Monday, November 26, 2007

Boulders, Rocks, Stones & Pebbles



millions of years old
you watched over the natives
mother of waters

This is in gracious response to One Deep Breath. This week's topic is Boulders, Rocks, Stones & Pebbles. Mount Rainier was originally known as Talol, or Tahoma, from the Lushootseed word təqʷúʔbəʔ ("mother of waters") spoken by the Puyallup.

16 comments:

Janice Thomson said...

Absolutely beautiful - both your words and the photograph.

Laure said...

Stunning!

Tumblewords: said...

Beautiful photo and words!

Anonymous said...

Your post fills me with AWE!
Thank you for your words and picture!

Plain Foolish said...

Wonderful!

Crafty Green Poet said...

amazing photo, the colour contrasts are perfect. I enjoyed your words too

qualcosa di bello said...

timeless & comforting

jennifer black said...

Wow! This is fabulous.

jb

polona said...

awesome!

david mcmahon said...

Beautiful shot. I spent my teenage years in boarding school in Darjeeling, in the Himalyas, so this shot bring back memories!

little wing writer said...

just another day in paradise...beautiful post and pic..thank you..

Pearl said...

nice take on it.
has a holy feel.

jillypoet said...

Yes. A holy feel. Makes you wonder what is in those rocks besides rock.

get zapped said...

I could have gone many directions with this, since I have a love affair with rocks of all shapes and sizes. However, I must add, that I think this photo was taken by my ex boyfriend, so he gets the all the kudos.

Peace~

Jodi Peary said...

This is fantastic....I love your referance to Mt. Ranier in her native tongue; it is great to have a historical context. The poem is so beautiful; it works wonderfully even if we did not know her prior name.
jodi barone

susan said...

"mother of waters"

nice line and i love the sound of it.

bes