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Portrait of a young girl in a tree, Dobu Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, PNG This girl caught my eye, not only for her perch in a tree, but for her bright dress that picked up the colours of the leaves behind her, and for her wide eyed expression of interest in our party of visitors. Arctangent remarked that many of the villagers are wearing western clothing. William Henry Bromilow, an Australian, was the founder of the Methodist mission in British New Guinea in 1891. Because of its central position, and the prestige of its inhabitants among their neighbours, Dobu Island was chosen as his headquarters. Bromilow established mission stations throughout the D'Entrecasteaux and Trobriand Islands and the Louisiade Archipelago, as well as boarding schools for girls and boys, and a training institution for local teachers and pastors. Like so many missionaries in those days, he did not approve of many of the values and customs of the Melanesian peoples and he helped to destroy traditional customs wherever they conflicted with his own moral standards. We noticed a negative correlation in the various islands between the presence of women with bared breasts (which is traditional) and the 'civilizing' influence of missionaries. The Bromilow Memorial is located on Dobu Island and a couple of photos of it can be seen here: http://goo.gl/23cF1. These are the last of the photos from Dobu Island; next stop the Trobriand Islands, the famous 'love' islands of Margaret Mead. 112 mm, 1/125 sec, f 6.3, ISO 640, flash fill
5/25/13. Mourning Dove.
"Sing Away" Yellow headed blackbird-Male (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) Photographed in Pablo Wildlife Refuge, Montana. #92051217 © Payam Nashery - Photoarts
Saturday, May 25, 2013 " CUPCAKE" "I've never met a cupcake I didn't like." ~ As seen on a coffee mug I like whimsical finds like this; and this one was spotted hanging and dangling around outside a store that sold plenty of "sweets" for the sweet tooth:). I was in the city for a driving tour of Cotesworth - filming location for Celia Foote's home in "The Help" movie. Unfortunately, it was not open for unscheduled tours, but I did get a very "in the distance" shot of the home here: http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/20164234_tF7zpL#!i=2379031239&k=Nq96qz5&lb=1&s=A View the gallery of "The Help" filming locations in Greenwood, North Carrollton, & Clarksdale, MS here: http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/20164234_tF7zpL#!i=1592268869&k=wX6nnNL Have a safe, fun, and "sweet" Memorial Day Weekend! Old Town Treasures 615 Lexington Street Carrollton, MS (photo taken 2/13/2013)
05/25/2013 - Red, White and Blue Sitting on his Dual Purpose Base/Bass Fiddle Link to Photo Without Frame
5/22/13 - Rapeseed fields in the Palouse, Washington. We've spent two days driving around the back roads of the Palouse in Washington. We only saw the rapeseed in this one spot. I was so excited to see it! Our most exciting moments came today when we drove up to Steptoe Butte. I had no idea it was going to be one of those drives with steep drop offs all the way up...for about ten miles. The views were spectacular, but I was freaked out, since I'm terrified of heights. The Palouse is a beautiful farming region in eastern Washington. Again, I'd never heard of it until I saw some gorgeous shots of the area on smugmug and added it to my bucket list. It is an area of rolling hills. Farmers plow and plant following the curves of the hills and it is very striking. The curves capture the light in unique ways. Unfortunately, the light during our two days here wasn't particularly great, but it was lovely, nonetheless. Hopefully, I've gotten some decent shots. Many of the Palouse towns are extremely small and a number of them seem to be dying with almost no businesses still operating. Pullman, Colfax and Palouse are the towns big enough to have at least one place to eat. Pullman is quite large and is the home of Washington State University. If you have a chance to explore this beautiful region, I highly recommend it. Thanks so much for your warm response to my shot of Palouse Falls. Your thoughts really gave me a boost today!
It is 7 c. at this moment and this keeps me hoping that we might get a summer this year! One more tulip variety to go after this one. I love the white ones with a slight pink variation . Early post for May 25/13 Now where did I put my mittens?
5/24/13 - Spent cactus bloom Thanks for your kind comments on my shot of the rapeseed in the Palouse of eastern Washington. Actually, I don't think rapeseed is that prominent a crop in the Palouse area. This was the only field in bloom we saw. Most of the fields seemed to be planted in barley. We asked some folks at a local restaurant about which crops were most important to the region and they said barley, lentils and split peas were probably the most significant. It may be that the lentils and split peas are later crops, as we did not see any fields that appeared to have those. I think the Palouse will be even more gorgeous in a few more weeks. We seem to have come a bit early.
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