Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality. Andy Goldsworthy Even though it is cold and the windy is icy, and the sky is grey, the snow brings a special element of appreciation for the elements. It is so pretty when it is falling, and clings to the trees before the…
November 16: Launch site of the very first gas outboard motor
I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. Thomas A. Edison As with Thomas Edison, the invention of the gas outboard motor did not happen by accident, but by years of hard work. I love that the historical places and their story on the…
November 15: Last water practise
If God had made a perfect world, it would be a magic trick, not creation, with no meaning or place for us to learn and create. Mankind is not yet ready for a perfect world. We do not know how to appreciate perfection. Bernie Siegel This is no magic trick…this is perfect creation! I can…
November 14: Subzero degrees Celcius…already!
Life is fragile: it thrives only in a narrow range of temperatures between freezing and boiling. How lucky that our planet is just the right distance from the sun: a little farther, and the death of the perpetual Antarctic winter – or worse – would prevail; a little closer, and the surface would truly fry…
November 13: Birds of prey hanging about
Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we’ll soon be in trouble. Roger Tory Peterson I know that this is not the clearest picture, but I took a quick pic with my phone, then went inside to fetch my camera, but the bird was gone by the time I…