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Olychick
2 years ago
If it was in one of the shipping containers lost overboard near the WA coast:
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Olychick
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The last Minnesota Monarch 2011- even later!
Comments (24)Minrose- yes, such a beautiful today. will try to remember it in the coming months! Terrene- I thought maybe the last female generation would be more playful than the others since they didn't have to focus on egg laying, but the one female that eclosed around October 3 wanted nothing to do with the males, and nectared in seclusion on the other side of the yard before abruptly leaving. There is still ONE male in the yard nectaring. He has been around for the last two weeks. He is quite large and his wings appear "wrinkled". I'm sure he'll head south, but guessing he won't be making the magical migration to Mexico. The sky is dark and it's starting to rain. monarch season has come to an end in Minnesota...to have it until mid october has been a blessing! Tony...See Morenow or later
Comments (3)If you keep the AC set at 70F, you are going to have high bills no matter what. Have you tried setting it higher? When I lived in FL, I kept mine at 78 - 80. It helped keep the bills down. A slightly undersized heat pump will run at its full efficiency in the summer. It is actually desirable to slightly under size for maximum efficiency. If you install a new larger, more efficient heat pump and keep that 70 degree setting, you may just end up with a slightly cooler house later in the day and the same high power bill. Of course, your current heat pump may not be operating properly, in which case you may actually see a reduction in operating costs with a new system. Even so, it would still pay dividends to raise that thermostat setting as much as the family can tolerate....See MoreSo now I am going think about short mini vacations with your help.
Comments (38)Just as a "want to waste some time option", you might start with a real map (real paper... I know, completely unheard of nowadays) and a simple school pencil compass. Use the compass to make several concentric circles with your home location at the center. This would give you a rough idea of how far you could or even want to drive in an average day. By using the mile indicator located on the map somewhere, you could set up the circles at perhaps 100 to 500 mile distances from one another. Secondly, make a list (even a mental one) of the cities, burgs, and attractions between two or more circles. While not perfect, this will give you an idea of a couple of things. First, we will know that I/we don't mind driving XXX miles per day and secondly, what might be available to see and do within that preferred mileage suggestion. Thirdly, reduce that defined area by picking a compass direction that seems most advantageous to what you want to see and do on your (pick some number of days and insert here) trip. Realistically, the compass direction may have to be determined more on available roadways than on actual compass points but then, what's a good trip without a few side trips. If you have even more spare time, start to look up commercial tours, where they go, what they include as sightseeing attractions, etc. You don't have to actually take the tours but rather, use their advertising $ and experience to plan your own trip. The internet is wonderful for these uses since it goes everywhere with no cost other than what you're already paying per month for the service. Every state and most of the mid to larger sized cities also now have a load of information on locations, attractions, and so on... all neatly arranged dated and free to you. I've probably stated the above concepts poorly but maybe you can glean a bit of information that will make planning a bit easier....See Morepassing it down now, not later
Comments (80)Jemdandy, what a wonderful treasure trove you have. Lucky grand nephew. I don't honestly understand the fuss about people's stuff. If your descendants don't want your things then they can hire a removal company and it all goes away. Why bother sorting through things you don't want to keep in he first place? Do they think there is an unknown treasure to be found? And if you have things people will want, why would they be buried under decades of debris? My nice things will go to my children when they become useful for them, not when I am dead. The only problem with this plan is I have a fair amount of jewelry and no daughters. Worse comes to worst my jewelry will be sold, which is fine by me. I know my most precious pieces will be treasured by my sons since they are family things, like my grandfather's signet ring, or our wedding bands which belonged to my grandparents. I will have a few boxes of sentimental possessions, like snapshots, school things, slide rules, and baby clothes. Those are all tidy and known. One box of school things has been requested by my relative's alma mater. The notebook with the drawings they want needs some restoration, which I will take care of this year and then send deliver it to the school myself. What is left when I depart should be tidy, well labeled and easy to sort. I come from a long line of women who ruthlessly sort through their possessions often. My husband and sons, they are pack rats, but since I am in the picture, their excess stuff is all neatly sorted and labeled. If a descendent is not interested in my husband's drawer filled with spare parts for heaven knows what, they can easily to sent on their way....See More
Lars
2 years ago
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