#ringing rocks

[loveallthegays]

Hunter Doohan in Ringing Rocks

[djohnhopper]

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[gardenoblues]

Ringiing Rocks (short film)

OH MY GOD YOU GUYSSS FINALLY FOUND IT

to those who haven't watched it yet, you're welcome

ctto @hunterdoohan_magic on ig youre a real one

[pengtheplush]

I realize many people might not know what I referred to in my last post, listing ‘sonorous rocks’ as an instrument, so here’s a cool music video that shows what I’m talking about!

[alex51324]

Vacation 2024, Nockamixon State Park, part 1

This was an exciting trip because, in addition to me and Sophie, for the first few days of the trip we were joined by my sister's teenager, Chloe. Chloe's a fun kid to be around, and it was interesting having another human on the trip!

This time we stayed in a modern cabin. These are have indoor plumbing, and they're newer and more standardized than the rustic cabins. We stayed in a bunch of these when I was growing up, and they're pretty much all this rectangular box:

There's a nice wraparound porch, and you have your fire ring and grill:

An interesting thing that happened on this trip was that we arrived and found that the cabin had been broken into. I called the park office, and they said it had been empty the previous week, while they did some work on the plumbing lines, so they hadn't checked it that morning, and at some point some people--kids, I guess?--broke in and had sex. You could tell that's what they did, because, dear reader, they left a used prophylactic device on the floor. Why, when there are two trash cans and a toilet in the cabin, I have no idea, but at least they were being safe. So our first activity upon arriving at the cabin was to wipe down all the surfaces, and wait around for the park ranger to come take a report.

After doing all that, we took a walk along a trail that runs between the cabin area and the lake. Here's the lake:

Lake with some sailboats!

The cabin probably has a bit of a view of the lake in fall/winter/early spring, but with the woods fully leafed out (and the recent water line work), our view toward the lake from the porch was unfortunately this:

However, it's about a five-minute walk to a lovely little spot where you can wade:

Or walk very carefully down the path to look at the lake in darkness:

Back at the cabin, going inside you get a main room with sitting area and kitchen:

And then there's a bunk room:

When we were staying in these cabins as kids, I always took the bunk set to the left, and my sister had the one on the right. Chloe decided to put the air mattress in the middle!

(I did invite my sister's other teenager, too, but they had some things they wanted to do at home. My sister's youngest kinda did want to come, but he has some medical needs that his parents and I agreed it might not be a fantastic idea for me to be solely responsible for. His Dad took him somewhere fun, and I plan to figure out a close-to-home adventure he can join in on.)

This was my first time being in the Big Room in one of these cabins:

On the Saturday, we went to a place called Ringing Rocks Park, which is about 15 minutes from the park where we were staying:

The main feature is this field of boulders, which ring when you hit them with a hammer (or another rock). Per Wikipedia, scientists are not 100% sure why! There are several sites with these special rocks in southeastern Pennsylvania (most of them aren't public, and the other one is on a state game land where you have to hike in), and others in Montana and Western Australia.

Here's a little video of what they sound like:

Sophie was not a fan of the Ringing Rocks, so we stayed near the edge, but Chloe went exploring:

I'm pretty sure that the person in the distance near the vertical midline of the photo is Chloe, but I'm not 100% sure.

Next up: A Hike! And a Little Treat!

[pessimisticfanboi]

Wonder where I can watch this short film?

[vieratheartist]

Speaking of how hard it is to find time to do ANY art after work, I’ve been focusing way too hard on creating and shipping out delinquent Patreon rewards these last few weeks, and have done almost zero art in the process. I did manage to do this little bit on a call last night and wanted to share it 😭.

[that444girl]