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A creation of my dear daughter, Rachel. I found it appealing and it piqued my curiosity. How many words can you form from the swirling steam rising from the hot tea?
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ericvanwesenbeeck: All last week the four young ones were alone in the Nest and relied on mom and dad to bring them lots of juicy worms, dropping them into their gaping beaks, from which they grew even bigger. By Sunday, the four of them were spilling out of the Nest as they tried resting for…
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Almost two weeks ago the four Robins hatched. Momma Robin has untiringly brought them food and has been standing on the edge of the Nest because there is no longer room in the nest for her. I think she may even be resting in sight of the Nest so she can still provide security, chasing…
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lostjohnny: The Beatles Don’t Let Me Down from the lp Let It Be Classic
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So, I was wrong. There is in fact four young robins who have emerged from the four blue eggs! When I last posted I only saw three beaks straining upwards for nourishment and I assumed on egg did not hatch. After they shuffled around in the tiny nest, a fourth beak appeared from beneath the…
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The sunny and cool day offered us an opportunity to explore the Minesing Wetlands, along Willow Creek just northwest of Snow Valley. Nick helped Mom and me get mom’s canoe on and off the car and in and out of the water where we all enjoyed a peaceful paddle along the high waters of the…
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ericvanwesenbeeck: Well, it’s been almost a week since the three Hatchlings emerged from the four eggs in the Front Door Nest. Momma Robin is very protective and we try not to disturb her and her young family too much. Poppa bird has been making appearances, as well, helping to provide food and protection. Curiosity drove…
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The sunny and cool day offered us an opportunity to explore the Minesing Wetlands, along Willow Creek just northwest of Snow Valley. Nick helped Mom and me get mom’s canoe on and off the car and in and out of the water where we all enjoyed a peaceful paddle along the high waters of the…
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Well, it’s been almost a week since the three Hatchlings emerged from the four eggs in the Front Door Nest. Momma Robin is very protective and we try not to disturb her and her young family too much. Poppa bird has been making appearances, as well, helping to provide food and protection. Curiosity drove me…
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(not to mention golf courses). An informative read. http://earther.com/lawns-are-an-ecological-disaster-1826070720
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Thanks Asheville for another weird week in North Carolina! Never a dull moment in AVL. It’s the friendly and welcoming people who make this town so special. Oh yeah… and the awesome cycling. It makes me wanna come back…
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Riding in the Blue Ridge Mountains all week is hard and at some point a guy runs outta gas. It’s a bummer when all’s they take is cash and all’s you’ve got is plastic. Damn.
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Patience and Cooperation have produced these young and fragile Robins in the Front Door Nest. While momma was out getting food, Chris managed to capture this beautiful image. Thanks, Chris!
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Take a good look at this photograph. Have you ever wondered about what’s actually happening when they set up for a pose like this? Do you think what is going through their heads at this moment has anything even remotely to do with the matching headline? I don’t. Look at it. What a pretentious pose!…
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humansofnewyork: “When I went to college, I thought about joining one of those Asian student organizations. But I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go ‘all in’ on being Asian. I had to ask myself how integral it was to my identity. I’ve never been very traditional. I grew up in a white town on…
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betweenmylegs: priorities are important
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Held hostage in our own house by a tiny bird! Mama Robin decided to nest on our front door. Then she laid four little blue eggs in the nest. In the spirit of Spring we’ve accepted the challenge to use our backdoor for the next few weeks while she raises her brood. Spring. New life.…
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Lost on the Links of Illahe ~ (Illahe is a local Chinook word meaning “earth” or “place” or “soil”) ~ Almost a full week on the road for work begins to make me feel a little antsy. Being continually indoors for work and travel the past week has me jonesing to get out of doors…
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I love Oregon. And Oregon loves me back. Feeling the love at PDX.
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Run Through the Jungle ~ Concrete jungle, that is. Staying as a Strip outcast at the Rio affords me the unique view of the bleak backsides of the Bellagio, Ceasars, etc while out on my morning run. That’s where it’s all happening; behind the glitzy, glamourous facades, the boots on the ground are making sure…
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Dya think this Customs photograph could earn me online notoriety?
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This song is 4:20 minutes long. Smoke ‘em if ya got ’em.
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really-shit: Parallel World, Ji Lee Ji Lee works as a creative strategist for Facebook. Source: really-shit
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Blue eyes, big head, freakishly long skinny legs. I’ll name her Erica.
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Come on Barbie, Let’s go Party! ~ Finding a 20" tall naked Barbie inspecting the cracks in the sidewalk on my way home from work was a fitting end to a couple days of bizarre April weather. “Do you want to go for a ride?”… “Sure Ken.”
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thephilosopheroftheboudoir: Neil Young and Devo Out Of the Blue (Into the Black) scene from the film Human Highway Do you think mind altering drugs were involved in this production? An unusual collaboration.
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April Showers of freezing rain, sleet, snow and a Nor’Easter howling off of Kempenfelt Bay driving tiny daggers into my face and pointing the Canadian flag opposite its prevailing direction. The husky in Dano loved it. The icy desolation at a normally joyfully bustling Centennial Park is a clear indication that townfolk have hunkered down…
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two wheels to nowhere
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Looney Toons at wörk. Smoking Loon at höme.
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anthony-samaniego: feedmill Does an endless social media feed exercise your brain? I think not. Source: instagram.com
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Two cans will give you full protection through your entire work day.
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Thrust is measured in “pounds of thrust” in the U.S. and in Newtons in the metric system. 4.45 Newtons of thrust equals 1 pound of thrust. A pound of thrust is how much thrust it would take to keep a one pound object unmoving against the force of gravity on earth.
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a fork in the road bike
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Life’s a workout.
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from a bygone era of space exploration
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Since my company was acquired last August, by a large German multinational, I’ve been finding more and more emails in my inbox like this one. It’s funny because when it lands in my inbox, I don’t have a fükkën clue what it’s about from the Subject line but I know it’s from headquarters and I…
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In Defiance of Artic Air ~ The sunny sky shined into the sheltered northeast corner of our backyard. In spite of the -4c temperature and biting Northwind, the six of us happily gave Mother Nature the finger this afternoon and spent two hours soaking up the sunshine. Drinking coffee, eating cookies and planning out our…
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GoPro prototype circa 1962
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It starts in the kitchen (and for me it usually ends there, too).
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Exercise ~ It can be easily incorporated into everyday life by giving up elevators and escalators in favour of stairs. Choose your feet over wheels as much as possible and when you do walk, make it brisk rather than just ambling along. The benefits of getting off your butt are clear, and best of all,…
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serpentine dream
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humansofnewyork: “I looked out my window and saw smoke coming from the village across the river. At first I thought it was a casual fire. But then I heard shooting, and I saw people were trying to swim across the river. We knew that our village would be next. I grabbed what I could carry…
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French Fries in Freudenberg ~ A stone’s throw off the autobahn as we head to Frankfurt, we find a tiny local watering hole where some men are finishing the workday with a cool pint. A quick bite fills our bellies and as we leave town a roadside sign reminds us of where we long to…
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(and a well timed cigarette)
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A good last day at the trade fair followed by dinner with some great people who made the long week of long days bearable with some good laughs and engaging conversation. In the end, it’s people that make it all worthwhile.
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The Moon and Mass Transit ~ these are just two of my favourite things ‘Stuttgart 21’ is an estimated nine billion euro infrastructure project to expand and move the central railway station completely underground. Budget overruns, protests, environmental concerns and delays haven’t stopped construction that currently has this downtown park across from my hotel looking…
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un dîner fabuleux
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How much is too much? Yesterday while running very hard, my heart was thumping at 187 bpm. Although I felt great, it got me wondering how hard should I be pushing it at fifty-two? This was an enlightening read. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/extreme-exercise-and-the-heart
Two Wheels To Nowhere 