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My best home-made meal — Petunia the Pig.

I definitely never thought I’d be one to raise, butcher, cook and eat my own pig. Her name was Petunia and she had a hernia. That made her…

Feb 1, 2018

My best home-made meal — Petunia the Pig.

Feb 1, 2018

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Ode to Chocolate.

When I was a child, chocolate was just another materialization of sugar, corn syrup, food dye, artificial flavoring and chemicals. But…

Feb 1, 2018

Ode to Chocolate.

Feb 1, 2018

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The smell of first rain.

Have you ever wondered where that fresh, clean and musky smell of first rain comes from?

Nov 11, 2017

The smell of first rain.

Nov 11, 2017

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Don’t fall into a pitcher plant.

BEHOLD, the carnivorous Pitcher Plant of Southeast Asia!

Nov 10, 2017

Don’t fall into a pitcher plant.

Nov 10, 2017

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A bridge that packs beauty and a fascinating history.

The Golden Gate Bridge was named after the Golden Gate Strait that connects the SF bay to the Pacific Ocean. It is painted “international…

Nov 10, 2017

A bridge that packs beauty and a fascinating history.

Nov 10, 2017

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A way to die that’s a tad less luxurious than drowning in gold, but a lot more flavorful.

3 euro/kilo of grey salt (aka regular salt that hasn’t been cleaned of its minerals) today is the equivalent of your 18th/19th century pay…

Nov 10, 2017

A way to die that’s a tad less luxurious than drowning in gold, but a lot more flavorful.

Nov 10, 2017

Odile Bouchard

A two-faced fern.

A rare and randomly occurring mutation in this fern’s pigmentation genes causes beautiful color variegation in its leaves. This is called…

Nov 10, 2017

A two-faced fern.

Nov 10, 2017

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It’s a girl!

Nov 10, 2017

It’s a girl!

Nov 10, 2017

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Hello there, Black Widow.

This juvenile black widow will eventually grow into its name to fame as the most poisonous spider in North America, with a bite that is 15…

Nov 10, 2017

Hello there, Black Widow.

Nov 10, 2017

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Odile Bouchard

I feed my brain inspiration from my surroundings, give it room to think, and try to answer the questions it spits out. Here’s what that looks like. Now you try!

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