Purple Moth Orchids

Purple Orchids

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Order Ultram Online The orchids are in full bloom in the Bolz Conservatory at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison. I went into this tropical paradise to escape the snow and cold, and ended up with some wonderful botanical subjects and I found a peaceful setting that calmed my racing heart, and my racing around as I get ready for my (half) a cross country trip.

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Yellow and Purple Orchids – Photography in Bolz Conservatory

Tiny Orchid - Yellow and Purple

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Cliff Palace Tour

Portal to the Past

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Mesa Verde's Cliff House

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Pregabalin 300Mg Buy Online The Ancestral Pueblans lived in the Mesa Verde region in southwestern Colorado for over 700 years before mysteriously disappearing in just a few years. The Cliff Palace is in Mesa Verde National Park.

Mesa Verde Park Ranger

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http://www.ztpackaging.com/laminated-bags/ We had a terrific tour from this experienced park ranger. Not only was he well-informed, but he also had a sense of humor and a sense of reverence for the lands and the history he was sharing with the group. Sorry to say, I waited at the end of the tour to see if I could get his name, but he drove away before I could talk to him. I would have liked to have written a letter to the National Park Service to commend the efforts of this Park Ranger.

Cliff House Tour

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Buy Zopiclone 7.5 Mg Online We did get up close and personal with the ruins, while still remaining respectful of the archaeological and cultural significance of the ruins we were viewing. What a feeling I had as I walked at the end of the line, dragging behind the others so I could not only take photographs, but also get a sense of the place. Inspiring!

Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde – A Photo Essay

From Afar, Cliff House

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follow url There it was, occupying a great oval space under a grand cliff, wonderful to behold, appearing like an immense ruined castle with dismantled towers. ~ Frederick Chapin, 1891, the first published account of Cliff Palace

https://bettierose.co.uk/booking/ Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 by proclamation of President Theodore Roosevelt. It was the first national park that set aside land to protect the culture of a people. The park is also a designated United Nations World Heritage Site. It is located near the Four Corners area (where the borders Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona meet) in the southwestern corner of Colorado.

https://www.appliquecafeblog.com/background-photo/ The Pueblan Ancestral people lived in this area from about 500 AD to 1200 AD, a span of approximately 700 years. In the early 1200s, a migration of the people took place, and Mesa Verde was deserted in just a couple of generations. Reasons for their departure remain speculative.

Cliff House, Beginning of Tour

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Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings

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The Cliff Palace has more than 150 rooms, usually about 6 feet x 8 feet in size, and 23 kivas, circular pits that were used as ceremonial structures. At its peak, about 1200 AD, there were perhaps 100 inhabitants in this particular dwelling. It is theorized that this, one of the few complex building sites in the region, was used more for administration of the nearby people and ceremonial rituals. Most ruins throughout the National Park and surrounding area were one and two room structures, many on the mesa tops, not tucked into the cliff overhangs.

More photos from Mesa Verde in the next post.

Rivalry – Chicago (Bears) vs. Green Bay (Packers)

Chicago vs. Green Bay

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R is for RIVALRY.

This Sunday (January 23) the Green Bay Packers will play the Chicago Bears in Soldiers’ Field, downtown Chicago, for the NFC  Championship, and a coveted place — is that an under-statement? — in Super Bowl XLV.

I took this photo a couple of years ago, noted its potential at some unidentified later date, and used it in an alphabet post on Seeded Earth blog in 2008. Then I stored it in my photo files, and waited.

This seems an appropriate time to resurrect the Green Bay/Chicago sign. Even Wisconsin citizens who aren’t die-hard football fans, or even football fans at all — and yes, there are a few — get a flicker in their eyes at the thought of playing the Bears for the NFC Championship…and marching out of Soldiers’ Field victorious on our way to the Super Bowl!

Hmm.

V is for VICTORY. I better look for another photograph…..