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Hello 2007

2006-12-27T10:37:00.000-08:00

I've gotta say, each time I hit a new year I wonder how I got through the last one. There was enough drama this year to feed a lifetime of film scripts or maybe sitcoms. Stay tuned for more.

March 30 - Thursday's Challenge is "TOOLS"

2006-04-01T05:55:00.000-08:00

If Knowledge is King, and Wisdom is Queen,
then their offspring must be Tolerance.

March 23 - Thursday's Challenge is "ENERGY"

2006-03-23T15:06:00.000-08:00

"Come on Baby Light my Fire" . . . The Doors

1680 that an Englishman named Robert Boyle
discovered that phosphorus and sulfur would burst
into flame instantly if rubbed together
In 1836 in the United States, Alonzo D. Phillips
of Springfield, Massachusetts, obtained a patent
for "manufacturing of friction matches" and
called them locofocos
Joshua Pusey invented book matches in 1889.
He was a well-known lawyer in Pennsylvania.
One day he was invited to a dinner party
by the Mayor of Philadelphia. He dressed in his best clothes,
and all was fine-except for one thing.
The big box of wooden kitchen matches he was carrying
to light his cigars, stuck out of his vest
so much that he felt embarrassed.
Why did matches have to be so bulky?
He wondered! Why couldn't they be
made out of paper instead of wood?

March 16 - Thursday's Challenge is "VISION"

2006-03-16T20:01:00.000-08:00

Kids with Vision
"I always wanted to invent something that would move around &
make funny noises & would change the world as we know it &
I forgot all about that until we had kids &
now I see I came pretty close."
Brian Andreas, storypeople

March 9 - Thursday's Challege is "NATURE"

2006-03-09T15:30:00.000-08:00

My Original "Nature" post . . .

The Unicorn Forest

This is on the way to Carlton Peak on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Nothern Minnesota.

"The clearest way to the Universe is through a forest wilderness." John Muir

March 2 Thursday's Challege is "BLACK & WHITE"

2006-03-05T08:05:00.000-08:00

Is it so Black & White?

"Ice Hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept." Doug Larson

February 23 Thursday's Challenge is "PINK"

2006-02-25T07:12:00.000-08:00

Thumbelina Lilac

"April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land,

mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain." T.S. Eliot

February 16th Thursday's Challenge is "OLD"

2006-02-16T10:20:00.000-08:00

The Man with the Child in his Eyes
by Kate Bush

"Nobody knows about my man.
They think he's lost on some horizon.
And suddenly I find myself
Listening to a man I've never known before . . .
Ooh, he's here again,
The man with the child in his eyes. "

February 9th Thursday's Challenge is "Tree"

2006-02-13T04:39:00.000-08:00

Minnesota Autumn

The Arboretum is the place to be in October in Minnesota.

February 2 Thursday's Challenge is "GROUP"

2006-02-02T04:48:00.000-08:00

Sunset Ridge on a Late August Day

Gardens are a form of autobiography. ~Sydney Eddison, Horticulture magazine, August/September 1993

Jan 26 Thursday's Challenge is "Door"

2006-01-25T15:35:00.000-08:00

Jane's Penultimate Door

Jane fixed the lock on this door in May 2005, and entered

"Heaven's Door" in June.
We miss you!

Thursday's Challenge is "HIGH"

2006-01-19T09:07:00.000-08:00

Surveyor of the Forest

Gabriel visited us from Paris, France this summer. We introduced him to the North Shore of Lake Superior. He was very surprised at the beauty and natural wealth of our state.