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Whitehead Crossing Again 04
Mouse Island bedecked with spring violets. Hard to see the blooms in this photo, though.
A mainly moss covered rock in The Weed (name subject to change), just east of Grey Seal and No Title Spring. There’s a black ant dragging what appears to be a caterpillar larvae across the central, bare region. From now on, perhaps, this will be Caterpillar Rock made famous by the brave black ant named John Gray, or maybe Sgt. John Gray. His ant home, damaged by my tromping this day unfortunately, may be called Brooksville if so. And if so, he and his colleagues also probably know of Norumbega or Norum and the attached No Title Spring. I don’t know why they wouldn’t.
Nearby rock with interesting, heart shaped moss formation.
The Pile, so named because it consists solely of a large pile of rocks. Did farmers of olden days create this pile after clearing fields? Or is this something pre-white man. Indian I’m talking about here. And of course there’s always The Aliens to consider.
Sitting atop Grey Seal taking in the landscape. Very nice — lots to see (including a floating tree centering the below photo, not noticed before).
A branch formation in The Weed reminding me of the spinning Manchester, England statue in a recent Falmouth series collage. Do you see the resemblance?
Many more Whitehead Crossing pictures still to come this month!
Filed under Frank Park, Whitehead Crossing
Whitehead Crossing Again 03
4 Sticks star formation on a pine tree. Cute if perhaps not meaningful this time. But who knows with this wacky kooky place?
Multiple trunked or branched tree beside 3rd stick. I need to talk to you’n’s about the numbering of the 4 Sticks. I’ve been calling the largest and southernmost of the 4 sticks proper the 1st Stick so far, I believe. But this may instead be called the 4th. If so, then Last Tree, pointed to by what is now the *1st* Stick instead of the 4th, becomes First Tree. Last to First, just like in a miraculous race. And this certainly is a miraculous place (if not a race).
So this is 3rd Stick (foreground) and 4th Stick (background), a contrast in styles. 4th Stick is very straight and quite thick, or at least much thicker than the remaining 3 of its stick/log family. 3rd Stick is much less thick and considerably more curvy in nature, although overall still forming a pretty straight line. The bark texture is also rough and holey compared to the smooth 4th.
Closeup of 3rd Stick.
A mysterious alley of trees in 4 Sticks. I will probably say more about this soon.
The pointed end of a fallen branch above the 4 sticks proper, as yet unnamed. The formation, to me, appears to resemble the head of a long thin animal. I’ll have to think of what animal more — not a boar I don’t believe, in checking Google images just now.
Not The Crocodile I don’t think, but I’m not as sure about eliminating that one.*
Notice also the white rock on the other side of the small tree from it.
A big find for the day, or a re-finding if I remember correctly. I have no doubt of a name or an association in this case. This is definitely Pendulum Stick or just The Pendulum, which, like the branch that burdened Relieved Tree until only just recently, is a small, live tree holding part of a dead, fallen tree branch. But unlike the former, this relationship is much more fine tuned and balanced — the supported, dead branch actually waggles quite easily in any breeze, defining the name. And when I spotted this formation, I remembered it from before, since forgotten. I must have originally The Pendulum several years back. I’ve only known of Whitehead Crossing for about 4 years total. Once again, I’ll have more to say about this soon enough, most likely. Is it a 4 Sticks clock??
The below photo comes from the top of The Pendulum, where the supporting and supported branches are almost exactly the same circumference. The small twiglets projecting from the latter, holding up the former, are hidden from view here.
And now the bottom of The Pendulum, where the supporting stick has narrowed considerably, and hovers several inches above the ground. In total, the supported stick may be about 3 feet long, but I haven’t made an exact measurement… yet.
Looking by The Pendulum at First Tree (formerly Last Tree) and Next Tree behind it.
Another unnamed rock nearby, on the upper reaches of the banks framing Whitehead Stream here.
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* I believe I’ll call this The Aardvark now, or just Double A (?). I figured out what animal’s snout it looks like.
Filed under Frank Park, Whitehead Crossing
Whitehead Crossing Again 02
Just above the spray can top, these rocks were spied. They appeared one on top of the other like this, and seemed matched. Turned out they were split parts of one rock in all likelihood. Because the two parts are almost identical, this adds to the twin motif of the week for sure. I’m also now identifying these matched stones with plates, perhaps connected to Joseph Smith’s Golden Plates uncovered in Mancester, New York or, especially, disciple James Strang’s similar discovery of the Voree Plates in Burlington, Wisconsin. More on this rather bizarre twist in The Crossing tale soon.
Nearby fungi on a log.
The Straightaway’s gateway hemlocks as seen from Matland’s Crocodile Rock. We are now at day 2 of my hiking week, or Wednesday. Another totally clear day to enjoy.
Smaller rock on top of Crocodile Rock. Or is this Crocodile Rock instead? Where’s Eagle Rock, then? All this from the story behind Elton John’s first number one hit “Crocodile Rock”, and its psychic connections with Coahoma County, Mississippi. The picture is becoming clearer, but still much to be resolved.
Old plastic pail nearby. As I think I’ve stated in a previous post, there are several such pails in Matland.
Or is *this* Eagle Rock, the 3rd rock in a matching Matland set also containing Crocodile and Welcome Mat.
Filed under Frank Park, Whitehead Crossing
Whitehead Crossing Again 01
5/12/14:
With 3 days off the past week, and also a relatively clear Sunday, I’ve had 4 solid days of hiking in that span. I still had to watch my back, but a set destination of Whitehead Crossing helped alieviate my worries there since the ways in I chose are relatively flat. I have a considerable number of photos to be processed besides the ones in the 4 part “Whitehead Crossing Again” posts here. So we better start with the text (!). Very good and interesting hikes each day, with much information added to the area’s snowballing mythology.
But we start on this particular day — I believe this comes from Monday of last week — at the 4th and least defined portal of Spoon Fork. I review my information about these portals in a 2011 Baker Blinker Blog post Here.
Nearby, moss decorated roots.
Heading up into Whitehead Crossing now from the south or Korean Channel direction, I found spring plants sprouting greenly. I believe this one is a corn lily, quite common in these parts…
… and here we have a may apple.
There are many things to notice in Whitehead Crossing, and here are two twinned trees that didn’t catch my eye until this day. Twins… a key subject to consider in absorbing new Crossing info for certain.
Poison ivy has definitely sprouted, and this is another good reason to focus on Whitehead Crossing for my May hiking needs, since I kind of know where it grows there and can avoid it better. For example, I knew there was some poison ivy around what I’ve called the Poison Gate in past posts, where this picture was taken. I have to develop that particular aspect of Crossing mythology in a future post, aided by future photos no doubt.
Nearby is a block shaped rock I also hadn’t really noticed until this day.
Perhaps strange (or Strang?) clumps of green grass growing to the east of No Title Spring, in a place I’m tending to call Vineland or Vinland now for obvious reasons.
And now just to the west of No Title Spring I found an object: What appears to be the rusted top of a spray can of some sort, buried top down in the dirt.
Filed under Frank Park, Whitehead Crossing
Future
It came up this weekend that we might not be spending our old age in Blue Mtn., our present home and location of my sacred and beloved Frank and Herman Parks. I can’t imagine how this would be, but it might. Instead we’re thinking of Ashville, Edna’s original home. It gets 1/3rd the snow of Blue Mtn. Great mtn. town, and larger, which means more to do. Drawback — well, no Frank and Herman Parks of course. No exciting local digs like Granddaddy Mtn. and Beach Mtn. and Boulder and Denville. I’ve lived in Blue Mtn. practically all my adult life, after growing up in Mythopolis about an hour south. Mythopolis is most likely not an option to live in again. It’s a bit too warm and flat and just plain boring, although it is about the same size as Blue Mtn. and a nice enough town for what it is. A very vanilla kind of place. Another place that’s probably ruled out is Abington to the north of Blue Mtn. It’s a bit smaller, even, than Blue Mtn. and the most historic place of all the options above. But long term it has as much chance of being our future home as Mythopolis, which is to say, not much of one. Ashville is diff.
Factors: When we get older and grayer, it’s going to get tougher to deal with Blue Mtn.’s winter ice and snow. If we fall, we could really be in trouble since there’s no one else here to take care of us. Driving is often limited in the winter. Would cost more to heat the house if we’re home. An option would be to stay part time in Ashville (winter at least) and part time in Blue Mtn. (spring, summer, fall?).
A drawback to Ashville, however, is the size of the town — it’s both a plus and a minus.
Another factor is exactly how long I can tromp through the woods willy nilly like I’ve been doing since a child, a basis for my Frank and Herman Park mythology. Presently my back is giving me issues, and although I think I will be okay, perhaps in older age I may not. Falling in the woods would present problems.
This move will not take place for 7-10 years, so there’s plenty of time for debate. On with the show!
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New Whitehead X-ing Map 02
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Hucka D.:
Cliffs of Dundee… Castle Dundee… Orange Hill. Kind of all the same thing. Multiple names again. Is this where Rock lived, who identified himself with Crocodile Rock?
Daddy Cool the Australians were there. Crocodile Rock was originally called Eagle Rock before the arrival of Rock’s Rocket… the original Rocket Man, then. Daddy Cool [was] also known as Daddy Who?
While there was no actual “Crocodile Rock”, there was a dance called The Alligator.
bb:
That’s a direct, direct hit with Coahoma County, Mississippi, Hucka D. Direct. Alligator on one side, next to Australia or Australia Landing. Then Dundee on the other side, referring to Crocodile via well known Australian movie character Crocodile Dundee.
Hucka D.:
Maybe Daddy Who? was a lego rock band, baker b. Maybe atoms were legos in those days.
bb:
Interesting[ possibility].
Hucka D.:
Think about it.
bb:
Nice.
Hucka D.:
“Crocodile Rock” was John’s first big hit… he had *arrived*. It rocketed to the top[ of the charts]. John understood a direct link with John Lennon. Then Crescent Island is the island in Moon Lake. Texas I believe. The eagle has landed… Eagle Rock tie in, then. Perhaps.
bb:
Thanks.
Hucka D.:
Alcorn lived at Eagle’s Landing. Alcorn Island is in Moon Lake.
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Hucka D.:
So this was the situation when Rock arrived. Rock is Crocodile Rock. Like John’s first no. 1 US single. He’s Rocket Man but also now Crocodile. He has reached Coahoma. He has souled his sole. He has become like Elvis or Lazy Sideburns Man if you wish. Houston, the Eagle has landed.
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We then step up. Welcome Mat. Step up to 4 Sticks, or 1973. 1973. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road obviously. Elton was there. He steps up. “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” the single. Zoso… Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. And other albums of the era. Dark Side of the Moon obviously. This is a link. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway as well.
bb:
Eldorado.
Hucka D.:
Yes. And…
bb:
Band on the Run. That’s Paul’s solo effort. Best, I meant to interject.
Hucka D.:
You are starting to get the time frame for Whitehead. Rock lands. Crocodile. Arrival. Welcome Mat and then the step up to Yellow Brick Road. 4 Sticks. Zoso or SoSo. First 4 songs of Goodbye, ending at the title song. Then just beyond this what do we have? “Grey Seal”, yes. Then “This Song has No Title”. But this is beyond Shared Fantasia, and beyond Sharieland. This is Elton’s path into 1973, the pivot year. The waxing, waning heart year. Elvis has been left behind. What was he doing in 1973? Probably not a lot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_%281973_album%29
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Filed under Frank Park, Whitehead Crossing
New Whitehead X-ing Map
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“So much information on this map, Hucka D.”
Hucka D.:
Roger Pine Ridge. 3 days!
bb:
Yes, Hucka D. 1 or both or neither of them.
Hucka D.:
But to the Whitehead X-ing map. New things have been found out. Let me see (scans map). You see that Contemplation Loop divides exterior X-ing from The Interior, centered by the 2 tulip trees. You understand that… “Edwardston” is a link between virtual reality and real reality. You gleen that… Edward’s Stones may be multiple. You get the idea that White Rock may be named something different or have multiple names, like The Point, or perhaps The Point of It All. It’s more impointant than you realized. You make a link between names No Title and No Room or Norum. You see that Red Head and Burnt Head are related names. And what about that strange, wack monolith, sitting there near the center of Whitehead X-ing but only discovered by you several days ago. How about that? And now you understand Soul Falls is the point of death. Exit point and exit strategy. Oh you know so much more.
bb:
Thanks Hucka D. Let’s switch to another post.
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April 30, 2014 · 6:39 am
Whitehead X-ing Revelations 4
Rotting bottom of a central 4 Sticks pine, most likely a dead one.
Looking up into the pines, with a large, long stick lodged against the most prominent one displayed here.
Moving south, we have another picture of a rock from the upper part of the Korean Channel. I’m now tempted to call this particular region Mattland or Matland, perhaps after the rock called Welcome Mat at its top. Welcome Mat refers to my former co-worker’s welcome to his new office space apart from mine, where he worked with me for several months part-time before “moving on and up”. An incident marks the break between the two. From my perspective, still on this lower plane, Welcome Mat instead symbolizes a departure. This has also come to be associated, it seems, with the drawn cover image of Elton John on his “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” album, stepping up into the painted picture of the yellow brick road on a wall. This image has been used in a number of recent collages, some displaying Whitehead Crossing locations. One of the most interesting of these is the triptych “Peanut’s Big Adventure”, which also happens to be the last collage I have completed, and the endpoint of the Falmouth series as a whole (61st work).
But back to the below Matland rock — it’s a type of partner rock to Welcome Mat, lying a number of yards to its west and south. I’m now tempted to call this Crocodile Rock, which has direct associations with another stone (same rock, former name?) called Eagle Rock. In rainier times, a small pool of water forms at the base of this particular rock. Here’s an earlier picture showing such a pool. More on this Crocodile Rock soon. It also lies quite close to Rock’s crashed rocket.
This same day of walking and exploring and snapping pictures, I decided to investigate more the perceived bee line of Whitehead Crossing, directly attached to 4 Sticks’ 4th or Last Tree. As I explain in a former post, I believe, I was sitting at Last Tree resting and happened to just look directly ahead and see the alignment of several stick or tree related protrusions. This day I took some rainbow colored twine and simply started from Last Tree, anchoring the twine, and traced the line across the protrusions, with results pictured below. I still think there’s something to this particular bee’s line, but it doesn’t seem as important now as the similar Bee’s Line of Kentucky over in Herman Park.
And also this day the toy avatars returned to Whitehead Crossing, and were now granted entrance into the heart of 4 Sticks, unlike several months ago. In scanning that older post, I remember that I called this particular collection of toy avatars the Strang Gang. Today a leader would be elected among them. This leader might actually be called Jaydee or J.D…
… but for the purposes of this post he is Lazy Sideburns Man, or actually the twin of such. As regular readers of this blog may recall, this twin was destroyed by Hater the Cow back in Fall, 2013, at my last fulfilled toy happening to date, in Herman Park’s Sharieland next to Heart Lake. In actuality, I simply went back to the same dollar store where I purchased the “original” twin and bought a duplicate toy. He is directly identified with 1973 Elvis, with similar sideburns and black hair. And perhaps similarly lazy as well.
The election of LSM as leader. Pocket Rock is to his left here, and behind him hovers his close advisor Space Monkee, a member of the Nesmith Tribe that use to inhabit the Korean Channel in some number. More on all this soon enough.
Just south of Whitehead X-ing proper, I found this conjunction of colorful spring flowers, which include a trillium (red), what I believe is bloodroot (white), a trout lily (yellow), and several violets of both white and purple variety.
Filed under Frank Park, Toy Avatars, Whitehead Crossing
Whitehead X-ing Revelations 3
Monolith from the side.
Another interesting tree in the same area (but not as interesting as The Monolith).
Interesting unintentional trick photography here, where the tree in the back appears to be in front of the tree in the foreground at the top of the picture.
Soul Falls, where The End occurs. Perhaps curiously, I don’t remember being able to walk this close to the falls before. Has the landscape slightly changed in the meantime?
Diamond Rock and its namesake beach next to Whitehead Stream.
Big Log, and Orange Hill/Cliffs of Dundee in foreground.
A center of 4 Sticks, interestingly marked by a small grey feather. I’m now calling this pine The Last Tree or just Last Tree.
This day a new, tiny forest was created between Last Tree and neighboring Next[ To Last] Tree. These are also perhaps named 4th and 3rd Trees respectively.
Nice contrasts in bark color: blue grey, red grey, green grey. The more spread out “tree” just in back is instead merely a broken off branch of a pine tree, stuck in the ground. It is an artificial tree, then, like those set up at Christmas. Minutes later, it would itself be decorated with rainbow colored twine, thus becoming the Rainbow Tree of 4 Sticks centering a tiny Rainbow Forest. Again, all this occurs in a span of only several feet between 3rd and 4th Trees (or Next and Last Trees).
Traditional entrance to 4 Sticks from the south. I suppose one could call these the gateway pines, acting as types of Whitehead X-ing Boaz and Jachin pillars again.
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Filed under Frank Park, Whitehead Crossing
Sunklands 
