Last week a triangle of oak forest was completely removed. Bulldozers were brought in and the big oak trees were chipped into mulch so quickly I could hardly believe my eyes. The oak forest used to be on the north side of Highway 10 in Coon Rapids between the railroad tracks and the Holland Truck firm which is very close to Coon Creek. I wondered how this disruption of the environment would affect the water clarity on Coon Creek. On Thursday I got a secchi reading on 22 centimeters. I could only see through 22 centimeters. I have never before seen so much sand and silt in Coon Creek before and I have been checking it for 8 years. Wow. If you want to see historial data on water quality on a body of water in Minnesota near you, check out this website.
Talking Machines
In Japan machines talk. When the car starts up a voice makes announcements. I don't know what the announcement said. On Christmas Day th...
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I received a gift from Offspring #1 - a collection of lectures on compact disk about Medieval Heroines in History and Legend. The speaker is... -
A yellow rail, one of THE MOST ELUSIVE birds around, sound like a manual typewriter. And if you're too young to know what a manual ty...
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Today I got a good look at Meredith after her 10 days on the run away from home. She looks fine; better than fine. She looks 25% larger th...
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