A holiday added onto the end of a work visit allowed us to visit Callanais Stones, Arnol Blackhouses and Gearannan Blackhouse Village. Returning on the ferry from Tarbert also gave us chance to visit the Isle of Harris Distillery - quite impressive all round trip!

Outer Reef

Christmas at the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Great trip, no crowds, no traffic, beach to ourselves. This is part of our shell collection.

Oceanfront Waves, NC

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This is my only picture from circle time because I had to go get in the circle myself.

2011

ready to go sailing

Time to start cutting and gluing strips to cover the outer seams...

Outer Banks Kitty Hawk Pier

Oceanside Avon, NC

this work has an accompanying video with music by i-shudder youtu.be/Ci-hLwU7MSQ

We didn't realize these clouds meant that our campsite would nearly be destroyed overnight.

2011

Main Text from Marker:

This complex of earthen embankments and masonry structures has been the site of Fort McHenry’s heaviest artillery since about 1840. The U.S. Army kept this battery heavily armed during the Civil War to discourage any Confederate attempts to take Baltimore through naval attack or civil insurrection.

The large cannon you see today were mounted after the Civil War and are not associated with the famous 1814 bombardment. The big guns remained in service as late as 1912 but were never fired in battle.

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By Tim Melnick

Outer Banks, NC

My son's Spinach Pie

After you get past the all-chrome motif... check the springer

Harris to Lewis