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Decided that as it was a nice afternoon it was high time to get away from the computer for a while, and do some exercise, so we went to Wannamaker County Park on University Boulevard in North Charleston for a couple of hours.
It’s only $1 each to get in, and there’s always room to [...]

Enjoying a nice cooked breakfast of bacon, sausage, egg, baked beans and French toast
Sitting for an hour doing nothing except listening to a CD full of old tunes
As I put the trash out, listening to the birds singing in the trees, and feeling in the midst of nature, even though there is a 6 lane [...]

The Cypress Knee is part of the root system of the Bald Cypress Tree. They have been studied for years, but their exact function is still unknown.
They seem to grown in the presence of water. The deeper the water the bigger the knee. Trees that are growing on dry ground seldom have [...]

It’s not Spanish and it’s not moss; it is uniquely American. It’s related to the pineapple. It can be found anywhere from North Carolina to South America.
It’s not a parasite, or poisonous like some folks imagine. It’s actually an epiphyte, which is a  type of plant that has no roots but leaves off the moisture [...]

Checks undertaken on just three of the London Underground’s twelve lines reveal that passengers leave 9.5 tons of newspapers on the trains each day. The amount has risen hugely since a free daily paper war commenced between the major newspaper companies.
How many wasted trees is that? How much pollution in making all those papers? Where’s [...]