Make Positive Ripples and Show Your True Grit - Day 426 - Daily Content Challenge A sand dune is an accumulation of sand grains shaped into a mound or ridge by the wind. Dunes are formed when wind blows sand into a sheltered area behind an obstacle usually along the beach or in a desert. ...
Spread Your Wings and Keep Your Head High - Day 425 - Daily Content Challenge Sandhill Cranes are a species of large cranes of North America and the extreme northeastern part of Siberia. Sandhill Cranes are very large, tall birds. They have a long neck, long legs and very broad wings. These slate grey birds ...
Glide Through Your Day - Day 424 - Daily Content Challenge A Manatee is a large, fully aquatic marine mammal. Sometimes known as sea cows, manatees are mostly herbivores foraging on aquatic plants. The West Indian manatee is one of four living species in the aquatic mammal order Sirenia. There are two subspecies of West ...
Be Magnificent and Rise Above it All - Day 423 - Daily Content Challenge Denali, in Alaska is the highest mountain peak in North America. Denali is 20,310 feet tall and it is the third-highest peak in the world. Mt. Everest in the Himalayan mountain range located between Nepal and Tibet is the tallest and ...
Spend Time Outdoors - Day 422 - Daily Content Challenge A Snowman is a model of a person made of snow. According to historian Bob Eckstein, no one knows who invented the very first snowman. He believes the first man of snow was made in mediaeval times. In the mediaeval Book of Hours from 1380 ...
Appreciate the Small Things in Life - Day 421 - Daily Content Challenge A Pika is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal. The scientific name of the Pika is Ochotona Minor. Pika are found in Asia and North America. They number fewer than 1,000 worldwide making them rarer than the panda. A pika has short limbs, a ...
Be Curious and Go Hog Wild! - Day 420 - Daily Content Challenge Pigs are also known as hogs or swine. Male pigs of any age are called boars and female pigs are called sows. A pig is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. Pigs are not dirty animals. They are actually quite clean. Their ...
Embrace Change and Have a Solid Outlook - Day 419 - Daily Content Challenge Lava flows are streams of molten rock that pour or ooze from an erupting vent in a volcano. Lava flow is an outpouring of molten rocks onto the surface of the earth. Lava flows are the most common feature of a ...
Count Up to Christmas Count Up to Christmas - Day #418 - Daily Content Challenge Advent calendars start on December 1 and end on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. You open the door number one first. The point of the calendar is not to count down, but rather to count up towards the days before ...
Advent - A Time of Hope, Joy, Peace and Love Advent - A Time of Hope, Joy, Peace and Love - Day 417 - Daily Content Challenge Advent, from the Latin adventus meaning coming, is a four week period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus at Christmas. Advent is about the ...
