Tuesday Tale: Did you know...

And...the rest of the story is there were more

bags she didn't show..because they are same brand or flavor.  Her excuse is the grocery store has been having BOGO (buy one get one free) on coffee.

Remember don't put coffee beans in your nose or ears!

The End

Music Appreciation 101

PLEASE TURN UP YOUR VOLUME

WE HOPE THIS WORKS...MOM'S OTHER ATTEMPTS HAVE FAILED MISERABLY!!

MOL MOL MOLFYI I WAS MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN THE MUSIC IN THE FIRST 

ATTEMPT.

I like music just as much as the next kitty....

BUT NOT DURING NAP TIME...

For our British friends...

Sunset over the  OUTER BANKS

 TODAY I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS 

I TOOK AT THE BRITISH CEMETERY IN MEMORY OF

THE CREW OF THE HMT BEDFORDSHIRE, WWII

ON OCRACOKE ISLAND

IT WAS A VERY TOUCHING EXPERIENCE BY ALL 

ON THE TOUR

This cemetery has been maintained for all these years by the crew of Coast Guard Station on Ocracoke please

click here to read about this cemetery 

The crosses below were placed in remembrance

by the N. C. Coast Guard

Of the 4 British soldiers buried here only Lt. Cunningham  and Stanley Craig, telegraphist were identified
The other two are unknown and The remainder of the Bedfordshire crew was lost at sea


The headstones below were placed in remembrance by the
British Government

To this day the cemetery continues to receive visitors from all over. We were astonished to see all the money they leave.   The coast guard puts it money back into the care of the cemetery.

There was a British lady on our tour...she did not know about this cemetery. She was brought to tears by the kindness and beauty of the area.  Note the gold British coin.

Saturday Photo Hunt

I was helping Dad unpack after his vacation...I thought I'd nap on his jeans so he could not leave  me again!!

SATURDAY PHOTO HUNT: 

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO FIND THE LIST OF SATURDAY PHOTO HUNT

Today's word is 

Quaint: 

picturesque, charming, sweet, old fashioned, old world, oddly picturesque

Mom saw lots of old fashioned and picturesque

things while she was on vacation.

The Chicamacomico (say that 3 times fast) Life

Saving Station was one of them.

It is pronounced chik-a-ma-COM-i-co

it is an Algonquin word meaning

land of sinking down sand.

 The back of the station faces the water.   The life saving

boats like this one were pushed down a ramp then carry 

just a few feet to the water.

The boat is the original 1910*

surfboat used to rescue the crew members from the Mirlo,

on August 16, 1918 during WWI

Click here to read about the daring resuce

In case you cannot read the caption on the photo is reads

"actual photo of some of the Mirlo crew survivors returning in Chicamacomico Surfboad

Number 1046, the very boat in front of you*, a 1910 original."

This old world Station was built in 1911 to replace the original 1874.

 It reminded mom of a building right off

a Swiss Mountain  top.  The carvings

at the peak of the roof are reindeer.

  At first glance mom thought they were snails..

mol mol mol she is dangerous when she thinks too hard.

Chicamacomico was the first station  in operation on North Carolina Shores in 1874.  29 were built about 6 to 7 miles apart

Today Chicamacomico is one of two original 1874 USLSS Stations in the Nation open to the public

The 1874  Station was replaced in 1911.

This historic site consist of a cookhouse, small boathouse, tractor shed and a 2 horse stable.  Two restored water tanks and this beehive water cistern

The 1874  Station was replaced in 1911.

FFHT, Sunrises and flowers

WooHoo it is FFHT hosted by Murphy and Stanley!!

today's inclusive phrase is
"and that's why my toes turned purple"



One cold, wintry night we all went to bed...
I, in my furs, mom in her flannel oneies with a trap door and dad in his stocking cap to keep his noggin warm 
(mol did they look funny too)!

When we awoke from our slumber, 
we found that our world had turned in to a frozen tundra.
The trees all topsy turvy.  Much to my peeps
dismay they discovered we had no
H E A T to warm our F E E T S

and no lights.. Dad found our trusty 

lantern (torch to our friends across the pond)

He went on a seek and find mission for socks for our feets...

and that's why my toes turned PURPLE!!

Speaking of Purple....Mom took photos of
lovely purple sunrises over the Outer Banks

In keeping with the purple theme we join Dory for 

Mom found a few flowers still blooming during her 87 hours away from home!!