Wednesday Image Search – EE – II

Posted on February 9, 2022 by vanbraman

Welcome to another Wednesday Image Search where I pick a string of letters or a word and share some of the images I find in an image search of the blog.

Last week I completed my search for double vowels, except for sometimes ‘y’. There are very few ‘yy’ words, so I am giving it a pass. Since I had so many images for some of the double vowels I am going to do a second edition of some of them.

Tonight I am searching for ‘ee’ again.

These should be interesting. There are a lot of words with this double vowel.

What images will I find?

Flying Bee, Karaman Museum, Karaman Turkey, Flora and FaunaWith the first image we have a picture of a bee I took in Turkey.  It was on my mind as used it in a class I taught this evening. I have so many bee pictures that I could have just shown them in this post.

Free Lunch, Birthday Lunch, Kinders, Pulled Pork, Beans, potato saladThe second image is of a free lunch I had for my birthday years ago. This sandwich from Kinder’s BBQ was delicious.

Plan B, Restaurant, Italian Food, Seoul, South Korea, PizzaNext we have an image of a cheese pizza at Plan B restaurant in Seoul, South Korea. This was unique as we dipped the slices in honey before we ate them.

Canteen Lunch in the Alley, Ottumwa, Iowa, 1936, Loose Meat SandwichesHere are some of my family visiting the Canteen in Ottumwa, Iowa many years ago. This historic restaurant now has a parking garage built over part of it. The best loose meat sandwiches are served here.

Freedom Over Me, Ashley Bryan, Slaves, Newbery Honor BookFinally, since it is Black History Month I decided to share an image of Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan. This was a Newbery Honor book in 2017.

I had 687 ‘ee’ images to pick from, and again had to make some tough decisions on what to share. I may have to do a 3rd edition of this post.

Which is your favorite of these ‘ee’ pictures?

What should I search for next? I think I will continue the theme of double vowels with a second round of ‘oo’.

Steven

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Oscillating on Oak Island

Posted on February 8, 2022 by vanbraman

Season 9 of The Curse of Oak Island is starting to get exciting.

In the episode tonight they finished bringing in the equipment to starting sinking the large shafts.

Curse of Oak Island, History Channel, Did they find anything?Tonight they shared footage of a visit by the Nova Scotia Premier.

They are hoping that his visit can help resolve some of the issues they are having with getting permission to dig.

The Premier visited the Money Pit area not too long before the final equipment arrived.

oak Island, Money Pit, Mahone BayThe last major piece of equipment to arrive was the very large oscillator that will drive the large cans down into the ground.

The team signed the first segment of the shaft casing and the oscillating was started soon after.

Oak Island, Money Pit, National Geographic, Curse of Oak IslandSome more metal detecting was shown, and some more finds were made near where the lead bag seal was found.

Curse of Oak Island, Mahone Bay, Nova ScotiaThe digging in the swamp finally came to an end as they need to refill the swamp to use the water for the wash plant. However, not before they were able to find some more worked wood and some large wooden stakes.

oak island, curse of oak lsland, satellite, money pit They finally shared some information about the lead bag seal. There was some great information about the composition of the lead used in the seal. However, it would have been good to hear from someone who had greater knowledge of bag seals from a historical standpoint and how to decipher the markings.

I am of course not an expert, but I know that there is normally information on the seal that shows what type of cloth would have been in the bale and who and where it was manufactured. The only markings that were really looked at were a ‘T’ and an ‘E’ and the opinion given was that it stood for Treasury of England. This definitely goes counter to some of the research that has been done by fans of the show. A bag seal would not show the owner of a bale of cloth, but rather the maker.

This information was then tied to the recent theory that recovered treasure from the Caribbean was brought to Oak Island. I really could not see the connection.

The preview for the next episode shows the oscillator working away and the hammer grab pulling pieces of wood from the shaft. There is also some excitement as they start to look through the spoils.

One thing to remember as you watch the show is that this is not a live show, but rather they are building a narrative based off of a season of filming. They are building suspense and also background so that the story comes together and helps explain the work on the island.

Steven

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