I've been coming to this site with Walkill for many years and today real eyesed that at the bottom of this reservoir lay the hamlet Swartekill... "Sojouner Truth 1797? - 1883 born into slavery in Swartekill...

 

“Swart is an Afrikaans and Dutch surname meaning "black" (spelled zwart in modern Dutch). Variations on it are de Swart, Swarte, de Swarte, Swarts, Zwart, de Zwart, and Zwarts.”… 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swart#:~:text=Swart%20is%20an%20Afrikaans%20and%20Dutch%20surname%20meaning,de%20Swarte%2C%20Swarts%2C%20Zwart%2C%20de%20Zwart%2C%20and%20Zwarts.

 

got your rift on?...

 

 

as I took my cell camera out of my pocket to take these site shots came this seasonal image with ancestors...

 

 

local circle Fire charcoal with stone, Water and Earth

Sturgeon Pool

Wallkill River

Swartekill (Rifton ) NY

 

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stillness

suspends

time

~ Elements are Life ~

Love & Peace with CoCreativity with all...