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Blogs > hotdreamer1000 > While I was Dreaming

Stone Glacier  

hotdreamer1000 64M
8677 posts
10/17/2011 2:41 pm

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1/28/2021 10:08 am
Stone Glacier
On holiday in Scotland, I scrambled down to a rocky forshore to find this river of stones, fallen from the cliffs and progressively rounded by the waves as they neared the sea, looking like a stone glacier gradually flowing from the hillside into the water.



Further along the coast, a rock stack faced the atlantic storms, which had sculpted along fault lines and strata to leave a shape like a prehistoric stegosaurus, complete with horns and vestigial tail. I wondered how long it had been like that, until in a local pub I saw another photo, some thirty years old, in which, though fascinating, the image was simply one of a strange rock; not reminiscent of any animal.

On a holiday for ever to be remembered for the intricacies of timing, I realised how lucky I was to have stumbled on this natural sculpture just at the right moment for it to resemble this ancient creature - in another few years the sea will have chipped away that tremendous horn, leaving no more than an off-shore standing rock face......which people will admire and think beautiful none the less.

rm_wantitindeep 58F
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1874 posts
10/18/2011 12:53 am

 We can all look at a scene, but not all of us see, the same thing.
Sometimes, you have to take a step back, to be able appreciate, the full beauty of it all.
Wonderful picture, by the way.
Life isn't about how many breaths you take, but about the moments that take your breath away!


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
10/18/2011 6:47 am
    Quoting rm_wantitindeep:
    We can all look at a scene, but not all of us see, the same thing.
    Sometimes, you have to take a step back, to be able appreciate, the full beauty of it all.
    Wonderful picture, by the way.
Thanks - I got waves over my boots taking it, lol!


tigger678902 57F  
4545 posts
10/24/2011 4:55 pm

 So true, there are rocks in a high tidal area in my part of the world which used to be locally renowned for resembling a famous animal and sadly part of the animal has now surrendered to the relentless will of the water,...now it's just an interesting rock
Good girls go to heaven,....Bad girls go EVERYWHERE!
I love to travel

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hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
10/25/2011 2:48 am
    Quoting tigger678902:
    So true, there are rocks in a high tidal area in my part of the world which used to be locally renowned for resembling a famous animal and sadly part of the animal has now surrendered to the relentless will of the water,...now it's just an interesting rock
Maybe someone took some good photographs?


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