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Flinders Island, March ‘25 (#23 in series: Mount Chappell Island “2” + musical bonus)

Published June 7, 2025 by Pelidoug

Flinders Island, March ‘25 (#23 in series: Mount Chappell Island “2” + musical bonus)

This post’s photo was taken just a few minutes further into our morning walk on 18 March 2025.

When clouds move along in a dappled sky, they can swiftly and dramatically change a landscape’s/seascape’s appearance.

A few minutes earlier – as pictured in this series’ preceding chapter – the “darkly forbidding”, low-lying island in front of Hummocky/Mt Chappell Island was an “inviting” isle, bathed in golden light.

Matthew Flinders named Mount Chappell in 1798, after the maiden name of the woman he would marry in 1801.

Flinders Island, is named after him, as are more than 100 other Australian places; Flinders was the first person to map the entire Australian continent’s shoreline – mostly, with astonishing precision.

Triple K “expedition” (#31 in teaser series: Karakoram mountain meadows + musical bonus & concert tour alert)

Published June 30, 2024 by Pelidoug

Triple K “expedition” (#31 in teaser series: Karakoram mountain meadows + musical bonus & concert tour alert)

This post’s image does not at all resemble #30’s shot of a “Silk Road” remnant.

Its vantage point, however, was only a few footsteps distant from #30’s; #31’s photo was taken less than a minute later, from the same side of the Karakoram Highway, whilst en route from Gilgit to the Hunza Valley.

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“From behind” (#2 in single-image series: switched-on monk)

Published May 23, 2023 by Pelidoug

“From behind” (#2 in single-image series: switched-on monk)

This post’s subtitle owes an apology to Wendy Carlos.

(Wendy, who was originally named Walter, is most famous for her 1968 LP “Switched-on Bach”).

This post includes a musical bonus; like the featured image, it involves Tibetan Buddhism…but not J.S. Bach.

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“Fleur Carnivore”…

Published September 1, 2021 by Pelidoug

“Fleur Carnivore”…

…is an arresting, humorous/sinister/beautiful composition by Carla Bley. (for more, see footnote at bottom of this post)

Probably, Carla was inspired by some fellow Americans – Venus Flytraps.

Possibly, she had in mind the spectacular pitcher plants that lurk in Asian jungles.

However, the hottest spot for carnivorous plants is somewhere Carla has never ventured – Western Australia’s southwest corner, where more than 25% of “our” planet’s flowering carnivore species live, exclusively.

Many have exquisitely delicate flowers and look like they wouldn’t hurt a fly.

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O Pato/ fine feathers (#62 in “a shining moment” series)

Published May 25, 2020 by Pelidoug

O Pato/ fine feathers (#62 in “a shining moment” series)

Ever wondered how speakers/singers of Spanish or Portuguese would render a duck’s “quack”?

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The Wind (#60 in “a shining moment” series)

Published May 23, 2020 by Pelidoug

The Wind (#60 in “a shining moment” series)

Tomorrow, Western Australia’s west coast is expected to experience a “once in ten years” storm event, with winds that could gust to 130 kilometres per hour.

Today’s photo shows a much gentler day in a beautiful south coastal WA place, but it still shows how wind – especially salt-bearing wind – shapes, sculpts and prunes.

Musically, today’s venues are in Tokyo and Bahia.

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High flyers (#49 in “a shining moment” series)

Published May 12, 2020 by Pelidoug

High flyers (#49 in “a shining moment” series)

On this winter’s day in Rajasthan these demoiselle cranes had it easy.

The altitude was low, the weather mild, and they only had to fly for a few minutes – from a local dam to a nearby village, where food is provided expressly for them – then, back to the dam.

To reach this cranes’ paradise, however, they had to cross the world’s mightiest mountains…and as winter becomes spring they will have to fly over the Himalayas again.

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