When Thomas Knight was just sixteen years old, he signed up with the British Army. Six years later, after fighting in Spain, Holland, and France, he was sent to North America to fight in the War of 1812. His regiment met the Americans face-to-face near Lake Champlain in upstate New York. The British attacked the Americans both by water and on land. At first, things went well. But the naval battle ended quickly and badly.

Everyone has blogs these days. I dont have anything particularly important or educated to say, but I would like to write. Saturday, 30 October 2010. Monday, 29 June 2009. Saturday, 27 June 2009.

I was tickled to capture two flashes of lightning in a short video yesterday. When I went back to look at the individual frames, it was amazing to see that the flashes were straight columns of light, not branched like normal lightning. Farewell to a WWII Hero. The funeral of Brigadier-General Radley-Walters, which you can read about, here. Rain and Shine and Sunset.