December 10, 2008

Good Bye George!

George is leaving for Florida today! Safe travels and we're all jealous. See you soon!

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Neat Food!

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December 04, 2008

Fun Video


Visit www.wherethehellismatt.com for more info. YouTube has more videos of him, including his outtakes which are very funny.

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December 03, 2008

Missing Summer!

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November 04, 2008

Election Day! I voted!

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October 21, 2008

Palin as President Preview

Please visit this webiste. Use the mouse to explore Palin's oval office. Clicking on different things will yield a result; you can click on some of the things more than once for different results (like the door, the globe). Try to find where she is hiding her rifle. Enjoy!
http://www.palinaspresident.us/

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October 18, 2008

Exploring some cliffs on the river near Gillette's Castle

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Big Nest on a Ridge

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Nice View of Essex

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October 03, 2008

Uncle Cameron Thompson

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Cameron Acheson Thompson, April 15, 1952- September 25, 2008

Please visit www.kathymccurdy.com for additional photos and some words of remembrance from his sister.

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September 12, 2008

The Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC

Joanne and Jeff went on a trip to Victoria, BC. Here are some of their awesome photos.
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September 11, 2008

Neat Chameleon

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Photographer Unknown
Want to learn more about this cool animal? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon

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September 02, 2008

Stone Walls

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August 27, 2008

Silver Lake, Vermont

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This past weekend Alison took me up to Vermont to meet her cousin Nikki and her husband Jay for a weekend of camping.

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Their good friend Rich joined us;

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And Scott and Jaime, and their dogs Moose and Niko, who are Nikki and Jay's neighbors.

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We camped on Silver Lake near Goshen, VT.

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Look out point overlooking Lake Dunmore

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In the 1880's, Frank Chandler, missionary and owner of Silver Lake, built a road from Goshen to the lake through Leicester Hollow and erected a beautiful 50-60 room hotel/seminary at this site. Until it was abandoned in 1919, the hotel- with its motto of "Godliness, Holiness and Cleanliness"- offered respite and religious instruction. The hotel burned to the ground aound 1940. (From the information bulletin, Moosalamoo Association, www.moosalamoo.org)

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This is a view of our campsite from the lake and our beach where we spent the day.

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View to the lake from the campsite

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Silver Lake

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Native American History around Silver Lake

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The canoe provided great fun!

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Nikki, Jay and Alison off for a paddle.

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We lounged by the beautiful lake all day.

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Refreshing Margaritas...

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Floating...

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Night canoeing

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Alison and Moose

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Jelly Antler Fungus

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Campsite in the morning

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Cooking breakfast

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Also breakfast, due to necessity. We had to get rid of as much weight as possible so we wouldn't have to carry it out. It had to be finished.

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Pretty field

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August 20, 2008

Camping with George's Family at Hammonassett

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Group Campsite

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Around the campfire

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Fun at the beach

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Hana toasting a marshmellow

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Lily, Noah and Aiden

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Mermaid Noah

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Mia

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Kevin, Mia and Robyn playing washers

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Robyn and Lily in the bus

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Robyn as an octopus

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Aiden catching jelly fish

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Donna giving scooter rides

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August 11, 2008

A Day at the Shooting Range

Julie and Melissa invited me to go along with them to the New Haven Sportsman's Club for some shooting. Our friend Wolfgang has been a member there for about 3 years; this was our first time but I think you'll agree that we all look like naturals.

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Melissa

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Julie

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Heather

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First was this gun, which shot 22 calibur bullets.

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Julie shooting a revolver. I knew I wanted to try that next.

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Loading it...

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Then I saw the 45 automatic and headed straight for that. That made a pretty big noise.

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This gun shot 223 caliber bullets, and made the biggest bang. It was the most fun to shoot out of all the ones we tried at the 50 yard range. Then we we taken to the 100 yard range to try...

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The Semi Automatic AR 15. This is the civilian version of the gun the US Military uses. It is awesome. As you will see in this video:

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August 10, 2008

Our New Boat: Feather

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This is our new Boston Whaler Super Sport. It is the most fun!

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Mom and Dad came out on Saturday;

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And an evening cruise through Seldon's with Alison was the best way to end the day.

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July 29, 2008

Random Shots from the Past week

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Spiderweb in the morning

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Swans in North Cove

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Sisson Family Cemetery in the woods

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The Cemetery Wall

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July 23, 2008

Fun on the Beach

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Lily and Shelby's sand art

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Heath's Sand Sculpture

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Sand pants- patent pending...

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July 21, 2008

How cute is this?!

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July 16, 2008

Lesson of the Week

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July 14, 2008

Is this REAL?!

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July 02, 2008

Trapper Nelson's Homestead from the air

This is what Trapper Nelson's homestead looks like. I was bored today, so I've been exploring the world on Google Maps. Zoom in and out to see how far up the Loxahatchee he was.


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The white buildings near the center of the clearing are his cabin and his guest cabin. The group in the bottom left are his animal cages for his "petting" zoo. And the gray roof at the end of the little road was the picnic table area where he shot himself. Too much detail? More photos are in the blog post from our first trip in Florida, titled "Trapper Nelson's homestead".

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June 23, 2008

Patrick and Chrissy's Wedding

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The bride and groom

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Patrick and the bridesmaids

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Chrissy and the groomsmen

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The McCurdy Family

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Mom, Dad and Julia

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George and Heath

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Dad and Heath

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Julie

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Mom and Heath

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Pat and Chrissy

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June 16, 2008

Science Experiment

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With this tube, we will be creating a Diet Coke Geyser.

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Prepping the mentos...

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Get ready!

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Whoosh! Next time we will change a few of the conditions to see if we can get a higher geyser. This one was ok, but didn't have as much force as we expected.

Check out this video for some amazing domino geysers:

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Dandy

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Mom's buddy Dandy

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A few Boston shots

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Cemetery on the Boston Common

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King's Chapel

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Town Hall; The Boston Massacre occured outside of this building. You can see the building in the illustration below.

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June 12, 2008

Check these out!

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Guido Daniele's amazing Hand Painting Art. Guido Daniele was born in Soverato (CZ - Italy) and now lives and works in Milan. Since 1964 until 1968 he attended Brera artistic High School and he graduated from Brera School of Arts (major in sculpturing) in 1972. In 1972 he started working as hyper-realistic illustrator, in co-operation with major editing and advertising companies, using and testing different painting techniques. In 1990 he added a new artistic experience to his previous ones: using the "body painting" technique he creates and paints models bodies for different situations such as advertising pictures and commercials, fashion events and exhibitions.
Official Home Page: guidodaniele.com

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June 09, 2008

Weekend Shots

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Lily and I found this great spot for a picnic lunch on Saturday.

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The best view in town!

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Looking at the Essex River Museum

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Looking towards Nott's Island

Then we were off to Mike Feeny's Burn Party, where activities included expert Scavenger Hunts with varying degrees of difficulty, sprinklers to cool off with, badmitton, bocce, eating the most amazing keilbasa dogs and hot dogs, and of course FIRE!

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New Friends, Brandy Lynn and Lily

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Good friends, Lily and Julie

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Mike Feeny's tree

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This is my fire: enthusiastically created and maintained by yours truly.

And finished off on Sunday with a GREAT paddle with Alison on the river from Essex to Deep River!
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This was the best paddle of the season.

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I wish I could do this every day!

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June 04, 2008

George!

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George is off for a paddle!

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Summer is the best!

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"Dan" by Lily

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This is our friend Dan, whose parents are Ken and Sue. Lily took these photos during our last cookout, and I think they are GREAT photos!!

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May 18, 2008

Heath on the porch

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I love the weekends.

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Tag Sale Score

A tag sale yielded these two coloring books from 1943:
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Playtime has begun kids!

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They include some basic facts about a variety of weapons,

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and different types of tanks and vehicles.

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Do you play football? Then you're qualified! Sign up today!

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There are other ways to have fun at war:

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You can ride in a jeep that goes 60 miles an hour.

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These men are definetly having fun.

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These books also tell you how women can participate.

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They can do minor tasks as nurse's aides.

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Or stay trim and wear a cute uniform!

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Or, if you have a pair of red heels, you can pump gas.

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Your pet can also get involved. Doesn't every pet owner want their pet to sit on burning garbage?

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Awww... this isn't a fun picture to color. Boo.

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Back to the fun!


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May 17, 2008

Some spring photos

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Daffodils at Thirsty Boots Farm

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Lilacs

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Looking up through layers of branches

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pinwheel

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May 03, 2008

Underwater Astonishments by David Gallo

This is an amazing video! You'll love it!

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May 02, 2008

I love the whole world. I love this song.

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I love CUPCAKES!

Here is a photo of the cupcakes I made for the last VW get together. They were a big hit!
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Photo by Jim Rolston; thanks for the photo!!!

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May 01, 2008

Quote of the Day

"Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar."
--Drew Carey

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April 29, 2008

Bridal Shower at Winged Foot

The wedding is less than 2 months away, and the celebratons continue!

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Pat and Chrissy

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Julia, Heather and Chrissy

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Mom

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Dad and Heath

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Dad, Sue, Fj, Uncle Joe

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Uncle Cameron, Heath and Mom

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Pat and Will

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Julia and Heath

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Chrissy and Aunt Barbara

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Pat and a new Cuisinart

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April 24, 2008

White Siamese Racing Pigeon

On Wednesday, this little visitor arrived on the deck at work.
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We didn't know if she was injured, but she looked very tired. So I brought her some bird seed and water.

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When I put the food down she came walking right towards me, and only stopped about a foot away. She gobbled up the seed and drank a lot of water!

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She was very hungry, but didn't appear to be hurt in any way. From some online research it was discovered that she was a White Siamese Racing Pigeon. A look at her tag told us she was from Triverton, RI.

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So she decided to hang out for awhile...

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A man that used to work here who currently owns and breeds pigeons stopped by to take a look. He said that she had lost a lot of weight and looked "stunned". He gave her some special pigeon food, which she really liked, and brought her home to take care of her and make her healthy again. So she is doing well and in good hands, and may soon be reuntied with her owner.

For me... it was a nice little distraction for the day.

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April 20, 2008

In Bloom

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April 12, 2008

George's New Crew Member

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Seagulls on the dock

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Buds of Spring

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Lilac Buds

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Lilac in color

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Lily's Fort

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Lily built a great fort today!

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Here she is looking through her "TV Hole".

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There is even room for a visitor!

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April 10, 2008

Buddies

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April 09, 2008

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April 03, 2008

Heath and Dad

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March 13, 2008

Blast from the past

Look what I found:

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A JC Penney catalog from 1977. It's not often blog fodder just falls in my lap, but this is two solid inches of it! I thumbed through it quickly and found my next dining room set, which is apparently made by adding upholstery to old barrels:

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Also, I am totally getting this for my bathroom:

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There's plenty more home furnishings where those came from, however I'm not going to bore you with that. Instead, I'm going to bore you with something else. The clothes.

The clothes are fantastic.

Here's how to get beat up in elementary school:

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Just look at that belt. It's like a boob-job for your pants. He probably needed help just to lift it into place. The belt loops have to be three inches long.

Here's how to get beat up in high school:

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This kid looks like he's pretending to be David Soul, who is pretending to be a cop who is pretending to be a pimp that everyone knows is really an undercover cop. Who is pretending to be 15.

Here's how to get beat up on the golf course:

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This 'all purpose jumpsuit' is, according to the description, equally appropriate for playing golf or simply relaxing around the house. Personally, I can't see wearing this unless you happen to be relaxing around your cell in D-block. Even then, the only reason you should put this thing on is because the warden made you, and as a one-piece, it's slightly more effective as a deterrent against... you know.

Here's how to get beat up pretty much anywhere:

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Here's how to get beat up at the beach:

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He looks like he's reaching for a gun, but it's probably just a bottle of suntan lotion in a holster.

How to get beat up in a meeting:

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If you wear this suit and don't sell used cars for a living, I believe you can be fined and face serious repercussions, up to and including termination. Or imprisonment, in which case you'd be forced to wear that orange jumpsuit.

How to get beat up on every day up to and including St. Patrick's Day:

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Dear God in Heaven, I don't believe that color exists in nature. There is NO excuse for wearing either of these ensembles unless you're working as a body guard for the Lucky Charms leprechaun.

In this next one, Your Search For VALUE Ends at Penneys.

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As does your search for chest hair.

And this -- Seriously. No words.

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Oh wait, it turns out that there are words after all. Those words are What. The. Heck. I'm guessing the snap front gives you quick access to the chest hair. The little tie must be the pull tab.

Also, judging by the sheer amount of matching his/hers outfits, I'm guessing that in 1977 it was considered pretty stylish for couples to dress alike. These couples look happy, don't they?
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I am especially fond of this one, which I have entitled 'Cowboy Chachi Loves You Best.'

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And nothing showcases your everlasting love more than the commitment of matching bathing suits.
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Then you can relax in your one-piece matching terry cloth jumpsuits:
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I could go on, but I'm tired, and my eyes hurt from this trip back in time. I think it's the colors. That said, I will leave you with these tasteful little numbers:
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Very nice.

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March 07, 2008

George is HOME!!!

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Welcome Home George!

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January 15, 2008

Bizarro Letter

We received this letter at the office. The post mark was from Long Beach, CA. Pretty Crazy!

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January 14, 2008

Walk with Lily

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Some hangman fun.... hee hee!

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On our way home...

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Fondue Party

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The Fondue Tablescape

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New Tablecloth, argggg!

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Alison and Julie

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Dave and Keith

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January 07, 2008

George!!

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January 02, 2008

Some photos for George.... miss CT yet?

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Ahh... the Seal

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The River Museum

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Up River

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Down River

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Two Tugs for George

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The Rock in the park that is fun to climb.

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December 21, 2007

Wish it was summer... or I was in Florida.

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At least there are still awesome sunsets up here!

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And pretty mornings too...

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December 17, 2007

Goodbye George!

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George is on his way to Florida! He and the van will be dropped off in sunny, warm Orlando in about... 20 hours from now (noon on Monday.) Feel free to email him all of those nice thoughts that are going through your head right now.

Have FUN George! And Safe Travels!

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December 16, 2007

Fun-doo!

George is the best! His Christmas gift to me was a beautiful blue fondue pot. Which we of course put to use immediately!
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Our feast of chicken, pork, steak, veal, shrimp, scallops, mushroom, onion, and garliic. And of course Teriyaki, Hoisin, Yakitori, Honey Mustard, and Cocktail Sauces.

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Oh Boy, what fun we had.

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November 26, 2007

Lighting of the Boats Parade, Essex CT

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On Sunday night was the annual Lighting of the Boats Parade in Essex.
There were quite a few boats participating, however the video below shows one of the best.

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Thanksgiving Weekend Project

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We now have a new view from our bathroom!

I drew this free hand with pencils and my foam block to make a straight line. Then I filled in the color with craypas crayons that Julie gave me awhile ago for Christmas. I wasn't planning on this much progress; it was just supposed to be a sketch. If I expected to do so much I would have primed the wall. Too late now!

There is a sailboat heading for the sea, one out on the horizon, and one anchored in front of the beach. There is a kayaker over on the left shore, and some houses dotting the right hillside, one on top with a great view of the ocean. George has asked me to add a fisherman so he can picture himself there. (Not that he won't be fishing in paradise soon enough...) So you can look at the view and picture yourself in any number of awesome places. Oh, I also drew in a little bar on the beach, for Happy Hour.

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November 14, 2007

Bored at Work

This morning I changed the language options on the office coffee machine to Dutch. It is only 9:19am and it has already paid off with a good chuckle.

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November 08, 2007

Weekend Scoot

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Off for a scoot on a beautiful fall day!

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Headstones

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Angel

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Amazing view from Jeff's deck, with St. Joseph's steeple peeking over the tree tops.

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View of Gillette's Castle from Deep River

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Off for more adventure!

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November 05, 2007

Fall Ferry Ride

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George is heading across the river to mow, so I tagged along with my kayak to be dropped off on the other side.

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Gillette's Castle

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Beautiful day for a paddle!

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On the river

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2 VW's hanging out on a cliff, Whalebone Creek

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Selden's Creek

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October 25, 2007

Work

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September 26, 2007

George and Edy Come for a Visit!

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Lily with her grandparents, Edy and George

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Playing Connex

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Ta Daaa!!

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Fun Time

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George's Fun Time: his nap

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Edy and her apprentice

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Lily and Bunny with matching sweaters. Please also note Lily's many missing teeth, of which she is very proud.

Lily's Photos:

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Grandma and Dad in the office

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Heath

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Photos on the fridge

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Stocked fridge on lobster night. Mmmmm.....

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September 12, 2007

Labor Day Weekend Camping

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Lily and Shelby in the hammock

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Some adjusting...

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Jeff and Ken

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This is Jack the turtle, who Lily and Shelby found.

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August 14, 2007

Biggest Moth Ever

This moth is hanging out on the balcony outside our conference room. It is huge!!

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My friend Geff at work checked with a friend of his who knows about moths:

You’re right, it IS the biggest moth ever… at least in North America. My friend says it’s a type of Cecropia, or silkworm, moth.

http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm

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August 07, 2007

Congratulations Pat and Chrissy!!

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Congratulations on your engagement!!

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You are both so great!

WWWAAAHHOOOOOO!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!

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July 18, 2007

Selden's Cruise a few weeks back

My Idaho photos are coming!! In the meantime please enjoy these:

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Jeff, George and Abby

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George

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Jeff

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I like the shadow in this one.

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George enjoying a cigar.

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Look who's driving!

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George and Abby

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Matt and Crew

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Rock!

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July 05, 2007

Whalebone Creek

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We're headed to Whalebone Creek!

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Nice Rod George! Let's see what you can catch with that!

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Oh....

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Nice Fish!

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Bird Spectator

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June 15, 2007

George's Birthday, May 21

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The boys, from the right: John, Bob, Carl, and George

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June 08, 2007

Broken Computer

I do apologize for the interuption in regular postings. Our computer broke. We won't get into who's fault it was.... as we still disagrgee on this issue.

Please accept my apologies! We bought a new computer but it was crappy and didn't work. Grr..... And the folks at Best Buy are very unhelpful. I don't recommend shopping there.... ever.

So, here are some postings that I owe you and will have up as soon as possible!

1. George's Birthday
2. Day on the River with Lily, Jeff, and Shelby
3. King Crab Legs at Bob's house


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Play Time with Emily and Heather

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April 29, 2007

Camp Hazen Family Fun Day!

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Get Ready for some Rock Climbing!

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Lily

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Shelby

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Heath

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Heath coming down

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Jeff made it to the top!

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George was having fun too!

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Canoe Ride

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And of course a bouncy slide...

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Hooray for the Weekend!

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April 23, 2007

Ancient Rainforest Revealed in Illinois Coal Mine

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One of the fossils coating the mine's ceiling was a pteridosperm, an extinct seed-producing fern-like plant. Credit: Howard Falcon-Lang

Jeanna Bryner
LiveScience Staff
LiveScience.com
Mon Apr 23, 12:25 PM ET


Scientists exploring a mine have uncovered a natural Sistine chapel showing not religious paintings, but incredibly well preserved images of sprawling tree trunks and fallen leaves that once breathed life into an ancient rainforest.

Replete with a diverse mix of extinct plants, the 300-million-year-old fossilized forest is revealing clues about the ecology of Earth’s first rainforests . The discovery and details of the forest are published in the May issue of the journal Geology.

“We’re looking at one instance in time over a large area. It’s literally a snapshot in time of a multiple square mile area,” said study team member Scott Elrick of the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS).

Forest find

Over millions of years as sediments and plant material pile up, layer upon layer, the resulting bands become time indicators with the newest, youngest layer on the top and the oldest layer at the bottom. Typically geologists peel away a vertical slice of rocky material to look at material, including fossils, over a period of time.

A coal mine offers a unique view of the past. Instead of a time sequence, illuminated in the layer upon layer of sediments, the roof of an underground mine reveals a large area within one of those sediment layers, or time periods.

Miners in Illinois are used to seeing a few plant fossils strewn along a mine’s ceiling, but as they burrowed farther into this one, the sheer density and area covered by such fossils struck them as phenomenal, Elrick said.

That’s when they called paleobotanist Howard Falcon-Lang from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and William DiMichele, a curator of fossil plants at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

"It was an amazing experience. We drove down the mine in an armored vehicle, until we were a hundred meters below the surface,” Falcon-Lang said. “The fossil forest was rooted on top of the coal seam, so where the coal had been mined away the fossilized forest was visible in the ceiling of the mine.”

Forest snapshot

Here’s what the miners and other scientists saw underground: Relatively narrow passageways wind through the “cave,” marked off with stout 100-foot-wide pillars to ensure the roof doesn’t collapse.

“It’s like in some bizarre Roman temple with tons of Corinthian pillars that are 100 feet across and only six feet tall,” Elrick told LiveScience. “As you’re walking down these passageways you see these pillars of coal on either side of you and above you—imagine an artist’s canvas painted a flat grey and that is sort of what the grey shale above the coal looks like.”

The largest ever found, the fossil forest covers an area of about 40 square miles, or nearly the size of San Francisco. This ancient assemblage of flora is thought to be one of the first rainforests on Earth, emerging during the Upper Carboniferous, or Pennsylvanian, time period that extended from about 310 million to 290 million years ago.

A reconstruction of the ancient forest showed that like today’s rainforests, it had a layered structure with a mix of plants now extinct: Abundant club mosses stood more than 130-feet high, towering over a sub-canopy of tree ferns and an assortment of shrubs and tree-sized horsetails that looked like giant asparagus.

Flash freeze

The scientists think a major earthquake about 300 million years ago caused the region to drop below sea level where it was buried in mud. They estimate that within a period of months the forest was buried, preserving it “forever.”

“Some of these tree stumps have been covered geologically speaking in a flash,” Elrick said.

Because the spatial layout of the forest has been maintained, the scientists can learn about entire plant communities, not just individual plants.

"This spectacular discovery allows us to track how the species make-up of the forest changed across the landscape, and how that species make-up is affected by subtle differences in the local environment," Falcon-Lang said.

The fossil forest extends along the ceiling of two adjacent mines, the Riola mine and the Vermillion Grove mine, which are located in Vermillion County, just south of Danville, Ill.

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April 21, 2007

More mower...

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Spring is Here!!

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Mom and Sweetie, the barn cat

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Rooset for Sale! If anyone would like this rooster please let me know!


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George's New Mower!

Introducing! The Bob Cat Predator Pro:

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George is happy!

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Heated Seats, back massage...

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It even has a cupholder!

and I was just joking about the heated seats and back massage.

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April 16, 2007

The Flood

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March 31, 2007

Coming Soon....

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I'm finally updating the blog and I thought I would give you something to look forward to.

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March 18, 2007

Lily's New Pet

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This is Spike! He is staying with us for a week. He eats crickets and likes to climb.

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Snow Day!

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Lily's Fort

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Time for some sliding....

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This looks like a good hill for a slide...

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with a twist thrown in. Difficulty 2.1.

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And off for a walk!

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December 22, 2006

Missing!

Hello Everybody! Due to George being in Florida with the computer, and the chip for my camera (yeah, that was smart) my blog will be taking a brief hiatus.

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December 10, 2006

Stromboli Night at Jeff's

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How one becomes a horse...

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Camping in December

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George

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Heath

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Jeff

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Sean

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Morning Group

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Breakfast

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Ken

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December 01, 2006

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANE!!!!!

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Happy happy happy Birthday!!!! Happy Birthday to yyooooouuuuuuu!!!

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November 21, 2006

Ode to Summer

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Early Turkey

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George had a craving for turkey, so we made one on a Sunday. It was delicious!

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Dave and Julie joined us for the 18 pound feast,

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George was happy.

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YUM!

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but save room for Julie's desserts!

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November 20, 2006

Gillette's Castle

William Gillette was best known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on stage, he also wrote, produced and performed a play entitled Sherlock Holmes (adapted from a version originally written by Conan Doyle). The play was praised by contemporary critics and audiences alike. Through his association with this play, he broadly amassed fans all around the world.

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Leading to the castle

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In 1912, while sailing the Connecticut river, Gillette spotted a hill, part of the Seven Sisters, over a ferry's pier in Hadlyme.

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View from the river!

He docked, disembarked and climbed up. He was so amazed by the view that he purchased 115 acres of land, the next month. He decided to build up a castle at this location based on the Norman fortress Robert the Devil.

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Julie and the view of the river

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The material for the castle was carried up by an aerial-trolley designed by him. The castle's walls tapered from 5 feet thick at the base to 3 feet at the upper levels.

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The castle possessed 24 rooms and 47 doors, with puzzled hand-carved locks, which were also devised by Gillette. The main salon measured 30 by 50 feet and was 19 feet in height, featuring a complex mirrored system of surveillance that ended in his bedroom. He explained this as a means "to make great entrances in the opportune moment".

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The mansion was finished in 1919, at a cost of 1 million US dollars. Gillette called it Seven Sisters.

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Grand Central Station- Its small train was his personal pride. The train's layout was 3 miles long, and it travelled all around the property. Gillette also enjoyed strolls on his property in company of his guests, Albert Einstein among them.

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And on to our hike...

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and rock hunt.

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The train tunnel

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Have you heard of letterboxing? It's FUN!!!

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November 11, 2006

George in a skirt

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November 10, 2006

a few photos

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Julie and Lily

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Halloween Night Ride

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Loretta and Jesse

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Flood!

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A few weeks ago it rained and rained and rained. This is the Essex town dock underwater at high tide.

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November 05, 2006

Happy Birthday Mom!

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Kay Aurin and Mom

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Dave and Julie

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Pat, Chrissy and Bob Cashman

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Kay and Dad

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Cake!

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Everyone likes a Tiffany's box!

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From Dad

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Earrings from Kay

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Outside for fireworks!

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Pat, Chrissy and Mom

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October 15, 2006

Introducing!

A new blogger has entered the arena! Now that all the women in our family are blogging, you really have no excuse to not be keeping up with the exciting goings-on in our family. Ha ha!

Mom's blog can be found at www.kathymccurdy.com or www.thirstybootsfarm.com.

Julie's blog is www.juliamccurdy.com.

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October 14, 2006

recovery status: happy to be pretty again

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After a few days and a shave George is looking much better! One can hardly tell it was broken; at least that's what we're telling George.

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October 11, 2006

George had an accident

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This is the email I received from George: "I took a tree limb in the head and broke my nose today just got back from emergency and they said they wouldnt straighten it. That i should got to a nose and throat specialist so I tried to do it myself I think it came out ok. wow what a day so far. How is yours going. See ya for lunch"

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Poor George!

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October 07, 2006

Our New Buddy

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This spider is currently residing right next to our front door. And it is quite large.

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It's a Garden Spider.

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September 26, 2006

Dad's Birthday

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Happy Birthday Dad!

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Dave, Dad and Mom

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Pat, Chrissy and Julia

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George and Heather

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Heather and the wall of fame

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The Birthday Boy!

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Mom and Julia

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Pat and Chrissy

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Yum!

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Hooray!

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Happy Birthday Dad!

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