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150 Years of Coralville and Iowa River Flathead Catfish as Big as Your Leg!
We found out we missed the wheat paste murals posted on various buildings in Coralville this past summer. It’s the 150th anniversary of the city of Coralville in Iowa this year. You can find out more about it on the Coralville Public Library web site. We drove around and found some of the murals were…
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Thankful for Peaceful Fall Days
The other day we took a walk in a different direction on Scott Boulevard. Sometimes the scenery is just as beautiful in the west as it is in the east. There were three trees turning a bright red. Maybe there were maples. The birch trees are pretty any time of the year, but for some…
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And Then There Were Four Drain Tile Lids Flipped
Now there are 4 tile drain lids that have been flipped. A couple of others were flipped last night. Sena put them back on and put a rock on one of them. The two others with rocks on top of them were undisturbed. Four of the seven lids have now been flipped this season. We…
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The Screaming Barn of Iowa City Rises Again
Harvest Preserve made the Screaming Barn of Iowa City rise from the grave only a couple of days after I mentioned it after our autumn walk on October 2 (Monday). Halloween is the inspiration! It looks great! There were enhancements in addition to the returning theme of grisly epitaph dad jokes. It should be visible…
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Drain Tile Grate Lids Flipped Again!
Well, a couple of our drain tile lids were flipped last night. I don’t know how it happened. One of them was flipped and landed right side up and the other was upside down. The posts beside them were also out of place. The worm gear clamp obviously didn’t work on the one, so probably…
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The Iowa City Screaming Barn is Back!
This is just a heads up that the Iowa City Screaming Barn (the halloween haunted barn) I posted about last October is back. We just saw it today. More to follow soon!
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FEMA Emergency Alert Test Today
I just found out that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct a routine Emergency Alert Test around 2:20 p.m. ET today. According to FEMA, “The purpose of the test is to ensure that the systems continue to be effective means of warning the public about emergencies, particularly those on the national level.” You…
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Climbing Stairs May Be Good for Your Health
Stairmaster joke from Men in Black I ran across this article (reference below) on the potential benefit of climbing stairs for cardiovascular health. The highlights and abstract are below: “Highlights This large cohort of UK adults demonstrated that climbing more than five flights of stairs daily was associated with over a 20% lower risk of…
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Autumn Walking Colors
Sena got some new pants with an autumn leaves print. It fit really well with the colors we saw on a walk down Scott Boulevard. We always see something a little different along the way. We never noticed that the Sitting Man pedestal has a hole in it shaped like a heart. It could have…
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Autumn Miracles
We saw the miracles of autumn the other day, out on the Terry Trueblood Recreation Area. It was quiet, only a light breeze set the flowers and grasses swaying. There were almost no birds out. No ducks were out on Sand Lake. On the other hand, I guess there were birds, sort of. We greeted…
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