Ancient places

 

12,000 year-old Gobekli Tepe, the world oldest temple. Carbon dated to just after the last Ice Age. Urfa, Turkey.

An archeological dig which takes the history of gathered groups of creative persons back further in time than had been previously considered.

More recent history: Neuschwanstein Castle - Germany

I believe this is a taxonomy of life forms on earth

Manatees at Three Sisters Spring Photo by Emily Jung. USFWS. Some of the wonderful gentle giant animals around us.

Dating back 4,000 years, the Hingston Hill Cairn and Stone Row on Dartmoor in Devon

Inca  Archtecture

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Closer to home: Met the maintenance man in his car as I came home from grocery yesterday. Asked him if he quit...and he said no, that was just a misunderstanding. (It's possible that he did and they talked him into staying, but he didn't want to say that.) (I mentioned how devastated the residents and I were when we heard he quite HERE.) So I gave him a tip, because he does have to be out following his back surgery. He wanted to refuse it, but I mentioned I'd finally gotten my FEMA check from loss of food when disaster hit...so I'd certainly already purchased food to replace it.  I told him it was from "pay it forward." Actually I have received that much probably from strangers who did the same.

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Sharing with (almost)  Wordless Wednesday 

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Today's quote;

Today's art:

Reconstruction based on the Original fresco, preserved at Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini. Minoan Lady Fresco (17th Century BC), from Room 1 of the House of the Ladies in Akrotiri Thera, today's island of Santorini, Greece.