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.
Oh, AQ -- Hope all goes well when you're all so hot :-(
Heather - I get lost on sites all the time. And Facebook is driving me mad, as since they "improved it" I can't find my way around at all.
Diane -- I see you mentioned the Isle of Eigg. We once had a wonderful weeks holiday in Arisaig, where the islands of Eigg and Rum were just visible off shore. This was in a cottage right next to the rail line which goes to Mallaig, the "road to the Isles" and from where we caught the ferry to Skye. A wonderful, unforgettable day out.
Lindy: That sounds incredibly beautiful. Those islands are all so lovely that they stir the soul. The Isle of Eigg was really remote. You'd have to be a strong person to live there.
Good Morning. Dry here again! The sunshine yesterday was so welcome, after all our rain. My OH had to cancel his golf as the course was way too waterlogged - he's hoping to get out there tomorrow if it gets chance to dry out a bit. Pat - I told him about your experience!
My Friend popped in yesterday, and today we're hoping to combine some shopping for small items with a lunch out.
Diane - Lots of Scotland is very "empty" and very very beautiful and untouched by man. Thank goodness.....
Today's pic:
Unknown said:The Isle of Eigg was really remote. You'd have to be a strong person to live there.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Clare: I think I would love it! The only thing that would concern me is the lack of any medical facility. If you became ill or were injured on one of those remote islands, it would be a long wait for help. I know that Scotland is a highly developed society (more than the US), but it would still take a while to get a medical helicopter or some other help in an emergency. Although -- come to think of it -- I live 30-40 minutes from a small rural hospital, and well over an hour from a hospital with a trauma center. LOL
We've got a minor injuries unit locally (absolutely brilliant!) and a major hospital 20-25 minutes drive away.
You're up very late, aren't you? Are you having trouble sleeping?
I was working, Clare -- freelance editing project. But I'm about to go take a nap. Thanks!
Loads of geese overflying this morning. it is a sight and sound I will never tire of.
LINDY Arisaig is such a lovely place. It is where the beach scenes form "Local Hero"were filmed.