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Green hills and little piggies : In the world of Michael Sowa

There is a small personal story in the first comment.

#throwbackthursday #landscape #rural #fields #spring #art #michaelsowa #photography

Photo of a green field in spring, with a patch of white snow hidden from the sun behind a small mound, bordered by the forest in the back, under a light blue sky. A plane with its white trail is in the sky. And no, there is no hidden pig in there.

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Alaska Owns Dozens of Deteriorating Schools. Now It Wants Under-Resourced Districts to Take Them On.
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Alaska’s rural school district superintendents are trying to “find the best, most optimal use of very lean resources.” Taking on the state’s unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-education-rural-school-districts-ownership?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Alaska #School #Education #Rural #Native #Indigenous

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A place of quiet and peace. I can always go for that.

Bird Flying in the Sky: https://renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/bird-flying-in-the-sky-september-4-renata-natale.html

#birdflying #peace #buyintoart #rural #beauty #MastoArt #Photography #callicoonny #tranquil

Color photo of a beautiful early autumn sky in late afternoon. Captured in Callicoon New York

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Wild apple trees

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#trees #rural #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #photography

Photograph of a mature apple tree, with fresh young green leaves and covered in white flowers, alongside a paved road in the middle of other small trees, under a bright blue sky.

There are many of these apple trees in my area, in abandoned fields and along the roads. They appear to be escapees from very old orchards and they have naturalized over time. I've heard that local growers are trying to reproduce these trees, in an effort to revive ancestral varieties of apples that are well adapted to the harsh climate.

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Last colours in the meadow

Soon to be forest again

#wildflowers #bloomscrolling #flowers #meadow #rural #photography

Photograph of a meadow on the side of a small hill, showing one big spruce trees surrounded by wildflowers typical of the area: goldenrods, joe-pye weeds, cattails, various grasses, all in varying state of blooming, for a mix of greens, pinks and yellows. In the back the green forest is close, with smaller trees and bushes creeping in the meadow. The photo being taken late in the day, some sun light is still visible on top of the trees.

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Don't Care Where it Goes - Felt like that looking down the railroad tracks. Past the abandoned Narrowsburg lumber yard and a pass through Barryville, New York. Freight trains, no passengers, but felt like getting on anyway.

https://renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/dont-care-where-it-goes-renata-natale.html

#railroadtracks #rural #shoholapa #Landscape #Photography #MastoArt #BlackandWhite_Photography #art #buyintoart #musicinspired

Don't Care Where it Goes is a black and white photograph of rhe railroad tracks in Shohola PA on a stark and moody day.

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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services reports that it misses a 90-day deadline to approve child care licensing applications about a third of the time. In regions with severe staffing shortages, that rate can rise above 50%.

https://www.propublica.org/article/obstacles-to-opening-child-care-facilities-rural-illinois?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Illinois #Rural #Children #Family #Parenting #Education