My New Island Home
December 21, 2007
Three weeks ago, Faeryll and I moved to the house we are renting. This area is intensly beautiful, with scenery unlike any I’ve seen save possibly New Zealand. We have done much exploring up and down the shorelines:
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Several deer that frequent our yard every few days. They seem to enjoy the grass, coming to graze in the morning or around dusk, sometimes staying for a couple hours. This photo was taken through an upstairs window.
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This is Nermi: The cat who has inhabited this house longer than any human.
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An interesting shot from the front yard, through the fisheye. It’s not the moon, but kind of looks like it, and makes a kickass picture at the same time.
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This is the stove. The stove keeps us warm and cooks much of our food. The stove involved a bit of a learning curve, but we now all work very well together.
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And the coast! Beautiful to say the least. There are bizarre geological formations in this area, with amazingly intricate channels and caves cut out of the rock everywhere.
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Including this odd looking creature!
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A triptych of odd geological beach formations and features.
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And a couple more said features.
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The rain is of course prevalent, and we depend on it for much of our water related needs. As does this plant.
That’s it for now…





December 22, 2007 at 12:50 am
The “odd looking creature” is a type of weathering called tafoni and occurs most commonly in sandstones that are exposed to salt during the weathering process.