Maybe...
Actually, the owners of our holiday property left a bottle of Champagne in the fridge to welcome us [emoji4]
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Maybe...
Actually, the owners of our holiday property left a bottle of Champagne in the fridge to welcome us [emoji4]
At least the cause was obvious. It’s better than the engineer having to guess.
Looks like hibiscus to me
So here’s what we got up to today....
Oy! @mooIzillion! Postcards!
Forst we went to Carrières de Lumières (literally Quarry of Lights) We have been here before. It’s a former bauxite (aluminium ore) quarry where images arerojectd onto the cave walls and pillars and set to music. The first set was Van Gogh pictures and the second was Japanese art.
The entrance
Van Gogh
Japanese Art (I particularly liked the bit in the video)
Oy! @mooIzillion! Postcards!
Forst we went to Carrières de Lumières (literally Quarry of Lights) We have been here before. It’s a former bauxite (aluminium ore) quarry where images arerojectd onto the cave walls and pillars and set to music. The first set was Van Gogh pictures and the second was Japanese art.
The entrance
Van Gogh
Japanese Art (I particularly liked the bit in the video)
Attachments
We had an unintentional industrial theme today.
Our next stop was the nearby town of Fontvieille where we climbed the hill to see the windmills. They’re around 200 years old. There were 4 that we found, these two are the most complete. They were used to grind flour.
Our next stop was the nearby town of Fontvieille where we climbed the hill to see the windmills. They’re around 200 years old. There were 4 that we found, these two are the most complete. They were used to grind flour.
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And finally we drove just down the road to see Roman remains... 2000 years old.
This was an aqueduct which supplied 8 water mills. The aqueduct took water to the edge if a steep hill and the mills were built in four pairs going down the slope. The output of one mill powered the next mill down and so on. This was very advanced for its time!
It’s believed these mills also ground flour. They supplied the nearby town of Arles which was a big, busy place even in Roman times. Lots of bread meant lots of flour was needed.
Walking down the aqueduct heading for the drop
And the mill sites below the drop. 4 mills on each side, their waterwheels would have been in the middle
Having done its work, he water was then taken by aqueduct into the nearby town of Arles. Little of that aqueduct remains now though.
This was an aqueduct which supplied 8 water mills. The aqueduct took water to the edge if a steep hill and the mills were built in four pairs going down the slope. The output of one mill powered the next mill down and so on. This was very advanced for its time!
It’s believed these mills also ground flour. They supplied the nearby town of Arles which was a big, busy place even in Roman times. Lots of bread meant lots of flour was needed.
Walking down the aqueduct heading for the drop
And the mill sites below the drop. 4 mills on each side, their waterwheels would have been in the middle
Having done its work, he water was then taken by aqueduct into the nearby town of Arles. Little of that aqueduct remains now though.
Yep!
Aaaagh.
Wonderful pictures of the old quarry and the aqueduct!
We could do with returning to those eco friendly times now.
How fun!! I hope get see them hatch!!
You and your sidekicks will do just fine...I still think ducks are nuts...especially after they find out they can fly.
Oh my garsh...
And then they also put up one way only signs with an arrow pointing the right way. If I go right on my street, I'm going the wrong way down a one way street.
Hummingbird food too. I want some of those older varieties of Rose of Sharon in my yard. The next door neighbors have some...tons of starts are a real possibility...but I would still do them.
That's what I am hoping. 10 am this morning had to have my wife remove his hide and get him out. He walked to the first opened screen door and turned around. Went to the 2nd door that goes to the backyard and turned around. Went to go in his hide but it wasn't there. Coaxed him outside and ate grass right away. Put him in is pool and he enjoyed it. Drank and then did his business. Took him out sprayed him down. For the next hr non stop eating grass. Came back in the porch by himself. Went to his hide that was back in place. Dug in and didn't move the rest of the day. A few more days of this and I am gonna really get worried.
That’s pretty amazing
I think he’s just a high 8... he has a young nubbing in velvet that hangs with him. We see him pretty often... I am more fond of seeing your spotted family members
They are so sweet at that age.
I haven’t really ever had ducks... for long anyways.. I bought some of the dyed Easter ducklings when my daughter was little and they turned into the plain white Ducks but a coon or possum or something beheaded them not long after the reached maturity:-(. I am not planning on letting these ones get too tame. I don’t want them up by the house pooping everywhere! I’m going to put the coop down by the lake and after they grow a bit, let them fend for them selves! Feed off the dock maybe
I bet it’s the heat... he’s eating and pooping so I wouldn’t worry too much yet.. I am discovering some serious mood swings in this species...
