Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

Not sure if anyone saw last months photo.

Here goes the new masthead is up! Any guesses?

Last month's masthead made me want to travel to Italy again!

I'm not sure where this month's is-it could be anywhere in North America where they have trees and four seasons.

Mt. Rainer, Washington?

Joseph wrote: "Mt. Rainer, Washington?"


Joseph your on the correct side of the US, just need to go south!

It is about 1400 miles south

Wherever it is it's beautiful.

Then this can't possibly be in the States and O have no idea which mountain this is! I did know that it wasn't Mount Rainier. (the ie is pronounced like a long 3--those of us from BC and then the states below all say it with a long a and a long e JUST in case other places say it differently, which is something I've encountered. The first time I heard Oregon pronounced Ora gone--back east, of course, I was very surprised :)

Is it Pike's Peak in Colorado?

Good guess but that is too East. Need to go South East!

So further south, but do you mean south east or south west?

From the State of Washington which was Joseph's guess mostly south but a tad east 1400 miles or so.

Aha, I have an idea now--off to search for a minute or two, but don't have much time.

Not enough time--is this driving distance or straight line distance? Just curious. That might be part of my problem...since I don't know this mountain by sight.

I just now saw it and my guess it's the Sandia Mountains and the Rio Grande. It looks like the view from my dad's backyard in Rio Rancho, NM. Beautiful pic!

What a wonderful view your dad has, Pam!

Pam, I remember you talking about the Rio Grande not being Grande any longer because of the lack of rain and thought it would be a great Masthead photo for our Group!

That’s funny Lesle! I had to laugh when I saw the picture because it easily could’ve been one of mine! I know exactly where that pic was taken from. It’s just a little south of my dads house. There’s a Bosque trail which goes up a hill and has a terrific view. The sandbars you can barely see are much more prominent now. In the winter, there are hundreds of migratory gulls that hang out on them. It’s a beautiful sight to see since we live in the desert and don’t normally see gulls!

The word Sandia means watermelon in Spanish. The mountains often have a pinkish watermelon color at sunset.

Thank you Pam. I will look at this picture a little different now. I love that it fell just moments from your Dad. Happy coincidence as they say!
Watermelon pink hills! Gulls that you never get to see. Just awesome!

Appreciate you sharing Pam!

New Group Masthead is up!

Melbourne, Australia.

Great guess Joseph but wrong Continent!

I'm guessing not America 😀

Blueberry wrote: "I'm guessing not America 😀"

Kind of...

I need a clue please, Lesle. Is it in the Western Hemisphere?

It is.

This worries me I figured you would be the one to figure it out!
Google given me a false description?

I wonder if it’s Vancouver, BC? It’s a beautiful city photo.

Vancouver has mountains in the background, except from the angle where this photo is taken. It's called False Creek.
You're right, Trisha. Vancouver is beautiful. I was there last year but never saw it from the water.

I used to live in Vancouver, but I don't go to False Creek while visiting. I'm flying there this month to see my parents, but of course they don't live in the city. We'll be spending the first night at my aunt's and then flying by sea plane (I'm from the mainland, but you fly or go by boat) because the ferry lines are INSANE. Six hours overtop the toll booths and there is nowhere to go.

They have enough ferries, but I was told that it's hard to get enough workers who will go in person. Another curse of Covid 19. Plus other new travel PITAs (pains in the...)

A seaplane sounds like a good idea. I hope you have a good time and a safe trip, Karin.

I haven’t been to Vancouver, but have often seen my friends’ photos of the city as they go to visit family there. It looks an amazing place. Karin, your trip sounds fabulous - especially the sea plane!

Have a wonderful time Karin! It does look beautiful and the mountains that Rosemarie talked about would be a lovely view as well!

And False Creek...that is in the photo? Not sure we would call that a creek. Pretty big!

It's actually an inlet, which is why it's called False Creek.

Rosemarie wrote: "It's actually an inlet, which is why it's called False Creek."

Duh!

False Creek was so named because Captain George Richards, who discovered it in 1859, was surveying it for potential coal deposits and thought he was going up a creek. When it turned out to be an inlet, it got that name. It is an inlet of English Bay.

Speaking of English Bay, when recently read the classic novel, The Innocent Traveller English Bay came up in it more than once.

My trip will be bittersweet, since my mother has advanced memory loss, etc. But it will be fun to fly on a Beaver again (at least I hope they're still using those to get to where I live. They have others that go to the island (aka Vancouver Island).

In honor of Rosemarie's trip!

I hope I get a better internet connection tomorrow since right now I’m stuck using my phone which means I can’t see the masthead.

I will have to get on the PC and check! I mostly use my phone for GR.

Great job Sandy!

Rosemarie will have to let us know what the stack of animals mean with musicians...I am at a loss, but I am sure it is interesting.

Interesting!

Wow, Lesle! We were in Bremen and I took pictures of the animals from one of my favourite fairy tales.
Here is a really condensed version of the story:
Each of the animals was considered to be too old so they were soon going to be disposed of, so they ran away and took the road to Bremen. In the middle of a forest, they encountered a band of robbers who they freaked out and got the treasure for themselves.
Bremen is a really nice city. We're now in Erfurt.

The musicians refers to the different sounds each animal made- you can imagine how terrifying it would sound when they were at their loudest.

The New Bremen animal story dates from the 12th century, but was collected by the Grimm brothers centuries later. :)

Rosemarie wrote: "Each of the animals was considered to be too old so they were soon going to be disposed of ..."

Poor things they were bawling for their lives!

Bremen Town Musicians (Grimm Brothers) (2 pages)
A certain man had a donkey, whose strength was going,
so he was too old to carry the corn-sacks to the mill.
His master considered how he might give him away. But
the donkey, seeing knew that, ran away and set out on
the road to Bremen. There, he thought, he could surely
become a town-musician.
When he had walked a while, he found a dog lying on the
road crying. “Why are you crying so loud, you big
fellow”, asked the donkey. “I am old and weak”, he
replied. “My master wanted me to kill, so I ran away.
But how can I earn my bread now?”
"I am going to Bremen, and shall be a town-musician
there,” donkey told him. “Come with me. I will play the
lute, and you can beat the kettle-drum."
The dog agreed, and they went on. Soon they came to a
cat, with a face like three rainy days. It was the same
with her. “You`re too old to catch mice, but you understand night music”, they said to the cat.
“Come with us to Bremen.”
The cat thought well of it, and went with them. After this the three fellows came to a farmyard, where the cock was sitting upon the gate, crowing with all his might.
"Your crow goes through and through one," said the donkey. "What is the matter?"
“They intend to eat me in the soup tomorrow”, he cried.
"You`d better come with us”, the donkey said. “We are going to Bremen. You have a good voice.
If we make music together, it should have good quality.”
The cock agreed to this plan, and all four went on together. They could not reach the city of
Bremen in one day, however, and in the evening they came to a forest. There they meant to
pass the night. The donkey and the dog laid themselves down under a large tree, the cat and
the cock settled themselves in the branches. But the cock flew right to the top, where he was
safer.
Before he went to sleep he looked round, and thought he saw a light. So they decided to go to
the place the light was, and soon they came to a well-lighted robbers` house. The donkey, as
the biggest, went to the window and looked in.
"I see a table covered with good things to eat and drink, and robbers sitting at it enjoying
themselves", he soon told the others.
"That would be the sort of thing for us," said the cock.
Then the animals thought about how they should manage to drive away the robbers, and at last
they had a plan. The donkey placed himself with his fore-feet upon the window-ledge, the dog
jumped on the donkey's back, the cat climbed upon the dog, and lastly the cock flew up and
perched upon the head of the cat.
When this was done, they began to perform their music together. The donkey brayed, the dog
barked, the cat mewed, and the cock crowed. Then they burst through the window into the
room, shattering the glass.
That was so horrible, that the robbers sprang up, thinking a ghost had come in, and fled in a
great fright out into the forest.
The four companions now sat down at the table, well content with what was left, and ate as
much as they could.
Later they put out the light, and each of them looked for a good place to sleep. The donkey
laid himself down upon some straw in the yard, the dog behind the door, the cat upon the
hearth, and the cock upon a roof beam. Tired they soon went to sleep.
After midnight the robbers saw that there was no light in the house. So the captain ordered
one of them to go back again and examine the house.
The robber found all quiet, so he went into the kitchen to light a candle. But, taking the
glistening eyes of the cat for hot coals, he held a matchstick to them to light it. But the cat
did not understand the joke, and flew in his face, scratching.
He was very frightened, and ran to the back-door, but the dog, lying there, sprang up and bit
his leg. And as he ran across the yard by the dunghill, the donkey gave him a smart kick with
its foot.
The cock, too, who had been awakened by the noise, cried down from the beam: "Cock-adoodle-doo."
Then the robber ran back as fast as he could to his captain, and said: "There is a horrible
witch sitting in the house that spat on me and scratched my face with her long claws. And by
the door stands a man with a knife who bit my leg. And in the yard there lies a black monster
that beat me with a wooden block. And above, upon the roof, sits the judge, who called out,
bring the rogue here to me. So I got away as fast as I could."
After this the robbers never again dared to enter the house. But it suited the four musicians
of Bremen so well that they did not want to leave it any more.

I agree Sandy and your more than welcome. I hope others find it to their liking as well!

We have a new Masthead!
Just for this time of year...any thoughts?

Could be New England. Possibly Vermont. I lived in that state from 2000-2002. The autumn is just breathtaking. Busloads of tourists cruise through The Green Mountains. Especially around 'Columbus Day.' The locals called those folks "leaf peepers."

Wow! Beautiful

Possibly upper New York State just across from Vermont.

Blueberry wrote: "Wow! Beautiful"

It is beautiful!

It is also in the Southeastern part of the United States.

John Dishwasher wrote: "Could be New England. Possibly Vermont. I lived in that state from 2000-2002. The autumn is just breathtaking. Busloads of tourists cruise through The Green Mountains. Especially around 'Columbus D..."

It could also be in eastern Canada for the leaf colours, but most likely New England based on the colours (they get more brilliant in colder climates)