walter is at home wherever he is

 

(the inuk-thingy of the lower yard)

Betty, mid-summer 2014, decided that this was blocking crucial water for some plants behind it.  So, I re-assembled nearer the pool — also shown above with the 2 dogs.

This is 9-Mile InukThingy #2.  We (me & tha’ dawgz) built another in the vicinity a few months ago.  I didn’t take pixures, nor do I think I can find it again.  This one:  we could see the truck on the ridge to the north, ~ 1/2 mile away.

(and … peacock).

2nd rebuild of the inuk w/in site of Bridgeport road

We had a BIG windstorm this past week, which blew the “original” down.  I told Betty I was considering doing amphipian/toadal 4-legged thingies… “why not this?” she asked.

However, it could be the genesis (seed planted), as it were, for the past-time of inuk-building was when I sighted the …

below … not what i’d call  triumph.  Sure, it’ll stand ’til (possibly) the next windstorm.  i just didn’t channel the volition (and also felt that the location and materials and ‘vibe’ were not optimal).  a practice run …

This is the Inuk-thingy of the ridge south(east) of the East Pass into Cactus Park.  also built mid-November — so you can see that winter is not only ‘mild’, it hasn’t yet arrived.  Doolie poses with the ‘thing.’

a week passed Solstice, 2012: the Whitewater original inuk is impervious to the weather, and everything else

the north Whitewater inuk, grokking along with the yucca

yucca-grokking is sometimes not sufficient for stability, as this inuk fell or was knocked over.  or just got tired …

so i rebuilt one night in March 2014.

midJanYooWary (’13) we encountered a ‘thingy’ in the Olivivas Wilderness Area. Sleven walks by …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olivivas Inuk-thingy.

 

under the FOOOL MOOON (sunrise imminent)

“Horse Head” inuk in the moonlight.

the Inuk-Thingy within sight of Wombat Arch

The two upper yard inuk-thingies had been basking in the sun most of April, then …

above: not built by me, but by Ricardo Cabeza: a Land’s End on the Grand Mesa ‘thingy’

and below:  rebuilt (same location, many of same stones) small inuk-thingy pictured previously as “rock-sea & rock-gnome”.  Constructed later Nov., 2013.

Another inuk appears in the “Bean Ranch” area — sunsetting later March, 2014.

an inuk-thingy further up and away from Bridgeport road

rebuild of the pool inukshuk — Betty mandated a relocation as she thought the original version blocked some plants from watering

The inuk formerly just above Wombat Arch became totally tornado-ulated (disappeared!) so this one manifested itself below the Arch.

Inuk above the “copper mines” in the Olivivas Wilderness area.

Also in the O W A, a group of rocks which, so it seemed, begged to be re-assembled.  Unfortunately, kinda phallic, iddn’t it?

little Inuk on east Rim Gunnison River near Escalante

Below, the 3rd or so incarnation of the Inuk-arangamatang north and up from Bridgeport (Deer Creek) Road

and another inuk-awangamarang looking down on Bridgeport Road ~

Below:  somewhat above top of Escalante Rim Road ~

Inuk-a-wang-a-ma-rang north of confluence of Kannah Creek w/the Gunnison River ~

 

above, Oct. 2018 construxion overlooking Gunny Wivvr in Bean Ranch area

off of Tabeguache Trail somewhat west/southwest of the MicroWave Tower

view of previous lookin’ west into the afternoon sun ~

who sez inuks can’t have a heart?

   

& yet another re-build of the inuk formerly by the pool.  now below it.  there was a HUGE wind-storm a few daze back which blew it over !

Below — an inuk mid-way up the Tabeguache Trail (road) up from Whitewater towards the 9-Mile Microwave Tower.