On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 13:10:27 -0600 "mrealty" <mrealty@iland.net> writes: >James, the only relative in the Windsor cemetery >is my father William Rae Marchbanks born Dec 02, >1899 died Jan 21, 1970. His parents are buried in >Pittsburgh, KS. where they store the USA census until released. >Just thought cemeteries are what the group is used >to looking at Sounds reasonable. LOL >and that's where the most colorful trees were. >Both pictures were taken in Windsor, I see it in NE corner of Henry Co. about 65 miles SE of Kansas City MO. That is pretty much in the mid-latitude of MO. >we had 9" of snow last Wednesday and the wind >chill this afternoon is supposed to be -20 to -40 >that's right minus so we are really having some >winter weather and its not even Dec 21st yet when >winter is supposed to start. A little snow is >nice for Christmas I am jealous. We have a wonderful gray fog today, but that is it for Sam Banks' county. Barely any rain. It has been raining for about 3 days now just a little -- rain sometimes, mist sometimes. Looking out the window as I sit at my computer, the southern cross is almost still on the 20' pole. You all got any signs of heritage & pride in ancestors, in your yard? I guess such a cross is a more appropriate Christmas decoration (being a cross) than our race's Christmas tree which comes from pre-Christian Europe. I just need to get a flood light on the flag so it matches the rest of the world's festival of lights. LOL >but hope this isn't a portent of things to come. If you could start a continental glacier (ice cap) you could save London, Venice, the Netherlands, & Charleston (and other points of interest) from sea level rise which they say will be 2 meters/century for the next 5 centuries, if we don't get population back down. 2 X 5 m = about 32.8 feet! >Bill Marchbanks -- James W. Green III/285 Agnew Rd/Winnsboro SC 29180 CSA home: 803-635-9236 http://members.FortuneCity.Com/jgreen working on: http://freepages.genealogy.RootsWeb.Com/~jwg3 ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.