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There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on
the feelings as now in October.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne
It was deep afternoon when shadows begin to grow, light becomes gold, and you realize that this particular day has reached its destiny. Like old age, it’s not yet over, but there’s no denying the time of day.
― Vicki Covington
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allen Besuchern und Freunden meines Fotostreams ein herzliches Dankeschön für eure Kommentare und Kritiken, Einladungen und Favoriten. all visitors and friends of my photostream, a heartfelt thank you for your comments and reviews, invitations and favorites
Yesterday my husband Bernie and I watched a Snowy Owl sitting on a pole for over an hour... I could see the light quickly fading and the sun very low in the sky... by the time he did fly, there was little light left.
Thanks to my friend DrgnMastr and his Photoshop skills, this shot was saved.
But I remember more dearly autumn afternoons in bottoms that lay intensely silent under old great trees.
-- C. S. Lewis
for not being around much. Yesterday, 28th January, we suffered an extremely close family bereavement, so I am not able to be on Flickr very much. Please forgive my absences. You are all very special to me, but this is something which has devastated us. (My husband's son died suddenly at the age of 48 from an unknown cause. He was buried yesterday, 8th January - a moving and wonderful experience - but painful, as you can imagine.)
Thanks so much for your understanding and I hope things will return to normal before too long. Meanwhile, I hope you like this painting of Windermere under thick cloud.
The art of temporary peaceful coexistence...and a happy furry Friday for the moment...
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Devetashka - the Bulgarian Cave with 70,000 Years of Human Habitation
Devetashka cave is an enormous cave in Bulgaria, which has provided shelter for groups of humans since the late Paleolithic era, and continuously for tens of thousands of years since then. Now abandoned by humans, it remains a site of national and international significance and is home to some 30,000 bats.
Devetashka cave, which is known as Devetàshka peshterà in Bulgaria, is located roughly 18 kilometres north of Lovech, near the village of Devetaki. It is a karst cave formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks and characterized by sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage systems.
The cave itself is immense, measuring approximately 2 kilometres in length and with a huge entrance ‘hall’ measuring 60 metres in height. In places the ceiling is 100 metres above the ground and there are seven huge holes through which daylight illuminates the vast interior. It is these holes that earned the cave the name Maarata or Oknata ("the eyes").
About 200 meters from the entrance, the cave separates into two branches. On the left side, a small river runs along it, forming miniature lakes and waterfalls, passing through the main hall and eventually flowing into the Osam River. The right side is warm and dry and contains several chambers, ending with a round hall, known as the Altar. Beautiful stalactites and stalagmites, rivulets, majestic natural domes and arches can be found within the enormous cave and one can see why various human populations would have chosen Devetashka as their home.
Devetashka Cave was rediscovered by a Bulgarian scientist in 1921 but was not fully excavated until the 1950s when the intention was to transform the cave into a giant warehouse. Studies revealed that it has been inhabited almost continuously since the late Paleolithic era. The earliest traces of human presence date back to the middle of the Early Stone Age around 70,000 years ago. The Devetashka cave also contained one of the richest sources of cultural artifacts from the Neolithic (6th millennium - 4th millennium B C).
In June, 1996, Devetashka Cave was declared a natural landmark. The cave is probably best known for its part in the action movie ‘The Expendables 2’, filmed in 2011, in which Sylvester Stallone crash lands a plane into Jean Claude Van Damme’s subterranean lair.
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leave me a smile
just warm enough...
to spend a million
golden afternoons in.
― Sanober Khan
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But don't let go
If you cling too tightly
You're gonna lose control.
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