Hello, My name is Katherine Gannett. I live in Plum City, WI. It's mostly sunny and the heat is rising to the upper 80's today. I was born with a love for Scotland, and have had the blessing of visiting there twice in my life, so far. Most recently was during last summer, for seven weeks of summer school through the Wisconsin in Scotland program in Dalkeith, near Edinburgh. It was a grand time of learning and making friends. This weekend, last year, I was in Orkney. I wish I was still there, too! I may have been "spoiled," though, because the weather was, to my senses, perfect: Sunshine, with high fluffy clouds scudding across the sapphire sky, and warm, but not too hot. The wind blew with some force, but wasn't a full gale. The Saturday morning dawned with a sea-haar sitting on the streets of Stromness, but it lifted by 8:00 a.m. The memories of standing on the cliffs at the Brough of Birsay, looking out over the sea are vivid. I'm going to live in Orkney when I finish graduate school, somehow. Sigurd, I very much enjoyed learning about the Orcadian weather vocabulary you presented to us this morning. Thank you. My favorite new term is a "kithy-wind," whilk I imagine is a whirlwind on a grand scale like a tornado or a cyclone, rather than the little dust-devils that chase down the streets here. Katherine Plum City, WI/USA ---------- > From: invoicer@bellsouth.net > To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [<orcadia>] First time > Date: Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:55 PM > > Hello, My name is Ted Odom. I live in Marietta, Ga. Right now it is 85 degrees and raining. I have loved Scotland all of my 50 years. In 2002 in visited Inverness and Edinburgh. My next trip I will visit Orkney and the Shetlands. This web site is wonderful. --- Have a good day --- Ted > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com