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No longer summer, not yet winter. This late fall shot brings to mind that great John Hiatt tune, Slow Turning (chorus below and a link to a performance from the David Letterman show here, Sonny Landreth is on slide).
“It’s been a slow turning, from the inside out,
a slow turning, baby, but you come about,
slow learning, but you learn to sway,
a slow turning, baby, not fade away.”
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First Marble Quarry
Oldest Quarry in U.S., 1785
Here, near Mt Aelous, Issac Underhill opened the first marble quarry in 1785. Dorset quarries were most active in the early 1800’s when small slabs were used for hearths, doorsills and headstones. With better transportation and saws, larger blocks were quarried. **
** above lifted from the sign that stands at the entrance to the site.
Come the summer, this place is a popular swimming hole for locals and tourists alike. Definitely some bragging rights for anyone who braves the deep water by the end of May.
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The family that found this chrysalis two weeks earlier checked regularly on its progress. Maybe that was why they were so excited about sharing the news with me – a total stranger who happened to be walking past their driveway – that the butterfly had just emerged. This beautiful monarch (check out the blue in the wings) was slowly working its way to the top of the rock; still orienting itself, it seemed, to its new form. Or maybe it was checking out the upcoming flight plan and was a little shocked – a 2500 mile migration to Mexico ?? Really ???
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For the more scientifically oriented among us, these are stratocumulus clouds.
For the literary types among us:
“You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.” (Henry David Thoreau)
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There’s virtually nothing in this image that couldn’t also be found in the last century or two. I’m drawn to this quality of timelessness like a moth to flame, and found it – in abundance – on a recent trip to Lancaster County.
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