Wallpaper November 2012

It’s that time of year when it’s time to share wallpaper images again to ease winter withdrawal. For the first time, it wasn’t the cold that chased me off the island, but low water. When the taps began pouring mud, it became clear (pun intended) that it was time to go. Despite having dug a hole to deepen the intake in the harbor in anticipation of low water, it still dropped too low with every wave sliding more muck down the hole. This was a battle I was not going to win.

For those who weren’t on the River to see what fall produced, these were the lowest levels anyone I know has ever seen. Shoals appeared where none had been before and one dawn I awoke to not only my first glimpse of one just off the island, but a bald eagle standing sentry on it! I posted that image on One in a Thousand's Facebook page if you're curious.  Regardless, whether it’s the cold or low water that forces me off the island, it always becomes easy to leave when it's hard to stay.

Last season, these wallpapers moved away from the traditional contest of identifying locations to sharing shots of places more easily recognized. This winter I’ll shake it up with a few of each. I’ll start the contest again using this image, which is worth a set of six 8x10 prints for the best caption which explains where it was taken while also sharing a story or any interesting lore you may know about this part of the River.

Please forgive me for mentioning Christmas this early, but every year it seems everyone wakes up only when December arrives and it gets chancy for book and print gift orders being shipped from Canada to get there in time. It’s not a big problem for Volume II and Volume V which are shipped from the US, but for the few remaining copies of Volume I, Volume III and giclée prints which have to be shipped from Canada, cross border mail is notoriously slow despite Canada Post charging a fortune.

I’ll also take the liberty of mentioning Donna Walsh Inglehart’s (the co-author of our iPad App One in a Thousand), acclaimed historical novel, Grindstone. It was this book which allowed me to discover her prodigious talent, ultimately becoming the catalyst for our collaboration. If you'd like a mesmerizing understanding about what this place was like just seven years before the Gilded Age began, start reading.

The wallpapers are available in wide screen and standard formats. Standard also services the iPad, the only platform on which One in a Thousand can be viewed.

Enjoy!

Ian Coristine

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