
And this is a female, going by the full black front of the head. There are fine hairs covering the elytra.
A darling little thing, it would fit right in on Jonathan Swift's island of Lilliput.
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Cavities in the rock of a bluff near the Missouri River stare out at the observer, somewhat resembling the gaping mouths of goblins. Called "tafoni" by geomorphologists, these cavities are found in rocks across the globe, created by multiple erosional forces. Here in this Eagle Sandstone, wind and freeze-thaw of water are probably the primary forces behind this striking display of tafoni. Other mechanisms, including construction by lilliputians, are discussed here
I managed to sneak my camera lens into the center of an artificial autumn bouquet, and found berries smaller than a 1/4 of an inch. With the right lighting, it looked like I was surrounded by a magical Lilliputian world.
Anafiotika is a picturesque Lilliputian district of Athens perched on the north-eastern side of the Acropolis rock, on the edge of the Plaka district. It was created in the middle of the 19th century, when workers from Anafi settled in the area, who had come to Athens to work as builders, in the reconstruction of the city and the construction of Othon's palaces.
And trust me, also not the last. LOL
35 grams of Lilliputian brawn:
Wezel - Least weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Dan, the Lilliputian strong man has been tricked by his friends, he happily volunteered to restock the bar with soft drinks but little did he know that the cans belonged to Lemuel Gulliver! He stands at one and a quarter inches and the cans are nearly half his height.
Four Challenges – September 2016
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Humanoid form thanks to
mysticmorning.deviantart.com/art/Living-Dead-png-197189375
Rest is mine.
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Lilliputian dictionary. Inspired by#MacroMondays and #Layer.
Measures 2 in / 5 cm across.
“What an astonishing thing a book is. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic."
[Cosmos, Part 11: The Persistence of Memory (1980)]”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
This is a view of the Matanuska Glacier from the Glenn Highway. There are people in this photo, over towards the left about a third of the way up from the bottom. Makes me think of Lilliputians in Gulliver's Travels. Did you find them?
Taken 18 June 2022 near mile marker 102 on the Glenn Highway at the Matanuska Glacier.