On 9/20/2021 8:55 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
Sleeping Lady and Barge. Cook Inlet from Point Woronzof, Anchorage,
Alaska. Olympus E-3 with 50-200 SWD lens.
Those of you familiar with Anchorage knows that "Sleeping Lady" is
effectively a landmark. It's a mountain to the north-west of Anchorage
that has a rather unique shape.
http://zone-10.com/d1/node/408
Quite lovely!
Mt. Tamalpais in Marin Co., seen from where we are, is clearly a profile of a sleeping female. In fact, depending on the
viewer, there are a couple of different ones.
Interesting name: The name /Tamalpais/ was first recorded in 1845. It comes from the Coast Miwok name for this mountain,
/támal pájiṣ/, literally "west hill". Various different folk etymologies also exist, but they are unsubstantiated. One
holds that it comes from the Spanish /Tamal país/, meaning "Tamal country," /Tamal/ being the name that the Spanish
missionaries gave to the Coast Miwok people. Another holds that the name is the Coast Miwok word for "sleeping maiden"
and is taken from a "Legend of the Sleeping Maiden." However, this legend actually has no basis in Coast Miwok myth and
is instead a piece of Victorian-era apocrypha. Another suggests a tie to the Asian origins of the Miwoks, where "pais"
means place and "tamal" is a tribe in Siberia.
— Saith Wikipedia
No Barge, though. 😉
Moose In Profile
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What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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