Buddy's Walk Part Two (Westbrook CT)

Continuing on from the previous post:

"Buddy's Video"

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The "Upright" Stacking of Stones:

Above: A Stone "Stands Up"

Below: A Somewhat Turtle-like Stone 'stands out."

That same Turtle-like stone from the otherside:

It was quite near the turning point in Buddy's Walk

and most likely actually is on the National Preserve,

if I read the maps and the property line "stone walls" correctly:

The Hour of the Pearl began as "Buddy"began walking back:

The change of perspective or point of view sort of captured the Serpent-like qualities of the roadside row of stacked stones at this spot:

I suspect another Hour of the Pearl might lend itself to a more spectacular view

of this Stone Snake crawling over the outcrop,

much like the signage by the driveway where the new clearing began:

Buddy’s Walk Part One (Westbrook CT)

   Just as the sky was turning red in the east, I took a little walk to see if I could get some decent images of some stonework I’d passed by in the car the day before, a spot where someone had done some tree and brush removal. It was a National Holiday, so the traffic was relatively quiet on the Old Clinton Road and on the nearby Interstate. Relatively quiet that is, except for some German Shepherds behind a fence, at a house across the street where the cleared section began, barking questions at me that I took to mean “Who are you?” and “What are you doing??”

   “Who are the good dogs?” I said, just loud enough for the two dogs to hear. They paused to think about that for a moment and I saw tails wagging behind the fence as they resumed barking with just a little less anger in their enthusiasm. I took a quick photo or two and kept walking, eager to get past these early morning dogs…

   But the slightly serpentine row of interestingly stacked stones kept demanding my attention. I slowed down and stepped off the pavement to get a little closer…

  “That’s private property Buddy!” I hear a voice shout. “I’m calling the cops and they’ll handcuff you!”

    I considered responding that “I’m just walking here,” but thought better of it.

   Same with “I’m not Buddy.”  

  So I continued walking and looking silently, just a bit more anxious and a lot more distracted (or was it "A lot more anxious and bit more distracted?") – the total opposite of how I usually feel when walking along these alleged “Yankee Stone Walls” that were never intended to be stone fences…

   I felt a little safer as I passed a newly exposed "decorated" outcrop - to take two images to stitch together and to look at later, hoping to catch the feel of that: 

Closer:

(Below is actually on the return trip,

 that big quartz cobble or small boulder

 illuminated  by the rising sun.)

And I'll continue later, since the World is calling me away from telling you the rest of the story...

Both Mr. Merriam and Mr. Webster Agree

Both Mr. Merriam and Mr. Webster agree that Pareidolia (per-ˌī-ˈdō-lē-ə -ˈdōl-yə) is: "The tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern. The scientific explanation for some people is pareidolia, or the human ability to see shapes or make pictures out of randomness." 

                       - but what do you call perceiving a meaningful intentional repeated visual pattern????

Or Patterns??

A triangular flat topped boulder,

     Chosen perhaps because of the suggestion of an eye,  

           In just the right place, in order to appear as a Big Stone Snake???

A diamond shaped stone, seven scales back, can sometimes be another repeated pattern,

   Another important stone also sometimes repeated, whispers

             "Possibly the Crystal," but one just can't say for sure...

Dutch-Native American Relationships in Eastern New Netherland (That’s Connecticut, Folks!)

 

Monday, May 22, 2023, at 6:30 pm on Zoom

 Online Program

Please join us for our lecture “Dutch-Native American Relationships in Eastern New Netherland (That’s Connecticut, Folks!)” with Dr. Lucianne Lavin. This lecture is free and will be presented via Zoom on Monday, May 22nd, at 6:30 PM. Registration is required to attend.

Register here:

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Mohawk warriors approaching the ship of Arent van Curler, 1650 (Len F. Tantillo, Curiosity of the Magua)

 from Dr. Lavin’s book

Dutch and Indigenous Communities in Seventeenth-Century Northeastern North America.

About the Lecture: "It has been my experience that the general public knows very little about Dutch contributions to our Connecticut heritage. Few people know that the first documented European to visit Connecticut was the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block in 1611, and that the first European settlers in Connecticut were the Dutch at Saybrook Point in 1623. (A Dutch trading post had been erected there even earlier, around 1614-1616.)

The Dutch Colony of New Netherland extended well beyond the Hudson River Valley, westward into present day New Jersey and Delaware and eastward to Cape Cod in Massachusetts. New Netherland was not just a loose linking of Dutch trading posts. Dutch colonists founded towns and villages along Long Island Sound, the mid-Atlantic coast, and up the Connecticut, Hudson, and Delaware River valleys. Their daily routines brought them into frequent contact with their Native American neighbors. Although altercations did occur, in general the relationships resulted in a Dutch-Indigenous interdependence that enhanced living standards and promoted goodwill within both communities. The purpose of this Lecture presentation is to introduce the audience to the significant impact of Dutch traders AND settlers on our history, including the continuing strong Dutch presence in western Connecticut, Dutch relationships with local Indigenous communities, and the noteworthy, often long-term effects of those relationships on our heritage. The Dutch deserve a more prominent position in Connecticut history books and museum exhibits. These were the main reasons for the publication of my edited volume Dutch and Indigenous Communities in Seventeenth Century Northeastern North America: What Archaeology, History, and Indigenous Oral Traditions Teach Us about their Intercultural Relationships (2021, Albany: State University of New York Press)."

About the Lecturer: "Lucianne Lavin is Director of Research and Collections, Emeritus at the Institute for American Indian Studies (a museum and research and educational center in Washington, Connecticut), a position she held for the past 18 years. She is an anthropologist and archaeologist who has over 50 years of research and field experience in Northeastern archaeology and anthropology, including teaching, museum exhibits and curatorial work, cultural resource management, editorial work, and public relations. Dr. Lavin is a founding member of the state’s Native American Heritage Advisory Council, and retired editor of the journal of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, a position she held for 30 years. She was awarded the Russell award by the Archaeological Society of Connecticut and elected Fellow of the New York State Archaeological Association for exemplary archaeology work in their respective states. Dr. Lavin has written over 200 professional publications and technical reports on the archaeology and ethnohistory of the Northeast and received multiple awards for her outstanding book, Connecticut’s Indigenous Peoples: What Archaeology, History and Oral Traditions Teach Us About Their Communities and Cultures. Her latest book pictured above, Dutch and Indigenous Communities in Seventeenth-Century Northeastern North America (SUNY Press, 2021), is an edited volume rated by BookAuthority as one of “16 Best New Archaeology eBooks to Read in 2021.”

 

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