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Another gorgeous day, so Lambeau and I walked one of the woods trails here. It was cool and lovely, even with no leaves on the trees as yet. But the buds are swelling nicely, and the smaller branches are greening. And there are a few bugs starting to flit about. Two views of the … Continue reading Another Walk in the Woods in the Springtime
Since it is so nice and sunny today, I decided Lambeau and I would take a walk in the woods. I took a few pictures while we were out. This is pretty much what we saw the whole time we were out. This is one of the two hawks that was stalking us for while. … Continue reading Walking in the Woods on a Pretty Spring Day
These are some seriously gorgeous photos of the Milky Way: Landscape Astrophotography Have you ever heard of a brinicle? Neither had I, until I saw this: Brinicle Okay, so maybe it wasn't the most efficient spacecraft ever, and I doubt Darth Vader is going to be knocking on these guys' door anytime soon, but you … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Astrophotography, Brinicle, RC Star Destroyer, and Minions Sing!
I don't know that I would call all of these "insane," but there are some interesting creatures in this list: Nordic Folklore Creatures We all know animals do some funny things, but these photos won the first Comedy Animal Pictures awards: Funny Animals This is pretty danged cool! This week, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Folklore Creatures, Funny Animal Photos, SpaceX Lands a Rocket, and Christmas
Here's a video compilation of some of the best pictures of Pluto from the New Horizons spaceship: Pluto New Hampshire's answer to Arendelle returns for another season: NH Ice Castle Doctor Who Cast and Crew musical for the end of David Tennant's run as the Doctor: Who Musical Number Remember those cute paper snowflakes you … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Photos of Pluto, Ice Castles in NH, Doctor Who Musical Number, and Star Wars Snowflakes
This is a great video about a deaf high school football team. It's not long, and certainly worth watching: Silent Night Lights While we are talking football, is the Clemson team's home stadium entrance not the best? Clemson Team Entrance One of the best things about Autumn is the changing colors of the leaves. And … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Deaf HS Football Team, Clemson’s Team Entrance, Pretty Foliage Places in New England, and Massive Chinese Traffic Jam
I've linked to some of National Geographic's Photos of the Day before. Here's a look at the best of those from September (Warning: Baby fox cuteness!): September's Best Photos Y'know how everyone says they have their best thoughts in the shower? Well, here's twenty that prove this to be true (Numbers 5 and 20 were … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Best of Photo of the Day September, Shower Thoughts, Redesigned NFL Helmets, and Apples!
Here are some more pictures of Pluto. These are really spectacular, and show a lot of detail about our little planet buddy: Pluto Remember all those things Mom would tell you, over and over? With these motivational posters, all she has to do is hang some artwork: Mom Posters Because one can never get enough … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Pluto Pictures, Mom Posters, Tom Does Hank, and the Shek Report
Some beautiful photos from The Guardian. The first one is stunning: Guardian Photos Remember the video I posted last week of Miss Piggy getting a bit distracted by Nathan Fillion? There are two more, and it seems that little flirtation got a bit escalated: Kermit Oh, Nathan! We know that Benedict Cumberbach is awesome. No, … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Pretty Pictures, More Fillion and Muppets, Cumberbatch Does Smaug, and Halloween Craftiness
Breaking Space News! NASA to announce discovery of a potential second Earth on Thursday: Kepler Discovery There are some pretty interesting borders between countries out there. Here are some photos: Borders China is building a hotel modeled after an amethyst geode. It's pretty: Amethyst Hotel There are six forensic study "body farms" in the US … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Another Earth?, Border Photos, Amethyst Hotel, and Body Farms
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