Weekly Photo Challenge: Together
Together forever (or more likely just a very long time) – a pair of rock columns in Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. I think they look like a couple of intrepid explorers, one sitting, one standing, on a ridge at the top of the valley.
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Another Rock Story: Skipping Stones, Throwing Rocks
Long ago, in the ancient civilization of horse people, there were 2 young lovers. Life was good on the hills and valleys where these beautiful people lived. One day, a terrible tragedy occurred. A swarm of giant locusts invaded the territory and stripped it bare of all vegetation and living creatures…including the beautiful horse people. These ferocious invaders simply gobbled up the entire land of people and everything around them…and then they left. While this was going on, the young lovers were hidden deep inside a cave, doing what young lovers do best. And when they emerged, everything had disappeared. So deep was their sorrow that they sat together on a rock, waiting for the return of their families and friends. And they sat for so long, they fused into the rock and turned to stone. And there they wait – their love rock solid through the ages. The end.
(Your picture inspired me – as a story inventor I simply couldn’t resist.)
Thank you for your wonderful story! I saw rock people, but that is as far as my mind went!
Wow! I love the photo, and what a great story to go with it!!
Maybe I could just post photos and someone else would write the stories for me. How many blogs can say that the photographer has no idea what the writer is going to say, and the writer has no idea what the photograph is going to be until it is posted?
HI,
I agree, I think they look more like carved statues than just odd shaped rocks, just amazing, a great photo.
I couldn’t decide if they looked more like people or aliens, but they seemed life like.
Quite an interesting couple! Nice photo.
Yes, they do seem couple like, don’t they.
Now that’s really cool!
Thank you. I’m eagerly awaiting the time I can start posting flower photos!
So cute.
Yes, the rocks do seem to evoke feelings that one wouldn’t normally have for such things.
They certainly appear to be “look-outs” don’t they. And they are supporting each other. You have the artist’s eye.
Thank you, Lorna.
sensational! – rita
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Welcome to my blog, Rita. I liked your interpretation of Together too!
Great shot. They look remarkably like people.
Yes, that is exactly what I thought too!
Frozen forever. Great eye…but then you have a talent for catching the everyday and making it special.
Thanks Barb. I’m not sure about the great eye bit, but I do try not to take photos with power poles coming out of peoples heads, and things like that!
Very cool… nature is amazing no?
Yes, and there is just not enough time to photograph and write about all the wonderful things in nature!
how true!
Lovely capture, Margie. Metaphorical, too– like you and the Car Guy… : )
Metaphorical – that is a pretty deep observation to make about some rocks!
Lovely story by Pat S. for a caption to a wonderful photo. Pleasantly surprised today!
Yes, I appreciate Pat’s input – adds a lot to this blog post.