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This companion blog mainly hosts links that I want to mark for later reference. It's my virtual collection. As I read through literally thousands of blog postings, patterns naturally reveal themselves. Hey, it's a hobby that I enjoy. All links are gathered manually, i.e., I do not use any kind of automated search query. I figure I might as well share what I've found. Plus, I'm using this as a tester blog, so you might see a few oddities from time to time.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

experiences I want to have

I'm pleased I've done a variety of things in my life, like free falling out of an airplane at 10K feet, eating live 17-year periodical cicadas during an emergence, snorkeling with parrotfish in Puerto Rico, backpacking in Alaska for 2 months, etc. I'm starting a list of things I'd still like to experience:

visiting Barcelona, Spain to see Antoni Gaudí's buildings:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/320

seeing China's rainbow mountains (Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park):
http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/08/06/rainbow-mountains-in-chinas-danxia-landform-geological-park/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/31/rainbow-mountains-china-danxia-landform_n_3683840.html

tapping and making real maple syrup the old fashioned way:
http://thecommonmilkweed.blogspot.com/2012/02/maple-sugaring-time-first-for-us.html
http://shootingmyuniverse.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-sugaring-in-new-england.html

visiting the UK to see bluebells in full bloom:
http://martinsmoths.blogspot.com/2013/06/trains-big-and-small.html
http://aeshnacaerulea.blogspot.com/2011/04/good-friday.html
http://orchidcrossley.blogspot.com/2011/04/white-and-blue-on-grey-day.html
http://belfiebird.blogspot.com/2011/04/polesden-lacey-wiston-tea-rooms-and.html
http://kirkstallcreaturesgreatandsmall.blogspot.com/2011/04/adel-churchyard-bluebells.html
http://peplers.blogspot.com/2011/04/close-up-experience-with-adder.html
http://peplers.blogspot.com/2011/04/more-bluebells-in-wood.html
http://peplers.blogspot.com/2011/04/first-bluebell-in-woods.html
http://orchidcrossley.blogspot.com/2011/02/niggling-mid-february-grey-days.html
http://kirkstallcreaturesgreatandsmall.blogspot.com/2010/05/beckett-park-bluebell-wander.html
http://orchidcrossley.blogspot.com/2010/05/lancashire-bluebell-wood.html
http://aeshnacaerulea.blogspot.com/2010/05/blues-evening.html
http://aeshnacaerulea.blogspot.com/2009/05/out-of-mire.html

staying at Lake Palace in Udaipur, India:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Palace