National Treasure Hunt: One Step Short of Crazy

National Archives Foundation event page for National Treasure Hunt: One Step Short of Crazy event registration.

History buff that I am, I’ve been a fan of the National Treasure movies since the first movie was released in 2004.

Hard to believe that’s almost 20 years ago!

Yes, I thought some of the theories discussed in the movie were doubtful.

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Show Your Stripes: Michigan

Multicolored graphic displays temperatures from 1895 to 2022 as lines, stacked left to right. Alternating blue, white, and red lines dominate majority of graphic, except for approximately the past 30 years where shades of red and deep red lines dominate.

If you’re someone interested in weather news, you may have seen or heard people talking this week about showing your stripes.

Today is the sixth Show Your Stripes Day, held the first day of summer.

The annual event raises awareness for climate change and rising global temperatures by sharing “warming stripe” graphics, which display how average temperatures have changed since 1895.

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Taking a Break from Gardening

Air Quality result showing a dial image pointing a bit past the 150 marker with a label of Unhealthy.

After last week’s hot weather, with over 90 degree Farenheit temperatures several days, I welcomed this week’s cooler 70+ degree days.

For the past three days, I’ve been busy gardening.

I finally planted potted perennial flowers and vegetable plants I’ve kept on my porch during the hot temperatures, without worrying about them shriveling up from the intense heat.

That changed today when southeast Michigan air quality took a serious decline into the unhealthy range, according to AirNow.

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