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Vineyard Farm Day Trip
This morning I decided it was time to get out from behind my computer and take a day trip to a local vineyard/farm. The Niagara escarpment has a nice climate for growing grapes so we have the vineyard trail along the bottom of the escarpment and a long ser
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Benefits of Melissa (Lemon Balm) Tea
Melissa officinalis has been used for a very long time as a tea, and essential oil, for its many benefits.
Some of the benefits listed include helpful for tension and anxiety, aids peaceful sleep, reduces depression and grief, fevers, and heart palpitati
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Django Unchained - Film Review
Django Unchained is a Quentin Tarantino movie from 2012.
The main characters are:
Jamie Foxx as Django
Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz
Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie
Kerry Washington as Broomhilda von Shaft, and
Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen.
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Secret Anti-Ageing Skin Care Recipe
Here is an unusual 'secret' recipe for anti-ageing skin care that I ran into in my travels over the internet. It's from Ninon de l'Enclos, a famous French courtesan from the middle 1600s. She was reputedly to remain quite wrinkle free well into her old age
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Grexit 2015
June 17, 2015
Greece apparently has a debt to pay to the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and to Europe. But Greece has been floundering financially since, well, before even going into the European Union, and it looks like they are not going to pay up at
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The Strange Voynich Manuscript
Have you ever heard of the Voynich Manuscript? (Sorry, this photo is not really representative but I chose a Pixabay image for the sake of a photo).
The Voynich is a mysterious manuscript that is written in a strange, unknown language, illustrated with wh
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The Mute Swan
Close to where we live is a wetlands sanctuary for fish and migratory fowl. One of the benefits is that some of the inhabitants spill over into other areas, specifically a nature walk near our downtown.
For some years, we've had a pair of nesting swans th
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Siren's Call, by Debbie Herbert - Book Review
I recently had a chance to read Siren's Call, by Debbie Herbert. She is an American writer who pens for Harlequin, under the Nocturne category.
The premise of a mermaid romance set in the southern Alabama bayou was too much for me to resist, althoug
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Meet Our Opossum !
As previously mentioned, Mr. R. likes to feed everything that comes to visit us from the back lane way, even this strange looking critter!
We couldn't believe it when we discovered a year ago two, small, all white opossums that had taken up residence some
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Pixlr Photo Editor Sample - Space
Thank you to fellow PP member, Kasman, I went to check out Pixlr, another photo editor. I downloaded the free version, so this does not have the really high end effects available on it, but there are a few fun ones! It's fairly intuitive a
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Hi Everyone; It's been really nice meeting you all; however, I've decided to put my time into Weekend Notes. In the two weeks I've been there, I've earned $26.08, more than I can hope to earn in a year on PP. They just have a really great awards program. Best of luck all!
Heavy review/blogging schedule this week. Also am reconsidering earning $20.00 in one year on PP, though I like chatting with everyone...
It's usually warm in California. Right now it's chilly and looks like it's going to rain, a good thing given the drought we've been in. In a month it'll be hotter than the bad place.
