[Sca-cooks] Re: Backyards in NYC

[Olwen the Odd]

Typical?  I think the only thing typical about my childhood is that I had
one!

Midway has since been taken over by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife and is a
wildlife refuge now.  People who like diving and scuba and, of course,
birds, take "paridise vacations" there.  I believe most of the old buildings
have been taken down and IIRC the Offices Quarters have been turned into the
space for visitors.  The waters there are beautiful.  I see a lot of
National Geographic specials taken from there.  The gooney birds are huge
and mean.

Olwen.  So.  You guys _sure_ no one got the packet yet???

>Olwen, those pictures are beautiful! Thank you for sharing them!
>
>Midway, huh? I guess neither of us had the most typical childhood?
>
>Anne
>
>Olwen the Odd wrote:
>
>>>I
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>>Between 2 and 5 no, lived on a farm.  Between 5 1/2 and 9 I lived here
>>http://community.silverlink.net/midway/Photos/Island/midway%2009.jpg
>>in a home quite like this one
>>http://community.silverlink.net/midway/Photos/Landmarks/midway%20cannons.jpg
>>No.  We didn't have an interesting museum there but boy did we have
>>birds!
>>We had pretty birds
>>http://community.silverlink.net/midway/Photos/Birds/fairy%20tern%2002.jpg
>>http://community.silverlink.net/midway/Photos/Birds/birds.jpg
>>Dancing birds
>>http://community.silverlink.net/midway/Photos/Birds/albatross%20-%20mating%20dance%201.jpg
>>
>>We had flying birds
>>http://community.silverlink.net/midway/Photos/Birds/albatross%20-%20flying%202.jpg
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>>and _really weird_ birds
>>http://community.silverlink.net/midway/Photos/Birds/frigate%20bird.jpg
>>We had baby birds
>>http://community.silverlink.net/midway/Photos/Birds/gooney%20chick%202.jpg
>>
>>Cripes, we had birds
>>_EVERYWHERE_!!http://community.silverlink.net/midway/Photos/Landmarks/hanger%2004.jpg
>>


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