This is not around me, but I thought you guys might like those photos nonetheless: Palaces of self-discovery, a series on libraries
For example: Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra.
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This is not around me, but I thought you guys might like those photos nonetheless: Palaces of self-discovery, a series on libraries
For example: Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra.
https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/pr...558175646e.jpg
Ran the Stihl for almost 7 hours today. I got parts sore that I forgot I had.
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Lake Chocorua on a quiet Sunday morning.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...666a711b_b.jpgdaytime dream Chocorua by Christopher Weismann, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...19c27b95_b.jpgstacked lake by Christopher Weismann, on Flickr
More bike than world around me, but Saturday was one of the prettiest days we've had in NoVA this year. Sunny with a high around 85 and a light breeze. I went for a 20 mile gravel-bike ride up and over Bull Run Mountain northwest of Haymarket (locals on the board will know of the area). It was a slow ride as I was just enjoying the nice weather and scenery. Normally I see very few people, mostly locals, on this route, but it was positively crowded this time. I passed or was passed by 6 other cyclists, 1 runner, and a couple walking their dog. One of the cyclists, the first I encountered, scared the piss out of me because I wasn't expecting others to be around, was lost in thought, and didn't hear him come up behind me until he was about 10' away. I literally jumped. :eek:
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Spent a week up at deer camp last week
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I've done some nice gravel rides in that area too. It's beautiful countryside. I just wish there were much more gravel roads.
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I biked the length of the C&O (but not including the GAP) a couple of years ago. I'm glad I did it, but it isn't high on my list to do again. It's gravel, and there are some scenic parts, but it was also 180 miles of towpath.
I love riding through the Virginia horse country (and Maryland too). I've been doing it since the mid 90s. Over that time, I've seen the suburban sprawl relentlessly spreading outward. The gravel roads in the countryside have been a wonderful new facet to explore in the last couple of years, but now I wished I had been doing that back in the 90s when I first started riding out there.
Yard birds:
Red headed woodpecker
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Baltimore Oriole
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Great Blue Heron
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Mr. Tom
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Red tail hawk
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Abandon home in Tamworth, NH.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7d705acd_b.jpgabandoned legacy by Christopher Weismann, on Flickr
1960[ish] Chevrolet Apache Suburban, on the same property.
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