Lt. Holden’s influence upon you is starting to worry me. I suggest you “wow” less and “tsk tsk tsk” a little more! Cary Grant

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Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat

‘USS Balao’ SS-285 was painted pink and was used for exterior shots in and around Key West. ‘USS Archerfish’ SS-311 (originally ‘USS Archer-Fish’, renamed at 1952 recommission) wore the standard colors of gray and black, and was used for interior and exterior shots in and around Key West. ‘USS Queenfish’ SS-393 was used in opening and closing scenes, and was used for the “at sea” shots filmed in and around San Diego.
Watch it here:
In this international bestseller investigating the murder of the Russian Imperial Family, Helen Rappaport embarks on a quest to uncover the various plots and plans to save them, why they failed, and who was responsible.
Buy it:
About 300 miles north of San Francisco, in the far northern part of the state in Humboldt County, aka the Lost Coast, lies the charming university town of Arcata. The Humboldt State University campus fosters a progressive yet laid-back vibe here. Tucked between towering redwood forests and majestic, rolling coastal dunes, Arcata is a nature enthusiasts’ paradise. Arcata has fantastic hiking through the Arcata Marsh, the Community Forest, and the Hammond Trail, part of the California Coastal Trail. Its coastal dunes offer a unique habitat to explore, with coastal forests, seasonal wetlands, shifting dunes, and the vast Pacific Ocean. Catch a minor league baseball game with the Humboldt Crabs, bike scenic trails, or attend one of the town’s many seasonal events.
The Discoverer

 

San Francisco City Tour on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZKxHhaOU2c

 

Humboldt County–California Beaches:  https://www.californiabeaches.com/northern/humboldt-county/
Arcata a bit about the town, some pictures and near by activities and don’t forget to see if you can see what’s  Lurking about on the site behind the trees at the bottom:
Humboldt State University–check out the mascot issue:
aerial views with a mucky crash on You Tube
California Coastal Trail with vids and clips of scenes along the trail    https://www.kcet.org/shows/california-coastal-trail
Humboldt Crabs–uploaded games from 2019
Let’s go back to Key West for awhile.
From  Mel Fisher’s continue on Front Street to
Key West Art Center
301 Front St
The center sets on a corner that is shaped more like a triangle point it was built sometime in the early 1900’s   (Brush up on the island/town history:  https://fla-keys.com/news/article/1914/ )   It was a grocery operated by the George Babcock family. (History of Florida”  Past and Present, Historian and Biographical, Volume 2   
By Harry Gardner Cutler   https://books.google.com/books?id=S9sBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA290&lpg=PA290&dq=George+Babcock+family.grocery+key+wrst&source=bl&ots=vxLibZ4lxX&sig=ACfU3U1laHvq840ttU5VyMSJlY5SrxNTjQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjk26rPyuroAhVLTd8KHQ1nA64Q6AEwAnoECAsQLA#v=onepage&q=George%20Babcock%20family.grocery%20key%20wrst&f=false

During the 1930’s it was home to the WPA (https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/works-progress-administration) Art Project  (  Welcome to the Artist’s Room of the Cultural Museum. The WPA Federal Art Project    http://www.keyshistory.org/artwpa.html )

 

 

For many years now it has been a co-op selling the art work of several local artists.

 

 

We’ll leave thru the front door and turn right going right around the point onto David Wolkowsky Street  (do you know who he was?  ck out his OBIT in the NY Times:   https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/obituaries/david-wolkowsky-dead.html )

 

 

 

 

Shipwreck Museum

Home

was for years The Shipwreck Historeum

 

 

The museum contains all manner of items from the merchant ship Allerion (wrecked 1856)  (the ship and the people who raised it https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20020602/news/605228255/SH )

 

It combines actors, films and actual artifacts to tell the story of 400 years of shipwreck salvage in the Florida Keys.Wreckers Scavenged a Living by Snatching Shipwrecks’ Loot   (Wreckers Scavenged a Living by Snatching Shipwrecks’ Loot  a look at wreckers and their history:    https://www.history.com/news/wreckers-shipwrecks 

 

 

The museum itself is a re-creation of a 19th-century warehouse built by wrecker tycoon Asa Tift. Wikipedia           (Mystic’s ties to early Key West
https://www.theday.com/article/20171015/ENT07/171019891

We’ll continue on to the end of the street–turning right as we leave the Shipwreck where sets

 

 

dry tortugas

 

Key West Aquarium

https://www.thekeyscollection.com/play/keywest-aquarium/

 

1 Whitehead St,

 

This aquarium is the first topical open air aquarium and was built with funds from Florida Emergency Relief Funds (1934)   (New Deal  https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/new-deal )   The Museum was renovated in 1983 and is now enclosed.

 

 

We’ll continue this on Sat

 

 

The Southernmost City

 

WHISKY INFUSED WITH A SEVERED HUMAN TOE, ANYONE?

https://www.thethreedrinkers.com/magazine-content/whisky-infused-with-a-severed-human-toe-anyone?

 

 

 

 

See Preserved Dinosaur Embryos Inside 200-Million-Year-Old Eggs

Scientists Able To See Preserved Dinosaur Embryos Inside 200-Million-Year-Old Eggs

 

 

This Alkaline African Lake Turns Animals into Stone     https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-alkaline-african-lake-turns-animals-into-stone-445359/

 

 

 

 

 

 

How about a virtual tea tasting—they’ll ship you the makings and you can sign in to join them:  

 

 

 

Ways to fight coronavirus transmission at home

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-transmission/art-20482397

 

 

 

Or how about running away to Alderney Island—-no idea where it is or how to get there?  Check here:

Discover our island

https://www.visitalderney.com/

 

 

Or

Things to do to stay connected and distracted in quarantine, from Zoom parties to binge-watching ‘Tiger King’  from the Business insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/things-to-do-in-quarantine-activities-social-distancing-2020-4#cheer-up-quarantined-friends-with-a-shoutout-from-their-favorite-celebrity-via-cameo-6

 

 

photograph

 

Why don’t you take a look at a part of Britain I have always loved best..

The small towns and villages are the real England and where you can feel what the isle actually once was, as well as what it has become.  And this isn’t saying that visiting all the wonders of London and the Castles and all that is desirous, but coming to these villages and towns are enjoyable as well in quite a different way.

 

Check these out and let us know what you think—which is the best and the most likely to meet your idea of a great day

 

 

Hawkshead, Cumbria

 

were poet William Wordsworth went to school

https://www.lakelandhideaways.co.uk/guides/hawkshead-village-guide

That’s a picture of the village at the head of this article

 

 

 

 

St. David, Pembrookshire

The UK’s smallest City—with a cathedral dedicate to the Welsh’s Patron Saint.

South Wales

https://www.loveexploring.com/news/72215/st-davids-wales-what-to-see-do-in-britains-smallest-city

 

 

 

Things to do in Berwick-upon-Tweed

 

 

Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland

This town was fought over by the English and Scotland throughout the Middle Ages

 

Home

 

 

 

 

Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

Picturesque and situated close to Wales and the scene of many a raid.

 

https://visitrossonwye.com/

 

 

The tiny fishing village of Mousehole in Cornwall
Mousehole
Tiny, picturesque, port and classic fishing village

 

https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/mousehole

 

 

 

Explore the charms of Rye, including the quaint, cobbled Mermaid Street [Photo: @visit1066]

 

 

Rye,  East Sussex

Medieval trading center and Cinque Port

https://www.visit1066country.com/destinations/rye

 

 

 

 

Castle Combe, Wiltshire

In the Cotswolds, it was voted the pretties village in England

 

 

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/27/castle-combe/

 

 

 

 

 

File:St Blasius Church, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, UK.jpg

 

 

Shanklin, Isle of Wright, Hampshire

This town has many thatched dwellings

 

 

 

 

Shaftesbury, Dorset

See picture below

 

https://www.visit-dorset.com/explore/areas-to-visit/shaftesbury-and-gillingham

Don’t miss downloading the tour at the end of the page

 

With its famous view of Gold Hill

 

 

The King James Bible

 

The Authorized Version of the Bible was the outcome of the Hampton Court conference of 1605, chaired and dominated by the king himself which decided that there were too many English version of the scriptures.  There was the 1539 Great Bible of William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale, the 1560 Geneva Bible by English Protestants who had taken refuge in Switzerland in “Bloody Mary’s” time (also called the Breeches Bible because it had Adam and Eve Making themselves breeches out of fig leaves) and the rival Bishops’ Bible of 1572.  They were now to be replaced by a translation that would be undertaken by scholars, reviewed by the bishops and ratified by the king.  The new Bible was the work of some 50 translators, working together in six teams.  Among them were some of the greatest scholars of the day, Lancelot Andrewes, for instance, knew 15 or more languages among them Hebrew, Syriac, Greek and Latin, and was later Bishop of Winchester.  The Bible came out in 1611, with a dedication to the king, and was for century the translation known and loved in all English-speaking countries

Richard Cavendish

Kings & Queens the Concise Guide

 

 

King James Bible:   https://www.history.com/news/king-james-bible-most-popular

 

 

Hampton Court conference of 1605:  https://www.historytoday.com/archive/hampton-court-conference

 

 

James I:   

https://www.britroyals.com/kings.asp?id=james1

 

 

1539 Great Bible of William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/henry-viii-the-reformation-and-the-first-authorized-bible/

 

 

the 1560 Geneva Bible by English Protestants http://textusreceptusbibles.com/Geneva

 

 

“Bloody Mary’s Time:  https://www.anglotopia.net/royals/royal-history/the-monarchs-mary-i-bloody-mary-and-her-short-reign/

 

 

Bishops’ Bible of 1572

https://books.google.com/books?id=IDFBru3-C8MC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=Bishops%27+Bible+of+1572+history+of&source=bl&ots=N5JDViieN0&sig=ACfU3U17ksa0Ux_iW6JtSNBYsoKuo4LHqg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmpOqDne7oAhXDm-AKHSc5B404ChDoATAGegQIDBAu#v=onepage&q=Bishops’%20Bible%20of%201572%20history%20of&f=false

 

 

Lancelot Andrewes   https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lancelot-Andrewes

 

 

 

 

 

 

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