Playing to Strengths 02

Top row of Celtic stones in Hector are highlighted in the below photo. There’s actually a 5th one hidden in the corner of the old City Hall building to the top right, a cornerstone in effect. This Top or First Row does not run exactly east to west, like the Bottom Row we’ll get to in a second. Instead the angle is about maybe 7 degrees off from straight east-west, tilted to the northeast (direction of the hidden Cornerstone).

Bottom Row. Logically, perhaps, there should be another stone in the very *southwest* corner of the property to counterbalance the Cornerstone. However, the property does not have a true sw corner, this being instead boxed off and included as Linden property along the road to the west: a “Lost Notch.” So the Bottom Row only contains 4 stones while the Top has 5.

Now we come to the first of 3 diagonals of Hector stones. Since there is no sw stone, as stated, then the first true diagonal runs not ne to sw but instead nne to ssw. I should also introduce here the Center Stone of the alignments, which always comes into play during the various diagonals and also the central column. The NNE-SSW Diagonal contains 4 stones. All Diagonals should logically contain 5 stones — one from the top row, one from the bottom, the Center Stone, and then the 2 stones between the Center Stone and the top and bottom stones. Here the rock between the Center Stone and Top Stone is missing — a gap, necessitated by the once presence of the Toxic Art Gallery in this space, deleted just today. It may return soon, especially if I decide to keep the Hector lot.

The Central (n-s) Column, containing 5 stones just like the Top Row. This row and column could also be construed as making up a central “T” of rocks on the property.

The NNW-SSE Diagonal, like the NNE-SSW Diagonal just discussed, contains 4 rocks instead of 5, with a gap this time coming between the Central Rock and the Bottom Rock. Again the gap is filled by a structure, in this case the Noru Museum building just rezzed on the property yesterday, I believe. However, it was also the spot of the Norris Building before that.

The last diagonal, running nw to se, contains 3 stones, or the 2 stones lying to the ne and sw, aligned with the Center Stone.

I wonder if the rock that should have been placed in the Lost Notch represents also the eventual loss of the Hector Property, as I choose Noru over proximity to the Rubi Forest? Can I truly give up Hector? Not super super important in the long run which one I choose, but…

Hector stones in 5×5 grid: 14 stones.

Hector stones if grid complete: 21 stones.

Comparison of full grid with actual stones: 14/21. 1/3rd of original stones are missing?

Perhaps another way to look at it: the 7 missing Hector stones were given to *Noru* (!).

If so, there’s still a Lost Stone.