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.
dibnlib said: Loads of geese overflying this morning. it is a sight and sound I will never tire of.
Loads of geese overflying this morning. it is a sight and sound I will never tire of.
I've had one of those muddled, crazy days where not much has been straightforward. Had my lunch with Friend, but won't describe why it wasn't good: at least, I bought some wrapping paper and bird food afterward! Then after a fraught journey back (don't ask!) got home and found a problem. Whilst sorting that out, our Youngest rang and said "Guess what, Matthew has chickenpox now!" - if you remember, Tomasz is just recovering from it. We were going to pop down to see them all this weekend to celebrate Tomasz's birthday, but have just told them that we'd better not as my OH isn't sure if he's had it or not.
(Footnote : we rang his sisters. One declared that none of the four of them had had it because "Mother used to keep us at home when there were infections". His other sister said "Of course, we all had it - Mother used to try to expose us to everything!!!)
By the way, my dear sis in law has had her cataract op today, and is fine.
Okay here - carpet day yesterday, tidy-up day today - back to church newsletter day tomorrow! Best wishes to all!
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
LINDY Glad to hear that all is well with your SiL.
Oh Dear Lindy! You are not having a good day. Then mixed measures from OH's sisters.
Tomorrow is another day.
Diane, I am impressed with those videos of the covered bridges. What a beautiful place. Thank you for showing us.
I must persuade my son to take me to see some of them next time we visit Cincinnati.
Annette, send those surplus plants in my direction. I love succulents as well. Not very good places to keep them indoors, though, but I like a challenge!
Good Morning. Frosty here, after a very chilly night.
Today is predicted to be our coldest day of this month. Of course, it's December on Friday, and although it's said that it'll be a mild weekend, a cold December is expected overall. Brr!
Todays pic:
"Whoops! - nearly slipped, there!"
Unknown said: Oh Dear Lindy! You are not having a good day. Then mixed measures from OH's sisters. Tomorrow is another day.
Hope all of you in the UK are keeping warm: its very cold here, in spite of the bright sunshine we're having. My OH has gone manfully off to his golf, although they started much later this morning. I said that he would probably be better taking a snooker cue than a golf club to hit the ball with!! The ground will be so hard, after all the rain we had and now its frozen.
Yesterday was a disaster for me from start to finish: I began by waking at 5.00am and being unable to get back to sleep, and I ended by bruising my ribs whilst sitting on the sofa!! (yes, I know.... I'm strange....) By then I knew I'd better throw in the towel and get to bed to start afresh today.
I began by making some phone calls I've been putting off, and just now I washed some of the ornaments which adorn the kitchen shelves: they serve no purpose except ornamental, and get greasy and dusty very quickly. In December I shall be wrapping Christmas decorations around them, so if I clean now, I will be ready to get on with my decorations.