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My lockdown music has been re-visiting my Genesis/Floyd collections and catching up on Steve Hackett's ouvre.
As well as the stuff I always listen to - Paul Simon/Ralph McTell/Eagles/etc. etc., also been following Clemency Burton-Hill's 'Year of Wonder' classical music suggestions. So which to choose, really . . .
This is five small pieces of chalk (rock) picked up from the beach.
Nord/LB / Hanover / Lower Saxony / Germany
Album of Germany (the north): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157712098...
Tool is an American rock band
Tool formed in Los Angeles in 1991, in the middle of the grunge era. Vocalist Maynard James Keenan, drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones and bassist Paul D'Amour managed to forge a terrifying, claustrophobic sound, the ideal soundtrack for the insanity of an inmate confined in solitary confinement. It is a highly psychological music, which seems to want to open the most hidden ravines of the human psyche, where evil hatches waiting to be triggered by an external stimulus. The sound of Tool does not just reproduce the teachings of the masters of the 70s (certainly Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult), but assimilates the characters of a series of bands that have made the history of the last 20 years of extreme rock .
The aggressiveness of Metallica, the darkness of the Swans, the barbarism of the first Soundgarden, the tediousness of Godflesh echo in a highly spectacular sonic mosaic, somewhat in contradiction with the intent of the band to make existential music. What distinguishes Tool from the myriad of "hard" bands that populated the charts in those years, is the recovery of the progressive 70s, which can already be felt in the first compositions, but which will undeniably reveal itself in the last album, Lateralus.
-Inside the metal roof of JOY chairmakers showroom. Sean Wood designs and makes beautiful wooden carved and fabric covered chairs. www.joychairmakers.com, Sebastopol, CA. June 9, 2019.
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Balzers / Liechtenstein
Album of Liechtenstein: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157716946...
I liked this frame of the Annapurna lit in the morning light as it shows how from right to left the life sustaining nature of the mountains change. Annapurna has one of the high number of climbing fatalities in the world, however as one comes little further away from it, the green cover is better and also life sustaining. I also love how this image is tricking us to believe that all the mountains in it are of the same height, while in reality, Annapurna towers above them as the 10th highest mountain at 8,091m
18-March-2025
This is the flat and relatively wide area of the pass, which, under the snow, hides the Pramollo lake/Stausee, which is a shallow artificial basin where the water, coming out of the soaked peat bog that characterizes the surrounding land, converges.
Peat is a deep and water-rich soil, with these characteristics it has helped the Spruce (Picea abies or Picea excelsea) to stay quite healthy despite the many dry and extremely hot summers (even at high altitudes).
Elsewhere this tree, a prevalent component of the Siberian taiga and widespread in the inner Alpine valleys, is suffering from parasites and lichens that attack this tree weakened by a soil that has become progressively poorer and too hot in summer.
A high percentage of this species has already died, especially in the sloping areas where water is scarcer, the land more exposed to the sun and generally to the wind that on October 29, 2018 (Vaia/Scirocco Storm) caused a domino effect of these weakened trees, especially between Carnia, Comelico and Cadore.
The account at the time seen from the sea:
www.flickr.com/photos/22873479@N08/31014649097/in/album-7...
It is precisely on the slopes that the Spruce/red Fir/Norway Spruce would be most useful, as an anti-landslide, thanks to its ability to root widely and deeply, but the moist and fresh soil it needs is now only found in the valleys with marked thermal inversion or in these high mountain areas where the snow is still abundant and resilient, while peat, as mentioned, is very useful in this case.
Spruce/Picea Abies characteristics:
www.flickr.com/photos/22873479@N08/5822107675/in/album-72...
To facilitate the arrival of Italian skiers, the Austrian resort helps clear the snow from the small, winding road, that leads to Nassfeld from Pontebba and with its snowcats spreads fresh snow on a cross-country ski run, which is also a pedestrian path, (despite the disagreements...), which makes an 8 in this area, all in Italian territory, and thanks to them, it must be said, this pass is almost always reachable, even in the middle of winter, effectively cleared after a snowstorm and easily walkable and skiable thanks to the compressed snow.
One from the archives. Looking from the Bay of Laig across to the very sunny Rhum. At the beginning of the beach are the singing sands. At this end of the beach are concretions known as the Devil's Marbles. When a local rock band asked me to do some photos for their album, I asked them if something like this in b/w would meet their criteria. They wanted portraits only.
Following is a link for a brief outline of the geology:-
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1M10 Glasgow Central to London Euston. Pride in the Clyde Valley. Class 390 Pendolino (Progress) Carries vinyls on all 11 carriages to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. They were applied in August 2020, and the train named 'Progress' in October that year. More commonly known as The Pride Train, it highlights Avanti West Coast's progressive commitment to diversity and inclusion. Seen here heading south on The WCML on a glorious April morning.
My FOY Warbler here in SW Ontario.
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Weißenburg / Franconia / Bavaria / Germany
Album of Germany (the south): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157712099...
Wisconsin Northern taking over 100 sand cars to the UP. Seen here just North of the sand plant at Chippewa Falls WI.