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17-01-2007, 06:17 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 3
| | | Hello from Texas
Hi everyone,
I'm an expat Brit and I've been living in the USA for 20 years. I've been enjoying browsing the galleries of beautiful British landscapes and wildlife - makes me a little homesick! I love to go hiking in the Lake District when I do get back for a visit - we don't have anything quite like the system of public footpaths and ancient rights of way here in Texas, so taking a walk in the countryside can only be done in the State Parks and so on!
Cheers
Helen |
17-01-2007, 06:49 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sheffield
Posts: 4,897
| | | Re: Hello from Texas
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Originally Posted by smardale  Hi everyone,
I'm an expat Brit and I've been living in the USA for 20 years. I've been enjoying browsing the galleries of beautiful British landscapes and wildlife - makes me a little homesick! I love to go hiking in the Lake District when I do get back for a visit - we don't have anything quite like the system of public footpaths and ancient rights of way here in Texas, so taking a walk in the countryside can only be done in the State Parks and so on!
Cheers
Helen | Hello Helen and a very warm welcome to WAB. The Lake District is my favourite area too. I can imagine your visit takes a little longer 
Never mind, I'm sure you will enjoy being here. There's lots to remind you of the Wildlife of Britain ... and you can join in the fun too 
John |
17-01-2007, 07:04 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sheffield, FPRSY
Posts: 4,984
| | | Re: Hello from Texas
Yes, welcome. It wouls also be good to hear about your wildlife in Texas - perhaps on the sistersite: Worldwide Wildlife Quote:
Originally Posted by smardale Hi everyone,
I'm an expat Brit and I've been living in the USA for 20 years. I've been enjoying browsing the galleries of beautiful British landscapes and wildlife - makes me a little homesick! I love to go hiking in the Lake District when I do get back for a visit - we don't have anything quite like the system of public footpaths and ancient rights of way here in Texas, so taking a walk in the countryside can only be done in the State Parks and so on!
Cheers
Helen | |
17-01-2007, 07:40 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ijmuiden, Holland
Posts: 1,955
| | | Re: Hello from Texas
hello Texas, you are in great company her at wab. Im also a Brit living abroad and the last few weeks since I joined WAb has been great. Everyone has made me feel at home, and it's bril' just to able to ask the questions thats been bugginng me and get a friendly informative answer. The Lakes are my favourite as well but I'm biased. Hope we can cheer you up a little when you are feeling down. Enjoy,learn and welcome |
17-01-2007, 07:56 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perthshire, Scotland
Posts: 1,055
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Hi Smardale, welcome to WAB.
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17-01-2007, 08:12 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lincolnshire/Cambs/Norfolk border right on The Wash
Posts: 2,177
| | | Re: Hello from Texas
Hello Texas, Lincolnshire calling. Welcome to WAB Helen. It is a lovely friendly and informative place to be. I practicaly live here!!
jaki
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17-01-2007, 08:30 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Milton, Hampshire
Posts: 3,034
| | | Re: Hello from Texas
Hi Helen. |
17-01-2007, 08:44 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: N.E.SOMERSET
Posts: 6,455
| | | Re: Hello from Texas
Hello Helen,say hello to Jim Russell who lives in
Fort Worth Dallas if you should see him 
welcome to wild about
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17-01-2007, 10:34 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 3
| | | Re: Hello from Texas
Thank you so much, everyone for the really warm welcome - specially as we're having awful weather here in Texas. It hasn't got above 38 degrees F. (3C) here today and everywhere is suffering from ice storms and even snow in Dallas/Fort Worth, which is over 300 miles away to the north of me. I live just outside Houston and our normal winter temperatures in January are 60-70F (15-21C)!
Hi Nightshade - Texas is a huge state, but should I run into Jim, I'll say Hi!
Hi goosey - I used to live in Holland - we were based in The Hague for 4 years.
Hi Paul - thanks for mentioning the Worldwide Wildlife site - I didn't know about it. We certainly have a lot of wildlife here. Living here got me really interested in birding.
Helen |
18-01-2007, 05:57 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lancashire.
Posts: 1,012
| | | Re: Hello from Texas
Hi Helen,
A warm welcome to WAB, you will really feel homesick when you have looked at all the gallery photos
Carol.
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18-01-2007, 10:16 AM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swansea
Posts: 31
| | | Re: Hello from Texas
Hi Helen, Welcome to the WAB. We would love to hear some Texan birding stories.
What part of Britain did you come from ? Hawkwind.... |
19-01-2007, 04:44 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 3
| | | Re: Hello from Texas
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Originally Posted by Hawkwind Hi Helen, Welcome to the WAB. We would love to hear some Texan birding stories.
What part of Britain did you come from ? Hawkwind.... | Thanks for the welcome, Carol and Hawkwind. I was born in Penrith, Cumbria, so spent the first 18 years of my life there. Then I went to Uni in London and Keele (Staffs) and after that lived in southwest London, until my husband started moving us around the world with his job in an American oil company. We've been in Texas for 14 years!
Over the last few years I've built a website to show some of my birding experiences and adventures. I love hummingbirds and have been very lucky to have them visit my garden, along with Purple Martins which nest every Spring in a martin house we put up for them. I've also documented some birding trips we've been on. Here's the website address: Helen's Birding Pages
Helen | | |
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