Here are photos of a group of petroglyphs that we viewed on a neighbor's place the day we took Red for a tour of the ranch. They were clustered within a range of maybe 400 feet.
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I have taken the carved area from the photos above and below and tried to enhance the figures but I wanted you to see the broader settings in which they were found. It gives you an idea of how worn and subtle they can appear as you search for them. You can drive by some of these tens of times and not notice them. After a while, you begin to recognize the tints of rocks which encouraged etching but you must still alight from the truck and examine the rocks more closely. Even then, some are so faded that only the right shadows from the sunlight will reveal them..
Now it's your turn to discern the images on your own. You will have to click on these to see the details but I have reduced them all to under 160K to speed up your download time . .
.I saved my favorite for last (see below). You will clearly see a couple etchings of Kokopelli, a snake handler, dancers and much, much more if you look closely.
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.This is your big Christmas finale from me. I really am not sure if I will be posting anything from now until 2008 since I am slipping into my holiday depression earlier than normal. It occurred to me this year that this blog is of interest or help to so few people that I might discontinue writing it all together. This is obviously not the time to make any permanent decision on the matter so I will simply withdraw until this season of many, many sad and unpleasant memories passes. Who knows, I might pop up with something in the interim but don't be surprised if that doesn't happen either. I thank all my regular supporters/buds and hope that you still find great enjoyment in this coming holiday season. Again, don't feel obliged to post a comment since I may or may not reply as I have in the past and I may not be making the rounds of my usual favorite blogs as much. Hey, I will shake it off by mid-January at the latest so not to worry.
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17 comments:
Of course you'll be back.
Sorry to hear that you are feeling down Lin, having that rig next door cannot be helping.
On the plus side you are far enough off the grid to avoid all that false festive "joy" being pedalled by all the retailers right now.
Hope you get your Mojo back real soon.
bliadhna mhath ùr* when you get there.
* Happy New Year
Wow, Lin - these petroglyphs are amazing!!! Like you, I particularly love the big party celebration scene with kokopelli & the whole damn family. What incredibly rich sights these are! That red sandstone is so warm and beautiful. I love it. It's really cool to see the contrast in the ones you've shown in B&W and color. Your heart must leap everytime you discover another one of these time capsules.
I'm sorry you feel blue this time of year. I beg you not to stop your blog, though. Besides this being a great way to keep up with you, I think you are sharing details about your experience which will be enlightening for many other people in years to come. You're such a delight to me, and I hope your sadness departs soon and for good. Your blog is like a beacon to me.
"...this blog is of interest or help to so few people that I might discontinue writing it all together."
Oh my dear, what a misconception you have formulated...I love what is written and shown here and look forward to it weekly.
I too am reaching the end of my run...life story running out, but you, there are so much we want to know about you!
Go back, start at the beginning and work it out in your mine and let us share the revelations with you. Who are you? What happened that c changed you? What have you learned and from whom?
That should keep you busy at least another year.
It's taken me since January 2006 to get to this point, but I feel so much better. I'd feel better if I could write more details, but there are feelings to be considered. And the sex...wow...I've had a great run!
Haven't you?
Merry Christmas to you IF you don't come back before...and to you all.
Lin,
Your post makes me very sad. My life has been much the richer for your blog, all of the interesting information, your creative way of expressing yourself and your friendship.
Perhaps it is not the number of lives we touch, but the impact we make on those we DO touch in our walk through this life.
I don't want you to be depressed at Christmas and I don't want you to leave us. You say in your header that our comments are your social life, and I hope that will give you something to feel happy about...and a reason to come back.
Maybe I am saying too much and should probably just shut up and let you make your own decisions.
Blessings,
~Sharon
...since I am slipping into my holiday depression earlier than normal.
It saddens me to read this, Lin. You are NOT alone in this regard, however. I've struggled with this lil phenomenon for years, FWIW. I can only sympathize as I have found no "cure," other than keep repeating to myself "this, too, shall pass." It always does. We seem to be in the same boat, judging from what you wrote.
Re: your blog being of little interest.
Au-frickin'-contraire!!
I know for a fact (based, in part, on my SiteMeter out-clicks to your place) you're well-read and appreciated. I'd feel a great sense of loss if you stopped posting.
Just sayin'.
That's OK, gal!!! If you need us, you know where we are! I think it's expected of everyone, especially ME, to stop once in a while, and rest your mind, and body as well---and sometimes I have problems with following my own advice, too!
Do as you feel best for YOU! It's not about the COUNTER, or WHO likes WHAT---it's about YOU, and what YOU want to archive!
Like I said, you know where we are...
christmas is such a busy time!
These rock art remind me so mcuh of what our Aboriginals do here!
Incerdible!!!
You may take some time off. DON'T you dare discontinue this blog.
It's amazing how those drawing have stood the test of time.
Sorry you are feeling down. I haven't been a good reader lately, all the kids' stuff going on in school and the holidays coming have me BUSY (like, me and another gal are in charge of a holiday dinner tomorrow. We are feeding possibly 200. Wish me luck!). But if neither of us cross paths again in the next couple of weeks, have a wonderful Christmas!
lin, I don't "feel obliged" to post to your blogs. I will miss your bright, humorous and always entertaining posts.
Gues I'll just have to reread the early articles until you come back. I will miss you.
P.S. (Guess I'm getting like you. Forgot.)
That last photo looks as if its been a plnking target a couple of times. ?
Are you fucking kidding? Don't you even think of shutting down. There may just be a few of us out here, but we love you to death, and would be all the poorer without you. These pictures are beautiful, and the way you describe your place out there and your life encourages me to think I might fins a similar place some day. I've fallen in love with your world out there, even with the gas well. Don't make me have to come out there and drag you back. Love ya big sis.
Interesting the way societies ilustrate what's important. We have all that disgusting subway graffiti full of vulgar language and then there are these beautiful, simple depictions of times past.
And for what it's worth, I hope you don't give up your blog.
I hope you will be ok!!!
Simon
Those petroglyphs are fantastic!
It's too bad that your "ghost of Christmas past" wasn't a real (flesh and blood) person. Otherwise, I'd encourage you to do this to him.
My Christmas wish for you is comfort, healing from old wounds, and happiness for these days. I'll miss you until you return.
Waaaaaait a minute. Don't even think about leaving us. Christmas is such a weird time of the year but after Christmas comes the New Year and Spring! Hooray!
I can relate to what you're saying about feeling pressure to write even if you don't feel like it. Blogging is a big part of my social life, too, and I'm always worried that if I don't keep posting and reading that everyone will abandon me and I'll be lonely and alone. And yet if someone else takes a break I just keep checking now and then to see if they're back.
In other words if you take a break from either posting or reading our blogs I will still keep checking on you and I'm sure everyone else will too by the sounds of it.
One more thing, if you think nobody wants to read about down days or depression forget that. Friends want to lend support to someone who is down in the dumps. I find that helping someone else cope also helps me deal with my own issues. That's what friends do, right?
I see you've written a few more posts so it looks like you're back. I'll catch up after toast and coffee. :)
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