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Daniel sat across from the big mountaineer waiting for more details about his childhood sweetheart and her party. Which direction did they go? Did anyone state that they might have been in danger? If anything they may have said to Malachi could give him a clue as to what their destination may have been then it could take days off of his journey. But Malachi was tight lipped. For all he knew she was traveling to get away from him. After all, Daniel was an oddity in the mountains. Daniel knew that he had to take the initiative help Malachi feel at ease. Fortunately, Daniel was an excellent interviewer and had a few skills gained from his experience as journalist. Daniel told of how after the war he became a freelance journalist and had traveled the world on a steamer looking for interesting stories to sell to various newspapers. During these times he’d also discovered a few inventions that he’d built including a few modifications to his walking stick. He produced a few clippings from various publications as evidence that he was in fact a journalist. The girl’s parents had discovered that Daniel was quite good at his investigations and asked him to return home to help find Alexandra when she went missing. The locket he wore contained a sketch portrait of her that he’d done himself while in school. Once satisfied, Malachi lead him to the creek and advised him that the group had put a raft in the creek to make progress on the journey while resting the horses. He’d warned them against this because of the fall’s downstream but they’re captain insisted that he was the asset and Malachi was just big and dumb and couldn’t possibly know what was downstream.
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The two men stared at each other for a few minutes. The Mountain man was very tall. The traveler guessed him to well over six and a half feet tall hefty built. His untamed beard flowed across his chest and mixed with the furs his jacket was made of. The smell of gunpowder still hung in the air as the mountain man grabbed the dead bear by the scruff of its neck and threw it over one shoulder. “It’s bad manners too waste a kill and to clean it on the trail. ” The mountain man explained. He carried the bear out of sight of the trail and cleaned it with a stone knife. He explained that even though he owned several good steel knives that the stone actually held a better edge against the tough hide of the bear. He finished the work quickly and cleaned his hands in the cold water of a small drainage. He gave a sharp whistle and soon a little donkey emerged from bushes. The mountain man retrieved a bundle from the donkey and started packing the meat. “He’ll drag the packed meat on a travios but if you try to place the carcass on his back he’ll buck it off and we’ll not see him for days.” The traveler understood. Once while in Spain he’d seen the results of a strong headed visvount who insisted that his servants load a roe deer on the horse with him for a photo. The servants protested to no avail and as soon as the buck’s body touched the skin of the horse it reared in a most spectacular fashion and left at full gallop with the viscount hanging on for dear life and blaming his servants with unmentionable profanities.
The mountain man invited the traveler back to his camp t enjoy a hot meal and to get some real rest with just one more day on this part of the trail. The traveler agreed and before too long he found himself seated in front and the open fire of a small but very traditional looking Scottish Blackhouse. The mountain man had fashioned a large table from stone slabs in front of windbreak. A couple of large chunks of bear meat roasted over the fire and the fat dripped into a clay pot for rendering later. As served the traveler his meal of fire roasted meat with wild herbs the mountain man explained that this his remote camp and that his permanent homestead was a day’s journey away. His real name was Malachi and he’d actually actually been a physician during the war between the states after which he craved a simpler life and returned to the ways of settlers that came before him. The traveler too had been a soldier in the Civil War. Afterwards he’d spent a few years as a journalist in Europe and had come home to learn that his childhood love interest had disappeared in the mountains while heading west as part of the expansion. He produced a locket from inside his shirt with her portrait. Malachi remembered her. Her horse had thrown her and he treated her wounds and granted hospitality to her group as well. He stroked his beard a moment and looked the traveler in the eye. “You must be Daniel”. He said with a nod. “That I am sir.” The traveler replied with a smile….
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We also have the Lloyd’s Lens Photography Discussion Group on MeWe that is set up as a fully functional community. There you’ll not only be able to see and connect with me but you can also make your own posts and interact with each other.
Hey Friends! Just a quick reminder that Lloyds Lens Photography is available for portraits!
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Please read Part one of Followed before continuing…
He took several deep slow breaths to settle his nerves. He’d been “in the trenches” but it’s not really something that a person gets used to. He decided that the best way to approach the edge was to belly crawl with the spike of his stick out front. Whatever made that noise wouldn’t have had enough time to climb very far and would be preoccupied with finding hand and foot holds in the failing light. The rough surface of the stone floor was covered by decades of dust and debris from the surrounding forest causing him to have to stiffle a sneeze several times. It made him chuckle a little to think about something as simple as a sneeze giving away his position. While maneuvering to get a view of the bottom of the cliff his elbow brushed a loose stone knocking it over the edge. His boxing experience had given him lightning fast reflexes and instinctively his hand shot out to catch the the stone as gravity took over its momentum. He felt it rub the very tip of his fingers as it escaped his grasp. The stone impacted the rocky face of the cliff several times with an echoing clack and then hit the ground with a thud. The thud was followed by sound something much larger crashing through the underbrush and dry leaves. By this point he fully understood that anything he might have been hiding from knew exactly where to find him and so he stood up fully with his spike tipped walking stick in a ready position. That’s when he realized that the crashing noise was moving away from his cliff instead of towards it. He peered over the edge just in time to see a small doe leap across the pathway. Breathing a sigh of relief he watched as she ran up the opposite hillside. His bumbling had frightened her pretty good. Suddenly she froze in mid stride throwing leaves and dirt out in front of her. She looked at something just out of sight and broke to her left in a full sprint. He had no idea what could have gotten her attention so Suddenly like that. Knowing that his cover was already compromised he decided to retrieve his light from his pack. He turned the knob on the side of the light releasing a few drops of water into calcium carbide. Instantly the lamp began to hiss as he cupped his hand over the reflector and counted to three. He slid his hand across the striker wheel and with a loud pop the gas was ignited casting a bright light into the shadows just in time to illuminate the figure walking up the hill. But something was very odd about the walking figure. It stood upright and moved on two legs like a man but it was covered in thick fur. The Travler produced a simple spy glass from his jacket pocket and fumbled with the focus a bit until he could make out canine ears on the head of creature as it disappeared into the thicket. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief. As a journalist he’d heard stories of werewolves in Europe but had always attributed it to tales made up to excite tourists or possibly wheat contamination from hallucination inducing fungus. In fact his pack had a little bag sewn to one of the straps that contained a Saint Christopher’s medallion and a measure of dried wolfsbane. It was a gift from an elderly woman in France who wanted to repay him for an act of kindness. He kept it as a memento of his time traveling the French countryside. He didn’t actually believe in such nonsense until he saw it with his own eyes. Tonight would be a long night indeed. He passed the night writing of this encounter in his journal and doing sketches on walls of his cliffside shelter. If he disappeared like the the ones he was investigating then perhaps one day someone would find the sketches and know what happened. He kept the lamp burning until he heard the birds singing at dawn. He’d dozed off a couple of times but for the most part he managed to keep his vigil. He gathered his belongings back into his pack and began to cautiously descend back down to the pathway stopping often to make sure he was alone. The path was fairly clear and he ate a little jerky as he walked. He had thought he was making good time when he got the feeling that he was being watched. The forest had grown quiet again. He tighten the grip on his oak staff stopped pretending to interested in a patch of mushrooms growing on log that partially blocked the way. He could the rustling of leaves behind him. The beast was slowing closing in on him. He wished that he’d been carrying a weapon other than his stick. Preferably one loaded with silver bullets. His spiked staff would have to do. He may not survive this fight but the werewolf would know that he’d been in a fight. He could hear the heavy breathing and an occasional grunt. He spun around and set the staff against his foot with the spike out in front of him hoping that the creature would impale itself in the charge. But as he raised his eyes it wasn’t a werewolf that had been stalking him. It was a bear. His sudden turn had surprised the bear causing it to hesitate. He was slightly more confident that he faced a natural creature instead of legendary beast but this would still be a fight for his life. The bear was on all fours with its lower lip extended in anger. The traveler observed the bears anatomy and planed his counter strike as the bear stood up. Time seemed to freeze for a moment and the tension was broken by a loud “FA-BOOM”. The traveler recognized this as the sound of a black powder rifle discharge. The bear howled in pain and took a bounding leap in the traveler’s direction only to fall dead at his feet. Stunned, the traveler looked in the direction of the shot to see a giant of a man standing not fifteen yards away. The man wore buckskin pants, a wool overshirt and a jacket made from coyote pelts. The hood of wich retained the coyote’s face including the canine ears. The mountaineer spoke softly but clearly. “God expects us to watch over strangers in our hills.” The traveler had never been so relieved in his life. Not only did werewolves remain in the world of mythos but the person he’d mistaken to be one just saved his life.
This concludes the Halloween portion of my story. Inspiration continues to flow so my plan is to continue with the adventure of these two characters for a few days.
Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.
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We also have the Lloyd’s Lens Photography Discussion Group on MeWe that is set up as a fully functional community. There you’ll not only be able to see and connect with me but you can also make your own posts and interact with each other.
Hey Friends! Just a quick reminder that Lloyds Lens Photography is available for portraits!
To book me simply reach out using the Contact Page and we’ll set a date. If you’re within a 50 mile radius of Summersville West Virginia all travel fees are waived.
If you’re enjoying my blog and don’t want to miss a post then you can sign up for email alerts on my website.
I’m now using Zazzle to fulfil orders. What this means for you is a secure way to place an order, discount codes & a broader product selection! Simplyuse the contact form on my websiteand tell me which image you want and I’ll reply with a direct link to where you can place the order.
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Hello Friends! Tonight’s Feature Image is titled “Dark Omen 103121” and is available for purchase by clicking the thumbnail and reaching out to me on the contact page.
Silence falls through the forest as the young traveler tighten his grip on his oak staff. He turns his attention to the sun as it makes its egress towards the horizon. He holds the staff so that the ball shaped top just covers the sun and counts the knurls on the handle. Only 8 knurls between the sun and the horizon. He has roughly 2 hours to find good shelter before dark. He scans the general area for a likely spot. He had hoped to reach the hospitality house before sundown but the ferry was missing when he reached the river and he had to find a place that was shallow enough to cross. That little twist of fate put him 15 miles short of his goal. He also heard about the danger that lurked in on this part of the trail. People had gone missing. He spotted a rocky ledge about 2/3 of the way up the mountain. The only way to reach the ledge was by taking his hard sole boots off and finding enough hand and foot holds to reach the top. But it was worth the effort because anyone or any thing would also need to climb to reach him. To make the climb easier he dropped his pack and attached a thin rope to it. The other end tied to his belt. His plan was to reach spot where he could stop climbing and haul his belongings up with the rope. His staff he slung over his back by a smaller string. God forbid that when he reached the ledge it would be claimed by a bear or some other dreadful thing. But if it was he wouldn’t meet it empty handed. It only took a few times of stopping on a small ledge and pulling his pack up to get to the top. Once his gear was safe and secure he tugged sharply on the tab end of his rope and it fell away from his belt. He coiled it neatly and placed it back into his pack. The ledge was fairly stable and the overhanging rock would provide shelter in case of rain. A quick examination of the stone overhead revealed that it wasn’t as stable as he’d hoped. If he builds a fire in the mouth of the cave it could cause the roof to collapse. He’d have to rely on his wool blanket to gaurd against the cold as he slept. That would be better anyway since he has no idea what happened to the missing people. The light of a fire might draw unwanted attention. He checked the horizon again and decided that he still had about an hour of daylight so he moved back away from the ledge and took up his staff again. He surveyed the small area and decided on what angles he could expect an attack to come from had whatever predator that stocks these woods observed his climb. He’d been concerned about finding a bear on the ledge but the thought of a human predator was even more bothersome. After all, it’s easier to outsmart a bear. It was at that precise moment that something snapped a twig on the trail below causing a huge vulture to leave its perch and sail by the ledge. He quietly reached down and removed the rubber tip on his staff exposing the triangular spike. He held the staff, which was now a lance, in the gaurd position that he’d learned from his Baritsu that he’d learned overseas. He strained his his ears to locate the source of the thumping noise that came ever closer. His discipline was impressive but the sound of his own heart pounding was making it hard to hear whatever was out there. He realized that if it had to climb up the way he did that he could simply thrust downward with the spike and prevent it reaching the top.
… to be continued on tomorrow’s post. Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.
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For those who have been following me on Facebook and know of the struggle content providers have to get circulation from big tech I’ve been recommending for people to adopt MeWe as a social media platform. One of the problems I’ve run into on MeWe is that people don’t know how to navigate the platform. So to help with that I’ve created a permanent page on my website as a basic Basic Beginner’s Guide To MeWe I’ve tried to anticipate all basic questions there and You can bookmark the page to have as a reference and if you have any questions or suggestions don’t hesitate to contact me. I do still have a day job and I help admin several pages on both platforms so replies might be a little slow but I will answer you.
We also have the Lloyd’s Lens Photography Discussion Group on MeWe that is set up as a fully functional community. There you’ll not only be able to see and connect with me but you can also make your own posts and interact with each other.
Hey Friends! Just a quick reminder that Lloyds Lens Photography is available for portraits!
To book me simply reach out using the Contact Page and we’ll set a date. If you’re within a 50 mile radius of Summersville West Virginia all travel fees are waived.
If you’re enjoying my blog and don’t want to miss a post then you can sign up for email alerts on my website.
I’m now using Zazzle to fulfil orders. What this means for you is a secure way to place an order, discount codes & a broader product selection! Simplyuse the contact form on my websiteand tell me which image you want and I’ll reply with a direct link to where you can place the order.
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The little dragon sets his gaze and surveys his domain so that none may pass without his approval. His wings are like cocked springs waiting for release. At the very edge of his vision his rival waits with equal vigilance. Silence falls across their realm as they subtlety prepare for engagement and at the hight of tension one flinches slightly. Reflexes that are thousands of times quicker than a human eye control the action and an arial wrestling match ensued. The tiny beasts waste no time with bluffing and go straight into attack darting through the thick vegetation with ease. They collide like living missiles in an entanglement of powerful legs and jaws. The dual breaks the silence as the dry rattle of wings clamor throughout the marsh drawing the attention of a hungry bird. The dark wings of predation glide to a nearby Reed in anticipation of the loser’s ultimate fate but this time no free meal will be had. The dualing dragons suddenly break from each other and return to their posts. Whatever territorial dispute they have will be settled another day.
The lesson to be learned is that in every conflict there’s a third party waiting for an opportunity to take advantage.
Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.
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For those who have been following me on Facebook and know of the struggle content providers have to get circulation from big tech I’ve been recommending for people to adopt MeWe as a social media platform. One of the problems I’ve run into on MeWe is that people don’t know how to navigate the platform. So to help with that I’ve created a permanent page on my website as a basic Basic Beginner’s Guide To MeWe I’ve tried to anticipate all basic questions there and You can bookmark the page to have as a reference and if you have any questions or suggestions don’t hesitate to contact me. I do still have a day job and I help admin several pages on both platforms so replies might be a little slow but I will answer you.
We also have the Lloyd’s Lens Photography Discussion Group on MeWe that is set up as a fully functional community. There you’ll not only be able to see and connect with me but you can also make your own posts and interact with each other.
Hey Friends! Just a quick reminder that Lloyds Lens Photography is available for portraits!
To book me simply reach out using the Contact Page and we’ll set a date. If you’re within a 50 mile radius of Summersville West Virginia all travel fees are waived.
If you’re enjoying my blog and don’t want to miss a post then you can sign up for email alerts on my website.
I’m now using Zazzle to fulfil orders. What this means for you is a secure way to place an order, discount codes & a broader product selection! Simplyuse the contact form on my websiteand tell me which image you want and I’ll reply with a direct link to where you can place the order.
Clicking on the photo takes you tohttps://www.zazzle.com/lloydslensphotos?rf=238248269630914251Lastly, all of the photos and writings are my original work unless otherwise specified and are not to be copied or reproduced without expressed written permission from the photographerThank you again for your support of my page!♥️
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