Day Lilies

It's Always About the Weather

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June 21st 2009
June 21, 2009 To celebrate the first day of summer we are hunkered down in Beverly, MA listening to NOAA (the weather gurus) warn of an "unusual gale center" heading our way with 45 knot winds, 15 foot seas, rain and fog. Well all righty then! When we wrote last we were already getting less desirable weather than we had experienced up through the Carolinas and the Chesapeake. While in New Yo ... read more

North America » United States

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more