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[Erik the Anglophile]

Yup, and rather tart if picked too early in the season.

 

[fluketamer]

i was going to say they look like bilberrys to me. my favorite berry .

bilberrys pack more blueberry flavor than traditional blueberries imo.

they make the best wine .

fortunately they bottle the juice (100% - no addititves)
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[balrog]

All that undergrowth is blueberries... I need a new freezer...
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Looks like a place I would become instant mosquito-chow

 

[day_trippr]

Up at our property in the NH White Mountains we used to have a nice patch of wild low bush blueberries that were highly productive for decades. But almost fifty years later now that patch is all gone as the tree canopy became too dense to support anything growing at ground level. A Hobson's choice - we love the trees, too...

 

[fluketamer]

open fermentation in a czech brewery

 

[Sailingeric]

Watching Portland play Colorado in MLS soccer..it is high 90"s, humid AF which is rare for Oregon summers, reminds me of growing up in a Georgia.#homesick

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Looks like a place I would become instant mosquito-chow

Not to mention it's peak bear country...
But they are really shy and we're loud.

 

[balrog]

Not to mention it's peak bear country...
But they are really shy and we're loud.
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Nice hats those two bears are wearing.

 

[corkybstewart]

My wife and I took a sis in law to visit an ancient underground quarry where 2 craftsmen used local stone to carve some of the buildings towns of the Angers area of France. In addition to the cool carvings the quarry stays 58F year round so it was very pleasant on a 102F day. Many of the carvings were done on 4-8 ton blocks of stone, others were carved directly into the quarry walls.

Here's one of the carvings and a photo of the actual church.

 

[corkybstewart]

Our town, Chinon

 

[Ki-ri-n]

To keep with the church "theme": I was at central waters in downtown milwaukee

 

[Sailingeric]

Having a pint at Astoria Brewing in Astoria Oregon

 

[Sailingeric]

Now having a pint at Fort George Brewing

 

[doug293cz]

My wife and I took a sis in law to visit an ancient underground quarry where 2 craftsmen used local stone to carve some of the buildings towns of the Angers area of France. In addition to the cool carvings the quarry stays 58F year round so it was very pleasant on a 102F day. Many of the carvings were done on 4-8 ton blocks of stone, others were carved directly into the quarry walls. View attachment 854677View attachment 854678Here's one of the carvings and a photo of the actual church.

Is the church spire actually "bent"? Was it built that way, or did it suffer some trauma?

Brew on

 

[corkybstewart]

To keep with the church "theme": I was at central waters in downtown milwaukee
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Are the taps in the church? In the little village we live in the priests lived in a small house beside the church. It's now a bar owned by a charitable organization and profits from the bar go directly to the equivalent of the PTA for the elementary school in the village. But there are only 2 taps, most people drink the wine choices(red or rose).

 

[corkybstewart]

Is the church spire actually "bent"? Was it built that way, or did it suffer some trauma?

Brew on

It is bent but it's not known if it was designed like that or if it was a construction flaw. Apparently there are 5 churches in that area with crooked and or spiraling steeples. Here's another.

 

[balrog]

Found my next T-shirt.

 

[Ki-ri-n]

Are the taps in the church? In the little village we live in the priests lived in a small house beside the church. It's now a bar owned by a charitable organization and profits from the bar go directly to the equivalent of the PTA for the elementary school in the village. But there are only 2 taps, most people drink the wine choices(red or rose).

Yep, along with the rest of the brewery.

 

[ba-brewer]

It is bent but it's not known if it was designed like that or if it was a construction flaw. Apparently there are 5 churches in that area with crooked and or spiraling steeples. Here's another. View attachment 854721

I googled crooked spire in France and there is a twisted spire wiki that says France has 70 twisted spires.

There are a couple possible explanations in this link as well a good wives tale at the end.
https://thegoodlifefrance.com/the-c...ous and fun story,the fortified tower in 1630.

 

[day_trippr]

I would expect that bent St Maurice church steeple was a twisted spire that was failing...

 

[day_trippr]

 

[Sailingeric]

Goonies house and The Kindergarten Cop school, from my trip to Astoria yesterday.

 

[balrog]

"It's NOT a tumor"

 

[GrogNerd]

anyone able to identify this place?

asking for a friend who would like to add a ticket to the wall.

 

[balrog]

anyone able to identify this place?

asking for a friend who would like to add a ticket to the wall.

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Google image search says https://www.logandaily.com/neighbor...cle_09fdd488-dd82-11ee-8261-93339b506115.html

 

[GrogNerd]

that's 2 "let me google that for ya"s I got smacked with today

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

My buddy has been storing his quad in my woodshed... think I'll take care of the current pest situation before I tell him to come pick it up...

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

 

[fluketamer]

My buddy has been storing his quad in my woodshed... think I'll take care of the current pest situation before I tell him to come pick it up...

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too nice. his quad his problem .

 

[day_trippr]

Nuke it from orbit