{"id":10430,"date":"2015-09-26T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T05:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=10430"},"modified":"2015-09-07T13:58:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T18:58:19","slug":"more-faces-in-the-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=10430","title":{"rendered":"More Faces in the Stones&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The longer I look at this photo on my computer, the more faces I see.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1552.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10152\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1552.jpg\" alt=\"stones\" width=\"3888\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1552.jpg 3888w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1552-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1552-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3888px) 100vw, 3888px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my writer friends, <a href=\"http:\/\/beverlystowemcclure.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beverly Stowe McClure<\/a>, said she saw a face in the second stone in from the right. That wasn&#8217;t the face I originally saw, but I can see it now and clearly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/another-face-revealed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10431 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/another-face-revealed.jpg\" alt=\"more\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/another-face-revealed.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/another-face-revealed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/another-face-revealed-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A co-worker said it was a Moai yelling, &#8220;Help me I&#8217;ve fallen and I can&#8217;t get up!&#8221; Looking at the recumbent stone, I can see that, too. I think it looks more like a lion&#8217;s face.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/another-face-revealed2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10434 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/another-face-revealed2.jpg\" alt=\"more\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/another-face-revealed2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/another-face-revealed2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/another-face-revealed2-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s interesting to see all the faces in the the stones&#8230; and now that you&#8217;ve seen all of the ones in this stone circle, you&#8217;ll never un-see them again.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the face I originally saw and referred to in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=10235\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Faces in the Stones &#8211; REVEALED&#8221;<\/a> post on Aug 21, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/stoneface.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/stoneface.jpg\" alt=\"stones\" width=\"3888\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/stoneface.jpg 3888w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/stoneface-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/stoneface-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3888px) 100vw, 3888px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Creepy? Maybe. Fascinating? You bet. The interaction of moss, lichens, the shapes of the stones and the light all combine to make for some interesting combinations.<\/p>\n<p>The next time you&#8217;re out and about anywhere, take a look at the rock formations. You might be surprised by what you see.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The longer I look at this photo on my computer, the more faces I see. One of my writer friends, Beverly Stowe McClure, said she saw a face in the second stone in from the right. That wasn&#8217;t the face I originally saw, but I can see it now and clearly. A co-worker said it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=10430\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More Faces in the Stones&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,819,44,835,145],"tags":[1006,1003,820],"class_list":["post-10430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aberdeenshire","category-recumbent","category-scotland","category-standing-stones","category-stone-circle","tag-aberdeenshire","tag-scotland","tag-stone-circles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>More Faces in the Stones... - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More faces are revealed in the recumbent stone circle. 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