Addendum to Compass Points October 2019

Here you’ll find photos mentioned in the October 2019 issue of Compass Points, the monthly newsletter sent to subscribers only. If you’d like to subscribe, CLICK HERE. You can unsubscribe any time. If you’d like me to send you a copy of that newsletter, use the Contact form on this website to request it.

RAF Museum in London

8th Air Force Memorial at RAF

Maj. Jim Herbert with his WWII P-51 — My father, Captain James H. Herbert (Later Maj.) on wing of his North American P-51 D Mustang on September 11, 1944. He escorted Bombers to Leipzig targets far beyond normal fighter escort range. Instead of returning to Britain, mission continued on to land at Piryatin, Russia. Home via Italy. Second of only three such Russian missions. American flag armbands were isseed so Russians would not mistake downed American pilots for Germans.

Riverwood in October

Massanutten Mountain and Shenandoah River in October — Massanutten Mountain and North Fork of the Shenandoah River in October

Silver Maple Tree with its yellow carpet of leaves

Autumn Equinox Ritual

Smoke hangs like haze over harvested fields,
The gold of stubble, the brown of turned earth
And you walk under the red light of fall
The scent of fallen apples, the dust of threshed grain
The sharp, gentle chill of fall.
Here as we move into the shadows of autumn
The night that brings the morning of spring
Come to us, Lord of Harvest
Teach us to be thankful for the gifts you bring us …

Author unknown

RAF Museum in London

Riverwood in October

Autumn Equinox Ritual

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