Stories Etched In Stone
“There is a way that nature speaks,
That the land, and water, and animals, speak.
Most of the time we are simply not patient enough,
Nor quiet enough, to pay attention to their stories.”
Linda Hogan
Music: The Journey
I’ll always love the Great Lakes
They have a fascinating history
And, learning as much as I can
Still brings great pleasure to me
Wandering this vast shoreline
Examining the stones, as I go
These stones, have quite a story
A tale, over 350 million years old
These story stones, are both rock and fossil
Formed as a result, of massive glacial activity
Millions of years ago, an ocean had existed here
Now captured in stone, ancient coral can be seen
When dry, these stones appear to be ordinary limestone
But when wet or polished, fossilized coral can be seen
Whenever I wander this fascinating, ancient, shoreline
A few of these ancient story stones, I collect and keep
These ancient fossil stones are called ‘Petoskey Stones’
Their name derives from an Indian Chief – ‘Petosegay’
Who was a great and wise leader of the Ottawa Nation
Which once prospered here, and are remembered today
This Ottawa Chief’s story is also a fascinating one
His name means - ‘Rising Sun’ or ‘Rays of Dawn’
Both these story stones, and a nearby municipality
Derive their names from this sage leader now gone
I’ll always love the Great Lakes,
They have a fascinating history;
And, learning as much as I can,
Still brings great pleasure to me.
Wandering this vast shoreline,
Examining the stones, as I go;
These stones, have quite a story,
A tale, over 350 million years old.
©Lake Wandering 2011, Mr. Ed
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Newfie Hugs, Rose
very well done again. all three are a fine collection of works!!
Back in the mid-eighties, when my kids were young teenagers, we traveled down to St. Mary's City on the South-Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. There, near St. Clements Island, where the Patuxent River meets the Bay, amidst all the shoreline, were literally millions of tiny Trilobites, which we gathered by the handfuls.
Like your Stones, we were transported back into Natural History - how wonderful to behold!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Texas, Karen Lynn. :D
of fresh water on our planet..long may
the Great Lakes live, Ed.
John
Blessings,
Christine
Anna