Back to Comeragh Mountains January 21, 2017

Making memories

After a short break we resume our hill walking exercises.

When you look at the picture, you see a sharp-peaked feature on the silhouette of the slope of the mountains in background. Remember it, I will tell you what it is in the end of this post. The mountains you see in the picture belong to the Knockanaffrin Ridge, and we are walking across the Comeragh Plateau.

I feel sorry for the little lamb – the gusts of wind are throwing the hail at the car window, but he is standing there and staring at me.

Another season, another storm. Heavy rain passed over Clonmel and the hills we visited in my previous post from the Comeraghs.

In my first Comeragh blog post you saw the other side of these distant Laghtnafrankee mountains – Glenary Valley. To get a closer look at the mountains, we will turn to the other road. There…

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A Show To See And Hear January 19, 2017

Woody Zez – great social history, great music, great performance

Now being performed at the Seattle Repertory Theater

Fremont Bridge Seattle

  A familiar  sight the you are in a hurry to get to the other side.

 

photo credit: Wedgewood in Seattle blog

Strong drink

Christian Wainwright house, Market St.

“Millend” Ipswich, 1635

Church Doorway – Awliscombe Devon England

 Awliscombe Church in Devon England where my 10th and 11th Great Grandfathers preached in the 16th century

Ancestor Count January 18, 2017

I’ve now identified 4,700 ancestors.  That’s the size of the family tree to date.  I wonder what the final count will be.  My latest find is a direct descendant of the Mayflower pilgrims.  I think I’ll subscribe to the Journal of Mayflower Descendents.

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Update February 25, 2017 – The number of ancestors identified has reached 5,100

Fox in the Snow January 16, 2017

  My Socklady friend Lynne lives in the Far North (Northern British Columbia) – this beautiful fox is a regular visitor to her back yard.  I would love this view from my kitchen window!

And for comparison, from The Naturalist’s Notebook on Facebook, here’s a fox in the sand on Cape Cod

Coat of Arms January 15, 2017

  Here is the Preston Coat of Arms.  An interesting art form.

The Prestons appear in my genealogy back in the 14th century.

   Coat of Arms of the Thornburgh family – they appear in my genealogy in the 15th century

    Tuck Coat of Arms      The Tuck name has Scandinavian origins – at last I’ve found a Viking connection in my family tree!

 Meverell Coat of Arms

 

   Combe Coat of Arms

     Montgomery shield

   Leech Crest

 

  Guy Coat of Arms

  Kingsley Coat of Arms

  Carew Coat of Arms