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NOVEMBER – Winter is setting in. With return to Standard Time the dark evenings are even longer. It will soon be dark by 6:00 p.m. here in southern Ohio. Many of our November days are just all-over grey, from grey skies to gray hills with leafless grey trees and grey atmosphere – just cold, damp and gloomy. Still too early to expect much, if any, snow. But on an occasional sunny day we might enjoy a heavy frost on lingering green leaves. And inside all is warm, colorful and cheery. All month (in my family, anyway) we are planning the Thanksgiving feast. Thanksgiving Day, a day set aside for giving thanks to God for all the blessings in our lives, is a national holiday and a major one for most of us.
Here at the Gabfest, we have the gloom of empty nests. But we also have the cheer of knowing that Millicent is settled in her warm winter home, while Breagha is enjoying his second winter not too far away. Our chat-room fires are kept burning brightly and our new TV/telly screen is always at the ready., so hopefully we can all keep our computers in working order and enjoy a little chit-chat, some music and maybe a bit of streetwalking. Special Events include the possibility of another Music Night with suggested Movie theme and a group streetwalk to some as yet mystery location.
So where is our Gabfest chat-room.? Have you ever wondered? Well of course, it is at some undisclosed cyberspace location in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, not too far from the Loch Garten nest, home of EJ and Odin.
from an email
This is not my "very special memory" but appropriate for REMEMBRANCE DAY just the same.
Google "British Cemetary on Ocracoke Island"
If I should die think only this of methat there's some corner of a foreign fieldthat is forever England Rupert Brooke We had this poem in high school. I memorized it simply because I liked it and it was short. Then years later, found it at this tiny British cemetery on Ocracoke Island.
If I should die think only this of methat there's some corner of a foreign fieldthat is forever England Rupert Brooke
We had this poem in high school. I memorized it simply because I liked it and it was short. Then years later, found it at this tiny British cemetery on Ocracoke Island.
QUOTE:
"Throughout the years, the waters off Ocracoke Island have witnessed the sinking of many ships. During the height of the German submarine campaign on May 14, 1942, the HMS Bedfordshire was torpedoed and sunk with all hands lost. Four bodies of the crew were subsequently found and buried on Ocracoke. Two of the gravesites are marked "unknown" and the other two bear the remains of Thomas Cunningham and Stanley R. Craig."
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http://www.offbeattravel.com/british-cemetery-outerbanks.html
Thanks Willow, Keith and June -- Until I read your note about sedentary Ospreys, Keith, I thought all American Ospreys migrated; very interesting to learn some do not, and even more curious that half of Sanibel Island's Ospreys migrate and half do not! I wonder how that affects their chances of finding mates and having and raising youngsters successfully. Does anyone know--is it better to migrate or better not to, or does it not make any difference if you live in a place like Florida? The one time I saw Sanibel in person (for a day way back in the Precambrian!) I was watching the beaches for shells and shark's teeth so missed any Ospreys!
Keith, I was not following the Community Forum in 2011--I have only been following (read that as 'become addicted to') UK Ospreys since spring of 2013, though I have been a garden bird watcher all my life and RSPB member for about 20+ years and visited reserves off and on all my life! Saw my first Osprey briefly many, many years ago (not in the back garden!).
June, Have yet to hear back from US birding expert...probably too busy chasing Moose out of the back garden up there in Anchorage or too dazzled by the gorgeous snow on the mountains!
Re: Remembrance Sunday -- we drove past Runnymede today. It is the site of the signing of the Magna Carta, apparently on an island in the River Thames. There is also a monument (to lost WWII US servicemen) sitting on the hill overlooking the village and river.
Kind regards, Ann
June, The Hellebore photo is beautiful! And you will not believe this--I visited Ocracoke Island on holiday once many years ago, and had not realized that WWII had approached so close to America until we went there.
Hello Ann and Willow, The heliobore photo is so beautiful,imo, that it just speaks for itself - nuff said, yes?
Hello Everyone. Keith I love your photo of the lighthouse keeper! LOL I wonder if hes responsible for decorating the window behind him!
Hi June is that a photo of Helibores? I love those flowers and would like to buy some more to add to the ones I have already have, which are a wine colour and I love them because they flower so early. Even in the snow!
YES! Love them!
The World War II invasion off our Atlantic coast was well-kept classified information at the time. I myself did not know of enemy ships so close until I too visited the Outer Banks.
Willow, I also noted the decoration and wondered. lol