Crayon Art

1.  Don Marco's image courtesy www.thisisjustcool.com.

2.  Kristina Nelson's image courtesy www.art-is-fun.com.

3.  Roger Staubach image courtesy deviantart.net.

4.  Madonna image courtesy dap.mediachance.com.

5.  Kristina Nelson's image courtesy www.art-is-fun.com.

6.  "Horsing Around" courtesy staticflickr.com.

7.  "Child of Peace" courtesy staticflickr.com.

8.  Tom Selleck image courtesy webbywarehouse.com.

9.  Jeffery Robert's image courtesy www.palmbeachillustrated.com.

10.  Jeffery Robert's image courtesy www.jefferyrobert.com.

180 Billion Molecules of Water

After our overnight storm, here are ten facts about snow.

Snowflake courtesy 

1.  Each snowflake is composed of 180 billion molecules of water.

2.  Twelve percent of the earth is covered in permanent snow and ice.

3.  Rochester, New York receives the most snow each year, averaging 94 inches.

4.  A blizzard must follow three criteria:  you can't see for at least 1/4 of a mile; winds gust at 35 miles per hour or more; and the storm lasts at least 3 hours.

Washington D.C. blizzard circa 1922 courtesy snowbrains.com.

5.  The average snowflake falls at 3.1 miles per hour.

6.  The biggest snowflake on record, which fell in Montana in 1887, measured 15 inches across and 8 inches thick.  

7.  Snow is clear and colourless.

8.  Silver Lake, Colorado received a record 76 inches of snow in a 24-hour period in 1921.

9.  A snowflake's six sides are the result of 1 oxygen atom and 2 hydrogen creating a 3 dimensional shape.

Diagram courtesy snowbrains.com

10.  The continental United States receives on average 105 snowstorms each year.

The Blue-Crested Snowbird

In honour of National Bird Day, I decided to write about the blue jay.  Native to North America, the blue jay can be found as far south as Florida's pine woods and as far north as Northern Ontario's spruce firs.  It is the official bird of Prince Edward Island.  The blue jay is blue with a white chest and a blue crest.  Its crest is raised when it is excited, lowered when it is eating. The blue jay measures up to 30 centimetres from bill to tail and weighs up to 100 grams.   Its diet consists of berries, acorns, seeds, grain, peanuts, bread, meat and small invertebrates.  Predatory birds that hunt the blue jay are owls and hawks. Due to its "garrulous nature" it has earned the name "jaybird".  It makes a sound similar to a "rusty pump" when it calls.  Blues jays are considered highly curious and intelligent birds.  

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Note:  To learn about another snow bird, visit "The Cardinal:  The Scarlet Snowbird" at http://alinefromlinda.blogspot.ca/2013/01/january-4.html.

Icicle Delights

My daughter loves to find icicles and lick them like lollipops.  Here are some beautiful scenes full of icicles.

    

1.  Icicles courtesy miriadna.com

2.  Giant bridge icicle in Scotland courtesy i.telegraph.co.uk.

3.  "God's amazing touch" courtesy blogspot.com.

4.  "Winter, Icicles, Drops" courtesy www.wallpapersshop.net.

5.  "In Pictures" courtesy news.bbc.co.uk.

6.  Sunshine icicles courtesy blog.ocad.ca.

7.  Ice covered branch courtesy latimes.com.

8.  Icicle wallpaper courtesy stylefavor.com.

9.  Red berries courtesy www.wallpaperup.com.

10.  Michigan Lighthouse circa 2014 courtesy Daily Mail.

Popular Peanuts Programs

The Peanuts Comic Strip premiered in 1950 and made its final appearance on this day in 2000.  Here are ten of my favourite Peanuts television programs.

    

1.  It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

2.  A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

3.  It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

4.  Be my Valentine, Charlie Brown

5.  A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

6.  He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown

7.  It's the Pied Piper Charlie Brown

8.  Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown

9.  You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown

10.  Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.   

His house is in the village though;   

He will not see me stopping here   

To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

My little horse must think it queer   

To stop without a farmhouse near   

Between the woods and frozen lake   

The darkest evening of the year.   

He gives his harness bells a shake   

To ask if there is some mistake.   

The only other sound’s the sweep   

Of easy wind and downy flake.   

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,   

But I have promises to keep,   

And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep.

Robert Frost

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Top Ten New Year's Resolutions

Here are ten popular new year's resolutions along with some reading to help keep them.

1.  Lose weight

-Complete Idiot's Guide to Weight Loss
-Fill Up to Slim Down
-48 Hours to Kick Start Healthier Weight Loss
-Five Factor Fitness
-Keep it Off

2.  Stop Smoking

-Stop Smoking for Good
-Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently

3.  Stick to a Budget

-Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finances 20's & 30's
-Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Money
-Pay it Down Today
-Budget Living Party Central
-Money Book for the Young Fabulous and Broke

4.  Save More Money

-Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Home Improvements
-Complete Idiot's Guide to Savvy Investing
-Ten Commandments of Financial Happiness
-Road to Wealth
-Courage to be Rich

5.  Find a Better Job

-Getting to Yes
-Complete Idiot's Guide to Dream Jobs
-Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles
-How to Find the Work You Love
-Monster Careers Interviewing

6.  Become More Organized

-One Decision
-How to Be Organized in Spite of Yourself
-Complete Idiot`s Guide to Managing Your Time
-Get Organized with Heloise
-It`s Hard to Make a Difference When You Can`t Find Your Keys

7.  Exercise

-Complete Idiot`s Guide to Working Out at Home
-Complete Idiot`s Guide to Body Ball Fitness
-Complete Idiot`s Guide to Walking Health
-Ten Steps to a Better Body Kit
-Complete Idiot`s Guide to Kickboxing

8.  Be More Patient

-Difficult Conversations
-Complete Idiot`s Guide to Meditation
-Art of Happiness
-Art of Happiness at Work
-Since Strangling Isn`t an Option

9.  Eat Better

-Complete Idiot`s Guide to Total Nutrution
-Healthy Crockery Cookery
-Year in My Kitchen
-You Are What You Eat Cookbook
-Hungry for Comfort

10.  Become a Better Person

-Complete Idiot`s Guide to Improving Your IQ
-DeJunk Your Mind
-Breaking the Pattern
-Don`t Eat the Marshmallow Yet
-Wisdom of Forgiveness

Source:  www.penguin.ca

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