Lets Jump Together

We live in the country - about ten miles from town.  This decision was made carefully over 26 years ago - we wanted to raise our family away from the city.
Our sense of security was enhanced by our location, and we have been comfortable here.
Still aware that we need to be careful, we always keep [...]

I have just made the coolest discovery while browsing a site I haven’t been to in quite a few months.
In the past, I always liked to keep my eye on a couple of web cams along the coast of Maine.
Since I couldn’t be at the ocean, seeing it occasionally through a web cam was the [...]

I was most intrigued when I first saw this beautiful hotel on TV this past winter.
The whole building and everything in it is completely made of ice - the tables, chairs, beds, sculptures, walls, and even the chandeliers.
The one pictured above was built in Sweden, and they started building it in mid November.
By the [...]

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

- by Beverly Sills

A good spot to spend an afternoon in the summer is the local park.
There are always families there - some with children, some with babies in strollers, and others with dogs secured with leashes.
You will also find people reading or jogging or feeding the ducks that make the pond their summer home.
This little park is [...]

Have you ever heard about the seed vault that resides just a few miles from the North Pole?
Since it’s opening in February 2008, millions of seeds have been deposited into it.  It has the capacity to hold 4.5 million seeds.
It is located on a small Norwegian island named Spitsbergen, and it was built to preserve [...]

One of our favorite blogs has created a most beautiful award for all their friends.
This blog, The Right Blue, contains beautiful images from under the sea.
The authors are master divers who have spent many hours photographing, logging, and observing the underwater life over many years and all over the globe.
Filled with many facts, Bobbie writes [...]