“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee. Superior they say, never gives up her dead, when the gales of November come early." On this day 44 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior. The 29 crew members sank with the freighter hauling iron ore.

Thank you Annie for coming back and for doing these threads! I know how difficult it is when people are rude. I'm so glad you were able to go past it. You made me nervous being gone! (This part of my comment disappeared the first time I posted this.) Thank you Jasdip and igmd gaz for picking up the reins. Such interesting pictures as always and educational. ☺️ The circumference of the cat's yawning mouth?

@Annie Deighnaugh...Colorado Springs, Colorado. Cheyenne Canyon. It's close by. Lots of waterfalls! This one they made into a tourist attraction....we rappelled into it when it was closed to the public during the week. Link to the 7 Falls walk way

I love trees - and so many lovely photos of them too😃 Huge kapok tree in our neighbors yard - it has beautiful, huge red flowers in the spring , which turn into large seedpods filled with tightly packed masses of white fibers and seeds, which then float away, coating everything around when they open, and sprouting everywhere - causing us to curse it 😄 P.S. Here's a pic of some of the fallout in front of the neighbor's house - the fibers float around in the air too...