East Wendover is also Highway 70 and Burlington Road. Driving east towards Elon University, past Sedalia and near Brightwood Inn, you will find suburbia encroaching. However, a property that dubs itself Peace Acres has carved out its own little slice of tranquility. England has Stonehenge, Guilford College has Stickhenge, and the family at 6474 Burlington Road has what you might call Zenhenge, a circular stack of boulders and rocks. Their cozy brick house sits back from the road and the above rocks distance the property from the road. We'd love to know the story behind this assemblage in the field! While these rocks are more stacked than balanced, did you know that rock balancing is considered an art form? If you know of any rock balancing efforts in Greensboro, please let us know. We'd love to get out and photograph them.
Happy Skywatch Friday folks. Greensboro is gearing up for Indian summer which should bring some beautiful skies and silhouettes. Have a great weekend dear readers.
I could imagine that the whole circle might have gotten started by putting the big boulders down to serve as benches for gatherings. Maybe people got so inspired by sitting in a circle and sharing that they started making art???
Posted by: Katja Brown | Friday, September 09, 2011 at 05:56 AM
I took a workshop once on stone balancing. It was fun! Cool shot!
Posted by: Linda Jacobs | Friday, September 09, 2011 at 06:56 AM
Reminds me of the Jewish tradition of placing stones on the grave when a visit is made. You introduced your readers to this custom in your July 31 post.
Posted by: Jane Mitchell | Friday, September 09, 2011 at 07:48 AM
Interesting formation. Nice sky too!
Posted by: Halcyon | Friday, September 09, 2011 at 08:13 AM
interesting! we have "foamhenge" here...haven't seen it yet though ;)
Posted by: Tanya | Friday, September 09, 2011 at 08:21 AM
Very interesting post.
Regards!
Posted by: Tatjana Parkacheva | Friday, September 09, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Very peaceful indeed,reminds me of many ancient stone circles I have seen in Scotland. They feel like magical places full of energy.
Posted by: Janis | Friday, September 09, 2011 at 03:57 PM
I bet they have one for each member of the family : )
Posted by: barb farr | Friday, September 09, 2011 at 05:40 PM
love this
reminds me to post a picture of our loghenge
Posted by: Kel | Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 04:20 AM
An interesting photo, I wonder what is behind the idea too. For balancing rocks you should visit Brimham Rocks in Yorkshire, fantastic rock formations balanced seemingly precariously by a glacier in the distant past.
Posted by: Jackie from Yorkshire | Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 03:43 PM