We have done this topic with slight variations several times. Makes for a challenge to come up with another angle. I guess that’s what happens when you are posting your 73 MTFSO. There may not be any new ways to show my town. But here I go giving it another chance.
Below our house in the mountains is a small road that winds its way through the forest. It is just wide enough for one car - but if necessary any car that you might meet will pull way to the side or back up until there is a small safer place to pull over. The road is steep; it is dirt and stone and ruts, graded over a bed of old construction material. I imagine that it started as a trail through the wood in which the forest people walked to go to church on Sundays and to get their home grown vegetables to market.
Now many have small trucks, Fuscas, motorbikes and bicycles, and the path gradually became a road. Lucky for us if you walk about 2 KM to the other end this small road meets a larger dirt road which is wider and better maintained and most people choose to drive the other direction, leaving the road below our house quiet and undisturbed, making is a great place to walk 30 minutes down the hill and 45 minutes up – more depending on how often you stop for a quick photo.
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73 shoot outs, wow! That's awesome!! The picture of the purple flower is stunning.
ReplyDeleteIs that reddish thingie some kind of fungus? I like it that you describe this little road as a quiet place to walk. And I love the last photo of leaves and dew. This looks like a good place to take pictures.
ReplyDeleteLoved your unique approach to this topic. That last photo is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI like the picture of the girl walking on the trail, looks like a long walk for her! these are something not so familiar here, the county road/trail I mean. We're so urbanized here so it's refreshing seeing something so totally different .
ReplyDeleteI love living where there are roads like that you can just stroll along, taking photos.
ReplyDeleteYou're right; it can be hard to find something new to say on a topic that's been done, more or less, before. Sometimes the challenge drives us to new discoveries, but it's ok to take a break.
Beautiful place to walk Ginger. I think I could walk all day there lol
ReplyDeleteThe purple flower picture is a beauty, and the last shot, with the water drops on the leaves.
Kerry that is a fungus. on a fallen log - natures way of getting rid of debri.
ReplyDeleteNanU - I do take a break - 3 of them - but I had this little road and it is indicative of the area - there are hundreds of trails gone to roads around here.
Wow that's a lot of shoot outs!! Congratulations!
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Lovely post, Ginger. I too love the shot of the purple flower, with the light shining through - gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOoh, Ginger, your closeup plant flower shots were so sharp and clear and beautiful. What a nice road to your house!
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ReplyDeleteYou found some wood fungi. Now, go and find some Chinese to sell them to.
You will be the next millionaire in Brazil. LOL
Seriously, they are edible and quite delicious.
The water droplets on the last phot were so small, yet you captured them. It like it.
Re: The cell phone tower, they built it anyway despite the protest. We have 660 kids, and I do think they should have considered the kids. We had a public forum in the school as we are an environmentally conscious school.
If there was any struggle coming up with something for this topic, Ginger, you certainly hid it well. Love your road and, even more, what you captured along the way. The fungus and the purple flower - WOW!
ReplyDeleteWow, that dirt road is lovely, so glad you have the opportunity to walk its length. You've caught the light coming through those purple petals beautifully too! Thanks for stopping by my FSO post, I love to shoot in the rain or fog, you can get some amazing colors :o)
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Sarah-Paige
Nitty Gritty Photography
I have always said, what a gorgeous place to live!! I love the little road, very quaint. your vegetation shots are perfect.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful as I listen to Carmen- I love the leaves, brown, wet, and simply wonderful!
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