Thursday, June 6, 2024

Operation Neptune

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  Today we commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The amphibious assault part of that invasion was code named Operation Neptune. Recentl...
Monday, June 3, 2024

People Who Can't Tell "Entomology" from "Etymology" ...

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...bug me in ways I can't put into words. For example, this is a bug - an Emerald Ash Borer to be specific.  The branch of zoology that ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Saskatoon Spring: Flowers for Fish and Funerals …

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… and pies, basket frames, rope, and tea, as well as many other things.   It is one of the earliest trees to flower around the Conway Public...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Show me your papers

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So many more things to discover! The Bemis collection continues to yield up its mysteries.  I recently came across this red Moroccan leather...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Seasonally spooky stories of the White Mountains

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At first glance you would have a hard time finding something scary about this scene.  However, if you look closely at the jumbled pile of r...
Friday, September 29, 2023

Tool or weapon? Fruit or vegetable?

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What is this scary looking thing?  Or this one below?  Are they instruments of medieval torture? Are they props for playing the popular Warh...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Sweet Summertime... with Autumn Closing in

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Did you know that this plant can serve as a calendar, oompass and clock?   It is telling us that we are nearing the end of summer with autum...