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class="authorBlogPost stacked"> <h4 class="gr-h4"> <a href="/author_blog_posts/6921251-lake-candlewood-connecticut">Lake Candlewood. Connecticut.</a> </h4> <div class="body mediumText u-marginBottomSmall"> This is the largest lake in Connecticut and is man-made.<br />It is very peaceful here in the garden this morning, after the rain, except for the cicadas, crickets and a frog. Bambi and his mother are nibbling the vegetation in the hedges, and attempting to get into the vegetable patch. Bright sunshine is revealing the variegated green hues of the surrounding deciduous woodland.<br />My review of Thomas Jefferson, the Author of America, by Christopher Hitchens, left out many interesting facts and I will list some here.<br />1. At the time of the American Revolution, America had less than 5 million people, nearly a fifth of whom were African slaves. France had 27 million and Britain had 15 million.<br />2.In April 1805, Captain William Eaton commanded troops who captured Derna, the second city of Tripoli,(now Libya). Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon raised the Stars and Stripes and this was the first time the American flag had been erected in battle in a foreign land.<br />From this comes the beginning of the Marine Anthem,"From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli."<br />3. Hitchens remarks that he thought Jefferson lacked humour. 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Went on the cliff railway down the steep, wooded hillside to the small cove of Oddicombe. The fallen sandstone cliff still covers about a fifth of the beach and debris from it has created an unusual colour-pattern of red-orange sworls in the blue-green water. Sit on the steps and watch three swimmers battle through it.<br />Agatha Christie grew up in Torquay, and she used to swim at Meadfoot, a few beaches along the coast, as well as at Beacon Cove, by the harbour. 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A pod of 200-300 dolphins was spotted off Berry Head a couple of weeks ago, but looking down at the bay, there is no hint that any creature at all, exists in the depths. It is completely flat and without any sign of marine life. The last time I saw dolphins here, they were playing round a small boat anchored off the beach. 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The statue of Baroness Mount-Temple is clutching an artificial red rose and a wilted pink valerian flower. The council workmen keep removing her bouquets, but as soon as they do, people give her more. The stalls from the Babbacombe fete have all disappeared and I am pleased that I did not have to see again the exhibit of eight owls tethered to sticks. They are wild, night creatures.Woody nightshade is growing amongst the bracken at the top of the hillside, but the few plants of mullein which were near the path have been cut down.<br />Mullein is also known as the hag's, or witch's taper and is associated with witchcraft ceremonies. It was often used as a light, as candles were expensive. 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A jay was swooping between the trees, revealing its brightly coloured wings. Variegated hues of green on the hillside, the only flowers those of the delicate pink of herb robert, and white may. Woody nightshade used to grow in abundance at the top of the steep slope,but has been decimated by all the tree and bush cutting down.<br />"Never cast a clout til May is out" is the saying. The first published version of this was evidently in Thomas Fuller's "Gnomologia" in1732.<br />'Clout' meant a piece of clothing and could be spelled as cloot, clute, clowt or clowte.<br />No one knows if the saying refers to the may bush or the month of May, but it seems likely that it is the former.<br />It used to be taboo to bring may flowers into the house, because it was feared it would bring death. 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It is one of the most allergenic substances and everyone seems to have hay fever. There are a lot of birch trees round here and the next road is even called rue du bouleau (Birch tree).<br />Part of the forest is being cut down to make way for new housing. Local people are not pleased, but I am. I find the forest a bit creepy. I am used to open spaces and the sea. It's difficult to walk alone there, unless you have a dog, and in the summer there is a problem with ticks.Ticks are even in the garden and the grass needs to be kept short.<br />Visited an old town called Durbuys and grandchildren scooted for hours round a circular parking place meant for bikers. 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Liege, was, I believe, the first place to be attacked in Belgium in the First World War. I pass the war memorial to the fallen and also notice a plaque which says that this where the soldiers rallied to fight. Just up the road is an enormous American war cemetery, and local people say that during WW2, the woods were filled with the bodies of soldiers. All very sobering and sad.<br />There's also a lot of mosquitoes round here, even at this time of year, and by 5 o'clock in the afternoon, they're floating past the windows, trying to get in and obtain their blood ration.<br />Pick up my grandchildren from school and nursery, where my grandson is being cared for after school hours in the garderie. 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A strange juxtaposition of new and old. The sea is flowing rapidly past the jetty, the water shimmering in the winter sunshine. Ilfracombe has been a fishing village since Saxon times and the tiny chapel on a hill overlooking the harbour dates back to 1321. It stopped being a place of worship when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1540, but remains a working lighthouse.<br />On the pier stands Verity. Damien Hirst's sculpture, 67 feet high, it depicts a pregnant woman brandishing a sword, while carrying the scales of justice and standing on a pile of law books. The internal anatomy of the woman and her unborn baby is seen on one side of the sculpture.<br />The coast here is striking. The huge bulk of Hillsborough, once home to an Iron Age fort, is opposite. Verity is lucky to be in such a beautiful situation. The coastal setting lends attractiveness to her, rather than the other way round. 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