Fedoras afield

[Hagwood]

This may not qualify for this Fedoras Afield thread because this area is pretty local for us...
Me and Mrs. quik did the Napa Valley Wine Train for my birthday this weekend. A lot of fun!

Me in front of the Chateau Montelena winery in Calistoga Ca.
Oh yeah, wearing my Stetsonian in Mink

Wow, great birthday, looks like a blast ! Me and the Wife have been talking about doing a train ride, but we would have to go a little further for it....

 

[quikrick]

Wow, great birthday, looks like a blast ! Me and the Wife have been talking about doing a train ride, but we would have to go a little further for it....

Thanks Tim, the ride was fun, made me feel... Elegant!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

This may not qualify for this Fedoras Afield thread because this area is pretty local for us...
Me and Mrs. quik did the Napa Valley Wine Train for my birthday this weekend. A lot of fun!

Me in front of the Chateau Montelena winery in Calistoga Ca.
Oh yeah, wearing my Stetsonian in Mink

Congratulations Rick! Looks like it was a great birthday.

 

[40Cal]

Giving the Open Road a rest on the hike to Upper Yosemite Falls.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Giving the Open Road a rest on the hike to Upper Yosemite Falls.
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Spectacular hat and pics.
Spectacular to see you around 40Cal!!
B

 

[40Cal]

Spectacular hat and pics.
Spectacular to see you around 40Cal!!
B

Thank you Bowen! I’m here... just lurking. Sounds a little creepy lol

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Giving the Open Road a rest on the hike to Upper Yosemite Falls.
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Beautiful. I work in Mariposa County and “work” takes me into Yosemite ever few weeks. I never get tired of it. The tree kill is sad, but the Park’s views, sounds, and smells feed my soul.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Thank you Bowen! I’m here... just lurking. Sounds a little creepy lol

Long as you’re still in the game...not creepy. Glad to hear you are.
Ps: ever paint any hat portraits yet??
Hint hint
B

 

[40Cal]

Beautiful. I work in Mariposa County and “work” takes me into Yosemite ever few weeks. I never get tired of it. The tree kill is sad, but the Park’s views, sounds, and smells feed my soul.

That is so cool, Brent! I travel to Yosemite as often as I can. It’s a seven hour drive for me . I would certainly visit more often if I lived closer. No place in the world quite like it.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

That is so cool, Brent! I travel to Yosemite as often as I can. It’s a seven hour drive for me . I would certainly visit more often if I lived closer. No place in the world quite like it.

Whereabouts in California do you live? My job has transferred me all over the state, but I’ve been in the Mariposa area for the last two years.

 

[40Cal]

Whereabouts in California do you live? My job has transferred me all over the state, but I’ve been in the Mariposa area for the last two years.

I’m in Huntington Beach....surf city USA!

 

[GHT]

Looks like it was a grand ride, traveling in style!

Very cool! What a great way to spend a day

Shame on me, I never did get around to saying thank you for such generous compliments. How life gets in the way of good intentions.
To you both a heartfelt thank you, much appreciated.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Happy Birthday Mr. President, on this 211th anniversary of your birth.

I did not have a proper top hat so chose to wear a Keith Derby recently when I visited the grave of Mary S. Owens Vineyard, known today as Lincoln's other Mary.

Before Lincoln met his future bride Mary Anne Todd, he had been engaged to Ann Rutledge who died before their nuptials were carried out. Next he courted a woman named Elizabeth Owens (some say they were just friends). In letting him down easy Elizabeth Owens promised to send for her sister Mary Owens in KY & introduce the future President to her. He may have been on the rebound, for Lincoln promised he would marry her sister..

Lincoln & Mary Owens met & courted throughout 1836. Letters survive of their courtship & it is easy to read between the lines that they both had regrets on what had been said & transpired . When Lincoln did ask her to marry him in 1837 she refused to accept his proposal. She would go on to marry Jesse Vineyard & they would move west to Pleasant Ridge MO soon after their wedding, where they became successful planters & helped establish the Pleasant Ridge Church where they are buried today. They still have descendants living in the area.

Some 98 yrs after Lincoln's assassination when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated comparisons were made between Presidents Lincoln & Kennedy; their lives, presidencies & assassinations. There was one comparison never made:

Lincoln's girlfriend

Kennedy's girlfriend

 

[GHT]

Proof, if ever proof was needed, that republics versus monarchies only ever has one winner.
Prince Charles, heir to the throne, had a mistress, whom he later married.


Now a president might have married someone like Charles' mistress, but his girlfriend would have been more like Charles' wife.

 

[BobHufford]

Took a drive today along the many dirt roads that criss-cross this County deep in the Missouri Ozarks. Came across this old cemetery and let the dogs get out to stretch their legs. The place was very interesting with graves from the 1870s until 2015. The stones ranged from large, ornate carvings to just flat rocks with no writing to mark a grave. There were a couple of Civil War veterans and even a home-made stone as a tribute to "Dad". I was glad to see that the place was being maintained (somewhat) and that families still strive to lay their deceased with the generations that came before.

 

[Daniele Tanto]

I think I have already talked about the Veronese charity carnival. This year the 490 edition was held.



Some photos of the parade and a beautiful video of February 1951 illustrating the Carnival of that time

For those who want more information, write to me, there is fun to share

 

[Daniele Tanto]

As you well know, for public health reasons I cannot leave my municipality of residence. Nobody can do it. Italian cities are empty of people who walk, converse, joke and laugh. It is the consequence of the Coronoavirus. I want to show you a video of a city unique in the world as you've never seen it before. Empty, without tourists, rarities among rarities, with the blue water of the canals, the silence and its unique architecture the visible world.
It is a unique opportunity.
Have fun seeing Venice as you will never see it

 

[Short Balding Guy]

As you well know, for public health reasons I cannot leave my municipality of residence. Nobody can do it. Italian cities are empty of people who walk, converse, joke and laugh. It is the consequence of the Coronoavirus. I want to show you a video of a city unique in the world as you've never seen it before. Empty, without tourists, rarities among rarities, with the blue water of the canals, the silence and its unique architecture the visible world.
It is a unique opportunity.
Have fun seeing Venice as you will never see it

Thanks for posting up the video link Daniele. I took the "tour." It is lovely! My visits to Italy were only in your mountains for skiing pursuits. I need to visit more of Italy and of the world. Fates be willing, I still have time.

Be safe, be strong and see you on the streets soon. Eric -

 

[rclark]

As you well know, for public health reasons I cannot leave my municipality of residence. Nobody can do it. Italian cities are empty of people who walk, converse, joke and laugh. It is the consequence of the Coronoavirus. I want to show you a video of a city unique in the world as you've never seen it before. Empty, without tourists, rarities among rarities, with the blue water of the canals, the silence and its unique architecture the visible world.
It is a unique opportunity.
Have fun seeing Venice as you will never see it

Glad to see you are ok my friend! Stay safe!

 

[Just A Hat Rack]

As you well know, for public health reasons I cannot leave my municipality of residence. Nobody can do it. Italian cities are empty of people who walk, converse, joke and laugh. It is the consequence of the Coronoavirus. I want to show you a video of a city unique in the world as you've never seen it before. Empty, without tourists, rarities among rarities, with the blue water of the canals, the silence and its unique architecture the visible world.
It is a unique opportunity.
Have fun seeing Venice as you will never see it

Beautiful, yet unsettling. I pray that things get better for you and all of Italy. Some predictions are saying the US is on the same path. I hope this isn't true, and that folks can do what's necessary to help prevent the spread of this virus here, in Italy, and all over the world.