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The Challenger Crew. From NASA. Next Thursday we’ll all be asking each other one question: where were you thirty years ago? On January 28th, 1986, at 8:39 A.M., I was in math class. After some initial commotion, the classroom was quiet as we all diligently scribbled out the task at hand. One of our classmates […]
Read More 30 Years, But YesterdayEvery January 21st is Squirrel Appreciation Day. What are you doing for the noble, nimble nut-burying ninjas in your backyard this year? Here are some smashing ideas from the National Wildlife Federation. And if you don’t appreciate this compilation of squirrel videos, your cat will. ************************************************************************************* ©2016 H. Hiatt/wildninjablog.com. All articles/posts on this blog are […]
Read More Saluting the SquirrelDriving through Kenmore, Washington last Sunday– the day of the big Seahawks game versus the Panthers– I spotted these two feathered fans at a major intersection. Kirkland has its cow and coyote statue that is duly decorated for such occasions, but I’d never seen these bike racks gussied up before. So I grabbed ye olde cell […]
Read More Hawk HeronsBack in mid-September of last year, the Alexander Farm on Ebey Island in Everett held a pumpkin hurl and medieval faire. This was part of the annual Snohomish Valley Festival of Pumpkins. People of all ages were treated to some fantastic entertainment. Take the standard autumn quest for jack o’ lanterns, add tents, pirates, Vikings, […]
Read More Snohomish Pumpkin HurlSeen in an unnamed store in an unnamed location yesterday… I love holidays. There’s one to celebrate every day. Today, for example, is Run it Up the Flagpole and See if Anyone Salutes Day. Tomorrow, January 3rd, is Festival of Sleep Day (yes!!) and Fruitcake Toss Day. But this display was just too much. Each holiday […]
Read More It’s All Running TogetherHappy New Year all! Despite our second rainiest December on record here in the Seattle area, we had a brilliantly sunny and frosty New Year’s Day as we often do. Temperatures actually got into the 20s last night, which doesn’t happen that often. New Year’s Day morning I was bird watching and spotted this handsome […]
Read More Happy New Year!The most powerful commercial this holiday season: Country Living compiled this list of the 20 best Christmas commercials of all time. It includes last year’s Sainsbury’s ad, which is based on a true story from World War I: Their ad from this year celebrates the same goodwill and connections that make so many of these other […]
Read More If You Haven’t Seen It…This month at Bothell, Washington’s famed Country Village shopping center, two reindeer are greeting visitors before they suit up for their Christmas Eve flight with Santa. At first I thought Dasher (or Dancer?) was using the friendly neighborhood horse statue to itch her head, but reindeer evidently rub against available objects to remove velvet from […]
Read More Itchy ScratchyFrom Slooh.com, Santascope Provides Live Coverage Of Santa Over The Full Moon On Christmas Eve: Children around the world can capture some unique Christmas magic in a gift from Slooh. …Slooh has a special Christmas treat for our viewers. The Full Moon will be high in the sky during Santa’s trip, and Slooh astronomers say they might […]
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