July 9, 2012
“ In one of Ellison’s first test cases, Walmart shaved a few inches off the cardboard packaging of a toy truck it sold by the millions. Over the course of one year, this saved 4,000 trees, eliminated the need for 497 shipping-container loads, and saved a million gallons of oil in getting the products from China to Walmart shelves. That led to $2.4 million in savings for the retailer. Walmart would have to sell $60 million in toys to earn that same amount in profits.
Walmart’s biggest green feat: Putting sustainability on the corporate agenda | Grist
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July 8, 2012
Tonight from the grill: local beef, American, grilled yellow squash, local tomato, avocado, local lettuce, on ciabatta roll. (Taken with Instagram)

Tonight from the grill: local beef, American, grilled yellow squash, local tomato, avocado, local lettuce, on ciabatta roll. (Taken with Instagram)

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July 7, 2012
Grilled yellow squash, grilled bell pepper, basil, olive oil on fresh bread. (Taken with Instagram)

Grilled yellow squash, grilled bell pepper, basil, olive oil on fresh bread. (Taken with Instagram)

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July 4, 2012
First Whole Peanuts! (Taken with Instagram)

First Whole Peanuts! (Taken with Instagram)

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June 30, 2012
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Landing on Mars is hard. So we’re going to try. In August.

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June 26, 2012

Beautiful scenes from the Alps of Italy and Switzerland. Love the cabin!

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What MTB is about

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June 11, 2012
The spinach on our deck (Taken with Instagram)

The spinach on our deck (Taken with Instagram)

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June 4, 2012

Planes may be gigantic, but this video shows they’re as meant to be in the skies as clouds. This is an enormous 747 sitting unoccupied at an airfield, lifting in place in heavy winds. Impressive. (as seen at BoingBoing)

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May 30, 2012
A follow up on our garden snapping turtle: she won’t be having babies turtles this year. Her eggs were dug up over night. I counted about 30 eggs that had been eaten by some unknown predator. Those are the small white ovals, that kind of look like pebbles, in the top third of this photo.

A follow up on our garden snapping turtle: she won’t be having babies turtles this year. Her eggs were dug up over night. I counted about 30 eggs that had been eaten by some unknown predator. Those are the small white ovals, that kind of look like pebbles, in the top third of this photo.

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