Last week's visit to the Pain Clinic started as usual. Skully was still at his desk, strangely wearing a big straw hat.
And they had decorated quite a bit for Valentine's Day!
Even at the water fountain. All the hearts really don't help one's pain, but it gives us something to look at while we wait...and wait...and wait.
Maybe a dying plant looks better sitting on a heart?
Happy Groundhog Day! Here are some of the groundhogs in our area.
The people of Milltown New Jersey will not have a Groundhog Day today. Their beloved groundhog, Milltown Mel, died in 2021. Here he is.
There was not another groundhog to be found among the town's 7,000 residents. 1,000 of them always attended the groundhog festival. What to do? Import one from another state! Then they could have their beloved festival.
Unfortunately, they had to give the new groundhog to the state. There is a law about importing animals between states if they are animals that can get rabies. They are trying to get an exception to the law. Meanwhile, 5 years without the festival.
We parked next to this heating & air conditioning truck. I thought it was so much more artistic than the usual work truck. Plus funny. If we didn't have air conditioning, this would make me really want it.
I saw this photo online somewhere, and it tickled me so much. A bird photobombing.
Meanwhile, we passed this cute little antique shop. The name attracted me.
But the window says No Loitering! Isn't that just what we do when we shop for antiques?
“A bird sitting on a
tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the
branch but on her own wings.”
— Anonymous
Did you know that Pouched Rats are trained to detect landmines and other explosive devices? APOPO, a German organization, trains rats, known as HeroRATS to detect explosives. Their lightweight body lets them walk on the mine without it exploding.
When they detect a mine, they are given a bite of banana.
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The training
takes about 9 months. They can even detect tuberculosis! The rats can test many
more T.B. test samples than laboratory techniques can—100 in 20 minutes, which
would take a lab technician up to four days using. These rats can even detect a
person’s tuberculosis BEFORE he gets it!
This is
Magawa. He has sniffed out over 100 landmines and explosives. Magawa spent five
years making former conflict zones in Cambodia safer for local communities. His
exceptional work earned him global recognition, numerous awards, and admiration
from millions. The necklace he is wearing is an award medal for his outstanding
work.
"A rat is neither good nor evil.
It does what a rat has to do."
- Jo Nesbø
Did you know that cheese is used to treat icy roads in Wisconsin. Green County has been using cheese brine to pre-wet roads before putting down salt treatments for about 20 years.
The brine helps salt stick to the roadway rather than bounce off. And it speeds melting. This means the county uses less salt — and saves thousands of dollars. More than 100,000 gallons of the cheese brine was used to treat roads last year. Here is a photo from the web of one of the brine trucks. The side shoot puts out the cheese brine.
Cheese brine is the leftover
salt-saturated liquid used in the cheesemaking process. The best cheese for
roads is Mozzarella and provolone.
Many different straight lines, too! All in the same evening.
You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to
it.
I took these photos of frost on the living room window. There was furniture in front of the window, so I could not get very close. I made some edits, too! It looks like feathers.
It gets cold in the
desert at night, particularly up in the mountains; the stars hammer on the rock
and strike frost.
Tanith Lee
The frost makes a
flower, the dew makes a star.
Sylvia Plath
Happy National Peanut Butter Day!! Betcha you didn't even know this IS a day, I sure didn't. One of my favorite ways to eat peanut butter is a fluffernutter sandwich, on bread, a waffle, or crackers.
I have made peanut butter pancakes, but they always turn out so dry! Here are some in my cabinet. My favorite is Jif Honey.
This one is kind of new, and I can't wait to try it. Any peanut buttery thoughts?
Last week's visit to the Pain Clinic started as usual. Skully was still at his desk, strangely wearing a big straw hat. And they had de...
