#canal path

[geopsych]

Another canal path shot. It was so gray and then suddenly this!

[rherlotshadow]

Magpie, devil, anarchy

[robthepensioner]

Going round a bend on the Lancaster Canal.

[crossingdesigns]

water & asphalt path ✿ by zara_crossing on ig

[alex51324]

Here's the tree in the canal

In case I forgot to post it back when it happened. The day I took this there were three or four old guys standing around the shed with chainsaws and I kind of wanted to stick around see what they were going to do but I didn't. And that turned out to have been the right move because it's been weeks and they still haven't figured it out.

[disabled-dean]

Realizing that the rain melted all the snow so the bone trail is still accessible for hiking 👀

[herve-ramboz-photographie]

[my-plastic-life]

The beautiful sakura (Japanese cherry blossoms) have bloomed! There are viewing areas all over Japan every spring for this gorgeous occasion. Shops sell sakura-themed items ranging from food to clothes, and there are even boat tours you can take to view the trees. Kiku enjoys partaking in hanami "flower viewing" every year. This year, she managed to get a boat tour at Chidorigafuchi Moat, one of the most popular viewing spots. She's also enjoying walking along the Okazaki Canal and Philosopher's Path trails while savoring some sakura-flavored treats.

Taking a boat ride at Chidorigafuchi Moat:

Enjoying sakura-flavored dango while walking along the Okazaki Canal:

Enjoying a sakura-themed drink from Starbucks while walking along the Philosopher's Path - and meeting a friend!

[tim-dennis]

Trent and Mersey Canal, two edits

[yourcalamity]

my formerboss pointed out my butterfly rash make it stahp

[geopsych]

Views from the bridge from the parking lot on Canal Street, looking either way down the canal path yesterday.

[dansnaturepictures]

Looking back on some amazing moments watching owls for International Owl Awareness Day. I saw the Long-eared Owl my first ever at Cley Spy, Glandford in Norfolk earlier this year meaning I've seen five owl species in my life, and I can't help but think back to books in my early birdwatching days especially the sticker book that got me into birds and these were the five British owl species in them and longing to see them and it feels so thrilling that I have now seen all five. Especially over the last few years I have been very fortunate to have amazing times seeing these iconic birds.

[deadpresidents]

Sad to hear about David McCullough dying recently. He's written some great biographies.

Yes, I was also saddened by his recent passing. When it comes to writers and historians, David McCullough has always been one of my heroes. I feel that very few historians have had the ability to make such deeply-researched, scholarly work as readable as David McCullough was able to do. In almost every instance, his books were as literary as they were historical, and that required very distinct talents as a storyteller. When I was growing up, it was McCullough who first made me realize that, when done masterfully at the highest level, writing history could be a form of art. And David McCullough was clearly an artist.

I've been a fan of pretty much every book that David McCullough ever wrote, from his biographies of John Adams (undoubtedly my favorite of his Presidential biographies), Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry S Truman to The Johnstown Flood and The Great Bridge, among others. And while his entire bibliography is worth checking out, I think his masterpiece is The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914. I'll miss his voice (as a writer, of course, but also his literal voice as a narrator of documentaries) and am disappointed that we won't get new books from him, but he leaves behind a legendary library of work and I'll always be grateful for the example he set as a writer and as a lifelong advocate for expanding history literacy in the United States.

[crossingdesigns]

various designs ✿ by gyomori8 on ig

[bluesman56]

Manchester Ship canal by Tony Via Flickr: Starting at the Mersey Estuary at Eastham, near Ellesmere Port, the canal generally follows the original routes of the rivers Mersey and Irwell through the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Several sets of locks lift vessels about 60 feet (18 m) to the canal's terminus in Manchester. Behind the first bend is Stanlow oil refinery, the second-largest refinery in Britain.

[embraphotos]

Union Canal Path, EH3