Many people mentioned the rock stacks and I thought I should tell you a little about them. As my torn Achilles tendon is healing, I will be getting out on the trails in our areas and you will most likely see more of the stacked rocks our neighbor creates. This is the front yard of the guy that stacks the rocks.
With the winter snow and the wind we have had this spring, only the most recent and the ones that have an internal structure are still standing as stacks and arches. As we get closer to summer all those rocks you see in the photo will be stacked! His yard will have hundreds of stacks from 3 or 4 rocks up to stacks and arches 6 feet tall. This gentleman has been staking rocks for years and until Covid, he participated in international competitions.
As you walk or ride along the hiking and bike trails you will see his handiwork through out the Boundary region. These rock cairns are interesting and in the last few years, this gentleman has been piling less and making them less intrusive. He is an interesting person and started doing these stacks for meditation until he got into piling them on the sides of the hiking and biking trails and the river.
The popularity of
Instagram has caused lots of problems all the way around the globe. Too many people throughout the world have started to make rock stacks or cairns and
the number of rock piles created in
this manner-in natural areas, has begun to worry
conservationists. They not only can misdirect hikers, but they expose the soil to
erosion, they aesthetically intrude upon the natural landscape, and they serve no
purpose. Some places have become forests of cairns destroying delicate ecosystems. But that is for another day. I, Cinnamon, am thankful I got to go for my first swim of the year in the river! This photo was taken of me just before I leapt into the river after a stick! It was refreshing!
Now for the THANKFULS!
We are thankful that the weather is getting better, that our daffodils are getting close to blooming and that the flowers that we planted from Dad's basket last year are blooming on the side of the house!
First Mom is thankful for getting her first shot! We have been told the 2nd comes in August.
(Canada is waiting 8 -12 weeks between doses because we don't have enough)
We are also sending THANKS to the people who run all the hops and other wonderful activities around the web! We have met so many wonderful people and pets. We have learned so very much, seen so many beautiful things, laughed, cried and purrayed all around the world.
We are pawticipating in Thankful Thursday at Brian's Blog. Guess who is in the Brown Box and then click the link to be transported to his Thankful post!
And most of all, we are thankful for YOU my furrend! Thanks for visiting us!
Those rock stacks are awesome. I didn't know the story behind them.
ReplyDeletethat kind of art rocks!!!!
ReplyDeleteThose rock piles are amazing. I can see that it would cause problems with an abundance of them though. We have the same problem on Dartmoor. There are many cairns which marked burial sites from the Bronze Age, but people have added so many new smaller piles to mark trails and now there is an over abundance. The worst of it is that some have taken stones from the ancient piles to make the new ones.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about your swim being refreshing Cinnie, it must have been freezing!
OH that is such a sad thing that people destroy history like that.
DeleteI really love this kind of wild landscape ! I have seen someting like that in Ireland.
ReplyDeleteWOW - The Rock Man does some amazing arrangements....really interesting....! Glad you had a little dip in the river Cinni - bet it was a little bit COLD though.........
ReplyDeleteHugs, Teddy
This man's rock art is wonderful! We are very thankful to be your friends too♥
ReplyDeleteWell Cinnamon, Lynn and I are thankful to be reading your blog. How interesting about the stacked rocks. I would much prefer nature to not be disturbed however I understand people who want to do fun things. Your mom has posted some pretty pictures and when we really appreciate that. Lynn and I are hoping for a nice spring weekend and finding more wildflowers blooming here close to home. Precious
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ReplyDeleteThank you for telling us about your local bloke with the eccentric hobby - not that I haven't piled a few rocks in my time... but I hasten to add that this has been on our shingle beaches where there is nothing but stackable stones and where the stacks return to flat with the tides. Even here by the hutch, all our shoreline is nothing but pebbles. These places are natural for such 'art'/meditation. I understand its appeal. However, to create it on forest or other non-pebble areas does seem a bit off and I can definitely see how this would upset the ecosystem.
Oh my, Cinnamon... I just shivered looking at you!!! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
Cinnamon...I hope your furs kept you insulated against the cold river. *shiver*.
ReplyDeleteWe were very interested in the information about your stone stacking neighbor. I didn't know there was such a hobby or how pervasive it is. And the comments were very interesting too...Eric and Flynn's mom mentioned the destroying of artifacts from the Bronze age at Dartmoor. That is a terrible thing to happen...
I am totally for the rock-stacking on one's own land, it is interesting and beautiful. Though not appropriate in the greater environment where it can and does interrupt nature's delicate balance ...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this fascinating story, photos: a great post!
Those rocks are amazing. Mom saw some similar to that (but not as extravagant) when she and Daddy were in Nova Scotia.
ReplyDeleteThe Florida Furkids
While I was reading about your neighbors rocks and him piling them up I was thinking what great exercise that is but then when I got to the part about that messing with the ecology then I thought I do know so there's good and there's bad. And I had not thought about I have seen these all over the Internet piles of rocks and that it would make such a difference. The flowers that came out of Daddy's back that are beautiful and I do wish Bo was there so that he could go in that Creek with you I think he might like water that he could wade into. And Beau and I are especially thankful for all the friends we have made and all the new friends that we have made in the past 2 years on Four Paws blog. We love all those friends from the past and all the new friends from recent years and life would be very sad without them
ReplyDeleteMy pups are hoping the rain will fill the neighbor's pond soon so they can go for a dip. They are jealous of Cinnamon.
ReplyDeleteWe think it would be fun to see the rock stacks in your neighbors yard but when they are found out in nature (where they don't belong) our pawrents usually knock them over. They prefer to see the landscape without man made things in them.
ReplyDeleteWOW what an amazing art form and imagination the man has who stacks them.
ReplyDeleteLove the blue skies too. I am so sorry about your torn Achilles tendon. Yikes that must have really hurt.
Cinnamon you look very happy today
Hugs Cecilia
It was a tradition in our family that when we hiked somewhere, we'd leave a rock stack sculpture. But ours were never as amazing as your neighbors! Cinnamon, you look so happy there in that water - enjoy sweet girl! Thanks for sharing your spring flowers, I just LOVE spring flowers, or flowers of any season really. Have a wonderful day all.
ReplyDeleteI can see where stacking rocks all over the place can have an adverse effect. I promise you I won't be staking any rocks.
ReplyDeleteCinnamon is adorable. Pups are so precious and so are kitties. Great companions.
Have a fabulous Thankful Thursday, my friend. Big hug to you, scritches all around and a big smooch to Marv. ♥
Beautiful pictures and it's good Cinnamon got out for a swim. Interesting about the rock stacking! A little is intriguing, but I can see that it could easily become too much.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun tour of your neck of the woods and we're glad you're getting some good weather. Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteWe think having areas where people can stack is the answer and say none anywhere else. Nice and purrs of healing
ReplyDeleteOh, that man has some great things in his yard! Too bad peeps are going rather overboard and disturbing things unintentionally. Sometimes we need to stop and think about the possible effects our actions may have that are not so good...
ReplyDeleteThank you for telling us all about the rocks, and for being our friends!
ReplyDeleteWoofs and Purrs,
Ollie, Tama and Benny
Keep your cairns in your own yard, thank you! That sounds like a good policy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your thankfuls, i would imagine the first spring dunk in the river is the best!
Very cool about the rock stacks. I had no idea they could cause problems though, that is too bad. Beautiful blooms. XO
ReplyDeleteYes, I too have read about too many folks messing with rocks, which can mess with the critters that use them to hide under.
ReplyDeleteCool rocks! Concats on your mom's vax. 8-12 weeks is too long to long to get the second dose. We've been told 60 days between shots is the most to get the full benefit. Try to get the second before then.
ReplyDeleteHere in WNY, there are tons of rocks around as the result of glacial till from thousands of years ago. You can't dig a hole anywhere in our yard without finding lots of rounded rocks. Sometimes they might even have fossils in them. Many of our neighbors, including us, use these rocks for landscaping.
ReplyDeleteWe're glad you got a chance to explore the river by your house, Cinnamon. I bet that water was cold!
Oh, those rocks are amazin'! very cool! Hey Cinnamon, you are lookin' FABulous gurl! If I ever needs a stick retrieved from water, I knows I can call on you! (I don't gets my furs wet for nothin'!! BOL)
ReplyDeleteHave a most FABulous Thursday! (or is it Friday nows where you are....😉)
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
That rocks look like kind of little Stonehenge, that's really very special😸 Glad you had a furresh swim into the water, Cinnamon, how refurreshing is that😸Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend to all of you🐾😽💞
ReplyDeleteThe rock stacking is really interesting. Rock stacking in a good art. Cinnamon is all set to enjoy a swim in the river to retrieve the stick. Have a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteThat's one way to not have to mow your yard, LOL! Seriously I think the stack are fascinating, but had no idea they were becoming so popular that erosion was occuring from removing the rocks.
ReplyDeleteCinnamon, I think that water would still be quite a bit too cold for me and my pups, but am glad you are enjoying it.
Glad you are healing and will be able to walk a bit and enjoy the nicer weather. Have a wonderful weekend.
your neighbor creates a lot of artful rocky formations. :)
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of stacking rocks! what an amazing talent!
ReplyDeleteWe've had a few weeks of gorgeous weather but we got a little snow today!
ReplyDeleteCompetitive rock stacking? Who knew? I like that idea better than those wasteful food eating contests but sorry folks always have to carry a good thing too far. Be well. And thanks for the smile, Cinnamon. I want to join you for a swim.
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