I'm taking a little break from the blog for a week or so – be back sooner if anything strikes me, but I need a little time to regroup again and develop some kind of plan for the next few months. So here are some pictures of which I'm fond for you to ponder...
Abandoned house south of Farmington, Maine.... wistful afternoon rays lighting a field of tansy and loosestrife...
A stunning photo below by Marjorie Mills... Note her intuitively perfect balance of primary colors! click to enlarge and pretend you're a bee..
In the Uh-Oh News ...
A giant sheet of ice measuring 260 sq km (100 sq miles) has broken off a glacier in Greenland, according to researchers at a US university.
The block of ice separated from the Petermann Glacier, on the north-west coast of Greenland.
It is the largest Arctic iceberg to calve since 1962, said Prof Andreas Muenchow of the University of Delaware.
The first six months of 2010 have been the hottest on record globally, scientists have said.
Thousands of icebergs calve off Greenland's glaciers annually, but they are seldom so large.
Enjoy the last days of summer, everyone. There's a chill in the night air again here in Maine. Time to get your wood in...
WELL,YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN!I SPEAK OF THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURE,OF THE ABANDONED HOUSE IN MAINE!!IT'S LOVELY AND IT SPEAKS TO ME EVER SO SOFTLY,BECKONING..OUR WHOLE FAMILY IS LIKE THIS.YOU STUMBLE UPON A PLACE LIKE THIS,AND YOU NEED TO LOOK OR STARE AT IT, A GOOD, LONG WHILE,TO GET THE FEEL OF IT.TO ABSORB IT AND TAKE IT ALL IN,AND THEN SMILE EVER SO GENTLY,IN APPRECIATION.IT'S A BLESSING TO FEEL CONNECTED TO OUR MOTHER EARTH,AND TO THE LEGACY LEFT TO US,BY ALL WHO'VE LIVED AND GONE BEFORE US.OVER TIME JUST IN OUR COUNTRY ALONE(to which we may feel a stronger tie),THERE ARE SO MANY,MANY PLACES,STRUCTURES, BE THEY BARNS WITH OLD FENCES,SHANTY TOWNS OR GHOST TOWNS.THE OLD PLANTATIONS,THAT SPEAK SO LOUDLY AND YET SO SOFTLY,OF A TIME GONE BY..THE SLAVE QUARTERS,SPEAK VOLUMNS!UPON ENTERING,YOU CAN 'FEEL'THE LIFE INSIDE.IT'S IN THE WALLS THE FLOORS AND FLOORBOARDS.YOU STAND INSIDE AND LOOK AND LISTEN,AND FEEL.MOST OF ALL YOU FEEL.LONG ABANDONED GOLD ,SILVER AND COAL MINES,ARE SO STILL, SOMEHOW STOIC,BUT MOSTLY SOOO STILL...AND QUIET.I SPEAK ONLY,of coarse,OF THE ONES NOT YET RAVAGED,BY THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.ALL OF THESE PLACES STIR OUR SOULS.WE MUST GET INTO THAT QUIET PLACE,THAT LIVES INSIDE OUR HEARTS AND MINDS.YEAH...GOOD PICTURE CAT....THANK YOU!!!! tee
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Tee--- ps am calling you in next couple of days ... so get ready!!
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HEY CAT,I'M JUST CHECKIN'IN W/ YA!I THINK IT'S VERY SWEET OF YOU,TO ASK THAT IDO!!!!THANK YOU!I'M VERY BUSY THIS WEEK,LOT'S OF SOC/SEC STUFF TO DEAL WITH.WILL THEY EVER TIRE THEMSELVES OUT WITH THEIR CONSTANT, ENDLESS,DEMAND FOR MORE AND MORE ......AND.....MORE, INFORMATION???
ReplyDeleteNO DAMN IT,THEY WON'T!!THEY'RE NOT HUMAN YOU KNOW....THEY'RE JUST NOT!! I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT "THEY" ARE,BUT IT AIN'T HUMAN...AND WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO "THEY" ARE,,,WHO IS "THEY"? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.AND WHAT IF "I" WANT SOME INFORMATION? HMMM??? CAN I GET IT W/OUT PULLIN' ANY TEETH????NOOOOO,...OL' TEE GETS NOTTA,NUTHIN'ZIPPO!!!!SIGH...I'M TIRED NOW, IGOOTA STOP. WILL TYPE MORE TOMORROW. THANK YOU..FOR YOUR EMAIL..YOU GOTIT ALL GOIN' ON!!MY HATS OFF!!XOXOXO....tee