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Category Archives: Sciencey Stuff
May Your Spring Be
From Hank’s Garden to You! _________________________ And a bird overhead sang Follow, And a bird to the right sang Here; And the arch of the leaves was hollow, And the meaning of May was clear. —Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Tagged Algernon Charles Swinburne, flower macro photography, Hank, Hank's Garden, happiness, May flowers, month of May, quirky, Seattle photography, spring flowers, spring showers bring Hank flowers, sunshine, Tom Hardy's Teeth, urban photography
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Et tu, Bronchi?
March. Blech. Well, at least that’s over. Even for a notoriously dreary and dreadful month, March was particularly dismal here at the House of Hank, as an epic plague descended upon Hank’s lands. He considered naming this post What Hank … Continue reading
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Tagged animal photography, Butter tea, dog photography, El Diablo, Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan, Hank, Hawaiian Monk Seals, Humane Lobby Day 2013, Ides of March, Losar 2013, Northwest Sherpa Society, Olympia Capital, Phoebe Super Dog, photography, quirky, Roanoke Inn Tavern, Sakya Monastery, SealSitters.org, Seattle Harbor Seals, Seattle photography, Tibetan New Year, urban photography
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What Hank Hearts
And of course, YOU. ______________________________________ And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon. —Edward Lear
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Tagged "Happy Little Trees", 30 Rock, Adopt a Dormouse, animal photography, Bigfoot, Colbert & Stewart, critters, dog photography, Etchpop.com, favorite things, hikingphoto.com, Labradors, Mr. Rogers, old Scots photos, penguin serenade by bagpipe, quirky, red pandas, retronaut.com, Seattle photography, Surrey Wildlife Trust, thegoodgreatsby.com, Tina Fey, Tom Hardy's Teeth, urban photography, Valentine
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Sounds Good
_______________________________________ Be obscure clearly. —E.B. White
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Tagged animal photography, beach, beach photography, dog photography, Hank, happiness, happy Labradors, Labradors, photography, Puget Sound beaches, Puget Sound marine life, Puget Sound photography, quirky, Seattle photography, sunshine
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Miksang
Well, Hank’ll be gosh darned. The heck you say! He’s apparently been sort of using an artistic technique all these years. Go figure. Being a dog and whatnot, he tends to see things from a heads-on perspective, a looking-up-and-down perspective, a what-is-this potential … Continue reading
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Tagged animal photography, art, Buddhism, Chögyam Trungpa, contemplative photography, critters, dog photography, good eye, Hank, humanity, inspirations, light, Miksang, mysterious things, photography, quirky, Religion and Spirituality, Seattle photography, Tibetan, Tom Hardy's Teeth, urban photography
Flotsam, Jetsam, Handsome
__________________________ The windows of my soul I throw Wide open to the sun. —John Greenleaf Whittier
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Tagged animal photography, beach, beach photography, dog photography, flotsam & jetsam, Hank, Hank & Cap, John Greenleaf Whittier, Labradors, mysterious things, poetry, Puget Sound beaches, Puget Sound marine life, quirky, rusty stuff, Seattle photography, sunshine, urban photography
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Your word for today is: PLUVIOUS (exclamation)
LOCAL LABRADOR WALKS ON WATER ______________________________________ *pluvious, adj. Of, relating to, or characterized by rain; full of or bearing rain or moisture; rainy. Blech. The fall rains have returned. Which bites, to be honest. Autumn seems determined to arrive with a … Continue reading
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Tagged "The George McGovern I Remember" by Jim Wallis, 1972 Clean Water Act, animal photography, beach photography, conservation, dog photography, George McGovern quote, Honorary Labradors, inspirations, Labradors, Mansome, non-point source pollution, photography, South Park, Tox-ick.org, Trey Parker & Matt Stone trip at the Oscars, urban photography
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Shark Week!
Hank began Shark Week celebrations early this year, when he ventured out to the birthday party of a favorite 8-year-old and came back scarred. Bouncy castle, check. Cotton candy machine, check. Face painting, check. One small, deadly Chihuahua. Check? Ruh roh. But. And. Oh, … Continue reading
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Tagged bluntnose sixgill sharks, Discovery Channel, dog photography, Great White Shark, Herman Melville quote, IUCN, JAWS, ka mano o Hawai`i, Oceana, pet photography, Pew Charitable Trusts, quirky dog photos, shark conservation, Shark Week, TerraMar Project, urban photography, Virgin Oceanic
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Things You Didn’t Know About Hank
Maybe if the water tilts like this, the fish will fall into my mouth? __________________________ Hank loves the name “Snorri“. Hank is wild for salmon. WILD FOR SALMON. Hank will tap-dance for wild salmon. He will eat it off the … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-D printing, borborygmus, Burritob0t, George Sand quote, MacDirt tartan, quirky, Snorri, wild salmon
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Rocket Man
Hank’s old pal Rocket is here for a stay. Which is to say: Watch out. You see, Ol’ Rocket’s something of an unholy combination Rocket Scientist/Lone Wolf/Test Pilot. Which makes him a very, very interesting individual. He’s a star athlete and … Continue reading
Well, darnit.
Truly the end of an era.
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Strange Thing from Camano Island
Hey dogs, Hank needs your help figuring something out. (And brings a perfect diversion to those of you who haven’t yet filed your taxes and are searching for one more sidetrack…may Hank suggest IRS Form 4868? You’ll have more time … Continue reading
Posted in A La Plage, Sciencey Stuff, Tom Hardy's Teeth, Worth a Sniff
Tagged beach, beachcombing, beachcombing foodie, Camano Island, erosion, fossils, IRS form 4868, mysterious things, odd bits, procrastination, Puget Sound shoreline, shoreline erosion, spooky, Strange Thing from Camano Island, strange things, unusual finds, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Future Posts…fresh to your inbox!
Wonder what’s coming up at House of Hank? Here’s a wee sampling of the treats Hank’s got squirreled away for you. (Did someone just say squirrel?) This is going to be a delicious few weeks ahead folks, so save your … Continue reading
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Tagged arugula, Astoria, Butte, cod, cowboy boots, Goonies, hamentashen, harbor seals, Idaho, Locals Only, Long Island, Meyer Lemons, mysterious things, pasties, quirky, Twinkies, WPA
Earth Hour tonight
Hey dogs! It’s spring, and that means Hank’s going to participate in Earth Hour tonight—he hopes you will, too. Tonight, at 8:30 PM, folks around the globe will switch off their lights as a symbol of their commitment to solving … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Sciencey Stuff, Woo Woo, Worth a Sniff
Tagged art, Climate change, conservation, documentaries, earth, Earth Hour, education, Environment, family history, hope, humanity, ideas, industrial transformation, light, photography, popular, Social responsibility, uppity recyclers, Western world, World Wide Fund for Nature
The Tides of March
Well, no surprise here. It’s raining in Seattle. Or rather, it’s still raining in Seattle. Months of it now, can’t seem to stop. Lightning flashes punctuate Hank’s thoughts and the intermittent rumble of thunder keeps everything vaguely unsettled. Folks seem … Continue reading
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Tagged 1700 Cascadia earthquake & tsunami, bravery, compassion, critters, earthquake, grace, hope, human's best friend, humanity, IFAW, IRC, Japan, Magnitude 9.0, nuclear, Pacific, Pacific Ring of Fire, Red Cross, relief efforts, resiliency, The Big One, tsunami, video, World Vision
Happy Pi Day, 3.14
In Hank’s world, pie holds great significance. So today’s international celebration of Pi and its irrationality and transcendence is particularly sweet to Hank and all who love pie as much as he does. If that’s possible. Seriously. Can you love pie and … Continue reading
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Tagged 3.14, Albert Einstein, construction, Happy Birthday, History, ideas, Irrationality, Not Constructible, Pi, Pi Day, pie, sciencey stuff, transcendence, Work at HouseofHank
Cougars, Cougars, everywhere…it’s time for a Cougar-rama!
Rrrowr! You kids may have heard of the marvelous night photos showing eight, count `em, eight cougars on a cliff near Moses Coulee in eastern Washington (think: Channeled Scablands, multiple erratics, glacial drift, hopsage, bitterbrush & bunchgrass) which is pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged 826 National, car sharing, Channeled Scablands, conservation, Cool Chica, cougars, critters, Eastern Washington, education, hope, locally-grown, Mercury Cougar, Moses Coulee, Muscle Car 'SPLOSION, Neko Case, schweet, Tom Hardy's Teeth
“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”
___________________ Werner had Hank at “manky, old bones on the floor”. Hank is so excited about Werner Herzog’s latest offering, “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” that he’s started to wear his 3-D glasses all the time. Werner Herzog? 3-D? Together? Ayep. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-D, 3-D film, art, bones, Cave, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Cave painting, Chauvet Cave, Chauvet Caves, documentaries, films, France, ideas, inspirations, mysterious things, prehistory, Werner Herzog
