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Viva the Blood Moon!

Last night, those of us in North America had the chance to witness a total lunar eclipse, which has an end result of our moon getting darkened by the Earth’s shadow and turning kinda red.  It’s pretty awesome.  So for those on the West Coast, the fireworks started around midnight, but I got set up […]

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Astronomy Monday

Really excited to witness tonight’s total lunar eclipse along with a sighting of Mars! Even using my camera’s limited capabilities to take pictures (coming soon!)

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A Sunday getting Dirty Hands

We had a fun and productive morning today as Larry & I got up kinda early for a Sunday and made it over to Mom’s house for some good ol’ gardening and landscaping fun.  She’d had the bushes that were in the front porch torn out a few months ago but there was now need […]

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Amazing Race 24 Leg 6 Bonus Clips

Just in time before Amazing Race‘s triumphant return after two weeks off, here are some bonus clip recaps for ya from Leg 6.  These were interesting in that we got to see some of the lighter side of things, including a prank played by some of the teams on the back of the pack.  Of […]

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Our New Wine Decanter

I saw at Sur Le Table this pretty cool-looking wine decanter – you pour the wine bottle directly into the decanter yet it’s still affixed so you can then pour the wine right back into the bottle and you’ve got super-aerated wine.  Finally had the occasion to use it when we had some of our […]