HAPPY NEW WEEK!I hope everyone has a wonderful week!I don't have a picture this week, but I thought I'd include these two links for anyone who wants to look at them. (1) This is aerial video photography of the autumn foliage at Turkey Run State Park, which is just down the road from my house. The water is Sugar Creek. The video is 2 1/2 minutes, but the nicest footage is shown at about 1 minute 45 seconds in the video. (2) This is aerial video photography of the autumn foliage at Shades State Park, which is only a few minutes from me. The Shades is very, very special to me because that's where my grandfather was a Park Forest Ranger. I spent a lot of time there when I was young, as did my Mom when she was little. The bridge is the Deer's Mill Covered Bridge, which was built in 1829 over Sugar Creek. The photographic drone even goes inside the bridge. Swallows and other birds nest in the rocky canyon cliffs. The video is 3 minutes. Here are some videos showing the outside and inside of some of the other bridges near my house. (No one is obligated to look at them.) Every year, over a million people come to my area in October to attend the Covered Bridge Festival. These videos were taken this month, right after the end of the festival.Jackson Covered Bridge, built in 1861 during the Civil War. In the 1800s, at times of high water, people launched flat boats at this point on Sugar Creek to float goods over to the Wabash River, where they travelled to the Ohio River and then to the mighty Mississippi River and on to the markets in New Orleans. Video is 2 minutes.West Union Covered Bridge, built in 1876. This bridge and its earlier versions were used by stage coaches on their way to Lafayette in NW Indiana during frontier times. The famous Wabash and Erie Canal was east of this bridge. Video is 2 minutes. Cox Ford Covered Bridge, on the west side of Turkey Run State Park over Sugar Creek. Video is 2 1/2 minutes.The Narrows Covered Bridge , in Turkey Run State Park over Sugar Creek. It's one of the most photographed covered bridges in the nation. The local Native American tribes and settlers from several countries had various names for Sugar Creek, but they all knew the Sugar Creek valley for its maple trees, the source of maple sugar. Video is 2 minutes.
AQ - good to know Lizarda is still resident with you! Hope there won't be too many little ones scuttling around indoors.
LINDA - our garden is also wet (one short shower today) with puddles even on the raised veg beds. But it is warmer.
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
Its been pouring down, ever since I came on and said it wasn't first thing this morning! Walking on our lawn to reach the bird feeders, I squelched as if I was standing on a wet bath sponge!
... wonder what the golf course will be like tomorrow ...
Pat O said: ... wonder what the golf course will be like tomorrow ...
Unknown said: Did anyone see the large fireballs over England, Wales, and northern France?!!!
Did anyone see the large fireballs over England, Wales, and northern France?!!!
I really must chat with Limpy about the ongoing methane leak.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Wet and miserable here but a little warmer. Youngest son in law is coming tomorrow to do a few garden jobs for me. He is talking about getting rid of the fallen apples. The blackbirds are enjoying them, though....
Best to get the apples picked up, HEATHER. If you leave them to rot, they could be a slip hazard.
I hadn't thought about that, OG. See what you mean.
Hullo from a lurker although I have been keeping up to date with all the going ons enjoying cruises, holidays, bird photography, visits to the outback and the ills and ailments of all the friendly people on this blog. I feel that I live a boring life compared with a great many of you.
I have had visits from my son and his wife on there travels to else where as I live in a convenient half way house. I continue to take my SiL and her sister shopping weekly as well as driving them to hospital appointments. My son and his wife are coming to me for Christmas but we going out for lunch along with my SiL and her sister. I will not be driving as have booked the taxi already.
It is really nice to hear how everyone is getting on and I hope everyone keeps well during the cold spell or wet spell wherever you are .
george g
Clare Bailey said: Did anyone see the large fireballs over England, Wales, and northern France?!!!
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LOL, Clare!!!!! I had no idea that was the source.