Monthly Archive: November 2010

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Yallingup Means Place of Love

While in Australia, we stopped by Yallingup Beach. It was breath-taking. I finally put a few photos of this wonderful place >> HERE Yallingup is a coastal township positioned on a hill overlooking the stunning Yallingup Beach. The coastline here is dramatic, as jagged rocks and high cliff faces are...

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Our Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving, ALL of the family was together except Miquel who had to work and Jenny who stayed home. But unlike last year Miranda and Silas were away, as a family, we were all together for at least part of the day. We had a great time, and...

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Laura’s Birthday (or a Cheesecake Named Desire)

Yesterday we celebrated Laura’s birthday. Heather and Chris arrived first. Then, Miquel and Enric get this wild idea. Since technically the addition hasn’t yet  been approved for living in, and things have been left undone and could be for awhile, why not get the ping pong table from the barn...

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Pull The Plug on Websites

From C-Net Politics and Law: A controversial proposal allowing the government to pull the plug on Web sites accused of aiding piracy is closer to becoming a federal law. After a flurry of last-minute lobbying from representatives of content providers including the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the...

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Abridgement of Freedom

“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent usurpation.” ~James Madison James Madison, our fourth president and one of the framers of our Constitution understood that when it comes to taking people’s...

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Politicians More Staying Power than Cockroaches

Money and Gerrymandering remain the key obstacles to term limits in our Congress. Many have been there longer than some kings and dictators. John Dingell has been a member of congress for 53 years, Robert Byrd also came close to that mark. Henry the 8th reigned for 38 years; Stalin,...

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Valley of the Giants and the Tree Top Walk Photos

My photos are now posted in the gallery »  HERE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS TREE TOP WALK east of Walpole, only 10 minutes from Nornalup, Bow Bridge and Peaceful Bay, in the Walpole-Nornalup National Park. The park is nearly 20,000 hectares of towering karri and tingle forests to coastal heath. The...

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Before and After

“Our house is a very, very fine house With two cats in the yard….” Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young For those who know, we have had some changes to our home. Miranda took this photo in September of this year: One floor, and five rooms later, this is what the...

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Hamelin Bay Photos

I just finished putting up Hamelin Bay photos up in my gallery. Please visit HERE! Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

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Cape Leeuwin Photos

  Cape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly mainland point of the Australian Continent, in the state of Western Australia. A few small islands and rocks, the St Alouarn Islands, extend further to the south. The nearest settlement, north of the cape, is Augusta. South-east of Cape Leeuwin, the coast of...

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In Annapolis with Georgie

It was another beautiful day, and for her last outing, I decided to take Georgie to Annapolis. Then we decided to take a Harbor Cruise! Yet something else I had never done! Once on the boat, we got to see the Naval Academy, the Bridges over the Severn, and the...

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With Georgie in Baltimore

Naturally one of the places I had to take Georgie was downtown Baltimore and its Harbor. We lunched at Phillips Seafood and had some of their award winning crab cakes. Georgie liked both the crab cakes and the local beer. The dessert cart looked good, but we were stuffed. Georgie...

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What Can The Birds Teach Us?

“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. “Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. “Who among all these does not know That the...