While visiting historic Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain in upstate NY there were many original and restored buildings. In these buildings were Revolutionary War and after artifacts such as long rifles, tools, pistols, clothes and other wonderful things. Here is a closeup of one of the bronze canon ends with its cast end and decoration:
Daily Archives: December 26, 2017
Vonnegut for your Tuesday…
And I asked myself about the present; how wide was it, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.
“Ann Margaret and Al Hirt – Baby It’s Cold Outside”
THE BEST OF THE MONTHS OF 2017
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH
And what a year it has been! Terrifying politics and weird weather. Dogs and new dogs and a summer that wouldn’t end … plus an autumn that never quite began. Now, here we are. December, the last month of the year. Christmas is just days away and you know I haven’t wrapped anything. This may be the year I skip the wrapping and just hand them out!
Okay, I’ll try to do better than that.
Month by month, this was the year that was.
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER