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‘Ravens Nest’, In Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park (Maine), As A ‘Windows 10’ Lock Screen.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 28, 2023

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Click to ENLARGE. Windows 10 Lock screen the last couple of days.

As soon as I saw it I knew it was ‘Downeast‘, Maine. Just had to establish whether it was my ‘Bold Coast‘ or ‘Acadia‘. That wasn’t hard. As soon as I looked closer I knew EXACTLY where it was. It, a decade ago, used to be ‘my’ secret.

‘Ravens Nest‘, close to the start of of the Loop Road, in Acadia’s Schoodic. Because of safety concerns it remains UNMARKED.

I actually included Ravens Nest, with pictures, in my ‘Bold Coast, Maine — Cut to the Chase‘ book (last year). See here … {Left, print edition in b&W. Right, eBook in color. Notice that my 1st picture (on left) is the same view as that of the Lock Screen.}

But, it was cool to see this image, a view I am very familiar with, suddenly appear on my PC. In case you were wondering, I was last there last year (I think). I did go to Schoodic a few weeks ago BUT didn’t do the Loop Road.

‘Windows 10’ Has Another Lock Screen Featuring ‘Sri Lanka’ — This Time ‘Mirissa’.

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by Anura Guruge
on September 1, 2022

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Click to ENLARGE. Lock screen from August 21, 2022.
Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google Maps’
Click to ENLARGE. The other Sri Lankan lock screen.

Unlike ‘Sigiriya‘, the other Windows 10 lock screen featuring ‘Sri Lanka‘, I cannot claim to have much, actually ‘any’, familiarity with ‘Mirissa’. It was not developed when I lived in Ceylon (today’s Sri Lanka) between 1953 and 1969. Yes, I have been through it more times than I could even count, but it had to have been but an insignificant village in those days.

We as a family would visit the Hindu temple in ‘Kataragama‘ at least 6 times a year. To get there from Colombo we would take the southern coastal road. And that passes through Mirissa. But, I am sure we never stopped there — for anything. Yes, we would stop at ‘Galle’ & ‘Matara‘ — but now in-between. That is why I am sure that I have never visited Mirissa per se. In those days much of the southern coast in that area was not that developed. Fishing, farming & the production of lime.

But, it was cool to see this image appear on my PC.

Neat To See The ‘East Quoddy Light’ (Though NOT On The ‘Bold Coast’) Featured On A ‘Windows 10’ Lock Screen.

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by Anura Guruge
on August 10, 2022

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Click to ENLARGE. On my Windows 10 desktop this morning.
Click to ENLARGE. From my ‘Two Days or Less‘ book.
Click to ENLARGE. ‘West Quoddy Head’ light which, indeed, is on the ‘Bold Coast‘.

The middle figure above explains the irony here. The iconic, candy-striped ‘Quoddy Head‘ light, at the ‘Quoddy Head State Park’ sits at the designated easternmost point of the contiguous U.S. Its officially name, however, incongruous as it maybe, is ‘WEST Quoddy Head Light‘. That is because of the lighthouse pictured in the Windows 10 lock screen. It lies to the EAST of that at the State Park — but it is NOT in the U.S. That is the catch. It is on ‘Campobello Island’, in Canada. It, as you can see, is also a red & white lighthouse though this time the stripes are in the form of a tall cross. The red is to improve visibility in fog — a frequent occurrence in this area.

‘Bold Coast’ books (now available). Click on images for details.

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Cool To See ‘Sigiriya’ (‘Sri Lanka’), A Place I Knew Well, As A ‘Windows 10’ Lock Screen.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 16, 2022

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Click to ENLARGE. Lock screen, yesterday & today, on my Windows 10 PC.
Click to ENLARGE and read here. Wikipedia link.

I knew what it was as soon as I saw it. I have never seen it like this from the air, but I know this ‘Rock Fortress’ well. During my time in Ceylon, viz., 1953 to 1967, I was lucky enough to visit it quite a few times. We, i.e., my adoptive parents & I, even took a three- or four-day holiday there — there being a ‘Rest House’ within quarter of a mile of it. During that stay, I climbed it, from top to bottom, multiple times, four times in one day. I think admission was free in those days (i.e., mid-1960s) or I had some exemption. (My adoptive father, a BIG muckety-muck in the government, was always on ‘official duty’ (even if we were on holiday) & I, as his adoptive son, got the official concessions.

My last time there, when I climbed it so many times, in the mid-1960s, was before the last (sad) vandalism of the lovely, historic fresco of the topless beauties. There were no cages or glass. You could crawl in there & enjoy it at eye-level.

Click to ENLARGE. From Wikipedia, Wikipedia link.

It was cool to see it as a high-resolution Windows 10 lock-screen. Made my day. Enjoy. Look it up.