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Fishing Under the Ice

Mike — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:04:26 +0000

Finns are amazing. Here are some beneath the ice views from beautiful lake Saarijärvi in Vaala, Finland. (In case you don’t get what’s going on, watch to the very end.)

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Russians are Very Creative and Talented

Mike — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:14:18 +0000

You don’t see this every day: Related posts:Russians 150 Years Ago ... Videos from Our Drive to Montenegro Here are a few videos related to my last post.... What the Russians Say About Us Here are excerpts from a very interesting article; you can... Related posts:

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A Snapshot From Montenegro

Mike — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:32:30 +0000

As we were driving around the Bay of Kotor the other day, we entered this village:

Remember, you need to roll that R.

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Grand Rapids LipDub

Mike — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:09:38 +0000

What’s that, you say? It’s the city of Grand Rapids setting a world record. Watch to the end, it’s pretty good.

It brought a smile to my face:

Click here to view the embedded video.

You can learn more about it here.

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Who Likes Proposal Stories?

Mike — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:04:07 +0000

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Today in the Far North

Mike — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:55:37 +0000

This sort of thing interests me –

Here in St. Pete, on the longest day of the year (today), Sunrise is at 4:35am and Sunset is at 11:26pm:

I just noticed that for the next month dusk is on the day after dawn.

Here is the sun path. Notice how far in the NE the sun rises and how far in the NW it sets:

For comparison, here is what it looks like near the equator:

and above the arctic circle:

Here is how much (and how little) daylight we get up here:

Here is our location (just about even with Anchorage, Alaska):

And here’s some info about precipitation, temperature, etc. (the average temperature in July is 17C/62F) –

visit www.gaisma.com to look up your city

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Perspective

Mike — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:20:31 +0000

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A Snapshot from Russia

Mike — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:55:41 +0000

You don’t see this every day –

At dacha last week, a member of our family (who shall remain un-named) was cleaning the inside of the reservoir we use for the water system.

(That’s our banya in the background.)

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My First Disney Post

Mike — Thu, 19 May 2011 07:32:15 +0000

And probably my last.

This is random, but I find it interesting:

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This Will Be Memorable

Mike — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:52:40 +0000

I received this from a friend at church today and wanted to share it –

On Easter [my husband] and I will be in Myrtle Beach for my niece’s wedding. She is getting married in a peanut warehouse and everyone is wearing cowboy hats and boots, and we are all sitting on bales of hay. They are also leaving on a tractor. This should be exciting! Leave it to my family to be different. I wanted to throw peanuts at the bride and groom …. but she said no. Maybe it’s not classy enough…. but for pete’s sake she is leaving on a tractor!

Any suggestions on what could be thrown at the bride and groom as they make their exit on a tractor?

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