My birthday was great…lunch with a friend–lovely jewelry from her sister and another dear friend—cupcake and card from my roomie and brownies (with peanut butter–thanks Mike) with two other friends….Picked up 4 Rivers cause didn’t want to cook and then home were I re-watched some last season Outlander….I wasn’t alone I was with Claire and Jamie.

Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found. F. Sionil Jose

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all my pictures today were taken at Christmas at Ringling Museum in Sarasota Museum–actually in the Ringling home.

HISTORY MAKE STRANGE BEDFELLOWS!!!!!

For instance under folk Heroes Biography includes:

PAUL REVERE–the silversmith who became famous for number of lanterns and riding to warn of by land or sea during the American Revolution.  http://www.biography.com/people/paul-revere-9456172

HUGH GLASS:  He was a trapper and hunter who outlived a bear attack and who is most recently famous for being the source of DiCaprio’s Academy Award winning performance of.  http://www.biography.com/people/hugh-glass-040116

THE TEN MOST SIGNIFICANT FIGURES IN HUMAN HISTORY

Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write. Alexander Downer

So I decided to look to the Brits for their historicai ideas:

100 women in last century who changed the world….it took me to 4 before I recognized one–Julie Andrews….Mary Poppins to a lot of us.  Or the one in the alps with all the kids and Germans…

Then 6 more till I reached Agatha Christie–who is noted for mystery writing and a little disappearing act of her own, and then moving on to 12th Joan Collins—who writes less classic but just as well selling tomes.

Also included Judi Densh–a classic actress and Diana a princess and a major shake up to the Royal Family.

And I think this all goes to show that Historical importance like beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  Which in itself shows us a lot about the beholder me thinks.

History is more or less bunk.    Henry Ford

Then we must take responsibility for a disruption, re-interpretation what ever you want to call it–

Take Davey Crocket—-this is how we remember (well we never saw, or met or anything else him…but) him…mostly based on

In truth of fact that hat is even questionable–check out his hat in the first picture.  Also according to factual sources he preferred David not Davey (it fit better in the songs I guess).  Also much of his life was spent dressed like this:

For his job title:  Politician.  It all goes to show how the TV, movies and internet have so much assorted information on so many, that few ever glimpse more than a sliver of truth—and as I indicated in a previous article he probably didn’t die fighting the Mexicans at the Alamo, but after surrender when the survivors were executed and their bodies burned.   Wander why Hollywood changed that—DUHHHHH,

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.   James Anthony Froude

AND SOMETIMES THEY GET IT WRONG ALL TOGETHER

For instance while Marie Antoinette did loose her head in the French Revolution she never said “Let them eat Cake.”

The most famous Irishman of them all wasn’t, Irish that is--St. Patrick was of a Roman/British family who was captured in an Irish raid and sold into servitude where he worked for his Irish masters, he eventually escaped, went into service with the Catholic Church as a cleric, returning as a missionary to the Irish isle where he eventually became bishop and then saint, and while clearing out the snakes (but I think that’s another bit of history that might be called into question.)

and it could go on and on…….

So like everything—more than one source should be looked given most facts, unless you have first hand knowledge.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.    Anatole France

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SO life goes on and I’m still walking in the morning—with my wonderful neighbor–who like you all are willing to put up with an aging old lady who thinks she can tell a story—and I still don’t have any adventure stores from you all.

Click here to hear your reading music for today–yeah more Scottish…getting into my roots lately

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. Winston Churchill

See if you agree with this review (A-) for Episode 2/3:  http://www.indiewire.com/article/review-outlander-season-2-episode-3-useful-occupations-and-deceptions-recap-spoilers-20160422

and from bad ass fashion to nipple piercing–Outlander’s costume designer tells you about her move to 18th century France. http://www.indiewire.com/article/review-outlander-season-2-episode-3-useful-occupations-and-deceptions-recap-spoilers-20160422

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years. Will Durant

Now from my long (yes I’m fully aware of how long winded I can be) discussion so far this week, I do not want to give you the idea that you have to run away from home to find the past (and your past is strewn about from birthplace, to college—in the church or city hall where you were married–where you first held your children and their children..).your history is a fine fabric of all history and is important too and it’s often just around the physical corner.

But if you’re like me and wish for a bit larger picture you don’t have to go far to find it:  Let’s look at Seminole County for instance—and it’s oldest city–LONGWOOD.

History is a vast early warning system. Norman Cousins

In fact in the 1880s Longwood was the third largest city in Orange Co.  Seminole would eventually move into it’s own existence leaving Orlando behind, but keeping Sanford with it —but at that time they were the top three.

One of the two men who are held as the town founders, E.W. Henck (the other a Russian named Demens), served with the honor guard that accompanied President Abraham Lincoln’s body on it’s last train trip from Washington, D.C. to Illinois.

Downtown Longwood, which most people traveling on 434  never see, is the site of the Bradlee-McIntyre House (Queen Anne Style http://www.longwoodfl.org/content/1115/151/163/default.aspx) from the golden days of steamships—but it isn’t a native–built in Altamonte Springs in 1885, it only moved to it’s present location in the early 1970s. 

The house by the way was used as the model for the mansion in Patricia Muse’s book:  Eight Candle Glowing, a novel set in the Florida Keys no less.   http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14174658.Patricia_Muse

Longwood was a mill town during the 1880’s and 90’s.  Residents were mostly mill workers and farmer, local merchants and even a sea captain or two.

It was also the home of two authors:

Robert Newton Peck, who moved here in 1977 and still resides in Longwood and who says of himself that he  write books, poetry, songs, TV specials, and won the Mark Twain Award.  His most famous book is A Day No Pigs Would Die (1972).   http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Robert_Newton_Peck.aspx

and Philip Deavers who came here in 1984 (but couldn’t find where he lives now–though he is still in Central Florida especially Rollins College in Winter Park),  he wrote Silent Retreats, a short story collection and won the 1986 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Stories.                     http://www.rollins.edu/winter-with-the-writers/events/2016/philip-f-deaver.html

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. Edward R. Murrow

In the 1920’s Longwood had a gambling house named the Orange and Black. 

In the 1950’s a an Umpire School (George Barr’s)

and in the 1960’s a movie was filmed here:  Johnny Tiger–with Chad Everett as a half-breed Seminole influenced by a schoolteacher (Robert Taylor)

then in the 1980’s there was a hotel operation school here as well

Finally and the most interesting part about all that is that it all took place in one building:

the NOW Longwood Inn   now and office complex that’s reportedly haunted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwood_Hotel

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Karl Marx

CHURCH STREET the traditional main street of the town is now bricked, but in the 1870’s farmer’s wagons used it to bring in produce to be shipped out on the South Florida Railroad.

Church Street got its name from the Episcopal Church, which still stands by the street. 

http://christchurchlongwood.com/Welcome/History.html

According to the church’s current web site (I can’t find the one for the 1880’s) most of the people living in Longwood during the 1880s were Episcopalians and Congregationalists.

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. Dag Hammarskjold

Longwood built a school in 1885, it had two rooms and was used until 1924.

When it then became the Longwood City Hall and Fire House until the 1950’s.

It was renovated to its original form in the 1980’s

Sorry no pictures available but it’s still there at 390 Wilma Street

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them. Norodom Sihanouk

Much of the historic Longwood you see today was built by Josiah Clouser

Clouser a resident of Pennsylvannia was a master carpenter when he saw the ad to build the Longwood Hotel.  He arrived here in 1881.

In addition to the hotel he also built two homes (among several) for himself and his family one when he arrived and a second, larger one, in 1883.  he and his son -in-law Frederick Niemeyer built a home on  192 West Warren (1889)for Niemyer and his wife (married to Clouser’s daughter Frances).

Niemeyer went on to serve on Longwood’s city council during the 1890s and was the postmaster until 1924.

The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history? Katharine Anthony

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all the non-Longwood Pictures are mine from sources found out and about.

Sources:

BEST BACKROADS OF FLORIDA VOL I:  THE HEARTLAND/Douglas Waitley

So how’s life?  What have you done lately–tell us about your adventures—-there are over 2600 people signed up for this blog…come on tell OUR readers that this isn’t the only adventure you’ve had in ages.

To quote Solzhenitsyn:“To destroy a people you must first sever their roots.” The reverse must then also be true, to strengthen a people, you must discover their roots. 

Wayne Laurence, N.Z.

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and then there’s my Scottish half (or more–Grandmother’s name was Scot–Great Grandmother McCellan, My maiden Swann (Gunn clan originally Viking from the Orkneys) and there’s so much more–grew up in the mountains from near Cameron (also Scottish name) which reminds me a lot of Scotland…

Here are a couple of deleted scenes you might enjoy–both with a Russian sub titles no less!

and click here for music to read by

I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It was that kind of Celtic, storytelling tradition: everybody would have a story at the pub or at parties, even at the clubs and raves. Irvine Welsh

So why do I want to run away from the US to the UK?  Because it’s my roots–Based on the names of my “people” as they referred to your ancestors when  I was growing up—my grandmother and one of my many relatives would be talking and someone would come into a gathering and she’d say that’s so and so, such and such’s son–and when the relative wasn’t as knowledgeable as my grande mere, she’d say–his people are from—you know they lived over on Fish Creek or up that hollow near the such and such family before his mom married that man from and moved to Pittsburgh, which was quite exotic in that small, safe place in a long winding valley in the foot hills in northern W.VA. and then she’d say but his people were mostly from Calhoun County—and then she would begin a genealogy that would impress a history teacher or any old testament author.

And though I grew up in the 40’s and mostly 50’s I grew up in a country where you were sheltered from the encroachments of the modern era…They still had outhouses and some of the houses didn’t even have electricity yet.  And when we moved to Michigan where they were in the 20th century I was in cultural shock—which was relieved somewhat by returning to WV every summer until I was 16—how I missed those summers, I still do.  And though we are in different countries I relate to a lot of the old world and the long names in Outlander for instance…..that’s how I knew my great grand mother’s maiden names from the middle names of my grandfather for instance Roy McCellen—just like they do in Outlander, my father was Benjamin Henry for his mum’s maiden.

Parts of Wales and Scotland so remind me of WVA or at least how it use to be—it is fast fading and they are fragging the area where I was born–my brother is selling out farm which has been in the family for well over 100 years and I will sorely miss it…last time I was in the area I didn’t even go there.  While my brother lives on the property the house that my grandfather grew up in and both my mom and I were born in, is not habitable, but set in disrepair I should sadly imagion.  My brother sold off the barn, that at one time was both a mill and an undertakers–my grandfather told of the baby’s coffin left behind and since the spill way was allowed to fill in the basement flooded seriously.  Someone with much more money than necessary to survive both the barn for the weathered wood which he was using to build some summer place along one of the creeks (creeks for those who didn’t grow up in odd places like me is a small stream).

England and Scotland were formally unified in 1707. The Gaelic speaking clan society of Scotland’s Highlands was destroyed after the
rebellion of 1745. Ireland was also incorporated into the United Kingdom in 1801.

Today, some Celtic culture lives on in some of the British Isles and in Ireland.

The Ancient Celts – Kelley Heckart

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And there appear to be some of the old that clings to the land despite the fact that it is the 21st century and England has been “Civilized” for centuries.

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I am Sarren; I am of the old people, the ancient ones. Through my blood runs the blood of the Celts, the Picts and the peoples who left the stones scattered around this haunted, enchanted isle like great child’s toys. And through my blood runs the magic of the land and the blood of other more mythical and mysterious dwellers and wanderers who are as much a part of this place…..

……

My name is Sarren: I am the child of what the Romans called Britannia. My roots reach deep into its earth and I have seen and known the man, the magi and the sorceress and I have loved them all and so I am the one who must tell this tale.

THE INTRODUCTION TO  AN DOWRA–THE FIRST IN MY TRIOLOGY:  AN DOWRA, AN BROYOW,  HA’N PYSTRI

A “FICTION” AS told by a reliable source of King Arthur and those that brought him to power and have kept him there for tho these many years.

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Good day…spent weekend shopping for trip and of course my 3 hrs at museum in Mt. Dora on Sunday.  Dragging a bit today—ate something that didn’t agree w/me.

Main picture is a harbor in Chicago.

Dickens’ London….To counter observations of depravity with his faith in humanity–Pete Orford, 2010

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OK met two more Outlander Fans at Mt. Dora Museum on Sunday–we’re everywhere.

don’t watch

—MAYBE YOU SHOULD  check out these reasons:  http://www.tv.com/shows/outlander/community/post/why-you-should-be-watching-outlander-and-what-to-expect-season-2-146000224325/

and how you can stream it for less than $9.00 a month…plus lots of other programs directly from the source:  http://deadline.com/2016/04/starz-introduce-standalone-streaming-service-app-1201732180/

“There came toward us upon the wind the voice of the deep and distant bell of St. Paul’s as it struck the hour of midnight”  Charles Dickens

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As you are (I’m sure) aware (and probably are sick of hearing about—we leave for England in 18 days—many of those who know me—if any of my friends (besides Diane and Valarie) subscribe–have asked me more than once why do you keep going back to Britain.

My answer:  There’s still so much to see, so much to do….just London alone…I mean I tried getting into to the Tower of London’s Key Ceremony==but it’s booked thru January 2017—-so see I’m not the only person interested.  The ceremony is the turning over the keys and making sure the Tower is secure—and it’s very important to keep it secure–cause even though the tower is basically just the resident of the Beef Eaters now (retired military this is a status job and they have apartments in the rear of the huge walled structure )and no longer holds a royal residence (the body of Anne Boleyn–the first British Queen to be executed–the second is here two–Katherine Howard–both done away as part of Henry VIII’s marital disfunction, both reside in the Tower’s chapel, bur you have to be alive to be in residence.).

However there are a few things there that the Brits wouldn’t want someone to walk off with—The Crown Jewels--estimates of the jewels (not to mention gold punch bowls so large it takes 4 men to carry and much more) is in the billion (pounds even more in dollar) and that does not take into account their historical value which of course makes them priceless) being their main focus of interest.

“…into the quiet train of thought which such a place awakens paced   the echoing stones like some old monk whose present world lay all within its wall.”  Charles Dickens

And then of course:

There are the DRAGONS–This one is on London Bridge….Oh by the way

This is Tower Bridge as it is adjacent to the previously discussed Tower of London—but lots of Americans think it’s London Bridge as it’s the most famous.  We took a tour of this last time in London and you can walk across that top span which is glass covered and gives a wonderful view.

While this very plain little number is actually London Bridge—but it makes up in age (at least the name) for what it lacks in visual affects…as there has been a bridge in this area or very close, since the Romans founded Londinium as part of its conquering Britian.   Oh and to confuse you even more..this bridge was built in the late 1960s and early 70’s (opened in 1973 by Queen Elizabeth)…but wait the old bridge didn’t die

This older London Bridge was originally opened in London in the 1830s. It’s actually been dismantled and re-erected in Arizona.   How’s that for re-incarnation?

“…..the great heart of London throbs in its giant breast.”  Charles Dickens.

 But wait a minute we got off the Dragon Subject:  The dragon boundary marks are cast iron statues of dragons on metal or stone plinths that mark the boundaries of the City of London.   According to Hidden London:  Since the early 17th century a pair of dragons has supported the crest of the City of London in its coat of arms; and in the latter part of the 19th century ornamental boundary markers were erected at points of entry into the City, each surmounted by a dragon clutching the heraldic shield.  I love the dragons and to me is a great symbol of an ancient nest of power on the Thames.

But least you say OMG that’s a lot of dragons, let me explain that the city of London isn’t what you think it is. It is only:   Roughly one square mile of area, around and to the east of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London (UK) comprising almost entirely of banking, brokerage, insurance, trading, and other such firms and financial institutions. It employs about one half-million people and generates some 20 percent of the nation’s GDP. Also called The City.

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/City-of-London.html#ixzz46rUFXtoU

This little part of the huge whole contains the Roman city and in some places the walls or at least ancient portions thereof,, around it.  It is here that London began an continued to grow.  This is a city that basically grew within those wall…it is a city of ancient streets now blocked in by the modern development, and yet still holds the names that reflects the people and the products that once graced these thru ways that shadow their medieval  size and shape–many only good for pathway of those who wander on foot about in this ancient dwelling place way too small for a modern motorway.

“Wealth and beggary,   vice and virtue, guilt and innocence, repletion and the directest hunger, all treading on each other and  crowding together, we gather around it.  Dickens

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The fog of sleep rolls slowly off, and London shines awake.  Charles Dickens

We start our adventure with a song of a lass going to sky–just click above and listen while you read.

today we complete (for now–you know adventures are my favorite subject) our week on adventures and my ongoing rant that you should have them…often and repeatedly and on and on…

This and the main pic are from the Cask & Larder In Winter Park, Fl.  then the last three are from Ponce Inlet.

“Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody’s looking for something”
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams

and on to my guilty (some say obsession) pleasure

a look at Glennis’ new role:  http://zap2it.com/2016/04/the-blacklist-lizs-mom-katarina-rostova-was-reds-hobsons-choice/

and Cait talks about fighting for women, fans and her whirlwind since taking the role:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/outlander-caitriona-balfe-1.3527492

“Gonna travel, gonna travel wild and free
I’m gonna pack my bags because this great big world is calling me”
Elvis Presley – Harem Holiday

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NOW THAT’S AN ADVENTURE WE HAVEN’T DWELLED ON ALOT….THE NEW….THE UNKNOWN–AT LEAST TO YOU.

This trip to London we’re doing the:  London Graffiti and Street Art Tour London’s East End – ‘Street Art, Sagas and Society’ – See more at: http://www.freetoursbyfoot.com/london-tours/walking-tours/london-graffiti-and-street-art-tour/#sthash.J5aE30TO.dpuf  This is in Whitechapel where Jack the Ripper use to do his things…but is no longer a slum but does apparently have a lot of wall art out and about—I generally haunt the historical and ancient centers of the UK….this tour is a departure from my pattern and I’m so looking forward to it.

So what do you want to do?  Or what is available?

Deland (we’re still featuring Volusia):  You can

PLAY CHESS AT CHESS PARK (125 W.  New Ave)—they have concrete chess tables, a life-size chess board and landscapd outdoor rooms.

Go on DEBARY’S BACKCOUNTRY QUEST (an outdoor scavenger hunt into the wilderness)  Self guided begin at DeBary Hall Historic Site and takes you on a tour of part of the RIver of Lakes Heritage Corridor Scenic Highway..uses riddle-like clues along with hand drawn maps, icons and GPS coordinates to reveal special places and stories.  http://visitwestvolusia.com/images/content/microsoftworddebaryhallquestpdf.pdf

So what about where you are?  I Googled Non-touristy (is that a word?) things to do in New York…I found

the Tenement Museum hosts walking tours of historical landmarks on the Lower East Side that bring some of the city’s rich history into the 21st century.

Find yourself in a medieval wonderland at The Cloisters  http://www.metmuseum.org/visit/met-cloisters  I’ve actually visited this and it’s made up of monasteries taken from Europe and resettled here as one and they are the home of the original Unicorn tapestries:  http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2014/01/10/arts/10UNICORN/10UNICORN-blog480.jpg some of the most beautiful and ancient wall hangings still in existence… ever made.

Or something more active:  Try  Hudson River Park – the longest waterfront park in the US. It stretches along the west side of Manhattan and hosts summer concerts; offers water activities such as kayaking, canoeing, rowing, and sailing; boasts public tennis courts, basketball courts, skateboard parks, soccer fields, and more; you can even fly high on a trapeze.  There’s a Hudson River Cruise—and  Sunset Salsa – one of the world’s most acclaimed salsa dancers hosts free outdoor lessons at the park every Tuesday evening over the summer.  For the really active:  Chelsea Piers – has a massive sports facility that features a driving range, rock climbing wall, ice skating rink, bowling alley, and more.

And that took me about 20 min—but most of it was cutting and pasting and typing not looking it up.

Hey oh here I am
And here we go
Life’s waiting to begin
The Adventure

Just getting out of the house to a new place is a start.

In Enterprise you can do some fresh water fishing at Green Springs Park, even if you don’t catch anything you can enjoy the sprawling acres of pristine Florida beauty.  And if you get more ambitious there are nature trails, a scenic overlook, a playground and picnic pavilions and two green sulfur springs. http://www.volusia.org/services/community-services/parks-recreation-and-culture/parks-and-trails/park-facilities-and-locations/ecological-nature-parks/green-spring-park.stml

Well I think you have the idea….so it’s Friday…go do something about it….as soon as possible PLEASE

Get your motor runnin’
Head out on the highway
Lookin’ for adventure
And whatever comes our way
Yeah Darlin’ go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

Steppen Wolf

Born to be Wild

Far away places with strange-soundin’ names
Far away over the sea
Those far away places with the strange-soundin’ names
Are callin’, callin’ me

Goin’ to China or maybe Siam
I want to see for myself
Those far away places I’ve been readin’ about
In a book that I took from the shelf

I start gettin’ restless whenever I hear
The whistle of a train
I pray for the day I can get underway
And look for those castles in Spain

They call me a dreamer, well maybe I am
But I know that I’m burnin’ to see
Those far away places with the strange-soundin’ names
Callin’, callin’ me

(I pray for the day when I’ll find a way
Those far away places to see)

Those far away places with the strange-soundin’ names
Callin’, callin’ me

FAR AWAY PLACES

BING CROSBY

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First picture is Key West–the 2nd somewhere in Ireland—so very different from each other and yet part of two of the adventures that one person enjoyed. The mermaid and the Virgin—

but did you know that here’s a church in Cornwall–that I hope to see in June— that has a mermaid on the pew end.

The church is in Zennor—how appropriate that this Z town is set in a hollow at Land’s End–Penwith (means furthest extremity in Cornish) Peninsula.

I first heard about it in the book:  The Mermaid’s Chair http://www.amazon.com/The-Mermaid-Chair-Monk-Kidd/dp/0143036696 by Sue Monk Kidd a love story (Jessie loves Hugh, but once on the island, she finds herself drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk about to take his final vows. Amid a rich community of unforgettable island women and the exotic beauty of marshlands, tidal creeks, and majestic egrets, Jessie grapples with the tension of desire and the struggle to deny it), which takes place in South Carolina and involves a copy of the chair….Needless to say a saint who reportedly was originally a Mermaid is to me worth an adventure….so sign up so you can get notice of my entries and I’ll hope to have some personal pictures and details on Zennor and the Mermaid Saint in June.

I never ‘worry’ about action, but only about inaction.

Churchill, 1940s (cited in Langworth, Churchill: In His Own Words)

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Check out Outlander’s growing fan base around the world

http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/uk-and-ireland/74800483/The-Outlander-effect-gathers-momentum-in-Scotland

and an interview with Glennis:  http://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/outlander-qa-lotte-verbeek-on-those-big-twists-in-the-devils-mark-159805/

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Your adventure can be anything or everything…but the definition is that it must be physically real—something you do….living in a computer generated castle and fighting evil computer generated monsters DOES NOT COUNT.

Not that that kind of adventure won’t make it when you’re snowed in somewhere in Michigan, or flooded out in Texas—but do not become addicted, the games replace life and become as seriously damaging to you and your children as do the more obvious drugs….they’re just not illegal and for the most part—except on this blog—socially acceptable.

I love to be “creative” and so I make my house into a bizarre nightmare scape for Halloween–then I invite others in to see it and tour it and enjoy it…and for a little while it becomes a holiday adventure for many men, women and children.  And that adventure is a bit different for all of us involved.

ADVENTURES ARE ABOUT THE UNPLANNED THAT POPS UP WHEN YOU’RE LEAST EXPECTING IT.

This townhouse was an adventure plus for a weekend in Chicago….seems we had a business meeting there and we decided to come a few days early and just explore the city.  On one of our walks from one place to another we came upon this home with vines growing about it and along the steps–the pine wreaths on the door were long past any resemblance to green and we spent a bit of time wandering about looking at this out take from an urban spooktacular.

“I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.” –The Incredibles

Take things a step further—and no you don’t have to risk your life to make it an adventure–take this–Yes that is me and yes those stones are exactly what you think they are—I had been to Stonehenge a few times before and was impressed but left wanting and then I found a way to get to spend some time in the circle—legally and at no more coat than a normal ticket—just a lot earlier–so the four of us and one guard spent an hour inside the stone circle and though I wasn’t able to go to 18th c Scotland and find a hot Scot….I still had a a wonderful adventure that so few have done in the recent past.

“Adventure is out there!” –Up

Is the adventure better in a tripped out ride like this one–for some people possibly…for others the ride’s the thing and all else is just a bit of sauce or was that gravy?  People who know me have accused me of over-planning my adventures…but once they go with me on one they generally change their minds—knowing what’s there and picking a particular area doesn’t mean that we can’t and we are in fact more likely to wander off to see something that strikes our eyes–like a kitten with a room full of dangling, feathery toys….we may have our favorite, but that in no way limits our play with the others, nor does it restrict us to one favorite—-a true adventure has many–favorites, destinations, activities that give them happiness, makes them addictive, all of which  encourages us to adventure-on.

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”

Sherlock Holmes Quote

-The Hound of the Baskervilles

Chapter 3: “The Problem

ADVENTURE CAN BE FOUND IN PLACES NOT KNOWN FOR THAT COMMODITY:  THE KEY WEST CEMETERY CASE IN POINT

The Key West Cemetery has the mandatory grave stones—but theirs tend to be like the city they’re in at least A BIT ODD with quotes like:

“I told you I was sick”

or

#1 Fan of ….

There’s huge lizards (not native but not apparently a permanent addition) and Toy cars setting on top of some of the stones.

There are deers buried, here, family dogs–and one gravestone includes a statue of a naked lady whom legends says the man who’s grave it is–bought it at a yard sale and his wife who hated it saw a place to get rid of (and maybe even save a bit of money) when he died and she had it put on his grave.

And buried somewhere so she couldn’t be found again is a young woman who was taken from her crypt and put in residence with an obcessive x-ray technician–who called himself count and who lived and loved with the body, till someone finally noticed all the vanilla he was buying (for the stench of decomposing flesh).  And it was then that they discovered Key West had no law against living with a corpse.

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MY Pictures today are more from Volusia County again.

And our Honorable Mention today…a great little restaurant just a block or two east of downtown…but well worth the trip for this Comfort Food revisited treat that is great to eat.

Phone:(386) 279-0110

http://www.menupix.com/menudirectory/menu.php?id=380272797

P.S.  The owner/chef actually changes the menu so often–what’s fresh, what’s available, what’s hot—that they bring you a big chalk board with the menu on it and you pick from that.

and it’s in the Eastwood Terrace Inn

just go to the back—park and you’ll see signs for the restaurant.

“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” — T.S Eliot

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AND FOR MY FELLOW DEVOTES OF HUEGHAN

today takes a bold look at a subject brought up in the first new show of the year:    http://www.examiner.com/article/outlander-and-confirmation-pubic-hair-debate-the-honeypot-and-the-coke-can

and Sam and Cait on Sophie and Richard:  http://www.eonline.com/videos/247653/outlander-stars-sam-heughan-and-caitriona-balfe-play-coy

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VOLUSIA COUNTY

We continue the adventure today.

FIRST:  THE FACTS MAME, JUST THE FACTS:

DELAND

The county seat of Volusia and home of the River Town Café…It has even been featured in a few books–River in the Wind by Edith Everett is set in a grove near the city, while Flamingo Road (later a TV series and prior to that a movie in 1949 with Joan Crawford)  by Robert Wilder it has always been regarded locally as being based on political corruption and scandals in Deland and it’s surrounding county.

Spending a day in the city is great for those of us that love historical homes.  The historic district with impressive architecture:  See especially the Stetson Manson,

Though not opened to the public on a regular schedule. tours are some times available especially at Christmas (http://www.stetsonmansion.com/)

Oh  the University was named by Mr. Deland—the town’s founder as well as the University’s–for  Mr.  Stetson who was a main donor as well as the owner of the company that made all those hats–yeah the ones the cowboy wore.

THE TOWN ALSO BOASTS:

Deland House Museum:  http://www.delandhouse.com/

African American Museum of the Arts:  http://www.africanmuseumdeland.org/

Deland Memorial Hospital Museum:  http://visitwestvolusia.com/whattodo.cfm/mode/details/id/11190/deland-memorial-hospital-museum

AND FOR THOSE MORE ADVENTURESOME:

Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Museum:  http://www.fws.gov/refuge/lake_woodruff/

And the best for last:

Skydiving Deland:  http://www.skydivedeland.com/

“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Daytona Beach was once many separate communities, but now the whole area from Ormond Beach south is one large component.   The area has had a few books written about it and is included in the novels of Edgar A. Anderson (Day Number 142), Howard Bloomfields’s (Last Cruise of the Nightwatch) as well as Stewart Sterling (Kick of the Wheel)

The city got it’s name from a Matthias Day who built a hotel here….after Flagler built his railroad thru the town…but it wasn’t until Ranson Olds, a wealthy, playboy, racer was instrumental in starting a race on the hard packed sands here as well as a new car brand in the early 1900’s…eventually the cars would abandon the beach for the speedway, but despite the change it’s one of the things that went a long way to making this tourist town famous and is still very active which is more than I can say for Oldsmobile.

Daytona is a place to avoid in the spring with it’s college gone mad merry makers, it’s race fans and bikers and so on.  But if you can catch it in a quieter period (unless you’d like to participate in one or more of the preceding activities) the Speedway is open for tours and there’s lots for the race fan to see and buy (PS there’s also races around the 4th of July as well).  http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/

OTHER THINGS IN DAYTONA:

Museum of Arts and Sciences:  http://www.moas.org/main.cfm    This museum is an unexpected gem from the entire Cuban national art collection–given to the city by Batista when he fled the island as Castro was taking over….and for those who like nature there’s one of the most complete giant pre-historic sloth skeletons anywhere in the world.

Southeast Museum of Photography:  http://www.smponline.org/

Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Museum:  http://ponceinlet.org/

The Beach: http://www.daytonabeach.com/things-to-do/the-beach/public-parking/

The Boardwalk:  http://www.daytonabeach.com/things-to-do/attractions/boardwalk-pier/?gclid=Cj0KEQjw0dy4BRCuuL_e5MeqmNABEiQAq8iNIyfq6hrgh88u9I8ucgTJ1DdtGy-rOg0s-uONvWn_kPUaAnBc8P8HAQ

Jackie Robinson Ballpark:  http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?sid=t450&ymd=20100223&content_id=8118192&vkey=team1

Municipal Bandshell:  http://www.daytonabandshell.com/

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain

In Volusia you can go back to the Fountain of Youth.  Deleon Springs where local still insist that the Spanish explored just for that reason.

The Fountain of Youth Eco/History Tours www.foytours.net at Deleon Springs State Park combine the beauty of the nature your in with the history of the area which has been host to Indians, Spanish and more recent movers and shakers to make your tour interesting and attractive.  The tour on the M/V Acuer on the St. Johns River. 

This adventure includes unfolding scenery, and healing water to accompany 5,000 years of history which will include a healthy share of legends, facts and folk history.

And after your tour you might want to hike on the more than 5 miles of trails, swim  in the spring pool, fish, rent a kayaks, canoe or paddleboat or picnic or better yet stop by at the Old Spanish Sugarmill Restaurant http://www.oldspanishsugarmill.com/  where you make the pan cakes at your table.

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust

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“The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.” ~ Albert Einstein

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I have funding set up for my trip in case you want to assist:

https://www.gofundme.com/6yxzhfr8?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=campaign_link_t&utm_campaign=welcome

Please feel free to ignore–someone recommended I try it to help with the trip and I set it up but feel tacky doing it and haven’t gotten anything anyway so may shut it down…but ….Sorry…..

A knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne. I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem, praying to God, asking his forgiveness for the Saracen blood spilt by his sword.   A Knights Tale

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AND FOR ALL MY OUTLANDER CO-FANS

Check out the two worlds of OUTLANDER:  http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/outlander-torn-between-two-worlds-season-two-premi-234977

and Why OUTLANDER’s FIRST KISS (not the wedding but the first one you see on the wedding night) is among the most satisfying on TV:

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/02/most-satisfying-tv-kisses

No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds. John Ruskin

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VOLUSIA COUNTY

THE PAST

When most people think of Daytona Beach and it’s beaches, bikinis, race cars, bikers and spring break—which is many of the reasons those of us in Florida tend to avoid that side of the county–and go where there’s less glitz and speed and more hiking, biking, paddling even horseback riding.

Like the rest of North America our early settlers were Indians—probably as long as 12,000 year ago–The Timucuans (not the Seminoles who came after the first Europeans) were some of those original people and you can see all that is left of the tribe that was pushed out of Florida but the later Indian and European arrivals at

Hontoon Island State Park/near Deland https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Hontoon-Island

Blue Springs State Park/Orange City

In additional to Indians and manatees (in the winter time) there is also the historic Louis P.  Thursby House which was built over a century ago by one of the early settlers and developers.

https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Blue-Spring

Canaveral National Seashore     

Within it’s boundaries are about 100 Native American sites including one of the largest remaining Native American mounds (composed from years of their discarded refuse, mainly shells of oysters,  clams, scallops and other marine life debris) in the US.  It also contains the longest stretch of undeveloped coastline (24 miles) on Florida’s eastern seaboard.  Here you might even see the protected gopher tortoises,

  https://www.nps.gov/cana/index.htm

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge       http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Merritt_Island/   

Knight without fear and without reproach. Richard Harris Barham

Then came the Spanish and while they settled further north Hernando de Soto did wander thru the state in 1546.

Deleon Springs State Park/Deleon Springs

Locals believe that Ponce marched over the DeLand Ridge, a low sandy area that defines the St. Johns valley.  There’s no evidence to this affect but….Anyway the spring is large and great for a swim or a rented canoe.  There’s also a 1 1/2 story tall mill wheel–in fact there have been similar mills in this area since the Spanish era.  Auduborn painted here a guest of a planter who had a mill in the area.  All these owners and builders have left debris from their mills which are also displayed now.  Oh and the current mill has souvenirs, a bakery and a restaurant

https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/De-Leon-Springs

The Seminoles arrived in the 18th century and stayed on into the 1830’s when their burning some Sugar Mills that had pushed away from the coast began the 2nd Seminole War—  You can see some of the ruins for these mills at

                                      Port Orange/Sugar Mills Garden   

A lovely garden which in addition to the ruins also have assorted dinosaurs from a long gone park that was here in the more recent times:     

                             http://www.volusia.org/services/community-services/parks-recreation-and-culture/parks-and-trails/park-facilities-and-locations/historical-parks/sugar-mill-gardens.stml

New Smyrna Beach/Sugar Mill Ruins Park

This small park just off a main road is large in its beautiful ruins and its many historical artifacts including the boiling pots and other items found in the area.

http://www.volusia.org/services/community-services/parks-recreation-and-culture/parks-and-trails/park-facilities-and-locations/historical-parks/sugar-mill-ruins.stml

“Be without fear in the face of your enemies.

From the Spanish to the English and back again…Florida was passed about in negotiation for places they’d rather have and eventually became part of the United States in 1845.

Eldora/Ghost town

A site along Mosquito Lagoon it was a village in the 19th century with several industries including the usual citrus groves…there is no road here but there is a trail.  Pioneers were said to stop here for supplies and the residents had business in lumber, pecans, even Spanish moss which was used to stuff furniture.  A main land rail road seems to have put a nail in the town’s coffin and there’s just the remains of a dock and a couple of renovated building to remind one of what was.

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/fl/eldora.html

DeBary Hall/DeBary

Built in 1871 this historical home was built for and resided in for periods of his visits to Florida by a Count that became a Champagne Spokesperson which made his fortune and once in Florida he became a mover and shaker in the area setting up a steamboat company that moved goods into the area and produce and lumber out as well as bringing in the ever increasing number of settlers and the future of Florida the tourist.  The house is now fully restored and well worth a visit.

http://debaryhall.com/

French Knight: You don’t frighten us, English pig dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person! I blow my nose at you, so-called “Arthur King,” you and all your silly English K-n-i-g-g-i-t-s.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Want to learn more about the area’s history:  Take the Deland Historic Plaques Walk:  http://visitwestvolusia.com/images/content/historicwalksplaques.pdf

and the Historic Mural Walk     http://mainstreetdeland.org/attractions.cfm/mode/details/id/23570/deland-mural-walk

Any man who would be a knight and follow a king, follow me! Arthur/Excalibar

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“Sir, if you be Gawain, it seems a great wonder—
A man so well-meaning, and mannerly disposed,
And cannot act in company as courtesy bids,
And if one takes the trouble to teach him, ‘tis all in vain.
That lesson learned lately is lightly forgot,
Though I painted it as plain as my poor wit allowed.”
“What lesson, dear lady?” he asked all alarmed;
“I have been much to blame, if your story be true.”
“Yet my counsel was of kissing,” came her answer then,
“Where favor has been found, freely to claim
As accords with the conduct of courteous knights.”
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

All pictures are from Volusia Co.

Sources:

ADVENTURE GUIDE TO ORLANDO AND CENTRAL FLORIA/Jim & Cynthia Turnstall

BEST BACKROADS OF FLORIDA/Douglas Waitley

SCENIC DRIVING FLORIDA/Jan Godown

HEY THERE–LAST ONE OF THESE FOR THE WEEK SO YOU CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF

DON’T FORGET IF YOU HAVEN’T SIGNED UP AS A SUBSCRIBER YOU HAVE 28 DAYS BEFORE THIS BLOG BECOMES AN ADVENTURE TO THE LAND OF KINGS AND THINGS

Oh by the way all the pictures featured today are of a Key West Sunset and the boats enjoying it.

The Loch Ness Monster is the world-famous creature said to inhabit Loch Ness in northern Scotland. The search for the monster has probably consumed more money, time, and newspaper space than attempts to prove the existence or otherwise of UFOs.

PETER D. JEANS, Seafaring Lore

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SO GLAD THEY’RE BACK

Just getting started on Outlander–this site might be helpful:

http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/stories/2014/08/a-beginner-guide-to-diana-gabaldon-outlander

and Diana and the SCANDELOUS COVER See below

http://outlandercastblog.blogspot.com/2016/03/diana-gabaldon-offers-surprising-take.html

It is interesting to note that during the Second World War the German High Command had sufficient confidence in the reality of the monster to actually drop bombs in Loch Ness with the intent of destroying the creature and, thereby, damaging British morale.

DONALD E. SIMANEK & JOHN C. HOLDEN, Science Askew: A Light-hearted Look at the Scientific World

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 First I thought I’d go back to Yesterday and one point about Richard III that I didn’t mention is

Who Killed the Princes—Richard or the other king would be–Henry TUDOR later Henry VII.  He eventually took over that tower—and there was no confirmation of the princes one way or the other under either king and it is noted for a fact that Henry had the son of Clarence:  Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (25 February 1475 – 28 November 1499); the last legitimate Plantagenet heir of the direct male line; executed …on grounds of attempting to escape from the Tower of London.

A quick run down on the family:

Edward IV was the oldest son and he took the throne from Henry VI, who took it back and then Edward took it back till death did part him from the position.

Then the second son–“Edmund, Earl of Rutland (17 May 1443 – 30 December 1460) was the fifth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. He was born in Rouen.”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund,_Earl_of_Rutland and killed in battle he participated in with his father the Duke of York,

and Clarence–the 3rd who though a member of the House of York, he switched sides to support the Lancastrians, before reverting to the Yorkists. He was later convicted of treason against his brother, Edward IV, and was executed (allegedly by being drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine).  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Plantagenet,_1st_Duke_of_Clarence

Richard was the youngest of the sons

The 1995 Richard III was on the telly today–it features Richard’s story in the 1930’s and his kingship is haunted by Nazi symbols—after doing all that yesterday it was a fantastic reminder of that which I wrote

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114279/

When I read this I thought OMG—is there a better example for the proof of our search to fact or fiction–truth or false?

Loch Ness is in fact Scotland’s largest loch at least in volume of water and the second deepest with a central trench of 800 feet in places and because of this depth has never been known to freeze.   Added to all the water is it’s murkiness, caused by peat particles washed in by rivers that feed into the loch.  It has more recently (early 19th c) been connected by to Lochs Oich and Lochy by a 22 mle Caledonian canal (with 29 locks) and ( 38 miles of lochs,)  designed by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford.

Since the account in the 1930s there have been hundreds of accounts and an unbelievable number of investigations both technical and fun…the loch is lovely but on my visit all we saw was scenery.

Amazon has 176 books available on the monster including:

Legend of Loch Ness Monster for Kids: A Mystery in the United Kingdom  by Amber Richards

The Loch  by Neil McGowan

The Loch Ness Legacy: Tyler Locke 4 (An International Thriller)

by Boyd Morrison

Whisky, Kilts, and the Loch Ness Monster: Traveling through Scotland with Boswell and Johnson

by William W. Starr

Loch Ness: From Out of the Depths: Original Newspaper Accounts of the Rise of the Loch Ness Monster – 1933-1934

by Patrick J Gallagher

To name a few.

Even Outlander Includes Nessie (by subject if not by name) in her books:  “In my books, there’s a scene in which the heroine (a WWII nurse who passes through a time-portal in a stone circle in the Highlands, and ends up in 1743) sees the Loch Ness monster when she goes down to get water from the loch.   In a later book, when she’s talking to her daughter’s boyfriend, she tells him she thinks the creature she saw was a plesiosaur, and speculates that maybe it got there the same way she did–but through a portal under the water.”  http://www.dianagabaldon.com/resources/faq/faq-about-the-characters/

I haven’t mentioned the Movies, TV shows, documentaries and on and on and so finding a “Monster” that may only be in the minds of the would be beholders.  That perhaps the truth is that we still want, in fact need, fantasies to believe in and to chase in our defense against a world that more and more tries to kill our fantasies and our dreams….sometime the belief becomes our truth no matter what others say about it.

and then there are these random support of my theory

The Judas Priest song “Lochness” from their 2005 album Angel of Retribution is about the Loch Ness Monster.

The first film to deal with the creature was Secret of the Loch (1934) an English feature film where the monster enhanced iguana.

In the 1975 Doctor Who story Terror of the Zygons, the Loch Ness Monster is revealed to be a Skarasen, an alien cyborg controlled by the extraterrestrial race known as the Zygons

A board game of the hunt for Nessie was produced by Searchglen called Nessie Hunt in 1987

There is a Loch Ness Monster rollercoaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Virginia

New animal discoveries show that humans still have a lot to learn about the world. Just three weeks ago, scientists reported that they had discovered a new species of giant lizard in the Philippines…. The finding underscored how strange animals — from Big Foot to Yeti to the Loch Ness monster — may still be lurking beneath our noses.

STEPHEN KURCZY, “Loch Ness monster is real: former Scottish police chief”, The Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 27, 2010

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 The most common speculation among believers is that the creature represents a line of long-surviving plesiosaurs. The scientific community regards the Loch Ness Monster as a modern-day myth, and explains sightings as including misidentifications of more mundane objects, outright hoaxes, and wishful thinking. Despite this, it remains one of the most famous examples of cryptozoology. The legendary monster has been affectionately referred to by the nickname Nessie since the 1940s.     ANONYMOUS, “Loch Ness Monster”, Wikipedia

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OTHER SOURCES:

AROUND SCOTLAND/Ken & Julie Slavin

BAEDEKER’S GREAT BRITAIN

BERLITZ BLUE PRINT BRITAIN

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE:  GREAT BRITAIN

INSIGHT GUIDES GREAT BRITAIN

WHERE TO GO IN BRITAIN/AA