16 Dec
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
-By John Ruskin
After these past 5 days, this is certainly true.
Our region was hit with a severe ice storm that took our power away for 5 days. Pretty [...]
Posted in nature, quotes, winter by: kml
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01 Dec
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 [...]
Posted in environment, food, nature, places, winter by: kml
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17 Sep
I thought I was hearing things when I heard the evening news mention something about drive-thru flu shots.
All I could think of was: Do you want that supersized? YIKES!
After looking more into it online, it seems they have a pretty slick process set up - and you truly never leave the car.
You sign a consent [...]
Posted in health, winter by: kml
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09 Jun
Found this funny video on youtube. That poor penguin
Posted in nature, video, winter by: kml
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