{"id":5103,"date":"2014-11-05T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2014-11-03T10:27:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T18:27:42","slug":"november-5-in-retrospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/?p=5103","title":{"rendered":"November 5, In Retrospect"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vallejo<\/a><\/p>\n

November 5 is a strange day, in Retrospect. In the UK, it’s Guy Fawkes Night<\/a>, which means that pretty much anybody with something to burn or explode is out, burning or exploding. Here in California, though, it’s pretty tame, as evinced by the picture of the California hills (2012), which D. took from the car on the way back from a Novato. He took this shot to demonstrate how utterly boring his drive there was. Notice that there’s a small flock of sheep upon the hill. It was quite reminiscent of Scotland, actually.<\/p>\n

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\"Hayford<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2011, we were living in Hayford Mills \/ Cambusbarron, outside of Stirling. It was a Saturday, and still a teensy bit sunny, so of course we decided to take advantage of the weather and read outside on the porch. You can see how bright and sunny things are – and also how much insulation was needed to manage being outside!<\/p>\n

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\"Cranberry<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2010 we apparently we had a party of some sort, involving tootsie rolls, tea, and cranberry-orange bread. This was probably in preparation for going out to see fireworks.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/a>2010 Fireworks<\/div>\n
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And, in 2009 we also went out to see fireworks, down near the People’s Palace, from a bridge over the River Clyde.<\/p>\n

\"Glasgow<\/a>2009 Fireworks<\/div>\n
\"Glasgow<\/a>2009 Fireworks<\/div>\n
\"Glasgow<\/a>2009 Fireworks<\/div>\n
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Of course, in 2008 we got our first real taste of Guy Fawkes Night by watching the neighborhood hooligans burn things, when we lived on Kent Road. Below is a shot of a mattress and a shopping cart \/ trolley being burned … on the grass, in the neighborhood park.<\/p>\n

\"2008<\/a>Because mattresses and shopping carts need to be burned, apparently.<\/div>\n
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This November 5 we’ll be … not burning anything, nor watching any fireworks. Perhaps we’ll make some cranberry-orange bread, though, and sit upon the deck, in the sunshine, wrapped up in blankets.<\/p>\n

-D & T<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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