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Blogs I follow kinda sorta usually at lunchtime

The Cranky Flier

Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Korean Cozies Up with Alaska, Spirit’s Dying Days
3 days ago
Homesick Texan

West Texas posole slaw
1 week ago
Bakers' Banter

14 Valentine's Day recipes for a sweet celebration : Make it a memorable one with homemade treats.
4 months ago
Squawkfox

How to save money on groceries: 7 tips to try
2 years ago
Italy Travel Guide

Having Sex in Italy
7 years ago
Swamplot: Houston's Real Estate Landscape

Tell Us Your Favorite Swamplot Posts
7 years ago
Gardeners Journal

Add Height to Garden Beds with an Obelisk
7 years ago
Bleeding Espresso

Flavors of Calabria: Amarelli Licorice
9 years ago
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What to see next?

Alaska
Australia
Castagno dei Cento Cavalli (Sicily)
Channel Islands
Easter Island
Forbidden City, China
Ice Hotel (and Northern Lights)
Iceland
Madagascar
Malta
New Zealand
Portugal
South North Tourism Route (Namibia/South Africa)
Spain
Swan Island Dahlia bloom
Trans-Siberian Railway
World Cruise

Top 5 Posts

On the road, from Houston to South Padre Island

As some of you may know, I took the bus from Houston to Brownsville on Friday, and my husband picked me up there and went back to the house ...
flamboyant tree

The extravagant flowers of the Poinciana Tree, or Flamboyant , are almost unbelievable. This is a tropical tree, one that I associate very s...
they stole my sign!

I am sorry to report that some $#(@R$#$ person stole my Obama/ Biden sign this evening. We planted it there a week ago and it survived unt...
INFP

Browing through blogs today, I found this interesting questionnaire. I went through it, to see if my type has changed since the last time I...
Black Witch Moth

Black Witch Moth , originally uploaded by AmyEmilia . As we were rinsing the sand from our evening beach walk, this moth flew over from the...

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Links - The Great State of Texas!

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Texas wildflower pictures
Texas Wildflowers

Links - Italy & Italians

A.G. Ferrari's Fine Foods
Alessandria Calcio 1912 - catch up on the activities of Gli Grigi (Italian)
ARGOS - cameras on the Grande Canale (Italian)
Citta di Alessandria (Italian)
Corriere Della Sera - news (Italian)
DemoGeo - demographics of Italy (Italian)
Ditalia - Italian food online
Il Piccolo - giornale di Alessandria (Italian)
Italian weather (English)
Italy World Club - good overview of regions and cities
Kyle Phillips Italian Food - really good guide to Italian food in Italy
La Stampa - news (Italian)
Libreria Bajni - bookstore in Carrara (Italian)
Life in Italy (English)
Operagastro - Italian proverbs (Italian)
Proverbi - Italian proverbs (Italian)
Quotes about Italy
RAI Radio 3 - Headline News (Italian)
Slow Travel Italy - rentals and other resources
Tuscany Now - rentals in Tuscany and other regions
WordReference - Look up Italian words

Links - Africa

Chapmans - wonderful missionaries and friends in Congo
Hand Up Congo - a worthy cause in Congo

Links - Home & Garden

AppleSource - apples!
Bug Guide
Butterflies & Moths of North America
FabPreFab - interesting prefabricated buildings
Gardeners Supply Company - good quality garden items
Gardening in Houston
Healthy Housekeeper
Home Trends - interesting cleaning & organizing stuff
King Arthur Flour
Lehmans - great spot for home items that don't need electricity
Levenger - addictive leather goods, so well made!
Logee's - tropical and house plants
Old House Gardens - heirloom bulbs and plants
Oleander Society site
Pendery's World of Spices
Recommended plants for Houston
Solas Gardens
Stokes Tropicals
The Clean Team - clever cleaning
Top Tropicals
Trees of Antiquity
Yuccado - wonderful nursery - I've never been disappointed

Links - Travel

eBags - reliable vendor of all things bag
FAA Flight Delay information - depressingly accurate
FlightAware - fun way to track flights
FlightView - another way to look track flights and check delays
FlyteComm - yet another flight tracker
Geocoder - lat/long for US addresses
Go Nomad - interesting site for trip planning and inspiration
Google Maps
Novacarhire - a great way to rent a car in Europe
One Bag - traveling light will be easy once you absorb these lessons
Road News - for the road warrior crowd
Seat Guru - the best place to find out what seat to pick on your flight
Travelite - excellent blog on traveling light
TripAdvisor (my page)
United Airlines - if you are based in Houston, this is the best airline to connect to the world
Vacations to Go - the best spot for discounted cruises
Via Michelin - for planning road trips

Links - Hobbies

Acrylic gel medium transfer instructions
Ancestry.com - because it's important to know where you came from
Anne Choi - fabulous silver beads
Artists online - portal to lots of wonderful jewelry artists
Blick's art supplies - a dangerous art supply store
Etsy
Make
MocoLoco - contemporary design
Novica
Studio Nouveau
The Curiousity Shoppe
Unica Home - great design, a little pricier
Urban Maille - extraordinary chainmaille kits
Vickery art supplies - warning, this place is addictive
Vintage Printable - copywrite-free images

Links - Photography and what to do with photos

Adrezej Dragan - moving portraits
Blurb - print your own books!
Change Your Art - photos on glass and ceramic tiles
Dreamstime - great stock photos (mine, and many others)
I Love Photo Gifts
Imagekind - fabulous, gallery quality printing
Microstock Diaries
Moo! - great little cards
Photoshop tutorials

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