Category Archives: History

Billy Visits Scotland – St. Andrews Cathedral

Posted on February 9, 2022 by imagesbytdashfield

This chapter in Billy’s travel journal was one that I enjoyed but he did not like it much. He enjoyed the view walking towards St. Andrews but once we entered, he was disappointed that it wasn’t another castle where he … Continue reading →

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Billy Visits Scotland – Dunnottar Castle

Posted on January 21, 2022 by imagesbytdashfield

This was one of those “the best laid plans of mice and coos oft times go astray” moments with visiting this castle. We had a lovely breakfast at our BnB with the plans for the day being to visit Dunnottar … Continue reading →

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St. Charles Christmas Traditions Part 6: More from the Parade

Posted on December 23, 2021 by imagesbytdashfield

In the parade there were characters from storybooks such as these ghostly and grumpy fellows from Dickens A Christmas Carol… The Sugarplum Fairy and a toy soldier from the Nutcracker Suite.. And of course characters that represented their respective countries/cultural … Continue reading →

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St. Charles Christmas Traditions Part 5: Singing and Dancing

Posted on December 21, 2021 by imagesbytdashfield

The parade began with local schools/groups singing Christmas carols but what I really enjoyed were the marchers in period wear dancing and singing. I wonder if during Dickens time did this ever occur or is that strictly just in the … Continue reading →

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St. Charles Christmas Traditions Part 3 – The Architecture

Posted on December 17, 2021 by imagesbytdashfield

Main Street in downtown historic St. Charles is a brick road but what about the buildings? Well, they’re brick too… as well as stone and wood with some of them dating back to the 1800’s. Quite a few of them … Continue reading →

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Historic Downtown St. Charles and Christmas Traditions Part 1

Posted on December 12, 2021 by imagesbytdashfield

St. Charles was Missouri’s first state capitol between 1821 and 1826, while a permanent capitol city was in the planning and development stages in Jefferson City. It was founded as Les Petites Cotes (The Little Hills) by French Canadian fur … Continue reading →

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Animals at the Renaissance Festival

Posted on October 21, 2021 by imagesbytdashfield

You didn’t think the festival was only about people coming to eat, drink and be merry (along with dressing for the occasion) did you? Verily I say unto thee that the festival is more than that. There are also shows … Continue reading →

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Getting ready to take on the new week

Posted on October 4, 2021 by imagesbytdashfield

Actually, while it feels like I may be going into battle with some things I have to attend to this week, this barbarian was getting suited up to do actual battle against his fellow barbarians in the ring at the … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday – Scotland

Posted on September 16, 2021 by imagesbytdashfield

The last time we traveled out of the country we went to Scotland and it was a most wonderful driving through the highlands trip. I was going through my files to move some of them to a new external hard … Continue reading →

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Keep on truckin’

Posted on August 25, 2021 by imagesbytdashfield

There weren’t just cars at the auto show, there were plenty of cool trucks as well. And I learned a new auto word for trucks, step side. What is a step side truck? A step side pickup truck features a … Continue reading →

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