Daily Life
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Espoo 🇫🇮

Hello from Austin Texas on Friday Sept. 8th of 2023. ☀️ High of 106° F (41° C) today. Yesterday morning I sent a postcrossing card to the delightfully named city of Espoo in Finland. I am spending much of my energy at this time researching adventures to have in Michigan next week. My current focus Continue reading
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Draw Outside of The Lines

Good morning from Austin Texas at 8:44 am on Thursday September 7th. It is currently 79° F (26° C) and sunny ☀️. Yesterday I tried out some new markers that my partner bought for me on a page in Wreck This Journal where the goal is to color outside of the lines. You may have Continue reading
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ANTS! & Doodles ✍️

Good morning from Austin, Texas on Wednesday Sept. 6. It is 8:39 am and currently ⛅ 80° F (26.6 ° C). Late last night I doodled in my Wreck This Journal to complete the Color Outside Of The Lines page. Glad to have another page completed. There are several pages that I have partially completed Continue reading
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📨 Singapore 🇸🇬 & 🚲

A postcard for Singapore featuring the moons of Saturn. This is the 21st card I have sent via postcrossing.com. As for yesterday, I had a nice bicycle ride around the neighborhood. My goal was to find plants to turn into twine, but this is harder than I imagined it would be and so I made Continue reading
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Sat: San Antonio & Sunday Noods

Monday Sept. 4 (Labor Day) – 9:11 am – ☀️ 79° F (26° C) The plan for Saturday was to get up early and drive to San Antonio to visit the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and get another stamp & sticker for my passport book… We only bought one sticker instead of two. Continue reading
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Pet The Cat? 😸

It is another sunny day in Austin Texas and only 84° F (29° C) now. Today I used a randomizer to select an Explorer Every Day adventure and i received this: Sure. Okay, that was easy. I should send another postcard. I’ve been falling behind on this. I received a delightful postcrossing user in Germany Continue reading
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Austin, Texas 🦇

☀️ 78°F (25.6° C) 9:10 am Today I used a dice roller to randomly select an Explore Every Day challenge, and the challenge is to write 150 words about my home town. Austin, Texas. We have snow-free weather and bats. I do not believe everyone will agree with me about the weather, but it is Continue reading
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🐜 Ants & Treants

🌤️9:04 am. Austin, Texas. High of 98° F (36.6° C). I recently purchased an ant farm online. I was waiting to order ants and to learn more until the farm had been delivered. Yesterday was this day. Unlike the picture on the box this home uses white sand, not edible gel. I plan to feed Continue reading
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👨🦲Papua?

8/29/2023 Austin Texas ☀️ 81° F (27° C) Today we are working on Explore Every Day page 63. I found a website that picks a random location on the map of the world. My first try picked a spot in the ocean and I could have chosen to select the nearest body of land, but Continue reading
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1,000 days of learning 🦜

August 28th, 2023, 9:09 am ☀️ 98° F (36.6 °C) I have been living in Texas for about half of my life, but it’s time to nail down the details. This was a book I ran into at Barnes & Noble last week (and then ordered on eBay). Topic include Spanglish, Fiesta in San Antonio, Continue reading
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✉️ Postcards & Eggs

☀️101° F (38.3° C) in Austin Texas at 3:45 pm. I am on my lunch break at work to report back that all of those books we checked out on our library adventure are due. You may recall that these books were checked out on my account by my wife as her account had too Continue reading
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🐜 Ant Farm, Books, Creative Cooking

Austin, Texas – Wednesday August 23rd 9:34 am – ⛅ 84° F (29° C) Today has been a research and prep day. I’ve been preparing to build a small alcohol stove, but there are a few items left to build this that I do not have such as fiberglass & epoxy. I do have a Continue reading
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🪂 My First Skydive & Time Spent In Utah

Hello from Austin, Texas on Tuesday August 22nd at 2pm. Weather is currently cloudy ☁️ and 98° F (36.7 ° C) I went skydiving! Easily one of the greatest experiences in my life, though it was not what I expected. I was going for the rush of adrenaline like a rollercoaster, but it is not Continue reading
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Preparing For Travel 🧳

Sunday August 13 – Austin, Texas – ⛅ 99° F (37.2° C) Tomorrow we travel, but today we check the mail. Today an eBay purchase has arrived. I ordered 300 random stickers and here are a few of my favorites. Several of these stickers are poorly cut and many are crude, but there are enough Continue reading
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Germany & Doodles

It is a lazy Saturday afternoon, my friends. 3:53 pm☀️103 F (39.4 C) Today I received my sixth postcard from abroad from another member of postcrossing.com. It is a lovely postcard and it came with a delightful message about traveling in the area. As always my map (by city) of sent & received poscards can Continue reading
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