Loading ...A Fertile Crescent, Curious Civilizations, Changing Climates & Crazy Cycles
Semi-Civilized Greetings!
It was just a few spinning-earth cycles ago that I shared the last batch of photos from Turkey. My visit to Turkey took place last summer, or about one-half of one cycle of earth orbit (around the sun) ago. Of course, that’s about no time at all, when compared with the approximately 240,000,000 years it takes for our solar system to make just one full cycle around the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. And who knows what the heck that might mean, in the context of the Universe or whatever it is we’re experiencing here on earth as humans.
Regardless of whatever it all means, if anything, here’s a link to another batch of photos from my delightful travels in Turkey:
https://balloonbill.smugmug.com/Other/Cradle-Of-Civilization/
Enjoy each moment of your cycles within cycles while you can: ’round and ’round it goes and where it stops nobody knows!
Now you’re Talking Turkey Balloonman
What amazing places and sites in this edition .
I learned a Ton from your commentary and the links .
Thanks as always …Goldtent is richer for having these incredible experiences Exclusively posted here .
Thanks, Fully. It’s good to know you’re still enjoying traveling with me. It’s good to have you along!
The idea of only 13,000 years of trying to be civilized is difficult to wrap one’s head around, seeing as we mere humans have such a relatively short lifespan. But, size that up with just one 240 million year gallop around the Milky Way and it really helps put things in perspective, i.e. the human lifespan is such a tiny blip in the big scheme. The thing is, it feels so personal! And I think it should, but it also seems a good idea to keep it in perspective.
One of the most elegant things about the design of life (okay,it’s ALL elegant), is that no one knows what is going to happen, neither the would-be controllers, the sheep, the know-it-alls. No one. The people who come across as if they not only know what’s going to happen, but worse, they tell me how I should live, well, phooey on them. I’ll stick with my own sensors and guides, to influence what happens vibrationally by choosing how I be.
We live in such an incredibly interesting and exciting time!
AMEN AND NO ONE EXEMPLIFIES ALL OF THAT LIKE THE BALLOONMAN
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Fully- I have no doubt you will appreciate these two video recordings below that I just listened to. I had never before heard of Emmet Fox, nor listened to or read anything by him. I will seek out more of his wonderful ‘reminders’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNc53yv7ClM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbAOHPxDypQ
Doesn’t really seem right that we can go through these magnificent photo essays in SO MUCH LESS TIME than it took to assemble them, counting road time and everything beyond.
PS — I like the lodgings you seem to find. So much more civilized than what passes for inns along US roadways, especially the bigger monstrosities around the cities with their look a like lobbies and endless hallways etc.
You know, you could just relax and go through the photos a bit s – l – o – w – e – r 😉
You can’t imagine how much time I spend just on the processing of photos. Instead of being a dreaded chore, it’s a luxury that I’m blessed with. All my photos are taken in RAW, which need to be converted to JPG. When taking photos, I intentionally underexpose them. When processing, in addition to leveling and cropping, I also bring the exposure up to best show what it was I originally saw. The time spent processing the images enhances my overall experience, allowing me to dwell on what might have gone by too quickly when initially observed. While processing the images,I can also see and inspect details that were not even possible to see at the time the photos were taken. The camera and computer together are wonderful tools for me to see, to experience, to understand and even to feel even deeper.
Your process works — thank you!
Thank you again for sharing, GB.