tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64354892465807319582012-01-31T12:31:37.758-05:00Hill ShepherdWelcome to the fold. This is the blog of Gimmer, a New World shepherd.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.comBlogger18011100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-116949474904112732012-01-30T04:48:00.001-05:002012-01-30T04:55:08.015-05:00FebruaryIn Shakespeare's time about 400 years ago, the second month of the year was called 'Feverell'. In Isaac Newton's time one hundred years later it had become 'Februeer'. The modern name, February, is only about a hundred years old.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-14847212230585161622012-01-30T03:41:00.002-05:002012-01-30T03:52:52.075-05:00A Song for CandlemasA Song for Candlemasby Lizette Woodworth Reese There’s never a rose upon the bush, And never a bud on any tree; In wood and field nor hint nor sign Of one green thing for you or me. Come in, come in, sweet love of mine, And let the bitter weather be! Coated with ice the garden wall; The river reeds are stark and still; The wind goes plunging to the sea, And last week’s flakes the hollows fill. Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-17185885165289719242012-01-27T05:28:00.001-05:002012-01-27T05:34:56.026-05:00Some thoughts on Diet from FacebookGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-54835392807115658142012-01-27T00:49:00.001-05:002012-01-27T00:52:31.744-05:00Kate Rusby sings Candlemass EveLyrics to Candlemas Eve : Down with the rosemary and bay, Down with the mistletoe, Instead of holly, now up-raise The greener box, to show The greener box to show. [Chorus:] Thus times do shift, thus times do shift, Each thing it's time doth hold, New things succeed, new things succeed, As former things grow old. The holly hitherto did sway, Let box now domineer, Until the dancing Easter day, On Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-20818264288777547072012-01-25T01:28:00.002-05:002012-01-25T01:30:22.817-05:00Celebrating Burns once againRobert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, Robden of Solway Firth, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-14554471618210315362012-01-25T00:20:00.007-05:002012-01-25T01:12:57.592-05:00Latest lamp we restoredThis is a Plume & Atwood (P & A) Royal bracket lamp. Jim and I restored this one to working order and gave it back a mercury glass reflector. There was no longer one with the lamp when we found it. It took Jim considerable work to get the burner off and cleaned on this lamp, it seems it had been allowed to dry up with a full tank of fuel so it was gummed up something terrible. Jim used a mixture Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-21089949687344970792012-01-22T04:55:00.001-05:002012-01-22T04:55:55.547-05:00The Last Shepherds - Northumberland Cheviot HillsThe Last Shepherds - Northumberland Cheviot HillsGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-78863599374802217822012-01-21T03:48:00.005-05:002012-01-21T04:01:54.420-05:00SnowflakesOut of the bosom of the Air,Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,Over the woodlands brown and bare,Over the harvest-fields forsaken,Silent, and soft, and slowDescends the snow. even as our cloudy fancies takeSuddenly shape in some divine expression,Even as the troubled heart doth makeIn the white countenance confession,The troubled sky revealsThe grief it feels. This is the poem of the Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-60710300430468228922012-01-20T01:25:00.004-05:002012-01-20T02:04:47.794-05:00O Winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire"O Winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire, What loss is theirs who from thy kingdom turn Dismayed, and think thy snow a sculptured urn Of death! Far sooner in midsummer tire The streams than under ice. June could not hire Her roses to forego the strength they learn In sleeping on thy breast." - Helen Hunt Jackson, A Calendar of Sonnets: January~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Photo by Mary Womack Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-10032570798712547402012-01-20T01:09:00.002-05:002012-01-20T01:13:17.565-05:00This chilly January morn"Bare branches of each tree on this chilly January morn look so cold so forlorn. Gray skies dip ever so low left from yesterday's dusting of snow. Yet in the heart of each tree waiting for each who wait to see new life as warm sun and breeze will blow, like magic, unlock springs sap to flow, buds, new leaves, then blooms will grow." - Nelda Hartmann, January MornGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-75536998072396374842012-01-19T18:57:00.001-05:002012-01-19T18:59:14.073-05:00Maybe real winter is fianlly here....The next 7 days look to be snowy and cold at last maybe a week of real winter.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-50167798099722907672012-01-19T01:44:00.005-05:002012-01-19T02:24:53.217-05:00The Old LamplighterThe Lamplighter, engraved by Francois Seraphin Delpech 1778-1825~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Old LamplighterWords & Music by Charles Tobias & Nat Simon Recorded by The Browns, 1960 Previously charted by Kay Kyser, 1947 Refrain: G D F# F#7 BmHe made the night a little brighter wherever he would go– G D G DGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-9777240845206654352012-01-18T06:46:00.000-05:002012-01-18T06:47:28.448-05:00After brief thaw more snowGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-60060713449727184862012-01-17T17:23:00.002-05:002012-01-17T17:27:29.556-05:00I give you a new commandment"I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."- John 13:34-35Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-75294896552890227742012-01-16T04:09:00.000-05:002012-01-16T04:11:14.257-05:00Fourteen inches of Snow.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-82327668411109299952012-01-15T17:48:00.000-05:002012-01-15T17:49:39.468-05:00Sundown in StedmanGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-79400128562847982802012-01-14T18:08:00.000-05:002012-01-14T18:09:08.062-05:00A Short Video of our CorgisGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-83274357008859804842012-01-13T21:32:00.002-05:002012-01-14T18:44:22.945-05:00New Video of my P & A Royal LampPlume & Atwood produced a full line of lamps and lamp accessories. Their lamp lines included Royal, Plumbwood and Naugatuck in table, bracket and hanging versions. I am showing the model known as the Royal in brass in a hanging set up with smoke bell and frame.http://www.ramshornstudio.com/center_drafts.htmGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-85277606414601900822012-01-12T22:09:00.002-05:002012-01-12T22:15:30.562-05:00Leezie Lindsay on Guitar LiveHere is an instrumental version of Leezie Lindsay performed in Taybank Pub Dunkeld Perthshire Scotland. Here is a Tour Scotland video of Dougie Law playing Leezie Lindsay. The tune by Robert Burns. It was Filmed in the Taybank Pub in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a lovely tune, and there are a number of versions of the words this song."will ye gang tae the Hielands, Leezie Lindsay? Will Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-57126088459556537742012-01-09T23:27:00.004-05:002012-01-10T02:44:29.675-05:00In January In DuhallowThe cold winds of January from the north east does blowAnd the weather is cold quite cold enough for to snowAnd the hungry birds silent on the naked hedgerowIn the flat and rushy fields where the Blackwater flow.January in Duhallow from here far awayIn the chill of the morning the frost bound fields grayIn the farmyard sheds cattle bellow for silage or hayWhere the sun seldom shines on a January Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-90500789770309633622012-01-09T16:58:00.002-05:002012-01-09T17:00:39.823-05:00The meek shall obtain fresh joy"The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the neediest people shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. For the tyrant shall be no more, and the scoffer shall cease to be; all those alert to do evil shall be cut off— those who cause a person to lose a lawsuit, who set a trap for the arbiter in the gate, and without grounds deny justice to the one in the right."-- Isaiah 29:19-21Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-47116545116985319322012-01-05T04:11:00.001-05:002012-01-05T04:15:00.981-05:00JanuaryThe days are short, The sun a sparkHung thin betweenThe dark and dark.Fat snowy footstepsTrack the floor,And parkas pile upNear the door.The river isA frozen placeHeld still beneathThe trees' black lace.The sky is low.The wind is gray.The radiatorPurrs all day.by John UpdikeGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-4649703097478588192011-12-31T16:20:00.005-05:002011-12-31T16:27:17.265-05:00Hogmanay Piper - Newburgh, Fife ,ScotlandHogmanay PiperHogmanay is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year (Gregorian calendar) in the Scottish manner. It is, however, normally only the start of a celebration which lasts through the night until the morning of New Year's Day (1 January) or, in some cases, 2 January which is a Scottish Bank Holiday.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-33644718834676317782011-12-31T13:18:00.002-05:002011-12-31T13:22:01.088-05:00P & A Royal - hanging styleGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-45864503887039033412011-12-31T12:38:00.000-05:002011-12-31T12:39:03.831-05:00A Very Happy New Year to AllGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-31397286286521097722011-12-30T22:24:00.006-05:002011-12-31T10:07:00.103-05:00The RoyalMade by Plume & Atwood Mfg. Waterbury, CT and rolling mill at Thomaston, CT.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-65010624176737927122011-12-30T03:56:00.007-05:002011-12-30T04:21:57.131-05:00This is a Plume and Atwood Royal lampOne of the Kerosene Lamps I gave Jim this ChristmasVictorian "white light" lamps are a wonder to behold when lighted. They produce a beautiful white reading light while consuming little fuel. This is a Plume & Atwood Royal lamp. It is called a center draft lamp. The lamps put out a great deal more light than a flat wick kerosene lamp. Plume & Atwood produced a full line of lamps and lamp Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-77585247737368677922011-12-27T17:40:00.001-05:002011-12-27T18:13:06.677-05:00A quiet country ChristmasChristmas Night 2011Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-47101573278523850782011-12-26T04:19:00.002-05:002011-12-27T18:14:19.131-05:00Christmas can tire a body out...Christmas Afternoon 2011Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-90190528869798019702011-12-25T03:46:00.004-05:002011-12-25T03:56:00.139-05:00Past Three O'ClockPast three o'clock and a co-old frosty morning Past three o'clock, good morrow masters all Born is a baby, gentle as may be So-on of the eternal, Father supernal Past three o'clock and a co-old frosty morning Past three o'clock, good morrow masters all Seraph quire singeth, angel bell ringeth Har-ark how-ow they rhyme it, time it and chime it Past three o'clock and a co-old frosty morning Past Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-20242292328364138462011-12-24T18:41:00.000-05:002011-12-24T18:42:00.961-05:00Christmas Greetings!Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-37851291071977760862011-12-24T04:54:00.001-05:002011-12-24T04:56:37.525-05:00Orkney Isles at ChristmasA moving and well done short film shot on location in the Orkney Isles at Christmas.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-60905733109018536002011-12-24T03:25:00.003-05:002011-12-24T03:32:00.248-05:00A Medieval Christmasby Jane Gilbert When we think of medieval Christmas, our minds are filled with images of royal banquets in halls bedecked with green, of minstrels singing festive songs, noble lords and ladies gorging themselves on roast goose. We imagine snow-topped hills, and fresh bright mornings, where the differences between rich and poor could be momentarily overlooked. Is it wrong to romanticize like thisGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-50055984835286076172011-12-23T04:19:00.000-05:002011-12-23T04:20:29.740-05:00East Suffolk Morris MenEast Suffolk Morris Men: Border Morris: Bury St Edmunds Christmas MarketGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-81786974305934088632011-12-22T15:01:00.003-05:002011-12-22T15:06:38.995-05:00Some thoughts on Snow in Western, NYToday I read some complaints and rather grumpy comments on a Buffalo weather blog about snow in Western, NY. I was surprised how many of the posters were whining and crabbing about the climate in winter. This was my reply: I find snow makes me slow down and reflect and it makes me feel peaceful. It can cause me stress when taking care of my livestock and be difficult to deal with but so does Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-89444458747724653012011-12-22T14:17:00.003-05:002011-12-22T14:29:55.684-05:00From a friend of mine....A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and an assortment of cups - Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-51386502295486588482011-12-22T13:23:00.003-05:002011-12-22T13:25:30.409-05:00Loreena McKennitt - In praise of ChristmasIn praise of Christmas by Loreena McKennitt All hail to the days that merit more praise Than all of the rest of the year, And welcome the nights that double delights As well for the poor as the peer! Good fortune attend each merry man's friend That doth but the best that he may, Forgetting old wrongs with carols and songs To drive the cold winter away. 'Tis ill for a mind to anger inclined To Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-86771647958697449812011-12-22T02:14:00.001-05:002011-12-22T02:18:19.141-05:00Phil Thornton ~ Winter SolsticePhil Thornton performs Winter SolsticeThe winter solstice occurs exactly when the axial tilt of a planet's polar hemisphere is farthest away from the star that it orbits. Earth's maximum axial tilt to our star, the Sun, during a solstice is 23° 26'. More evident from high latitudes, a hemisphere's winter solstice occurs on the shortest day and longest night of the year, when the sun's daily Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-10188108618787743622011-12-22T02:05:00.001-05:002011-12-22T02:07:31.075-05:00Of The Father's Love Begotten (Corde Natus Ex Parentis)Of the Father's Love Begotten" by Aurelius C. Prudentius, 413, cento Translated by John. M. Neale, 1818-1866 and Henry W. Baker, 1821-1977 1. Of the Father's love begotten Ere the worlds began to be, He is Alpha and Omega, He the Source, the Ending He, Of the things that are, that have been, And that future years shall see Evermore and evermore. 2. Oh, that birth forever blessed When the Virgin, Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-91807928651304295892011-12-22T02:03:00.000-05:002011-12-22T02:04:54.599-05:00Loving the Advent Season so...Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-64371950786699092602011-12-22T01:44:00.000-05:002011-12-22T01:45:30.104-05:00'Veni, Veni, Emanuel' by Mannheim Steamroller'Veni, Veni, Emanuel' by Mannheim SteamrollerGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-76205292922271637462011-12-21T14:20:00.004-05:002011-12-21T14:32:13.023-05:00I love ChristmasScholars tell us that Christmas as we know it today is a Victorian invention of the 1860s. It is probably the most celebrated holiday in the world, our modern Christmas is a product of hundreds of years of both secular and religious traditions from around the globe. Christmas has something for everyone and it does not need a name change! Christmas is so wonderful it has all these traditions Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-23024647166720852042011-12-20T20:34:00.002-05:002011-12-20T20:35:31.278-05:00Happy Chanukah 2011 Happy Chanukah! Chanukah starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and lasts for eight days. In 2011: December 20-28Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-42337476884455022172011-12-19T14:38:00.001-05:002011-12-19T14:40:46.531-05:00Celtic Woman sing The Wexford CarolThe Wexford Carol - History The Wexford Carol is a beloved traditional Irish Christmas carol. It is also known as "The Enniscorthy Carol", as it was originally collected by a folklorist named Grattan Flood in Enniscorthy, a town in Ireland's County Wexford, as well as "Carul Loch Garman" (the Irish translation of "Wexford Carol"). The lyrics, which are in English, date back to the 12th century. Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-40645182467347553392011-12-18T02:29:00.001-05:002011-12-18T02:29:58.688-05:004th Sunday in AdventGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-74653297818934828092011-12-18T01:07:00.002-05:002011-12-18T01:10:59.865-05:00The welfare of the country"Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads." - Harry TrumanGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-27888780201301863852011-12-15T19:47:00.002-05:002011-12-15T19:52:16.404-05:00John Gorka , I Heard the BellsJohn Gorka (born 1958) is a contemporary American folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement."Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Christmas Bells I HEARD the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-31689065137989835432011-12-15T18:22:00.002-05:002011-12-15T18:24:05.661-05:00This makes me wish I was there!Trad music session from Railway Tavern, Camp, Co. Kerry, IrelandGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-40037895937980603552011-12-15T15:40:00.001-05:002011-12-15T15:43:57.767-05:00It won't stop raining!Rain, rain go away or else just turn to snow, the mud is so deep my donkey is drown and only his ears still show.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-39635983092805527792011-12-15T01:32:00.003-05:002011-12-15T02:19:31.853-05:00Jingle Bells on a Player PianoJames Pierpont - 1857: Jingle Bells is a song that we evidently were born knowing. Who hasn't heard a three-year old, or even a two-year old child attempt this simplistic tune at Christmas. In all truth, it is neither inherently a Christmas song, nor is the current popularized version quite like the original composition. James Pierpont was one of six children of the well known poet John Pierpont,Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-25993607100192583792011-12-13T23:15:00.004-05:002011-12-13T23:25:19.236-05:00Not much snow this DecemberJust a few small snow falls and then thaws so far this season. November was above average for temperatures and December thus far has been very mild as well. The days warm up and melt allot of the snow even when the clear nights freeze the earth again, the snow can't hold in 50F afternoon sun.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-89667075304919142102011-12-12T04:35:00.000-05:002011-12-12T04:36:51.798-05:00Celebrating the third Sunday in Advent 2011Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-65947774618195926562011-12-11T00:15:00.003-05:002011-12-11T00:22:49.758-05:00Crisp clean snowGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-42562096698470985982011-12-10T03:22:00.002-05:002011-12-10T03:24:18.442-05:00It's a snowy night in StedmanGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-8236082351096367052011-12-08T14:20:00.003-05:002011-12-08T14:28:49.610-05:00William Dutton sings This Is The Truth Sent From Above.The Herefordshire Christmas CarolThis is the truth sent from above, The truth of God, the God of love: Therefore don’t turn me from your door, But hearken all, both rich and poor.The first thing which I do relate Is that God did man create, The next thing which to you I’ll tell, Woman was made with man to dwell.Then, after this, ’twas God’s own choice To place them both in Paradise, There to Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-15797721538825233742011-12-08T00:26:00.002-05:002011-12-08T00:30:19.011-05:00An Earthly Tree by William ByrdAn Earthly Tree : The Choir of Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford An Earthly Tree by William ByrdAn earthly tree a heavenly fruit it bear, A case of clay contained a crown immortal A crown of crowns, a King whose cost and care Redeemed poor man, whose race before was thrall To death, to doom, to pains of everlasting, By His sweet death, scorns, stripes, and often fasting.A star above the stars, a Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-26616209360641266262011-12-06T21:28:00.003-05:002011-12-06T21:37:56.481-05:00December 6th is Saint Nicholas DaySt.Nicholas was born a Greek in Asia Minor during the third century in the Greek city of Patara which was a port on the Mediterranean Sea and lived in Myra, Lycia (part of modern-day Demre Turkey), at a time when the region was Greek in its heritage, culture and outlook and was part of the Roman province of Asia. He was the only son of wealthy Christian parents named Epiphanius (Ἐπιφάνιος) and Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-55200164335618636102011-12-05T03:53:00.002-05:002011-12-05T03:57:48.736-05:00Decorating for Christmas on Sunday.I did a little outside decorating for Christmas on Sunday.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-53722064049519391662011-11-30T15:30:00.003-05:002011-11-30T15:36:47.791-05:00Ed Miller, The Last Trip HomeA've aye worked on farms an frae the start The muckle horses won my heart Wi big broad backs they proudly stand The uncrowned kings o' a' the land And yet for a' their power and strength They're as gentle as a summer's wind Chorus (after each verse): So steady, boys, walk on Oor work is nearly done Nor more we'll till or plough the fields The horses' day is gone An' this will be our last trip Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-45715008713995376302011-11-30T15:19:00.002-05:002011-11-30T15:20:55.468-05:00Flower of ScotlandO flower of Scotland When will we see your like again That fought and died for Your wee bit hill and glen And stood against him Proud Edward's army And sent him homeward Tae think again The hills are bare now And autumn leaves lie thick and still O'er land that is lost now Which those so dearly held And stood against him Proud Edward's army And sent him homeward Tae think again Those days are Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-69411577942522180372011-11-30T14:21:00.003-05:002011-11-30T14:33:39.859-05:00Happy Saint Andrews Day!Music & Lyrics by Dougie MacLean. Published by Limetree Arts and Music I don't know if you can see the changes that have come over me In these last few days I've been afraid that I might drift away So I've been telling old stories, singing songs that make me think about where I came from And that's the reason why I seem so far away today CHORUS Ah but let me tell you that I love you and I think Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-15297088084390545772011-11-30T03:06:00.004-05:002011-11-30T03:19:58.144-05:00Ode Written On The First Of Decemberby Robert Southey Written on the FIRST of DECEMBER, 1793.Tho' now no more the musing earDelights to listen to the breezeThat lingers o'er the green wood shade, I love thee Winter! well.Sweet are the harmonies of Spring,Sweet is the summer's evening gale,Pleasant the autumnal winds that shake The many-colour'd grove.And pleasant to the sober'd soulThe silence of the wintry scene,When Nature Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-41513939443196781472011-11-29T02:37:00.000-05:002011-11-29T02:38:04.054-05:00HopeGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-30901173955093059982011-11-28T16:32:00.002-05:002011-11-28T16:36:46.722-05:00The whole of life"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing, and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life." - Jiddu KrishnamurtiGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-81737849594988676062011-11-28T02:34:00.002-05:002011-11-28T02:46:00.504-05:00The season of Advent has begun, the season of waiting.Advent (from the Latin adventus meaning "coming") is a liturgical season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. Advent marks the beginning of the Western liturgical year and begins on Advent Sunday, the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, Dec. 25. For Christians, the season of Advent Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-12649817942736269762011-11-26T23:06:00.000-05:002011-11-26T23:07:06.584-05:00Wonderful Video about Dog BreedsGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-30908686810145833902011-11-26T19:32:00.002-05:002011-11-26T19:35:37.490-05:00The insanity has begun...I am buying only hand made or made in USA this year for gifts. Sorry about the add with this. The video cartoon is worth watching.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-92174532195596567252011-11-26T03:20:00.002-05:002011-11-26T03:27:43.641-05:00LAU "Wintermoon" 2009LAU - (Kris Drever, Martin Green, Aidan O'Rourke) Words Kris Drever / Music Drever/Green/O'Rourk (www.lau-music.co.uk)Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-61647303585836512192011-11-24T13:19:00.003-05:002011-11-24T13:26:07.220-05:00A National day of ThanksgivingDuring the American Revolution in the 1770s the Continental Congress suggested a national day of thanksgiving. In 1817, the state of New York adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom, and many states soon followed. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a day of Thanksgiving as the last Thursday in November. Some historians believe the day was chosen that is might be a remembrance of theGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-49904674900273062052011-11-24T01:59:00.002-05:002011-11-24T02:00:00.476-05:00Happy ThanksgivingGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-70046854055940963532011-11-23T23:32:00.001-05:002011-11-23T23:32:57.827-05:00Thanksgiving Song - Mary Chapin CarpenterGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-47821259225713401602011-11-23T20:18:00.004-05:002011-11-24T01:52:52.720-05:00The Holidays in 2011Chanuka falls late this year it is close to Christmas which is cool. 2011: December 20-28. What is also really cool is December 22 is a Solstice Day in 2011. Kwanzaa is December 26 to January 1 each year. The holidays are in alignment. PEACE!Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-35593465832184543682011-11-23T01:34:00.003-05:002011-11-23T01:39:05.041-05:00Ode to AutumnBy John Keats Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run; To bend with apples the mossed cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-43124395218255512062011-11-22T21:06:00.003-05:002011-11-22T21:09:51.048-05:00First Snow Along the Hudson River 1959First Snow Along the Hudson River 1959 by Régis François Gignoux (1816–1882). Gignoux was a French painter who was active in the United States from 1840 to 1870. He was born in Lyon, France and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under the French historical painter Hippolyte Delaroche, who inspired Gignoux to turn his talents toward landscape painting. Gignoux arrived in the United States from Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-4290808164224126842011-11-22T00:38:00.007-05:002011-11-22T05:47:16.726-05:00Holidays are for joy, not pollitical correctnessIt's not yet even Thanksgiving here in the States and a friend has begun the rancorous debate on another page about saying happy holidays vs. Merry Christmas. It's a shame we have all fallen for this political correctness bullshit. If someone says happy Hanuka to me I will return the greeting. If they say happy Yule or solstice I will return the greeting. Most of my friends are agnostic and many Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-4477882569923129202011-11-21T13:06:00.010-05:002011-11-21T13:26:07.287-05:00George Henry DurrieJohn Schulter, after a painting by George Henry Durrie, 1867. George Henry Durrie is the artist behind many of the Currier and Ives prints we all know so well.George Henry Durrie (1820-1863) American Connecticut Painter of Rural Genre ScenesBy Amy SpencerGeorge Durrie is best known for his winter landscapes, which were popularized when the firm Currier & Ives published them as prints.George HenryGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-92070928532555086612011-11-21T02:31:00.004-05:002011-11-21T02:40:57.691-05:00Barnyard Friends by Lucy Ann Leavers Lucy Ann Leavers was a 19th Century British artist born in Nottingham. She flourished from 1887 through 1898, is best known for her paintings of genre scenes and animals. Often painting in a large scale, her work is characterized by a highly finished style and her choice of compositions, which often put animals in amusing situations. She exhibited seven works at the Royal Academy between 1887 Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-45918628428935776972011-11-20T15:15:00.000-05:002011-11-20T15:16:36.969-05:00Christ the King SundayToday is Christ the King Sunday. Christ the King is a title of Jesus based on several passages of Scripture. It is used by most Christians. The Roman Catholic Church, together with many Protestant denominations, including the Anglican Churches, Presbyterians, Lutherans and Methodists, celebrate the Feast of Christ the King on the last Sunday of the liturgical year (before a new year begins with Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-56014353404398799982011-11-20T03:01:00.002-05:002011-11-20T03:04:36.554-05:00A Sat in late NovemberWe had a very warm day here for late November. It got up to the 50sF. Tonight the wind is picking up but the view of stars tonight is just wonderful , the sky is mostly clear but there are some high clouds to the southeast and east and a spooky little moon hiding under the blankets.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-35360620401137831102011-11-17T21:48:00.004-05:002011-11-17T21:59:37.131-05:00November Snowby Joseph PachecoThe first to fall is the first to go. Earth wears its mantle damp and chill — Patina of November snow. Leaves raged with fire just days ago — Now grays, ash browns, pale yellows tell The first to fall are the first to go. Remains of harvest in desolate row Brace for the final winter kill Beneath their shroud of November snow. The rakes now dry, the plow and hoe Await Spring’s Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-89316442645926950422011-11-17T18:03:00.001-05:002011-11-17T18:08:57.453-05:00The snow has returnedCati the Cardigan Welsh Corgi has found one of the last apples that just fell off our tree.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-55708432505585650392011-11-17T02:03:00.003-05:002011-11-17T02:07:41.520-05:00The fence looks just right to me now.The posts are cut down now to the same height except the one we left high for a bracket for the bird feeder. I think it looks much more balanced now. I am very pleased with Jim's handiwork.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-27473721353884796162011-11-16T17:50:00.003-05:002011-11-16T17:53:40.164-05:00New Freedom for the Corgis.Cati and Jack love their fenced in yard. They now can go outside any time without being on a leash!Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-74947450311125980322011-11-14T23:56:00.000-05:002011-11-14T23:57:29.354-05:00Lucy loves her new freedom in the picket fenced yard.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-83767652668189888572011-11-12T02:34:00.003-05:002011-11-12T02:38:28.190-05:00Will ye go tae Flanders by Karine PolwartSung by Karine Polwart Will Ye Go Tae Flanders? Will ye go tae Flanders, my Mally O? Will ye go tae Flanders, my Mally O? We'll get wine and brandy, Sac and sugar candy, Will ye go tae Flanders, my Mally O. Will ye go tae Flanders, my Mally O? Tae see the bonnie soldiers, my Mally O? They'll gie the pipes a blaw, Wi their kilts and plaids sae braw, Ae the fairest o' them a, my Mally O. Will ye Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-55765331761452764442011-11-11T14:34:00.000-05:002011-11-11T14:37:45.092-05:00We remember those who served...Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-26121009184333289952011-11-11T13:50:00.000-05:002011-11-11T13:52:08.965-05:00The New Fence is Installed!Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-61465705711091649692011-11-10T04:16:00.003-05:002011-11-10T04:22:11.953-05:00Show Of Hands - Arrogance Ignorance and GreedShow Of Hands - Arrogance Ignorance and GreedArrogance, Ignorance and Greed ( by Show of Hands) All I wanted was a home And a roof over our heads Somewhere we could call our own Feel safer in our beds There was a storm of money raining down It only touched the ground With a loan I took I can't repay And the crock of gold you found At every trough you stopped to feed With your Arrogance, Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-71581813006982746842011-11-10T01:43:00.001-05:002011-11-10T01:46:16.021-05:00Our new Picket Fence is Half BuiltGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-1856732893135634142011-11-09T00:49:00.002-05:002011-11-09T01:08:43.671-05:00Oak leaves the last to fall..Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-18228772810982258682011-11-07T05:38:00.001-05:002011-11-07T05:41:23.505-05:00Romans 12:2I find sometimes that the best thing to remember is Jesus instructs us to be in the world but not of it. Christians should be someone detached from the political may-lay. Of course we as Christians care but we put our faith in God not in man. Until western nations wake up and start really caring about people instead of money there will not be positive change. While I am something of an activist IGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-52946186805829286412011-11-07T02:04:00.003-05:002011-11-07T02:07:13.816-05:00Sunset on a perfect day of Indian SummerGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-4722918700359748522011-11-05T14:55:00.002-04:002011-11-05T15:09:25.147-04:00Christopher Delaney plays Banjo in ScotlandChristopher Delaney of Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland Plays banjo.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-53115845168573817972011-11-03T02:59:00.001-04:002011-11-03T03:01:30.614-04:00Sicut Cervus Desiderat / PalestrinaWestminster Cathedral Choir performs Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's Sicut Cervus DesideraGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-88335617152849774872011-11-01T23:26:00.007-04:002011-11-05T16:12:21.222-04:00NovemberTraditions and festivals in November in the West include All Saints Day, All Souls Day, Mischief Night, Bonfire Night, Rememberence Day and Stir Up Sunday The name comes from the Roman word 'novem' meaning nine, because it was the ninth month in their Roman calendar. Few people find November pleasant. The Anglo-Saxons called November 'Wind monath', because it was the time when the cold winds Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-83974383179111912162011-11-01T01:54:00.002-04:002011-11-01T01:55:06.838-04:00A little Halloween Dinner for two.Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-3060058318336166672011-10-31T14:35:00.000-04:002011-10-31T14:38:56.316-04:00Happy HalloweenGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-44114002609716027782011-10-30T18:38:00.008-04:002011-10-31T14:35:03.959-04:00Some Halloween HistoryHalloween is a widely celebrated cultural event in Ireland. It is known in Irish as Oíche Shamhna (Irish pronunciation: [ˈiːhə haunˠə] ee-hah how-nah), literally "Samhain Night." In Irish, Samhain is the name for the month of November. The medieval Irish festival of Samhain marked the end of the harvest, heralding shorter days and the "darker half" of the year. It is linked to the dead revisitingGimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-56337865732169303882011-10-29T14:59:00.005-04:002011-10-29T15:37:05.089-04:00Folk Festival this weekend, Dunfermline, Fife, ScotlandMouth Music Lennox Family Folk Festival Dunfermline Fife ScotlandDUNFERMLINE Folk weekend kicks off tomorrow (Friday) and will celebrate the town's musical history. Big names, including Dunfermline's Barbara Dickson (pictured) along with Archie Fisher, will be performing with friends at the Saturday Gala Concert in the Glen Pavilion on Saturday. Both will be singing and reflecting on their Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435489246580731958.post-34742162512525129902011-10-27T13:16:00.004-04:002011-10-27T13:27:12.586-04:00The BansheeThe Banshee of Ireland is the most widely known Irish fairy in the world, second only to the Leprechaun. This Irish fairy is always female usually described as a small, solitary old woman. She wails at the coming of death. The Irish consider it an honor to have her wail at their death, although she still scares the dickens out of them. Not just anyone’s death, the deaths of certain aristocratic Gimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128376444285388863noreply@blogger.com1