26. Christman Sanctuary ✝️
3281 Schoharie Turnpike, Delanson, NY 12053
William Weaver Christman (1865–1937) 🧑🌾 was a farmer, nature writer, and poet who converted his property into a riparian respite.
“I Give, Bequeath, Devote, Devise
Shelter To Every Bird That Flies.”
The Bozenkill Creek & the 30-foot Bozenkill Falls are featured here. However, the waterfall was turned down to just a trickle and slow drip 💧. The Dutch name Bozenkill translates to Noisy Raging Stream, but not today 🤫 because of recent dry weather.
“There were plants and birds and rocks and things. The heat was hot, and the ground was dry.” 🎵
The meditation for this hike 🤔💭 is conforming to the image of Christ. (Romans 8:29 & 2 Corinthians 3:18 & Ephesians 4:13)
Photos # 9 & 10 show a mushroom cap split into symmetrical quadrants giving a cross pattée-like ✠ appearance (specifically a cross alisée). 🤯😲
19 pics:
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2 - resplendent relaxing riparian respite
3 - bridge
4 - 💞
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7 - wall masonry work
8 - looking down on the lean-to 👇
9 - ✠🍄
10 - ✠🍄
11 - on the way down to the lean-to & waterfall 📜
12 - rustic lean-to shelter 🪵
13 - layered sedimentary waterfall running dry🚱
14 - hewn-cut passageway going back up ⛏️
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16 - stone-step staircase leading up to a memorial
17 - in memoriam
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