Duchess Mountain Domain

Bayfield, Colorado - Besides ground squirrels playing on our hanging corn cobs, we have found an abandoned baby Grosbeak on the ground this week. Our youngest son, Robert, placed the baby Grosbeak in the hanging bird feeder for survival purposes. After attempts to try to get the baby Grosbeak to eat, the baby flew off of Robert's finger into the pine tree.

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Woods County Inquiry: Parker / Bartlett / Jacobs

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Train vs. Tornado - Spectacular!

Steve Nicholson sent us this YouTube link of a train vs. Tornado. Steve says, "Watch the entire video, it's a shocker! This occurred 7 January 2008 on the Union Pacific railroad near Harvard IL. You can see the trees being whipped, hear debris hitting the trailing engine from which the video came, and then see debris flying through the air from the F3 tornado that blows some cars over. Then the rest of the train carried along by its' momentum smashes its' way along creating even more of a mess. The tank car seen in the vid, containing shock fluid, leaked for hours before it was contained.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

America - 23rd of August - This Day In History: 1902, August 23, Fannie Farmer opens cooking school. For those of you to young to remember, Fannie Farmer was a pioneering cookbook author, who changed the way Americans prepared food by advocating the use of standardized measurements in recipes. Farmer opened a school or cookery in Boston, in 1902. In addition to reaching women about cooking, Farmer later educated medical professionals about the importance of proper nutrition for the sick.

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NW Okie's Ramblings & Sculpture

Bayfield, Colorado - Well! Another week of August 2010 has quickly passed and the "Dog Days" of Summer winding down, hopefully. Where have those days gone? Why do we seem to fly through the months so quickly?

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The Teacher

America - Ellis sent us the following message in support of Teacher:

The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued, "What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?"

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Lawrence M. Ludtke - Sculptor

Houston, Texas - A Texas best friend of mine from the late 1970s to the 1980s sent me the following link to her dad's (Lawrence M. Ludtke) website. He was a remarkable artist, sculptor. His Resume reads as follows:

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Dedication of Bixler Corner To Be Saturday

Waynoka, Oklahoma - Press Release - Waynoka Historical Society, Sandie Olson 580-824-5871 or 580-541-2148. Bixler Corner at Waynoka Station To Be Dedicated Saturday. The Waynoka Historical Society invites everyone to come to the dedication of Bixler Corner at Waynoka Station on Saturday, August 28, at 10 a.m.

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Oklahoma Links

Oklahoma - Homer sent us the following links: All National Register Sites By County - Properties on the National Register of historic places in Oklahoma by county. Interact with the map of National Register Properties. View list of multiple property listings in Oklahoma. View list of address restricted National Register Properties by county. National Register of historic places in Oklahoma homepage.

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Cartop School House & Preston Hill Cemetery

Woods County, Oklahoma - To some of you Freedom and Northwest Oklahomans out there: Have you ever heard of a schoolhouse called "Cartop?" Someone believes it may have been near Preston Hill Cemetery (Longitude and Latitude: 36.841ºN,99.027ºW), located in Woods county, Freedom area.

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