Katherine, It is good to know that there are so many people in the U.S.A. that are interested in Orkney. I am about 5% Highland Scot. There is something that attracts me to to the islands. Standings stones, otters, close families. Hope to stay in touch. --- Ted --- > > From: "Katherine V. Gannett" <kvg@nelson-tel.net> > Date: 2004/07/10 Sat PM 03:02:20 EDT > To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] First time > > 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 > > > ==== 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 > >