Hurt So Bad

September 14, 2023 by eflaherty

Nature, the environment can hurt so bad—we feel it;

…but it can also inspire hope, recovery, improvement.

CJ learned this lesson in Morocco; read Tangier Gardens: buy it on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3HLrtyv

Railing

August 18, 2019 by eflaherty

Railing about what?

Once upon a time…and then it was yesterday…and you are reading this today.

In a land of mountain trains–funiculars, cable cars and narrow gauge cogwheel trains. They are slow and they get you high.

Why? Why get high?

I’ll let the following photos tell the story. You will be in the Bernese Highlands of the Jungfrau Region, the northern pre-mountains, above 2,000 meters in the Swiss Alps. Why build these mechanical contraptions to get high?

Here are the trains that get you high.

Passenger cars–note narrow gauge and cogwheel. Start at 600 meters, finish at 2,300 meters.

Passenger cars and engine–small and strong–electric power.

Engine close up–attached in front of the engine is a cart for transporting goods and construction materials.

Once you are high…the air is thin, fresh, cool and the distances…magical.

Mountains–Eiger, Monch, Junfrau with the Mannlichen gipfel amidst the clouds in the foreground.

Paths to explore, paths for discovering.

Discoveries.

Going deep in.

Can’t get enough.

Enzian Facing South

May 22, 2018 by eflaherty

Found at approx 1600 meters above sea level in the
Swiss Alps, Bernese Highlands, Jungfrau Region

Gentiana acaulis
22May2018

Enzian Facing North

May 22, 2018 by eflaherty

Found in Swiss Alps, Bernese Highlands, Jungfrau Region

Gentiana verna
22May2018

600 m above sea level

May 20, 2018 by eflaherty

Swiss Alps spring pastures

At 600 meters above sea level, early May in the Bernese Highlands, grassland pastures are full with first wild flowers. Imagine in the air, the fragrance of fresh green pasture spring.