Some birds sing, some birds dance. Woodpeckers pound hard enough to wake the dead, carefully calculating to start long before you have to get up in the morning. It defines their territory. It’s just what

In 2009 we had a bat problem. Our main chimney cracked in an earthquake in 2007, two years earlier. Instead of rebuilding it we disassembled it down to the level of the floor in the attic and re-roofed

Summer here is nature in green middle of winter is simply striking. Dr. Suess was obviously here on vacation before creating those unique illustrations. Read on at:

Il nostro esperimento con ITASTEM continua e con piacere vedo che il numero dei post scientifici aumenta e con esso anche la qualita'. A dire il vero tutta la comunita' sta' crescendo SteemStem arriva

Today, instead of Posting the regular daily post, I wanted to post the first 11 pages all together. These pages introduce the two main characters of the story: Capt'n Heroic, and The Silent Knight If the

The joys of working an archeological dig aren't even a little offset by the realization : I am digging through someone’s old junk. Our property, Snowslide Gulch, has been inhabited a minimum 100 years.

Esta planta cuida nuestros niños de los malos espíritus aquí en nuestro país, esta se ha vuelto muy escasa por este detalle, se conoce como Hierba del Cadejo. Por lo que al finalizar este post dentro de

When the Boss says to danceYou dance! Anyone remember back to 2014 when the whole world was dancing to Pharell’s 'Happy'? GIPHY The people planning the annual company meeting decided to make a big dance

Hi everyone! Today's the day... the beginning of the third Abandoned Shit Weekly Contest! I'm really excited about it and I hope some of you Steemsters are too. We had a great turnout last week for the

In The Beginning There was Light… …and we looked and saw that it was barely adequate and that it wouldn't be adequate if we increased the number of things we needed to plug in. Before we could upgrade

The town boomed for all of them… for lumber, mining, and for the building of the Great American Railroad. neg. 1005 Men came from all over the world. Most came for the jobs but one or two came just to

Disclaimer: This is not a get-rich-quick-scheme, it just makes me happy! As I need a dark room to work in, I start by covering my bus in a lot of dark fabric, like on the picture above. Next I need to

Look on the bright side! Dr. Frankenstein needed a lightning storm to generate his power In August and September our hydropower takes a pretty steep dip. The run off from the rain has dried up so the stream

He was drafted for World War II and wanted someone to write and come home to. The common understanding at that time was that a soldier who had a girl waiting for him at home was more likely to come home

There was a time that Doug speculated on putting a mini nuclear power plant under the house (yes, they exist). We decided to make the upgrades to the existing hydropower plant instead. There are a bunch

With great power there comes great responsibilty hard work! No one knows this better than those who are setting up their own power grid. As a computer engineer (a person who takes a finished program and

Once again, proof that the Germans are more efficient than the Americans: Yesterday we got a surprise letter from the German Police Department! Of course we were surprised. What American wouldn't be when

Hello, fellow Steemers! It is time for another "win that 5 SBD contest"! Heaven forbid if the world is ending soon. But what would you do if you know it is going to end in an hour? (Image source)

It was a magical summer morning until I opened the door. There was the shortest pause before the dogs threw themselves past me in full attack mode. Black bears are somewhat common closer to town the people

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