Out for a walk in the spring, I passed these four Dead Sentinels who towered above me, still at their posts but silent for a long time now.My father got an idea to travel the length of the Oregon Trail because of fond memories he had of a childhood book. I shared some of that journey and in Soda Springs, Idaho, we marvelled at the bright orange mineral which had formed where a hot geyser sprayed out of the earth.The boundless creativity of people is heartwarming. This town square in Cascais, Portugal, needed to be paved for practical reasons. The decision to create this sea of swirling cobblestones was a choice.These flat rocks rise up through the earth like exposed bones at the junction on Pine Point roadAcross those flat rocks, moss has patiently prospered, forming a fabulous map of unexplored continents, peninsulas and island chains, separated by a cold granite sea.More of the bounty from the incredible decorative floor of Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin. Such variety of ceramic tiles, and the alarm of floral designs alongside rich plain colours offset by jarring chevrons in stark black and white, seems noisy for a cathedral. Standing there, nothing seemed out of place.Monkey Pod trees in Hawaii are my new favourite tree. Their twisting branches form the most beautiful canopy, spreading impossibly wide from the trunk. A pterodactyl could glide past and it wouldn’t seem out of place.
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