Video of the Giants' Pots (Marmitte dei Giganti) on the Serio creek in Valtellina, on the Italian Alps. Spectacular abrasion of the rocks dating back to the glacial era.

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View from the bridge on the Serio creek in Valtellina. There are two Serio creeks in the Italian Alps. One small creek starts on mount Rodes at 2824 m and flows North toward the Adda river in Valtellina. The other one flows South across the Val Seriana to reach the same Adda near the confluence with the Po river.

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A little bridge on the Seriolo creek in Valtellina. I crossed the bridge on my last hike.

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eGravel ride with Friends to the Piàzzola in the Orobie Alps, a segment of the Italian Alps, in Valtellina.

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https://youtu.be/tUceustvl3k?si=vmkSMKT8vEurTfjv

Two blue tits on the balcony yesterday morning. One picked a sunflower seed, inspected it like a sommelier, had a quick conversation with the other, and passed it over. Three times in a row.

Courtship? Or just two mates at the pub saying "go on, have this one, I've already eaten"? I'll let you decide.

Full story (and the video) here:
https://catsandbirdsandstuff.com/love-on-the-balcony/

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Love on the balcony

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Camposilvano — along the ancient transhumance route.
The branches frame the mountains like a natural painting.

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Manifestement les mélèzes ne semblaient pas faire grand cas de la frontière. De part et d'autre ils se paraient des mêmes couleurs, et les valdôtains ne parlaient pas plus avec les mains que leurs cousins savoyards ne faisaient grève.
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Clearly, the larch trees did not seem to care much about the border. On both sides, they were adorned with the same colors, and the people of Valle d'Aosta did not talk with their hands any more than their Savoyard cousins went on strike.
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Les mélèzes des cousins.
Alpes Grées, Vallée d'Aoste, Octobre 2024.
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*** Tiens, puisqu'on est en Italie on va écouter "Gli Scariolanti", chanson populaire issue du recueil "Bella Ciao - Chansons du peuple en Italie". ***
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