Mysterious Landscapes
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This photo was taken on March 17, 2017 at the Robert Ross memorial, Oakwood Rural Cemetery in Troy, N.Y. Robert Ross was a wealthy young republican who was, with a group of friends, defending the ballot box from repeat voting by henchmen of a local Democrat political boss. There was a scuffle, shots rang out, and Robert was killed. His anguished friends erected the memorial to him. You can read more about this and my navigation exercises there in a previous post:
Oakwood Rural Cemetery, Troy N.Y. March 2017
To my Steemit explorer friends,
I have probably taken over a million photographs of the natural world since childhood; this is a daily series of some of those I most treasure.
Where They are From
Many are from an organic orchard that I created on the hill above my home. When you are raising trees from saplings you are out in all weather at all hours and see remarkable things.
Some are from my art studio and my efforts there- especially those on behalf of the Tibetan people.
Still others are from my wanderings in the wilderness with compass and map my companions. Many are featured from posts I have created here on Steemit and I will link to those whenever possible if you wish to read more of the how, when and where.
Please upvote if you liked this post, and follow for more journeys through our mysterious and amazing world. And please comment as I greatly value these and will answer any questions you may have (and generally go to look at your posts of course since I consider a group of friends the most valuable possible outcome from efforts on Steemit.)
(Canon EOS 70 D 18-55mm lens)*
That's a needless death for young Ross. I hope the state compensated his family.
It was a different time in history- a good deal crazier. People were still fighting duels then for example. Actually, the Ross family was very wealthy. In any case of course money would be little solace...