Old Lady Knitting – a postcard from the Isle of Guernsey
Month: September 2018
Charles Meryon’s “Le Stryge” (a Grotesque)
Lake Magadi
These posts about Kenya bring back so many wonderful memories of our years there. (1966-68 and 1989-94)
The rotten egg smell of the ostrich egg post [1] brought back memories of lake Magadi and its malodourous beauty.
After a few months in Kenya we got to know a few people interested in nature and we connected with them immediately. Most were working around Nairobi (Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, Muguga and the International Laboratory for Research in Animal Diseases, Kabete). We were all agriculture or livestock specialists that shared an interest in nature.
A sunny Sunday we were invited to a day trip to lake Magadi. We knew nothing about the place so, after some enquiries, we learnt that it would be a picnic at the lake and that bird watching would be high in the agenda. We had not done any bird watching as such in our lives so we lacked binoculars, bird books, etc. but we accepted so we could start learning new ways.
At the…
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Fishing In Holland
fishermen in Gouda Holland a card written in October 1913
Postcard Images
a postcard image from 100 years ago
My Postcard Collection
a fun card from 3 bathing beauties of yesteryear
Okinawa – June 1945
Last picture ever taken of Lt.Gen. Buckner, the day before he died
By 10 June, the Marines had captured Yuza Hill. The 10th US Army suffered severe casualties before they and the USMC advanced to Kunishi Ridge, the western anchor of the Japanese defense; a massive fortress.
Gen. Buckner had been sending messages to Gen. Ushijima, urging him to surrender. So, when over a dozen Japanese wearing white hats appeared, the Marines assumed they were surrendering and they ceased operations. Shortly after the enemy soldiers ran, a mortar barrage began.
By morning, the Americans had a foothold on the ridge, but reinforcements were cut down when they tried to advance. Nine tanks were used to deliver 54 fresh men and supplies, but returned with 22 wounded. As the battle for Kunishi raged on, the tanks opened a road to continue supplying the Americans.
Okinawa
By 16 June, the US 96th…
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The temptations of John Dane, a Declaration of Remarkable Providences
Tisha in Chicken Alaska
What a wonderful story – a true tale of life and love in the Alaska wilderness
History
MB watched the movie Lincoln on a flight from Doha to Edinburgh in Scotland earlier today.
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