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  • Keeping Watch on Main Street, Cuba, Kansas.  The old guys watching what happens on Main Street on a summer afternoon.
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  • Simple Fest Noz on a farm near Plouye.  Local folk had restored two old stone ovens and held the Fest Noz to celebrate the baking of bread in the old ovens.
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  • Madron Holy Well and Baptistry sits on the outskirts of Madron, north of Penzance. The faithful dip rags in the water and hang them on the trees around the spring. In side the old Celtic church is Karen Ehrenfeldt, a druid from San Jose, California.
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  • A cow comes home late at night in the ancient Celtic village of Piernado in Los Ancares, the eastern mountainous region of Galicia. Cows are led to pasture in the morning and come home later in the day on their own, this one much later.  Here the old Celtic ways are still pretty fresh and the current generation still uses the old Pallozas, thatched stone houses that were home to livestock as well, even if they have built newer living quarters next door.
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  • Inside J. Courrain pub in Dingle.  One of the older pubs, still selling hardware also.  On the counter can be seen the old grocery scale.
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  • Afternoon in the barbershop. One of the old men who spent their afternoon's in Charlie Andrews barbershop, Cuba, Kansas.
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  • Georges Cadoudal, one of the legendary pipers of Brittany, organized a small country Fest Noz in his tiny hamlet near Plouye, Brittany.  The muscians gathered in his home for a big festive meal and then they all gathered to play under the old barn nearby. Homemade cidre was served from a small cart.
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  • Evening falls on Gleann Cholm Cille in County Donegal, northwest Ireland.  It is typical of Celtic settlement with houses scattered across the countryside in a loose gathering.
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  • Overlooking the bay at low tide in the area of Timsgarry, Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The inn is Baile na Cille.
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  • Waves crash in on the Butt of Lewis (the north end) on the Isle of Lewis.  This is the farthest north tip of the Outer Hebrides.
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  • Wild horse are gathered from the hills and brought to a coral at the Rapa Das Bestas in Vimianzo, Galicia.  On the second day the horses are gathered in the coral where teams of five men wrestle them to the ground so they can have their manes and tails trimmed.  This ancient tradition as passed from economic necessity to popular cultural tradition, the asociacion now making the event and increasingly popular attraction.  The wild west of the Celtic World.  The big feast features beef, pork, and (wouldn't you know) horse meat, the most popular.
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  • National Championship of traditional music in Gourin, Brittany.
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  • Scenes at the Intercelitque Festival where the Magic Night performance brings performers from all the nations into the stadium for a full blown show of Celtic music and dance.  Celtic gets the rock star treatment.  Response from the Celtic audience was overwhelming.
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  • Mazey Day celebrations in the streets of Penzance as the Golowan band draws Penglaze out onto the street where it creats havoc in the serpent dance. Children from the community schools take part in the parade.  Moch Mayor Miss Cornish Pasty marches in the parade.
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  • Overlooking the bay at low tide in the area of Timsgarry, Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.  One of the most scenic areas I have ever seen in Scotland.
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  • March of the Lonach Highlanders and the Lonach Gathering are one of the great Highland games in Scotand.  Morning includes the march as the clans go from country house to country house where their hosts toast them with a wee dram of hospitality, otherwise known as whisky.
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  • Views of the harbor in Castlebay as night falls on the Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
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  • The ancient Celtic village of Santa Tecla looks down on the modern city of A Garda in the far southwest tip of Galicia.  Uncovered during road building in the 1930's the wonderfully preserved village dates from some 2500 years ago.  Remarkably the thatched roofed houses here are almost exactly like the houses you see in use today in O Cebreiro or Piornedo.  One of the most stunning locations I saw in all of Galicia.
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  • The Archbishop and monks at the Celtic Orthodox Monastery of Sainte-Dolay in Brittany.   Morning sunlight casts warm light though the incense of mass.
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  • The Padstow 'Obby Oss day is an ancient May Day celebration, perhaps the oldest continuous observance in Europe, going back at least 800 years.  The Oss (horse) dance through the streets of the Cornish village bringing in summer, very much a pagan fertility celebration.
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  • Scenes at Whitesand Beach near St. Davids in Wales.
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  • Graveyard and church close by the sea on Inishmor.  In the graveyard is Teaghlach Einne, an early church dedicated to St. Einne, and the saint's reputed grave site.
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  • The Cliffs of Moher rise dramatically out of the sea on the west coast of Ireland.  Visited by over one million people a year.
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  • Neighbors in rocking chairs at the annual Rock-A-Thon in Cuba, Kansas. This event is an fund raising event for the town and involves rocking around the clock for a whole week.
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  • Machu Picchu wrapped in clouds, peeking through for a moment. The Incas did incredible building in the short time that they ruled Peru before the coming of the Spanish. <br />
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©Jim Richardson  All rights reserved<br />
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You can see more of my photography at www.jimrichardsonphotography.com
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  • The Bar de Fredi in Espasante, Galicia is a popular spot for Celtic music.  The tavern opens at 11:00 pm and things get going about 1:00 am when the pipers arrive.  Music goes on till 5:00 am, finishing up with traditional hill singing, men and women echoing choruses back and forth.  A wild night.
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  • Gleann Cholm Cille, on the northwest coast of Ireland, an ancient sacred valley in the Irish Gaeltacht.
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  • Golowan Parade with the Golowan Band greets Penglaze as the horse skulled figure makes an appearance.  This ancient tradition has been revived in Penzance.  The horse comes out to bring havoc and mischief into the world before being pushed back into the darkness by the music.
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  • Glenfeshie Estate in the Cairngorms of Scotland is a primary site of conservation efforts to bring back more of the ancient Caledonian Forest. Owned by Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen who has dedicated much effort to a program of culling deer to bring back more balanced ecosystem including Scotls pines. 

Thomas MacDonell seen hight above the glen is conservation manager of the estate.
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  • The Bar de Fredi in Espasante, Galicia is a popular spot for Celtic music.  The tavern opens at 11:00 pm and things get going about 1:00 am when the pipers arrive.  Music goes on till 5:00 am, finishing up with traditional hill singing, men and women echoing choruses back and forth.  A wild night.
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  • Scenes at the Intercelitque Festival, Lorient, Brittany where the Magic Night performance brings performers from all the nations into the stadium for a full blown show of Celtic music and dance.  Celtic gets the rock star treatment.  Response from the Celtic audience was overwhelming.
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  • Church in Brittany, France.
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  • A Breton dance group performs at the Cathedral in Quimper, Brittany.<br />
religious patrimony.
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  • Gig racing on the south coast of Cornwall.
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  • Golowan Parade with the Golowan Band greets Penglaze as the horse skulled figure makes an appearance.  This ancient tradition has been revived in Penzance.  The horse comes out to bring havoc and mischief into the world before being pushed back into the darkness by the music.
    MM7189 6-26-04 2815.jpg
  • The Archbishop and monks at the Celtic Orthodox Monastery of Sainte-Dolay in Brittany.  The monks eat communally outside under and awning.  Morning sunlight casts warm light though the incense of mass.
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  • Sunrise at Stonehenge on the Summer Solstice.  20,000 revelers wait to greet the sunrise at Stonehenge.
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  • Sunrise at Stonehenge on the Summer Solstice.  20,000 revelers wait to greet the sunrise at Stonehenge.
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  • Sunrise at Stonehenge on the Summer Solstice.  20,000 revelers wait to greet the sunrise at Stonehenge.
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  • Sunset at Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain of Wiltshire in Southern England.
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  • Views of the harbor in Castlebay as night falls on the Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
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  • Strathisla Distillery in the Highlands of Scotland.
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  • Pulling the stage curtain in the Community Hall, Cuba, Kansas.
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  • The Archbishop and monks at the Celtic Orthodox Monastery of Sainte-Dolay in Brittany.   Morning sunlight casts warm light though the incense of mass.
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  • The Giants Causeway features octagonal volcanic shafts that reach out into the Celtic Sea near Bushmills on the Antrim Coast of Northern Ireland.  Long a central site of Celtic Legends the prime tale is that the giant built the causeway to unite him with his lover in Scotland, who lived near Staffa, the island off Iona that has similar dramatic blocks.
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  • Sunday morning church services in Gaelic at the Free Church of Scotland in Barvas on the Isle of Lewis.  Minister is Calum Ian MacLeod.  Women wear hats, there is no piano or organ, hymns sung by "precentation" which is akin to lining out style, the elder singing a line and being followed by the congregation.  Very eerie, beautiful music.
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  • Sunday morning church services in Gaelic at the Free Church of Scotland in Barvas on the Isle of Lewis.  Minister is Calum Ian MacLeod.  Women wear hats, there is no piano or organ, hymns sung by "precentation"  which is akin to lining out style, the elder singing a line and being followed by the congregation.
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  • Golowan Parade with the Golowan Band greets Penglaze as the horse skulled figure makes an appearance.  This ancient tradition has been revived in Penzance.  The horse comes out to bring havoc and mischief into the world before being pushed back into the darkness by the music.
    MM7189 6-26-04 2796.jpg
  • Pennan, seaside village on the Morar Firth of Scotland.  This tiny village has only one row of houses.  It was also the setting of the cult movie favorite, Local Hero.
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  • Duncan MacDonald out at his peat cuttings near Gisla, Uig, on the Isle of Lewis.  Even though he has oil heating in his home now Duncan likes having the peat to burn on a winter evening.  He's been cutting peat since he was a "wee boy."  The spade he carries is a special peat cutting tool that cuts the blocks that have been laid out to dry.  Peat cutting is a two man job, with one cutting and the other throwing.
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  • Bannatyne MacLeod working sheep on his croft on the Isle of Harris, Scotland Island crofters survived by being adaptable and dogged, doing everything from farming to fishing to herding sheep to make a living. Generations of his MacLeods have worked these rocky hills before  Bannatyne MacLeod took over the farm.
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  • Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Event has been going on for years and has grown ever larger, now boasting over 300 performers and 10,000 to 15,000 spectators.
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  • March of the Lonach Highlanders and the Lonach Gathering are one of the great Highland games in Scotand.  Morning includes the march as the clans go from country house to country house where their hosts toast them with a wee dram of hospitality, otherwise known as whisky.
    MM7189 8-28-04 20883.jpg
  • March of the Lonach Highlanders and the Lonach Gathering are one of the great Highland games in Scotand.  Morning includes the march as the clans go from country house to country house where their hosts toast them with a wee dram of hospitality, otherwise known as whisky.
    MM7189 8-28-04 20883.jpg
  • St Clement's Church (Scottish Gaelic: Tur Chliamainn, meaning Clement's Tower) is a fifteenth century church in Rodel, Harris, Scotland, built for the Chiefs of the MacLeods of Harris. It is dedicated to Pope Clement I. It is sometimes known as Eaglais Ròdal or Rodal Church.
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  • Duncan MacDonald out at his peat cuttings near Gisla, Uig, on the Isle of Lewis.  Even though he has oil heating in his home now Duncan likes having the peat to burn on a winter evening.  He's been cutting peat since he was a "wee boy."  The spade he carries is a special peat cutting tool that cuts the blocks that have been laid out to dry.  Peat cutting is a two man job, with one cutting and the other throwing.
    MM7189 20050524 27507.jpg
  • The Archbishop and monks at the Celtic Orthodox Monastery of Sainte-Dolay in Brittany.  The monks eat communally outside under and awning.  Morning sunlight casts warm light though the incense of mass.
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  • The Petite Tromenie is one of the most important pardons in Brittany, ancient holy days with Celtic roots where the relics of the church are paraded out to ancient holy sites like holy wells, or as here in Locronan, up the mountain to where St. Ronan was killed by a witch.  It is a big day of celebration in the town and people like Annie and Rene Louboutin dress in traditional costume, walk the route and celebrate with friends afterwards.
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  • The Petite Tromenie is one of the most important pardons in Brittany, ancient holy days with Celtic roots where the relics of the church are paraded out to ancient holy sites like holy wells, or as here in Locronan, up the mountain to where St. Ronan was killed by a witch.  It is a big day of celebration in the town and people like Annie and Rene Louboutin dress in traditional costume, walk the route and celebrate with friends afterwards.
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  • Guy Le Lay is making the first Breton single malt whiskey near Quimper, Brittany.  He left teaching to start making cidre, the national drink of Brittany, and became interested in a Celtic whiskey for Brittany.  His son practices the pipes in the wharehouse amongst the casks because it sounds good there.  Guy has a bed in the warehouse so he can sleep there when a critical run of distilling is going on.
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  • A Breton dance group performs at the Cathedral in Quimper, Brittany.
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  • Boats on the coast of Brittany
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  • Glencolmbkille on the Northwest coast of Ireland.
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  • Road bowling on the road outside Armagh, Ireland.  Road bowling pits two players against each other to see who can cover the road distance (4 km. here) with the least throws of a steel ball.  Traffic is stopped for each throw and betting is common.
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  • Smoking in front of the Cafe, Cuba, Kansas
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  • Dressed for the procession in Lacronan, Brittany, France.
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  • Jimmy (left) and Vincent (right) Campbell play in The Glen Tavern in Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland.  The brothers are legends in Irish traditional fiddling.
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  • Dressed for the Pardon procession in Lacronan, Brittany, France.
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  • The Petite Tromenie is one of the most important pardons in Brittany, ancient holy days with Celtic roots where the relics of the church are paraded out to ancient holy sites like holy wells, or as here in Locronan, up the mountain to where St. Ronan was killed by a witch.  It is a big day of celebration in the town and people like Annie and Rene Louboutin dress in traditional costume, walk the route and celebrate with friends afterwards.
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  • St. Michael's Mount in the evening.  Known since Biblical times as a tin trading center, St. Michael's Mount was a Celtic sacred site, thence a monastery and then the site of the castle we see today.  A causeway allows access at low tide.
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  • St. Michael's Mount in the evening.  Known since Biblical times as a tin trading center, St. Michael's Mount was a Celtic sacred site, thence a monastery and then the site of the castle we see today.  A causeway allows access at low tide.
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  • Morning at St. Michaels Mount, at Marazion, Cornwall.  Tides make it an island twice a day.  An ancient Celtic hill fort which became a Celtic religious site and then site of the castle.
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  • Sunrise at Stonehenge on the Summer Solstice.  20,000 revelers wait to greet the sunrise at Stonehenge.
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  • Duncan MacDonald out at his peat cuttings near Gisla, Uig, on the Isle of Lewis.  Even though he has oil heating in his home now Duncan likes having the peat to burn on a winter evening.  He's been cutting peat since he was a "wee boy."  The spade he carries is a special peat cutting tool that cuts the blocks that have been laid out to dry.  Peat cutting is a two man job, with one cutting and the other throwing.
    MM7189 20050524 27507.jpg
  • Waves crash in on the Butt of Lewis (the north end) on the Isle of Lewis.  This is the farthest north tip of the Outer Hebrides.
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  • The Giants Causeway features octagonal volcanic shafts that reach out into the Celtic Sea near Bushmills on the Antrim Coast of Northern Ireland.  Long a central site of Celtic Legends the prime tale is that the giant built the causeway to unite him with his lover in Scotland, who lived near Staffa, the island off Iona that has similar dramatic blocks.
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  • Iona, seat of Celtic Christianity in Scotland where St. Columba came ashore from Ireland to establish his monastery in sixth century, on the island at the western end of the Isle of Mull.  Still a working religious center where pilgrims come by the thousands to follow the ways of Celtic Christianity.  The Celtic Cross has stood outside the church for over 1,000 years.
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  • Cutting peat on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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  • Sunrise at Stonehenge on the Summer Solstice.  20,000 revelers wait to greet the sunrise at Stonehenge.
    MM7189 6-21-04 0489.jpg
  • Road bowling on the road outside Armagh, Ireland.  Road bowling pits two players against each other to see who can cover the road distance (4 km. here) with the least throws of a steel ball.  Traffic is stopped for each throw and betting is common.
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  • Inside O'Flaherty's pub in Dingle, Ireland.  Known for its music and traditional decoration.  Owned by Fergus O'Flaherty.
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  • Out on his riding lawnmower to take a look at his irrigation well, 98 year old T.E. Lutrick swings a leg over the steering wheel to get a better look.  Lutrick has farmed here since 1920.  Put this well in in 1936 when  "Everyone thought I was crazy."  Got into irrigation to assure crops in bad years, a common early pattern.  One of the earliest irrigators in the Texas High Plains.  Colorful character.
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  • The Storr is part of the Trotternish geologic formation in the northeast corner of the Isle of Skye, Scotland.  The largest of the monoliths is called The Old Man of Storr.  To the south are the Cuillins of southern Skye.
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  • The Wee Mad Road leads across the wild northwest landscape of Scotland towards Stoer on the coast where an old church stands abandoned. <br />
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The one lane road is actually the B869 which runs from Baddidarach, around to Stoer and Drumbeg to Kylesku on the northwest coast.
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  • Sunrise on Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Numerous small islands in the Loch have old Scots Pines growing on them, mostly because on the islands they are protected from deer.
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  • Inside a Palloza in the ancient Celtic village of Piernado in Los Ancares, the eastern mountainous region of Galicia. Cows are led to pasture in the morning and come home later in the day on their own, this one much later.  Here the old Celtic ways are still pretty fresh and the current generation still uses the old Pallozas, thatched stone houses that were home to livestock as well, even if they have built newer living quarters next door.  Jose (check this name) was born in this palloza and still uses it everyday, keeping his cattle and chickens here.  Note the Roman cart, still used in some areas of Galicia.
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  • Stacking oats on the farm of Eshete Girma in the central Shewa region of Ethiopia north of Addis Ababa. The oats are being brought in from the fields on donkeys, then stacked with the grain to the inside of the stack so that it will dry and be protected from rain, before it is threshed. <br />
<br />
Building the stacks is actually a quick affair, taking on half an hour or so.  Seen on top of the stack is Eshete's son and farmer Girma Regassa, directing the operations and building he final cap on the stack. <br />
<br />
The oat variety is an old locally adapted variety called Avena Vaviloviana, named after the famed Russion seed saver N.I. Vavilov who traveled this region in the 1920's doing research and collecting seeds. <br />
<br />
Contact: Genene Gezu<br />
Program Coordinator<br />
Ethio-Organic Seed Action (EOSA)<br />
Tel: +251 11 550 22 88<br />
Mobile: +251 91 1 79 56 22<br />
genenegezu@yahoo.com<br />
shigenene@gmail.com<br />
PO Box 5512<br />
Addis Aababa, Ethiopia
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  • Harvesting groundnuts (peanuts) in Siby Mali on the farm of Rassama Camara.<br />
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The women are hauling the bundles of dried out plants to big piles where they sit in the shade and pluck the nuts out.  It is a big social occasion as well as being long, hard, dusty work. <br />
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Women in pictures include:<br />
Téréyan Keita (Old woman)<br />
Mariama Keita with her baby, Awa Keita<br />
Fatoumata Sangaré
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  • Callanish Stones, Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, an ancient stone circle some 5,000 years old.  To buy this print click on the SHOPPING CART below.
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  • Glenfinnan Highland Games and Gathering at Glenfinnan.  Part of the ceremonies are the raising of the standard to commemorate Bonnie Prince Charlie rallying the Highlanders to his cause at Glenfinnan (which led to their eventual downfall.)  Some of the White Cockade Society participated in old Highland costume.
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  • Sunrise on Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Numerous small islands in the Loch have old Scots Pines growing on them, mostly because on the islands they are protected from deer.
    MM8321_20160414_25163.jpg
  • Sunrise on Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Numerous small islands in the Loch have old Scots Pines growing on them, mostly because on the islands they are protected from deer.
    MM8321_20160414_25150.jpg
  • Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Numerous small islands in the Loch have old Scots Pines growing on them, mostly because on the islands they are protected from deer.
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  • Carloway Broch at Carloway on the Isle of Lewis is believed to date from 100 to 300 BC.  Though massive it is not thought to be a fortification as such, but a impressive dwelling for a small community.Dun Carloway (in Scottish Gaelic Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) is a broch situated in the district of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It is a remarkably well preserved broch - on the east side parts of the old wall still reaches to 9 metres tall. In places there are also more modern repairs to the east wall. At the base the broch is around 14 to 15 metres in diameter and the walls around 3 metres thick.<br />
Dun Carloway was probably built some time in the 1st century BC, and radiocarbon dating evidence from remains found in the broch show that it was last occupied around 1300 AD.
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  • Genevieve Weston in the Weston Antique Apples orchard near New Berllin, Wisconsin.<br />
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Weston's Orchards, the oldest active orchard in Waukesha, were established in 1935 by Harvey and Alice Weston on a site owned by Alice's father, William Marckwardt. By this time the farm already had an orchard and several of its current buildings. For example, its Dutch colonial style barn dates to 1901.<br />
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The family-operated orchards have supplied the public with historic apple varieties for over 60 years. Some of the orchards' trees were planted in the late nineteenth century and significant additional plantings were made during the Great Depression by the orchards current owners. The orchards cover 16 acres with more than 700 trees and over 100 varieties with dates varying from the Calville Blanc d'Hiver (1598), Gravenstien (1600) to the Wolf River (1881) and Pink Pearl (1944). Weston's Orchards work to conserve these antique apple vaieties from extinction. The Old Church apple, for example, is grown solely on their farm.
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  • Evening in Pontevedra brings everyone to the pleasant plazas in the old quarter of the city.  Noted for its narrow streets, Pontevedra is a beautiful town to visit.<br />
This is the Praza da Lena.
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  • A Quemada, an ancient Celtic drinking tradition, at Casa Roxo in the ancient Celtic village of Piernado in Los Ancares, the eastern mountainous region of Galicia. At a Quemada the alcohol is burned way, looking very spirit-like, while a poem is read casting away all sort of evil spirits.  Here the old Celtic ways are still pretty fresh and the current generation still uses the old Pallozas, thatched stone houses that were home to livestock as well, even if they have built newer living quarters next door.
    MM7189 20050720 39152.jpg
  • Stacking oats on the farm of Eshete Girma in the central Shewa region of Ethiopia north of Addis Ababa. The oats are being brought in from the fields on donkeys, then stacked with the grain to the inside of the stack so that it will dry and be protected from rain, before it is threshed. <br />
<br />
Building the stacks is actually a quick affair, taking on half an hour or so.  Seen on top of the stack is Eshete's son and farmer Girma Regassa, directing the operations and building he final cap on the stack. <br />
<br />
The oat variety is an old locally adapted variety called Avena Vaviloviana, named after the famed Russion seed saver N.I. Vavilov who traveled this region in the 1920's doing research and collecting seeds.
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  • Carloway Broch at Carloway on the Isle of Lewis is believed to date from 100 to 300 BC.  Though massive it is not thought to be a fortification as such, but a impressive dwelling for a small community.Dun Carloway (in Scottish Gaelic Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) is a broch situated in the district of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It is a remarkably well preserved broch - on the east side parts of the old wall still reaches to 9 metres tall. In places there are also more modern repairs to the east wall. At the base the broch is around 14 to 15 metres in diameter and the walls around 3 metres thick.<br />
Dun Carloway was probably built some time in the 1st century BC, and radiocarbon dating evidence from remains found in the broch show that it was last occupied around 1300 AD.  To buy this print click on the SHOPPING CART below.
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