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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.
Yes, Willow, Ravens seem very appropriate to the tower. Your photos are impressive. There must be millions of ceramic poppies in sight.
Just saw the second one. I can just say "Oh, MY!"
More yellow and black ducklings (goslings?). This from a different email. They are adorable, aren't they?
The story of Elizabeth (Bess) and Sir Walter is a romantic one -one we did not learn in history. They leave out all the good stuff, don't they? No wonder many find history boring. I liked it myself.
The cast of characters is very typical of modern romance novels:
The tall handsome charismatic adventurous hero,( Raleigh, the world explorer); the beautiful but common heroine (Bess the hand-maiden) and the older, more sophisticated, more powerful competitor (Queen Elizabeth the first). It even has a happy ending if you stop before the very gruesome final ending.
June your gosling photo not showing on my computer:( I did not enjoy history at school because they did leave out the good interesting bits!
I think you will find it now, Willow. I almost forgot it there for a minute. Got caught up in the story of Bess and Sir Walter. :)
Good afternoon all June I have now got the photo of the ducklings and they just so adorable! OH and I came home one day and found a female mallard with 15 ducklings in our pond which is very small, they didn't stay very long she tookthem away across a field :( Pond wasn't up to scratch!
GABFEST STREETWALK:
Where will it be?
HINT #1: It will be held when Scotland is cold, dark and gloomy. Where do we want to go when it is cold and gloomy?
HINT #2: Most of the architecture where we are going is very different from most of the architecture where we have been.
HINT #3: I have been there, but I do not KNOW it as our previous tour guides have known their cities. We can explore together. BTW, I have been outside the United States, into both Canada and Mexico.
DATE AND TIME: I'm thinking about this Saturday November 15th about 6:30 - unless someone would come along at some other nearby time who cannot make the Sat date.
As there has been zero interest in a group streetwalk, I failed to do my homework. Whenever I started, I never seemed to get out of the airport. However, I said from the beginning that I would go to a suitable winter getaway with or without company. Our destination is warm, sunny, very modern with many modern glassy buildings and lots of flowers and palm trees. Click the picture to make sense of the map
So ALOHA TO BEAUTIFUL HONOLULU,HAWAII ON OAHU ISLAND!
Getting off the plane at Hawaiian International Airport We are given a warm lei welcome. We then walk to Rodgers Blvd to catch our tour bus. W are on our way.