Spirit Walls - Northern California

Alyssa RunswithWolves

“In the low lands there are some "pioneer walls" which are clearly different. "Spirit Walls" have a totally different style and feel to them. There's a magic, a playfulness or deliberate beauty worked into them. They have a certain "intention."  

Mt. Shasta in the distance:

Wee Bit of Green (California Rock Walls)

     Out in Northern California and Oregon, it was just the warmest February on record. My friend Alyssa has been walking along rows of stones that some Elders call Spirit Paths which lead up into some High Places - and taking photos. The one above is quite near what she calls Pyramid Peak which has appeared on these pages (see: http://rockpiles.blogspot.com/2012/01/photos-to-compare.html or at Waking Up on Turtle Island - http://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2012/02/following-smokefish-forests-fire-and.html ) before, as in the image below: 

   More green:

 

And I have to include this from a different spot (Howling Wolf Ridge):