Ye olde treasure mappes.
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The Ladybird has emerged (is that the right term?) from her pupa (see a couple of pages back.) Here she is with her used clothing on the right. Her carapace is still slightly transparent and she's kinda dozy, but seems to be enjoying life on the sage leaves.
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And incredibly vulnerable too. Lovely photo Amor.
Originally posted by Balderdasha View PostYe olde treasure mappes.
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Originally posted by Sits View PostAnd incredibly vulnerable too. Lovely photo Amor.
I remember doing treasure maps when our kids were little, soaking them in tea etc. then I thought a singed corner here and there might be nice, courtesy of the gas hob. That didn’t go so well.
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One of my regular cycle rides takes me past this ; Slovakia's 'westernmost wooden sacral structure', dating from 1615. There are loads of these wooden churches in eastern Slovakia belonging to various denominations - Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox etc - but a lot of them are mighty tricky to get to without a car. This one is Roman Catholic, and you have to phone someone at the diocese office to get shown into it, but it's nice to have it nearby just to gaze at occasionally.
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As is often the case, the Russians took this to extremes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizhi_Island
This is a modern reconstruction of a much later Russian chapel on the California Coast, about three hours north of San Francisco
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Originally posted by jameswba View PostUrsos, I'm wondering what the cannons being so close to the church is supposed to represent.
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Thanks, it sounds interesting. I guess you might have seen one or of the Slovak wooden churches. The odd few are reconstructions, or have been 'uprooted' intact from their original site and placed in 'skansens', but most are in their original position. Some - not the one in my pic, sadly - are still used for services.
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Clearly a regional thing - here's a Wikipedia page on carpathian wooden churches linking to those in Slovakia, southern Poland, Ukraine, and Maramures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpat...ooden_churches
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