| The land is important to me, but even more important is
the idea that it became a “place” because someone has been here. Marlene Creates |
In conveying the notion of place, the words site, plot, shop, home, neighborhood, town, city, or region link the landscape and the human activity it affords. A farm or school house, a cemetery, Community Park, a sod barn or a favorite hot spring, the town welcome sign, railroad station, and a hiking trail are meaningful markers in the landscape. Their relationship to the living communities of people and their activities is the measure of their significance.
The Idaho: People & Place project invites Idahoans everywhere to identify the places that have meaning in their lives or that are important in creating an enduring sense of community, then share their photographs, recent or not, at http://www.flickr.com/groups/idahopeopleplace/.
For instruction on how to upload your photographs, please click on http://www.flickr.com/photos/upload/
What can you share on the Idaho: People & Place site?
Photographs of all places of meaning to individuals, families, work groups, or whole communities qualify. Look for places that build memories, where you and others in your community have had special experiences. Examples of Idaho places of meaning may include:
- a fly fishing spot or a mountain bike trail;
- a cross country sky or a hiking trail;
- a campground on the Sawtooth;
- a meadow or forest where people celebrate the 4th of July, pick huckleberries, dig for camas, or hunt for wild asparagus and morels;
- the town square;
- a memorable restaurant, winery, or golf course;
- Halloween trick or treating in the neighborhood;
- that Riggins restaurant serving the best berry pies;
- You name it…
Let your imagination and fond memories guide you.
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