Hey All, Thank you so much for clipping the quotes off! That was so much easier to pan through and enjoy. No snow here in Georgia but it has been in the teens F and below 0F with windchill factor for the last few weeks, though it is supposed to warm this week-end. Winds have been wild and wonderful. The bottle of water on my passenger seat may thaw enough to finally use today or tomorrow. I rather like this weather though, at least compared to the heat and humidity which will begin in May and last well into October. Nan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Rendall" <brendall@optusnet.com.au> To: <orcadia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > Here in Melbourne the thought of some snow is enticing. We had several > days last week of 45deg. Celcius (113 deg. F), and are shaping up for > another this weekend! > Bill Rendall > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evelyn Hlabse" <esh1965@att.net> > To: <orcadia@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 5:30 AM > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > > >> I'm in the Cleveland, Ohio area and we had about 10" when I got up to >> feed the dogs and let them out. We now have an additional 4" and it is >> still coming down. We often get what they call lake effect snow - it >> has something to do with the snow coming off Lake Erie when it isn't >> frozen but this isn't it because it is frozen. Also, right now I have >> no heat and won't until tomorrow when they get a part - I miss the >> lovely coal burning fireplaces we had in our home on Willow Road. >> However the dogs absolutely love it - they roll in it, eat it and just >> generally enjoy it - I have three Pembroke Welsh corgis. >> >> >> >> On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Tuck Langland wrote: >> >> All, >> >> Here in northern Indiana we have a bright, crisp sunny day with a good >> 12 inches of snow on level ground. Streets are all clear, everything >> goes on an normal, HOWEVER, just west of here maybe 50 miles the snow >> was coming down so hard last night folks couldn't see more than 20 >> inches. They are buried. Just 50 miles can make a huge difference in >> these parts. >> >> Snow sticking on Birsay made me nostalgic to be there. Wish I cold >> tele-transport. >> >> >> Tuck >> On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:16 PM, charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk wrote: >> >>> Did thoo no ken that? Blackberry being Canadian etc ;)) >>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: stephen davie <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> >>> >>> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:10:44 >>> To: <perryroyce@hotmail.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> >>> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >>> >>> >>> Why not...they're Canadian ya know...hee hee >>> On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Royce Perry wrote: >>> >>>> LOL....your BlackBerry can send snow?....Whatever are they going to >>>> come up >>>> with next? >>>> Sorry....just caught me funny on a bad day. >>>> R >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orcadia- >>>> bounces@rootsweb.com] On >>>> Behalf Of charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk >>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:58 AM >>>> To: orcadia@rootsweb.com >>>> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >>>> >>>> Looks like we will miss it - jet stream far south of us now. But >>>> maybe >>>> later as we usually get snow in March >>>> Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: "Swanson, Jean" <Jean_Swanson@redlands.edu> >>>> >>>> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:44:57 >>>> To: <ricardian@btinternet.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >>>> >>>> >>>> It's snowing pretty hard now in Birsay, and the snow is sticking to >>>> the >>>> ground. >>>> >>>> Jean Swanson >>>> Orkney, Scotland >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Bruce Fletcher >>>> (Stronsay, >>>> Orkney) >>>> Sent: Wed 2/4/2009 8:49 AM >>>> To: Email list ORCADIA >>>> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >>>> >>>> stephen davie wrote: >>>>> Thus, I wondered if up in Orkney the snow had finally arrived. >>>> >>>> Today (Wednesday) we had a few flurries of snow and sleet but that's >>>> about it. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that snow was visible on >>>> the >>>> higher ground of West Mainland and Rousay. >>>> -- >>>> Bruce Fletcher >>>> Stronsay, Orkney UK >>>> <http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk> >>>> "There probably is a Devil; now you can really start worrying." >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >>>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> Orcadia Group Photo Album >>> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> Evelyn Hlabse >> Looking for Williams (Renfrewshire/Skye/Portsmouth) >> Stewart, Sinclair, Drever (Orkney) >> Hlabse (Slovenia and Cleveland, Ohio) >> Laska (Cleveland,OH & Scranton, PA) >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >
When autumn comes, I have this urge to store food for the winter. Maybe my grandparents were squirrels! It's fun to stock up on fresh food and drink before a storm, and if we're snowed in for four days, we enjoy our 'free' days. But that enjoyment is always dependent on heat and electricity. I hope you have fuel and a fireplace, too, in case you lose your utilities. Where I live, sleet and gale force winds are a formula for utility loss. Janice Langland Granger, Indiana On Feb 5, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Swanson, Jean wrote: > We had about an inch of snow last night and this morning in Birsay, > then it snowed again a bit this afternoon. It's just been sleeting > now for a bit. The Met Office is predicting snow on and off for > tonight and tomorrow snow plus gales! It was lovely this afternoon > when the sun shone brightly for a couple of hours and we could see > the snowy hills of Hoy. > > We live on a hill, so the driveway is always difficult in snow and > ice, but we did make it to the village [Dounby] today to stock up > before the next storm hits. No newspapers today, nor any mail > delivery. But we're snug as bugs in a rug with our books, cats, > DVDs, and the essential cups of tea. > > Jean Swanson > Orkney, Scotland > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of KJEMEM@aol.com > Sent: Thu 2/5/2009 6:33 AM > To: orcadia@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > > > If you look quickly at the various web cams you can see snow in > front of the > cathedral and sunlight in Maeshowe. > > Karen > > > > > "In a message dated 2/4/2009 11:58:07 A.M. Central Standard Time, > charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk writes: > > Looks like we will miss it - jet stream far south of us now. But > maybe > later as we usually get snow in March > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message" > > > > **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick > . > net/clk;211531132;33070124;e) > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message
We had about an inch of snow last night and this morning in Birsay, then it snowed again a bit this afternoon. It's just been sleeting now for a bit. The Met Office is predicting snow on and off for tonight and tomorrow snow plus gales! It was lovely this afternoon when the sun shone brightly for a couple of hours and we could see the snowy hills of Hoy. We live on a hill, so the driveway is always difficult in snow and ice, but we did make it to the village [Dounby] today to stock up before the next storm hits. No newspapers today, nor any mail delivery. But we're snug as bugs in a rug with our books, cats, DVDs, and the essential cups of tea. Jean Swanson Orkney, Scotland -----Original Message----- From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of KJEMEM@aol.com Sent: Thu 2/5/2009 6:33 AM To: orcadia@rootsweb.com Subject: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? If you look quickly at the various web cams you can see snow in front of the cathedral and sunlight in Maeshowe. Karen "In a message dated 2/4/2009 11:58:07 A.M. Central Standard Time, charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk writes: Looks like we will miss it - jet stream far south of us now. But maybe later as we usually get snow in March the quotes in the subject and the body of the message" **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick. net/clk;211531132;33070124;e) _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
If you look quickly at the various web cams you can see snow in front of the cathedral and sunlight in Maeshowe. Karen "In a message dated 2/4/2009 11:58:07 A.M. Central Standard Time, charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk writes: Looks like we will miss it - jet stream far south of us now. But maybe later as we usually get snow in March the quotes in the subject and the body of the message" **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick. net/clk;211531132;33070124;e)
I am sorry to whinge, friends, Could people remember to turn off their 'show quote' option or just use snippets that are pertinent to your note, or backspace to get rid of all the extraneous stuff? It is tiring trying to find the new text in among the yards and yards of previous text and the repeated signatures. My overworked eyes can use all the help possible. Thanks so much, Nan On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:22 AM, <orcadia-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: does there be snow thair? (Tuck Langland) > 2. Re: does there be snow thair? (stephen davie) > 3. Re: does there be snow thair? (Evelyn Hlabse) > 4. Fw: does there be snow thair? (Bill Rendall) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of ORCADIA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 15 > ************************************** > -- We learn and relearn, from our experience of life, that to try to force growth sooner than nature wills does not bring an earlier harvest, but destroys the ability ever to mature and bear fruit. ---Dorothy Canfield Fisher ..there are two ways to meet life; you may refuse to care until indifference becomes a habit, a defensive armor, and you are safe -- but bored. Or you can care greatly, and live greatly -- 'til life breaks you on its wheel. ----Dorothy Canfield Fisher Nan Fowler Adult Education Program Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy River's Crossing, 4th Floor 850 College Station Road University of Georgia Athens, GA USA 30602
Did thoo no ken that? Blackberry being Canadian etc ;)) Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: stephen davie <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:10:44 To: <perryroyce@hotmail.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? Why not...they're Canadian ya know...hee hee On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Royce Perry wrote: > LOL....your BlackBerry can send snow?....Whatever are they going to > come up > with next? > Sorry....just caught me funny on a bad day. > R > > -----Original Message----- > From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orcadia- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:58 AM > To: orcadia@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > > Looks like we will miss it - jet stream far south of us now. But > maybe > later as we usually get snow in March > Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Swanson, Jean" <Jean_Swanson@redlands.edu> > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:44:57 > To: <ricardian@btinternet.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > > > It's snowing pretty hard now in Birsay, and the snow is sticking to > the > ground. > > Jean Swanson > Orkney, Scotland > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Bruce Fletcher > (Stronsay, > Orkney) > Sent: Wed 2/4/2009 8:49 AM > To: Email list ORCADIA > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > > stephen davie wrote: >> Thus, I wondered if up in Orkney the snow had finally arrived. > > Today (Wednesday) we had a few flurries of snow and sleet but that's > about it. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that snow was visible on the > higher ground of West Mainland and Rousay. > -- > Bruce Fletcher > Stronsay, Orkney UK > <http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk> > "There probably is a Devil; now you can really start worrying." > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Looks like we will miss it - jet stream far south of us now. But maybe later as we usually get snow in March Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: "Swanson, Jean" <Jean_Swanson@redlands.edu> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:44:57 To: <ricardian@btinternet.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? It's snowing pretty hard now in Birsay, and the snow is sticking to the ground. Jean Swanson Orkney, Scotland -----Original Message----- From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) Sent: Wed 2/4/2009 8:49 AM To: Email list ORCADIA Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? stephen davie wrote: > Thus, I wondered if up in Orkney the snow had finally arrived. Today (Wednesday) we had a few flurries of snow and sleet but that's about it. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that snow was visible on the higher ground of West Mainland and Rousay. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK <http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk> "There probably is a Devil; now you can really start worrying." _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
stephen davie wrote: > Thus, I wondered if up in Orkney the snow had finally arrived. Today (Wednesday) we had a few flurries of snow and sleet but that's about it. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that snow was visible on the higher ground of West Mainland and Rousay. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK <http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk> "There probably is a Devil; now you can really start worrying."
All, Here in northern Indiana we have a bright, crisp sunny day with a good 12 inches of snow on level ground. Streets are all clear, everything goes on an normal, HOWEVER, just west of here maybe 50 miles the snow was coming down so hard last night folks couldn't see more than 20 inches. They are buried. Just 50 miles can make a huge difference in these parts. Snow sticking on Birsay made me nostalgic to be there. Wish I cold tele-transport. Tuck On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:16 PM, charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk wrote: > Did thoo no ken that? Blackberry being Canadian etc ;)) > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: stephen davie <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:10:44 > To: <perryroyce@hotmail.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > > > Why not...they're Canadian ya know...hee hee > On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Royce Perry wrote: > >> LOL....your BlackBerry can send snow?....Whatever are they going to >> come up >> with next? >> Sorry....just caught me funny on a bad day. >> R >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orcadia- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf Of charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk >> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:58 AM >> To: orcadia@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >> >> Looks like we will miss it - jet stream far south of us now. But >> maybe >> later as we usually get snow in March >> Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Swanson, Jean" <Jean_Swanson@redlands.edu> >> >> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:44:57 >> To: <ricardian@btinternet.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >> >> >> It's snowing pretty hard now in Birsay, and the snow is sticking to >> the >> ground. >> >> Jean Swanson >> Orkney, Scotland >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Bruce Fletcher >> (Stronsay, >> Orkney) >> Sent: Wed 2/4/2009 8:49 AM >> To: Email list ORCADIA >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >> >> stephen davie wrote: >>> Thus, I wondered if up in Orkney the snow had finally arrived. >> >> Today (Wednesday) we had a few flurries of snow and sleet but that's >> about it. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that snow was visible on >> the >> higher ground of West Mainland and Rousay. >> -- >> Bruce Fletcher >> Stronsay, Orkney UK >> <http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk> >> "There probably is a Devil; now you can really start worrying." >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message
I'm in the Cleveland, Ohio area and we had about 10" when I got up to feed the dogs and let them out. We now have an additional 4" and it is still coming down. We often get what they call lake effect snow - it has something to do with the snow coming off Lake Erie when it isn't frozen but this isn't it because it is frozen. Also, right now I have no heat and won't until tomorrow when they get a part - I miss the lovely coal burning fireplaces we had in our home on Willow Road. However the dogs absolutely love it - they roll in it, eat it and just generally enjoy it - I have three Pembroke Welsh corgis. On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Tuck Langland wrote: All, Here in northern Indiana we have a bright, crisp sunny day with a good 12 inches of snow on level ground. Streets are all clear, everything goes on an normal, HOWEVER, just west of here maybe 50 miles the snow was coming down so hard last night folks couldn't see more than 20 inches. They are buried. Just 50 miles can make a huge difference in these parts. Snow sticking on Birsay made me nostalgic to be there. Wish I cold tele-transport. Tuck On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:16 PM, charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk wrote: > Did thoo no ken that? Blackberry being Canadian etc ;)) > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: stephen davie <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:10:44 > To: <perryroyce@hotmail.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > > > Why not...they're Canadian ya know...hee hee > On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Royce Perry wrote: > >> LOL....your BlackBerry can send snow?....Whatever are they going to >> come up >> with next? >> Sorry....just caught me funny on a bad day. >> R >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orcadia- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf Of charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk >> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:58 AM >> To: orcadia@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >> >> Looks like we will miss it - jet stream far south of us now. But >> maybe >> later as we usually get snow in March >> Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Swanson, Jean" <Jean_Swanson@redlands.edu> >> >> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:44:57 >> To: <ricardian@btinternet.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >> >> >> It's snowing pretty hard now in Birsay, and the snow is sticking to >> the >> ground. >> >> Jean Swanson >> Orkney, Scotland >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Bruce Fletcher >> (Stronsay, >> Orkney) >> Sent: Wed 2/4/2009 8:49 AM >> To: Email list ORCADIA >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >> >> stephen davie wrote: >>> Thus, I wondered if up in Orkney the snow had finally arrived. >> >> Today (Wednesday) we had a few flurries of snow and sleet but that's >> about it. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that snow was visible on >> the >> higher ground of West Mainland and Rousay. >> -- >> Bruce Fletcher >> Stronsay, Orkney UK >> <http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk> >> "There probably is a Devil; now you can really start worrying." >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Evelyn Hlabse Looking for Williams (Renfrewshire/Skye/Portsmouth) Stewart, Sinclair, Drever (Orkney) Hlabse (Slovenia and Cleveland, Ohio) Laska (Cleveland,OH & Scranton, PA)
Patent holder is a neighbor (Mark Church). I can't yet justify the new model, but the pearl I have is ok fer now. On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:16 PM, charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk wrote: > Did thoo no ken that? Blackberry being Canadian etc ;)) > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: stephen davie <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:10:44 > To: <perryroyce@hotmail.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > > > Why not...they're Canadian ya know...hee hee > On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Royce Perry wrote: > >> LOL....your BlackBerry can send snow?....Whatever are they going to >> come up >> with next? >> Sorry....just caught me funny on a bad day. >> R >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orcadia- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf Of charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk >> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:58 AM >> To: orcadia@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >> >> Looks like we will miss it - jet stream far south of us now. But >> maybe >> later as we usually get snow in March >> Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Swanson, Jean" <Jean_Swanson@redlands.edu> >> >> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:44:57 >> To: <ricardian@btinternet.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >> >> >> It's snowing pretty hard now in Birsay, and the snow is sticking to >> the >> ground. >> >> Jean Swanson >> Orkney, Scotland >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Bruce Fletcher >> (Stronsay, >> Orkney) >> Sent: Wed 2/4/2009 8:49 AM >> To: Email list ORCADIA >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? >> >> stephen davie wrote: >>> Thus, I wondered if up in Orkney the snow had finally arrived. >> >> Today (Wednesday) we had a few flurries of snow and sleet but that's >> about it. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that snow was visible on >> the >> higher ground of West Mainland and Rousay. >> -- >> Bruce Fletcher >> Stronsay, Orkney UK >> <http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk> >> "There probably is a Devil; now you can really start worrying." >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >
Why not...they're Canadian ya know...hee hee On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Royce Perry wrote: > LOL....your BlackBerry can send snow?....Whatever are they going to > come up > with next? > Sorry....just caught me funny on a bad day. > R > > -----Original Message----- > From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orcadia- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:58 AM > To: orcadia@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > > Looks like we will miss it - jet stream far south of us now. But > maybe > later as we usually get snow in March > Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Swanson, Jean" <Jean_Swanson@redlands.edu> > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:44:57 > To: <ricardian@btinternet.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > > > It's snowing pretty hard now in Birsay, and the snow is sticking to > the > ground. > > Jean Swanson > Orkney, Scotland > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Bruce Fletcher > (Stronsay, > Orkney) > Sent: Wed 2/4/2009 8:49 AM > To: Email list ORCADIA > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? > > stephen davie wrote: >> Thus, I wondered if up in Orkney the snow had finally arrived. > > Today (Wednesday) we had a few flurries of snow and sleet but that's > about it. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that snow was visible on the > higher ground of West Mainland and Rousay. > -- > Bruce Fletcher > Stronsay, Orkney UK > <http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk> > "There probably is a Devil; now you can really start worrying." > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >
LOL....your BlackBerry can send snow?....Whatever are they going to come up with next? Sorry....just caught me funny on a bad day. R -----Original Message----- From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:58 AM To: orcadia@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? Looks like we will miss it - jet stream far south of us now. But maybe later as we usually get snow in March Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device -----Original Message----- From: "Swanson, Jean" <Jean_Swanson@redlands.edu> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:44:57 To: <ricardian@btinternet.com>; <orcadia@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? It's snowing pretty hard now in Birsay, and the snow is sticking to the ground. Jean Swanson Orkney, Scotland -----Original Message----- From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) Sent: Wed 2/4/2009 8:49 AM To: Email list ORCADIA Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? stephen davie wrote: > Thus, I wondered if up in Orkney the snow had finally arrived. Today (Wednesday) we had a few flurries of snow and sleet but that's about it. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that snow was visible on the higher ground of West Mainland and Rousay. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK <http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk> "There probably is a Devil; now you can really start worrying." _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Saw a "drive along video" dated Feb.3, produced by a Brit in England, and the idea was to show the world what the worst.. indeed heaviest snow fall in 18 years looked like as he toured the country in his wee car. There was no snow whatsoever on the travelled streets. Untraveled roads had a four inch accumulation. There was a dusting on hedges and more on lawns, and it looked like a spring day here, as the chap drove around giving his eye-view account of this two decade miracle event. It rather looked like a great day to be out hunting phesants, a touch of snow making them flighty. Thus, I wondered if up in Orkney the snow had finally arrived. That rolling gentle countryside looks so lovely with a nice white blanket, and the hints of green on the hillsides, and the dead grasses probing through the white wool, along the sides of the roads and laneways. Tis beautiful here today...cold...perfectly clear, and a huge accumulation of snow abounds. Alas: But... in Orkney, seems to be said, from what I have read, snow is to be somewhat of a feat, on days where it tastes amazingly sweet to simply place your tired chilling feet, up close and personal directly confronting the burning blue flamed peat and to listen... to hear that irregular beat... such a treat...that winter wind, the thorny one you can't rescind, it's hollow drum voices creaking in the timber slate clad roof, providing sober proof, that old man winter has just dropped by, and through hoary frosted window panes, bully wee shetland horses with woolly manes, seek shelter behind an ancient byre and your old viking orkney heart, buried safe beneath the oldest warmet sweater, piled deep, with fleece from hardy Orkney sheep, all give testimony through gleeming liquid eyes, a testimony to the winter skies, where not so often when they so unavoidably and fiercely blow, there far below.... spread 'round Finstown, that pure white snow. To this today, I salute winter Orkney, at the appointed evening hour, overlooking last night's revisiting moon, and our frozen hills, and wrapped in my 35 year old down trusty sleeping sac, sitting on a friendly old and known chair, I will crack open that Christmas gifted bottle of Highland Park 15, and stick my nose into the glass, then into my Orcadiana (Gregor Lamb) , and I will simultaneously inbibe therefrom my culture...the spirit in the glass, in the words...that which I discovered thank God at long last last... my Norwegian Viking Orkney Past. Yours Aye... Steve in Canada
It's snowing pretty hard now in Birsay, and the snow is sticking to the ground. Jean Swanson Orkney, Scotland -----Original Message----- From: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) Sent: Wed 2/4/2009 8:49 AM To: Email list ORCADIA Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] does there be snow thair? stephen davie wrote: > Thus, I wondered if up in Orkney the snow had finally arrived. Today (Wednesday) we had a few flurries of snow and sleet but that's about it. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that snow was visible on the higher ground of West Mainland and Rousay. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK <http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk> "There probably is a Devil; now you can really start worrying." _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
<http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk/2009/01/30/2009-and-burns-night> -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK
charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk wrote: > We had excellent haggis from Dornoch > ------Original Message------ > From: Anne Slater > Sender: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com > To: ricardian@btinternet.com > To: orcadia@rootsweb.com > ReplyTo: orcadia@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Wishing all of us the joys of Burns Day > Sent: 25 Jan 2009 19:07 > > Wish I could drop in, but that would make 13... > Anne > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) < > ricardian@btinternet.com> wrote: > >> Anne Slater wrote: >>> For auld lang syne >>> >>> Anne in SE Pennsylvania >> There will be twelve of us (7 English, 5 Swedish) sitting down to supper >> today. We will have haggis, tatties & neeps but it won't be a very >> traditional Burns Supper because there's nobody brave enough to try a >> Scottish accent - I may just try the Selkirk Grace <g> All went well. Haggis from McSween and Stronsay's own butcher went down well, our Swedish guests enjoyed their first taste of haggis. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK <http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk> "Never ask a man if he is from Yorkshire. If he is he will surely tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him?"
We had excellent haggis from Dornoch ------Original Message------ From: Anne Slater Sender: orcadia-bounces@rootsweb.com To: ricardian@btinternet.com To: orcadia@rootsweb.com ReplyTo: orcadia@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Wishing all of us the joys of Burns Day Sent: 25 Jan 2009 19:07 Wish I could drop in, but that would make 13... Anne On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) < ricardian@btinternet.com> wrote: > Anne Slater wrote: > > For auld lang syne > > > > Anne in SE Pennsylvania > > There will be twelve of us (7 English, 5 Swedish) sitting down to supper > today. We will have haggis, tatties & neeps but it won't be a very > traditional Burns Supper because there's nobody brave enough to try a > Scottish accent - I may just try the Selkirk Grace <g> > -- _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
Wish I could drop in, but that would make 13... Anne On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) < ricardian@btinternet.com> wrote: > Anne Slater wrote: > > For auld lang syne > > > > Anne in SE Pennsylvania > > There will be twelve of us (7 English, 5 Swedish) sitting down to supper > today. We will have haggis, tatties & neeps but it won't be a very > traditional Burns Supper because there's nobody brave enough to try a > Scottish accent - I may just try the Selkirk Grace <g> > --